Webinars
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This year’s CEO of the Year breakfast was hosted as a webinar, with Dan Goldberg, CEO of Telesat, as the guest speaker. The panel consisted of Catherine Elliott, Paul Marshall, and Michael Curran.
Explaining Telesat’s current state since the pandemic, Dan Goldbers says that Telesat, being a communication service, has remained steady.
The company has taken a hit in terms of providing telecoms to airplanes and cruise ships, but since employees have been working from home, there has been a huge increase in Broadband demands. He discusses the ways the internet has been a massive disruptor in the satellite industry, but how that can also be seen as a growth opportunity.
Telesat is embracing a new multibillion-dollar technological innovation of launching a constellation of satellites which communicate other through lasers, providing more affordable broadband connectivity all over the globe.
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The Telfer School of Management held a webinar discussing the Future of IT Strategy Telfer Webinar. Moderating the webinar is Assistant Professor Lysanne Lessard, along with guest speakers Elizabeth Rhodenizer, Chief Information Officer at the Public Service Commission of Canada, and Paul Vallée, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tehama.
Elizabeth discusses how the public and private sectors have responded to the pandemic within the Government of Canada. Her presentation focuses on accessibility, security, and privacy in the new age of technology. Paul discusses the resources needed in order to send employees to work from home.
He also explains the advantages and disadvantages of enterprises issuing out personal laptops in comparison to allowing employees to gain access to work information through their own devices. Both speakers answered questions about data analytics, how they overcame COVID issues, and the importance of de-soiling data.
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Telfer Talks hosted a webinar on opportunities and changes in consumer behaviors with professor Steven Daze as the moderator. Speakers on this webinar include Telfer Alumni Anie Rouleau, Founder of the Unscented Company; Dipalli Bhatt, Director of Marketing at Incognito Software; Professor Michael Mulvey at the Telfer school of Management; Moktar Yusuf, Cofounder and CEO of Relmogeo; and Karla Briones, Founder of Karla Briones Consulting and Immigrant Entrepreneur Academy.
These speakers all have different and unique outlooks into the current changing consumer market. They discuss the pivots in each of their respective fields, as well as trends in consumerism as a whole. Questions are answered about business opportunities during a pandemic, privacy concerns in a virtual world, adaptability, and hiring new employees in this environment.
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On June 3rd, the Telfer School of Management hosted a webinar titled MHA CEO in Residence with Matthew Anderson, President and CEO of Ontario Health. The webinar discussed the reconstruction of the Ontario Government’s healthcare system in terms of management and delivery.
This transformation will occur based on the Peoples Health Care Act, and the new delivery system will be centered around Ontario Health Teams. The transformation will also include several provincial agencies who merged into Ontario Health, which will conduct their plans and operations similarly. Matthew Anderson, leader of this transformation, discusses this transition and the next key deliverables to be in the early evolution of the organization.
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On May 29th, the Telfer School of Management held a webinar discussing Compensation Strategy and Performance Management: Dramatic Changes and Implications in Response to COVID-19. The Speakers, Ian Cullwick, Partner at Mercer Canada and Telfer EMBA Faculty member, and Manon Laliberté, HR manager at the Ottawa Hospital discussed strategic context, board compensation, executive and workforce compensation, and workforce support.
They also gave insight to an applied perspective approach using communication, collaboration, as well as agility and flexibility as guiding principles. They tackled issues from a practitioner’s point of view, emphasizing the phrases social responsibility vs survival know your workforce, and beware of the ripple effect. The speakers also analyzed performance management trends up to vs post-February 2020. Finally, they gave advice on making performance management work, and finished the webinar by emphasizing that one size does not fit all.
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