Schedule
Sport Leaders Stream

PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

For pre-conference activities facilitated by other organizations, please click here.

Thursday, November 6 and Friday, November 7
 

CAC Coaching Research Symposium
The Symposium offers delegates an opportunity to hear about current research on coaching and coach education, to network with Canadian researchers interested in coaching, and to strengthen the linkages among researchers and practitioners.

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Schedule... (.pdf, 231 KB)

Conference delegates may choose from any stream. For other streams, click here.

CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

Time Session/
Stream
Activity Speakers  
Friday, November 7
11:00-13:00
NEW TIME
  Sport Exchange Forum
Presented by Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation
  Details...
13:00-14:30
NEW TIME
SOLD OUT

Opening Plenary
Presented by Calgary Olympic Development Association (CODA)

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Carol Huynh,
Olympic wrestling champion
Chantal Petitclerc
,
Paralympic multiple champion
Iain Brambell
,
Olympic rowing bronze medallist
Details...
15:00 - 17:00

A5

SL

Small and Mighty: The Better Practices of Small Sport Organizations

 

Jeff Bell,
Executive Director, Badminton Alberta
Tony Kiesenhofer,
Director General, Table Tennis Canada Tennis de Table

Chair:
Patrick Jarvis,
Board Member - International Paralympic Committee
Details...
 

A6

SL

Corporate Best Practises: Lessons from Canadian Business Leaders

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Neil Camarta,
Petro-Canada, Senior Vice-President, Oil Sands
John Stanton,
Founder of The Running Room, Author of four books on running

Chair:
Roger Jackson,

Chief Executive Officer, Podium Canada

Details...
18:00-22:00  

Sport Leadership Awards Ceremony and Dinner

Business attire or Western Best Dress (dress jeans/western shirt or dress)

Reception – 18:00-19:00
Calgary Telus Convention Centre - Light hors d'œuvre and refreshments will be served

Awards Ceremony – 19:00-20:00
Calgary Telus Convention Centre - Formal, "theatre" presentation.

Dinner – 20:00-22:00
Hyatt Regency Calgary

  Details...
Saturday, November 8
8:00-9:30  

Plenary: Beijing Debrief – Lessons from Canadian Performances at the 2008 Olympics and Paralympics
Presented by the City of Sheffield, Sheffield Lighting the Flame and Yorkshire Forward

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A continental breakfast will be served.

Sean Scott,
High Performance Advisor, Road to Excellence
Alex Gardiner,
Sr. Director, Olympic Programming (Technical), Canadian Olympic Committee

Facilitator:
Alex Baumann,
Executive Director, Road to Excellence

Details...
10:00 - 12:00

B4

SL

Canada's New Federal Policy For Hosting International Sport Events

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Dennis Blinn,
Manager Hosting Unit, Sport Canada
Monique Giroux, Manager, Hosting Unit Sport Canada
Details...
 

B5

SL

Bringing Your Activation to Life

 

Mark Harrison,
President, TrojanOne
Details...
 

B6
SOLD OUT

SL

Executing Excellence in Governance Structure

David A.H. Brown, Executive Director, Brown Governance Inc. Details...
12:30-14:30  

Women in Coaching Luncheon and Plenary
Presented by Calgary Sport Council

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Lunch will be served.

Kathy Sendall,
Petro-Canada Senior Vice-President, North American Natural Gas

Cathy Priestner Allinger,
Executive Vice President, Sport and Games Operations, VANOC

Details...
15:00-17:00

C5

SL

From Representation to Engagement: Towards a New Sport Canada Policy on Women in Sport

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Rebeccah Bornemann,
Senior Policy Officer, Sport Canada
Details...
 

C6

SL

Sport and the Media: Understanding and Accessing Traditional and New Media

Alon Marcovici,
Vice President, Digital Media and Research
Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium
Scott Smith,
Chief Operating Officer, Hockey Canada

Facilitator
Lisette Johnson Stapley,
Athlete Relations Manager
Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium

Details...
 

C7

SL

Executing Excellence in Governance Culture

 

David A.H. Brown, Executive Director, Brown Governance Inc. Details...
  C9 No Sweat! Supporting Performance in Extreme Environments
Presented by Gatorade
Dr. Gord Sleivert,
Vice-President of Sport Performance, Canadian Sport Centre Pacific
Details...
17:15-18:30   What Sport Can Do – A True Sport Report: The Case for Community Sport in Canada Paul Melia,
President / Chairperson of True Sport
Details...
19:00-21:00  

Social
Presented by Calgary Sport Tourism Authority
Flames Central - Light finger-foods and refreshments will be served.

   
Sunday, November 9
7:30-9:30   Western Pancake Breakfast    
8:00-9:30  

Roundtable Discussions
Presented by Tourism London and Special Olympics Canada

  Details...
9:30-11:30  

Closing Plenary
Presented by Tourism Vancouver

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Renée Smith-Valade,
Vice President, Communications, VANOC
Hu Jiayan,
Vice Minister for the General Administration of Sport of China (GASC) and Vice President, Chinese Olympic Committee (COC)
Colleen Sostorics,
Olympic gold medallist, Canadian National Women’s Hockey Team
Frank Dick,
Former Chief Coach, British Athletics

Details...

 

POST-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

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