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Gateway to Excellence is a bold statement. It is through bold statements and bold measures that change is affected.  By definition a gateway is a means of achieving a state or condition.  In this reference the term gateway is representative of achieving a state or condition or portal through to excellence in Risk Management.  In 1963 Bob Dylan wrote “the times they are a changin”.   He was right in 1963 the times were changing, and forty-seven years later this phrase continues to resonate.  It is through change that the Gateway to Excellence is opened. Change occurs when ideas are challenged and as a result they are refined or discarded.  Only those ideas that can withstand informed criticism will survive.

Sir Salman Rushdie - Monday, September 27

Controversial, provocative, and celebrated, British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie, 63, is uniquely qualified to address the subject of risk. He has clashed with many political leaders - India's Indira Gandhi tried to sue him after the publication of his 1981 novel MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN, Pakistan's military dictator Zia ul-Haq banned Rushdie's work because of his novel 1983 SHAME,  his 1988 novel THE SATANIC VERSES led to the fatwa, a death edict from Iran,  and his 1995 novel THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH took on India's Hindu extremists. Salman Rushdie has received most of the world’s top literary prizes. In 1997 he  received a knighthood for services to literature.

Leonard Brody - Monday, September 27

A tech entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author (Innovation Nation), Calgary-born Leonard Brody, at just 39, has already been involved in the building and financing/or sale of five companies. He was part of the initial executive of Onvia Canada, voted the country’s top startup. A Queens U and Osgoode law grad, Brody co-founded NowPublic.com, a pioneer of user-generated news named by Time magazine as one of the best 50 websites in the world. He currently presides over the Clarity Digital Group, which oversees one of the largest online news conglomerates. Leonard also acts as an advisor to venture capital funds, media empires and governments.

 Jeff Rubin - Tuesday, September 28

Canadian economist and energy expert Jeff Rubin came to prominence in the early 1990s with his accurate prediction of a decline in Ontario real estate prices. In 2000, as an encore, he foresaw rising oil prices. A McGill U grad and a former chief bean counter with CIBC, Rubin, 56, believes oil prices – not sub-prime lending – are responsible for the current financial crisis, a theory he expands in his best-selling book Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller. A sought-after speaker and a favourite of investors and fund managers worldwide.

Dr. Mark Jaccard - Tuesday, September 28

Mark has been professor in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, since 1986 – interrupted from 1992-97 while he served as Chair and CEO of the British Columbia Utilities Commission. His PhD is from the Energy Economics and Policy Institute at the University of Grenoble. Internationally, Mark is known for his work on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Nobel Peace Prize in 2007), the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (co-chair of task force on sustainable use of coal), and the Global Energy Assessment (convening lead author for sustainable energy policy). In 2006, his book, Sustainable Fossil Fuels, won the prestigious Donner Prize for policy. In 2008, he was named British Columbia Academic of the Year and in 2009 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Peter Mansbridge - Wednesday, September 29

Last year this recipient of 12 Geminis became the only Canadian TV journalist to have had a sit-down interview with a working U.S. president – Barack Obama. Peter Mansbridge, 62, born in London, England, raised in Ottawa, anchors CBC’s flagship newscast The National and hosts Mansbridge One on One, a newsmaker-interview program. He was “discovered” in 1968 when he was asked to announce a flight while working as a baggage handler at the Churchill, Man., airport. Mansbridge has been a Fellow at Yale and has lectured at Oxford. Married since 1998 to Canadian actress Cynthia Dale.

Please register in advance for the concurrent sessions you wish to attend.   Although seating is on first-come, first-served basis, confirming your selections in advance helps RIMS Canada Conference ensure each session is held in a size appropriate room to accommodate all interested delegates.   You will be given the opportunity to select your sessions when you complete the registration form.

Daily Schedule

6:30 an - 7:10 am River Run Fairmont MacDonald Hotel

7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Open (Assembly Level)

8:00 am - 9:15 am Opening Ceremonies & Awards Breakfast

9:00 am - 6:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open

9:15 am - 10:15 am Plenary Session Sir Salman Rushdie

10:15 am - 10:45 am Coffee Break with Sir Salman Rushdie

10:45 am - 12:00 noon Plenary Session Leonard Brody

12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Exhbitor Lunch

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm Concurrent Session 1

Please review the concurrent sessions offered in this time slot.   The specifics can be found on the right of this screen.  

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Concurrent Session 2

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Exhibitors Reception

* Technology Exhibit in Exhibition Hall All Day

Please continue to scroll down to review all of the concurrent sessions being offered. 

For session details click on the title of each concurrent session.  Each of the sessions has been rated as:

• Fundamental (Introductory level instruction)
• Intermediate (Mid level instruction)
• Advanced (Senior level instruction)

In addition each concurrent session has been identified by topic area:

• RM (Risk Management)
• INS (Insurance)
• CM (Claims Management)
• RC (Risk Control)
• RF (Risk Financing)
• 0 (Other)

The 2010 Rims Canada Conference Organizing Committee reserves the right to adjust or revises the educational session as necessary.

Please register in advance for the concurrent sessions you wish to attend.   Although seating is on first-come, first-served basis, confirming your selections in advance helps RIMS Canada Conference ensure each session is held in a size appropriate room to accommodate all interested delegates.   You will be given the opportunity to select your sessions when you complete the registration form.

Daily Schedule

6:30 am - 7:30 am River Run Fairmont Hotel MacDonald

8:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Open (Assembly Level)

7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast

9:00 - 12:00 (noon) Exhibit Hall Open

8:30 am - 9:30 am Plenary Session Jeff Rubin

9:30 am - 10:00 am Coffee with Jeff Rubin

10:00 am - 12:00 noon  Plenary Session Dr. Mark Jaccard (Environmental Panel)

12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Educational Lunch Dr. Larry Ohlhauser MD (The Healthy CEO)

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm Concurrent Session 1

Please review the concurrent sessions offered in this time slot.   The specifics can be found on the right of this screen.  

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Coffee Break 

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm  Concurrent Session 2

* Technology Exhibit in Exhibition Hall

Please continue to scroll down to review all of the concurrent sessions being offered. 

For session details click on the title of each concurrent session.  Each of the sessions has been rated as:

• Fundamental (Introductory level instruction)
• Intermediate (Mid level instruction)
• Advanced (Senior level instruction)

In addition each concurrent session has been identified by topic area:

• RM (Risk Management)
• INS (Insurance)
• CM (Claims Management)
• RC (Risk Control)
• RF (Risk Financing)
• 0 (Other)

The 2010 Rims Canada Conference Organizing Committee reserves the right to adjust or revises the educational session as necessary.

Attending the 2010 RIMS Canada Conference in Edmonton is a great opportunity to introduce yourself and your company to risk management professionals from throughout Canada and around the globe.  It also provides you the opportunity to strengthen existing relationships and establish new relationships with other risk management and related industry professionals.

Sometimes getting approval to attend a conference can be a difficult task.  You may need to provide your manager or management team the reasons and your validation for wanting to attend.

May we help you justify your attendance at the 2010 RIMS Canada Conference?

Conferences provide a great return on investment.  They are an excellent training tool;   they provide demonstrations of new technologies, products and services; and they present fabulous networking opportunities.  The question becomes how can you convince your supervisor or manager that the related travel expenses and the time away from work are justified?

The 2010 RIMS Canada Conference Committee wants to ensure that you get the maximum benefit from this experience, so please let them know if there is anything they can do to assist you in achieving this goal.

To assist you with that, the 2010 RIMS Canada Conference Committee has brought together a few tools that will help you meet those needs.  These include:

• A draft Letter to Management
• A draft Return On Investment Letter
• Past Conference Programs
• Past Attending Companies and Organizations
• A Sample Trip Report

To download these documents please visit our registration page.