Opening Plenary: Pathways to Excellence
George Heller, Former CEO and President, Hbc

LTAD: Competition is a Good Servant, but Poor Master
Richard Way and Istvan Balyi, LTAD Expert Group Members
Luc Arseneau, Head Coach, National Cycling Centre – Atlantic Canada

Fixing the Broken Middle... Together... A Role for Canada Games
Andre Gallant, Director of Sport and Paul Jurbala, Consultant, Canada Games Council
Jean Pierre Cantin, Executive Director and Provincial Coach, Judo New Brunswick

"Seeing the Invisible, Speaking about the Unspoken" Working with Lesbian and Gay Athletes and Coaches
Guylaine Demers and Jennifer Birch-Jones, CAAWS

Great Openings and Closings
Dorothy Strachan, Management Consultant

CEO Best Practices
Penny Joyce, COO, Diving Plongeon Canada
Dan Thompson, President, Canadian Tire Foundation for Families, and President, Swimming Natation Canada
Pierre Lafontaine, CEO/National Coach, Swimming Natation Canada

High Performance Training Tips
Carl Petersen, Director, High Performance Training, City Sports and Physiotherapy Clinics
Mike Sutton, President/CEO, The Physioclinic

Coach Best Practices
Sally Bell, Head Coach, Women's Team, Field Hockey Canada
Tim Frick, Head Coach, Women's National Team, Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Association

Mark Granger, National Sprint Coach, CanoeKayak Canada

Coffee, Caffeine and Sport Performance
Terry E. Graham and Heather Petrie, Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI)

From Athlete to Coach: an International Perspective
Michel Goddard and Ralph Hippolyte, INSEP (France)

Preparation of Successful Student Athletes
Steve Konchalski, Men’s Head Basketball Coach, St. Francis Xavier University

Wade Smith, Vice-Principal, Citadel High School and Former Member, Canadian Men's Jr. National Basketball Team

Canadian Sport Excellence
Roger Jackson, CEO, Own the Podium 2010

Mike Chambers, President, Canadian Olympic Committee
Lane MacAdam, Executive Director, Sport Excellence, Sport Canada

Carla Qualtrough, President, Canadian Paralympic Committee

Revenue Generation “What Sponsors Want”
Mark Harrison, President, TrojanOne

Transforming your Governance Practices
David Brown, Executive Director, Brown Governance

NCCP: Facilitation of NCCP Workshops with Coaches of Varying Experience
Doug Krochak, NCCP Master Learning Facilitator

Effective Leadership: the Art and Science of Coaching
Frank Dick, Former Chief Coach, British Athletics

Women in Coaching Luncheon and Plenary: Developing Champions for Life
Michelle Leigh, Mariposa School of Skating

Carol-Angela Orchard, Seneca College

Events and their Impact: Economic, Legacy and Sport Development
Grant MacDonald, General Manager, Events Halifax
Anne Merklinger, Director General, CanoeKayak Canada
Peter Montopoli, National Event Director, FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007

Sport Participation
David McCrindle, Manager, Policy and Coordination, Sport Canada
Louis Jani, Senior Policy Officer, Sport Canada

Sport and Law: Athlete Contract Negotiations and Commercial Rights
Bill Cooper, Director, Commercial Rights Management, VANOC
Michael Spanier, Lawyer, Sports Law Group, Heenan Blaikie

Physical Literacy: Building the Base for Health and Excellence
Colin Higgs, LTAD Expert Group Member

The Value-Adding Board
David Brown, Executive Director, Brown Governance

Implementing High Performance: Vertical Integration
Alex Baumann, Executive Director, Road to Excellence
Mitch Geller, Chief Technical Officer, Diving Plongeon Canada
Mike MacKay, Manager, Coach Education and Development, Canada Basketball

Managing Risk: a Proactive Approach to Preventing and Mitigating Risks
Dina Bell-Laroche, True Sport Consultant
Rachel Corbett, Canadian Centre for Sport and Law

Closing Plenary: Striving for Success in a Small Market and Achieving International
Excellence
Dr. Patrick Parfrey, University Research Professor and Staff Nephrologist, Memorial University; former Head Coach and President, Rugby Canada
Adam van Koeverden, Olympic and World Kayak Champion