Reimagining Women in Leadership 2025

March 7-8, 2025

Future of work and AI: Will you still fit?

Join us for the challenge. #reimaginewil2025

Revitalize the perception of women in leadership at our in-person conference and MBA case competition. Our goal is to assemble a diverse group of women and men enrolled in MBA programs globally.

Together, we aim to foster the exchange of ideas on socially impactful business matters and explore themes centered around women in leadership.

This groundbreaking event will provide a unique platform for attendees to engage with distinguished keynote speakers, participate in interactive workshops, connect with peers and influential figures in the industry and test their skills in a challenging case competition. Don't miss the chance to be part of this transformative experience.

In-person Conference

Friday, March 7, 2025

$150 CAD conference access only

Access per individual to the full programming on Friday, March 7.

In-person Case Competition

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Team registration is now closed.

Includes one faculty member and four team members with full access to the conference portion on March 7 and case competition on March 8.

By the numbers since 2021

teams participated from Canada, US, India and Africa

invitees from the Ted Rogers School of Management and the business community attended

industry professionals participated including speakers, case competition judges and panelists

official sponsors and supporters participated including CIBC, Canadian Tire Bank and Canadian Women's Foundation

2025 Speakers

Meryam Al-waadh

Principal Analytical Lead, Google

Alysse Anderson

VP eCRM Enablement, CIBC

Elaine Baxter-Trahair

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), The Regional Municipality of Durham

Akil Bishop

Senior Vice-President & Region Head Ontario West Region, Personal & Business Banking, CIBC

Sonia Brar

Chief Technology Officer, City of Toronto

Diljot Chhina

Measurement Lead, Google

David Glazer

Principal, Glazer Design

Avisha Gudise

Director, Consulting Services, Public Sector, CGI

Zabeen Hirji

Senior Advisor, Deloitte, Knockri & Public Sector

Michelle Holland

Director, Consulting Services, Public Sector, CGI

Dr. Atefeh Mashatan

Canada Research Chair | Founding Director, Cybersecurity Research Lab | Associate Professor

Monika Matel-Sousa

Director, Enterprise Solutions Services, Technology Services Division, City of Toronto

Farah Nasser

Global Speaker and Journalist

Kellie Scott

Vice President, Consulting Services, Public Sector, CGI

Julia Stanisci

Vice President, Consulting Services, CGI

Marta Wisniewski

Organizational Change Management (OCM) Consultant, CGI

Jane Yuen

Enterprise Channels, CIBC

Conference moderators

Dr. Murtaza Haider

Associate Dean, Graduate Programs & Professor

Dr. Laleh Samarbakhsh

Interim Graduate Program Director, MBA; Associate Professor

Arfa Dar

Manager, Graduate Careers & Engagement

Leigh Allen

MBA Candidate

2024 Top Case Competition teams

1st Place

Schulich places first at ReimagineWIL2024 conference (external link, opens in new window)

2nd Place

Excellence performance by HEC Montréal in second place (external link, opens in new window)

3rd Place

Our host team, Ted Rogers MBA proudly places third

2024 Reimagining Women in Leadership

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About Reimagining Women in Leadership

Reimagining Women in Leadership: Conference & MBA Case Competition, conceived and presented by the Ted Rogers MBA program, brings together MBA candidates and industry professionals from diverse backgrounds from around the globe to exchange ideas on socially relevant business issues and topics related to women in leadership. The event was launched in March 2021 prior to International Women’s Day, with one sponsor. A total of 13 teams from across Canada and one team from the US participated in the case competition. Over 40 industry professionals from North America contributed as speakers, in networking events, as workshop leaders or as judges.

Sponsors and supporters

We appreciate the support provided by the Ted Rogers School of Management Leadership Centre, DavidsTea and our 2024 Platinum Sponsor: Rogers Communications Inc.