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DATE/ACTIVITY |
TIME |
| Sunday, May 8th, 2022 | |
| Registration (4th Floor - all day) | 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. |
| Welcome to Ottawa (22nd Floor) | 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. |
| Opening Reception (Governor General Ballroom) | 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. |
| Dinner (Delegates on their own at Ottawa's ByWard Market) | Evening |
| Monday, May 9th, 2022 | |
| Registration (4th Floor) | 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. |
| Breakfast (Confederation Ballroom) - Opening remarks from the Honourable Helena Jaczek, Minister Responsible for FedDev Ontario. | 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. |
| Opening Keynote: Sébastien Sasseville, One Step at a Time: Thriving in Change to Win the Long Game (Confederation Ballroom) | 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
| Morning Refreshment Break (Confederation Foyer) | 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
| Concurrent Sessions | 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
| Business Continuity Planning: Prepare for the Unexpected (Governor General III Room) | |
| CFLI Module 15: Volunteer Attraction, Retention and Succession (Newfoundland/Nova Scotia Room) | |
| Co-op Developers: Consult, Hire or Become? (Provinces II Room) | |
| Cybersecurity: Managing the Legal Risk During Crisis (Governor General II Room) | |
| Promoting the Resilience of Women Entrepreneurs in Rural Areas (Governor General I Room) | |
| Rebuilding Rural Workplaces: Leading Inclusion (Provinces I Room) | |
| Rural Realities: Managing the RRRF Portfolio (Ontario Room) | |
| Sharing Stories: The Best and the Worst of Community Futures (Les Saisons Room) | |
| Weed Canadians Want: Rural Cannabis Producers in Transition (Quebec Room) | |
| Lunch (Confederation Ballroom) | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. |
| Featured Speaker: Mark DeVolder, Change-Ready: How the Best Thrive During Disruption (Confederation Ballroom) | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
| Afternoon Refreshment Break | 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. |
| Concurrent Sessions | 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
| A Case for Urgency: The Law and Rural Internet Access (Newfoundland/Nova Scotia Room) | |
| ACCES Employment: Connecting Canada (Provinces II Room) | |
| Business Continuity Planning: Prepare for the Unexpected (Governor General III Room) | |
| Do You Know Flexipreneurship? (Quebec Room) | |
| Leveraging Data-Driven CED to Rebuild Main Streets (Governor General II Room) | |
| Rural Change: Post COVID-19 Client Management (Ontario Room) | |
| Rural Communities: Strategic Risk for Sustainable CED (Governor General I Room) | |
| Rural Renewal: Creating a Community Futures Consulting Hive (Provinces I Room) | |
| Sharing Stories: The Best and the Worst of the CF Experience (Les Saisons Room) | |
| Rural and Remote Opportunities: Taste of Canada Reception with Members of Parliament. (Confederation Ballroom) - Opening remarks from the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 | |
| Registration (4th Floor) | 7:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
| Breakfast (Confederation Ballroom) | 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. |
| Featured Speaker: Dr. Shawnaa Pandya, On Success, Failure, Resilience and Pushing the Limits (Confederation Ballroom) | 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
| Morning Refreshment Break (Confederation Foyer) | 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
| Concurrent Sessions | 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. |
| Businesses in Transition: A Unique Approach for Rural Communities (Quebec Room) | |
| Rebooting a Rural Economy (Provinces I Room) | |
| Risk and Resiliency: Rural Portfolio Pulse Check (Provinces II Room) | |
| Rural and Remote Housing: CFs Role in Addressing the Problem (Les Saisons Room) | |
| Rural Renewal: Building Sustainability for CF with For-Profit Businesses (Governor General II Room) | |
| The Community Futures Business Model: Is it time for change? (Ontario Room) | |
| Top 10 Board Governance Mistakes that Will Get You or Your Organization Sued (Governor General I Room) | |
| Untapped: Activating Entrepreneurial Talent in Rural Places (Governor General III Room) | |
| Lunch (Confederation Ballroom) | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. |
| Featured Speaker: Huw Williams, The Power of a Grassroots Advocacy Approach (Confederation Ballroom) | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
| Afternoon Refreshment Break (Confederation Foyer) | 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. |
| Concurrent Sessions | 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
| CFLI Module 15: Volunteer Attraction, Retention and Succession (Newfoundland/Nova Scotia Room) | |
| Co-op Conversions: Helping to Save Jobs and Troubled Businesses (Provinces II Room) | |
| Leading Lenders: Supporting Rural Women Entrepreneurs Towards Success (Provinces I Room) | |
| Rural Change: Post-COVID Staff Management (Ontario Room) | |
| Rural Realities: Managing the RRRF Portfolio (Les Saisons Room) | |
| Rural Recovery and Reconciliation: Healing and Strengthening Relationships (Governor General II Room) | |
| Social Capital and Social Enterprise the Rural Way (Governor General I Room) | |
| The Popsilos Circuit: A Marriage of Urban Art and Agriculture to Support Tourism CED (Governor General III Room) | |
| Cocktail Lounge (Confederation Foyer) | 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. |
| Dinner (Confederation Ballroom) | 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. |
| Entertainment: Grenville Pinto, Violinist (Confederation Ballroom) | 9:00 - 11:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 | |
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