firesides
Keynote speakers & Fireside Chat
Experience interactive sessions with industry experts, student moderators, and live questions from the audience. Each of the six fireside chats focuses on a theme relevant to the current and future state of business in Manitoba, in Canada, and around the world.
Choose the topic that suits you and your goals the best and come prepared with your own questions for the experts.
Dan Blair CEO of Bit Space Development
Cassandra and Stefanie Lepp Founders of The Tulepps
Diane Roussin Project Director of Winnipeg Boldness Project
Growth and Strategy – 9:50 – 10:50AM Presentation Theater
Developing a Winning Game Plan
The workplace is evolving — will your business keep up? Through the pandemic, the market witnessed a surge in reliance on digital platforms. We’ve seen the emergence of metaverse-focused companies around the world and rising investments in research and development activities fueling market growth for the future. How will you make this new work world work for you?
Sustainable Innovation – 9:50 – 10:50AM 2H
Be a sustainable innovator and build disruptive technologies or businesses
Sustainable innovation shows companies how to provide products and services that are good for business and good for society. Disruption results in better business models, improved processes, streamlined resource flows, reduced waste and cost, and new market segments. Challenge the status quo and change the world!
Client Experience – 9:50 – 10:50AM 2G
The customer is the center of success
Being customer centric means understanding customers’ situations, perceptions, and expectations. Being customer centric demands that the customer is the focal point of all decisions related to delivering products, services, and experiences to create customer satisfaction, loyalty, and advocacy. Customer centric businesses foster a positive customer experience at every stage of the customer
journey.
Entrepreneurship – 11:00 – 12:00PM 2G
Today’s entrepreneurs leverage their creative activism for social entrepreneurship
Today’s entrepreneurs say their goals are driven by factors like debt, the planet, control, and their desire to live a purposeful life. These new entrepreneurs are creative, energetic, and heading for success! YOU CAN TOO!
Inclusive and Diverse Leadership – 11:00 – 12:00PM 2H
It is a must-have strategy
Diversity is critical to business success. Diversity offers a synergy of different views and ideas. Diversity and inclusivity lead to a supportive work environment that accommodates varying perspectives on any issue. Business owners are adopting diversity as an opportunity to expand the horizon of growth, productivity and resourcefulness.
Digital Transformation – 11:00 – 12:00PM Presentation Theater
The future of work and social interaction will be digitally driven through innovation
The urgent need for digital transformation in remote work and the rapidly increasing use of cloud technologies are just two drivers of the relentless pace of digital disruption. Understanding the key drivers of change and leveraging the powerful capabilities of collaborative platforms can prepare organizations for digital transformation.