In-person MBA Conference & Case Competition preliminary program
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Conference on Day 1
March 7, 2025
Keynotes and workshops from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Time (All times to be confirmed) |
Keynotes & Speakers |
|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9 a.m. | Registration & breakfast |
| 9 - 9:30 a.m. | National Anthem, Land acknowledgement, welcome remarks and introductions: Dr. Murtaza Haider, Associate Dean, Graduate Programs |
| 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. | CGI Platinum sponsor segment Keynote speaker: Panel: |
| 10:30 - 10:35 a.m. | Short break |
| 10:45 - 11:30 a.m. | Farah Nasser, Global Speaker and Journalist (Moderator) Zabeen Hirji, Senior Advisor, Deloitte, Knockri & Public Sector; Former Chief Human Resources Officer, RBC. "The Future of Leadership is Human.” |
| 11:30 - 11:35 a.m. | Announcement for Talk Series |
| 11:35 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Talk Series: David Glazer, Principal, Glazer Design Talk Series: 'Evolving Leadership’ with Meryam Al-waadh, MSc Analytical Lead |
| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch break |
| 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. | CIBC - Platinum Sponsor Segment Akil Bishop, Senior Vice President & Regional Head, Ontario West (Moderator/Host) |
| 2:20 - 2:35 p.m. | Sonia Brar - Chief Technology Officer, City of Toronto |
| 2:35 - 3:15 p.m. | Talk Series - "From Math to Business: A Strategic Pivot to Lead Cybersecurity Industry Transformation" Dr. Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan, CISSP, SOA Certified Architect. |
| 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. | Closing remarks Monika Matel-Sousa, Director, Enterprise Solutions Services, City of Toronto |
| 3:30- 4 p.m. | Open networking and Q&A for Case Comepetition on Saturday, March 8th. Dr. Laleh Samarbakhsh, Director, MBA Programs | Garrett MacSweeney |
Case Competition on Day 2
March 8, 2025
Case competition and networking from 9 a.m to 6:30 p.m.
| Time | Case Competition agenda |
|---|---|
| 8 - 9 a.m. | Breakfast (Bootcamp Lab TRS3-180) |
| 9 - 9:30 a.m. | Presentations – Graduate classrooms Room 1: Team A Room 2: Team B |
| 9:40 - 10:10 a.m. | Presentations – Graduate classrooms Room 1: Team C Room 2: Team D |
| 10:20 - 10:50 a.m. | Presentations – Graduate classrooms Room 1: Team E Room 2: Team F |
| 11 - 11:50 a.m. | Presentations – Graduate classrooms Room 1: Team G Room 2: Team H |
| 11:45 a.m. | Judges deliberation |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Lunch and finalists announced (Bootcamp Lab TRS3-180) |
| 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. | Finalists shown to breakout rooms with a twist to the case Finalists to work independently on revised presentations Teams will have two (2) hours to prepare |
| 2:30 - 3 p.m. | Finals will be held in the Harry Rosen Lecture Hall Finalist Team 1 Presentation (Receives twist at 12:30 p.m.) |
| 3:10 - 3:40 p.m. | Finalist Team 2 Presentation (Receives twist at 1:10 p.m.) |
| 3:50 - 4:20 p.m. | Finalist Team 3 Presentation (Receives twist at 1:50 p.m.) |
| 4:30 - 5 p.m. | Finalist Team 4 Presentation (Receives twist at 2:30 p.m.) |
| 5 p.m. | Judges deliberation |
| 5 - 6:30 p.m. | Cocktail reception / Prize presentations (Bootcamp Lab TRS3-180) |
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.
Our 2025 Sponsors and supporters
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