Time: 8.00 am to 4.30 pm, followed by a cocktail reception from 4.30 pm to 6.00 pm EST
CORE's Annual General Meeting takes place from 7.30 am - 8.15 am EST
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ontario
Fee: CORE Members: complimentary. Non-members: $699 plus GST.
This full day conference will bring well known thought leaders as speakers who will present the outlook on the shifting world, globalization and it's impact on outsourcing. The conference agenda profiles international case studies and experts from high performing organizations that have been able to make systemic and fundamental changes and derived sustained advantage by adopting successful global strategic partnerships. An opportunity to learn from the best - global perspectives driving Canadian competitiveness.
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Featuring Keynote Speaker
Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon
Thomas Homer-Dixon is an award-winning author and one of the world’s leading experts on the intricate links between nature, technology, and society. As one of Canada’s foremost public intellectuals, he focuses on how societies adapt to complex economic, ecological, and technological change. He researches in the causes and consequences of economic instability; in the relationship between climate change, world energy consumption, and violent conflict; and in how we can use the Internet to promote democratic problem solving.
His most recent book, The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization, was an immediate #1 best seller in Canada, a Globe and Mail top 100 pick, and the winner of the 2006 National Business Book Award. His previous book,The Ingenuity Gap, also a #1 best seller, won the 2001 Governor-General’s Award for Non-fiction.
Dr. Homer-Dixon writes regularly for the Toronto Globe and Mail and the New York Times. He has also written for the Washington Post, the Financial Times, and the International Herald Tribune. He has been invited to speak about his ideas and research at the World Bank, World Economic Forum and some top universities around the world. He acquired a PhD from MIT in Cambridge for international relations, defence and arms control policy, cognitive science, and conflict theory. He is a Professor in the Centre for Environment and Business in the Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo and is the Centre for International Governance Innovation Chair of Global Systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada.
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Register for the Conference
The conference hotel is the Sheraton Centre Toronto. Access this site for room reservation and hotel information.
Conference Sponsor - HP Enterprise Services
