Overview

A Premier Leadership Initiative Facilitated by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce

Prosperity Now: Acting on Hamilton’s Top Business Opportunities
May 17, 2010 | 7 am to 3 pm | Hamilton Convention Centre

Join other invited leaders ready to act on three significant business opportunities set to renew Hamilton:

• 2015 Pan Am Games
• People and Goods Movement
• Downtown Redevelopment

Taken together, these initiatives have the power to launch start-up enterprises, revitalize mature businesses and forge new value chains. And they have the capacity to stimulate innovation and generate wealth — the foundation of a sustainable economy and high standard of living.

The question is: How do we make the most of our opportunities? Solutions start at this year’s Hamilton Economic Summit.

Reasons to Participate

• Capitalize on new and emerging business opportunities
• Help build a leadership consensus on economic action
• Influence investment decisions shaping Hamilton
• Strengthen Hamilton as an investment-ready community
• Connect with new customers and markets
• Help attract and retain investment and talent
• Contribute to realizing Hamilton’s vision: “To be the best place in Canada to raise a child, promote innovation, engage citizens and provide diverse economic opportunities”

Leadership Team

Chair
Tyler MacLeod, Dundee Securities Corporation

Honorary Co-Chair
Rob MacIsaac, President, Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology

Honorary Co-Chair
Don Pether, Chair, Board of Governors, McMaster University

Moderator
Professor Nick Bontis, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

Luncheon Speaker
Storm Cunningham, CEO, Resolution Fund, LLC

Managing Director
Richard Ward Allen | rallen@mountaincable.net | 905-572-0363

Director Business Development
Judi Partridge | judi.partridge@sympatico.ca | 905-520-1440

Click here to view a media release that includes detailed biographical information

Goals and Objectives

The overriding goal of the Hamilton Economic Summit (HES) is to help Hamilton become one of Canada’s top midsize cities as measured by its attractiveness to talent and investment.

HES 2010 is focused on achieving three objectives related to business development in Hamilton:

• Identify new and emerging local business opportunities in three targeted arenas: 2015 Pan Am Games, People and Goods Movement, and Downtown Redevelopment.
• Spotlight investment models, case studies and available funding to realize these opportunities.
• Agree on top leadership actions necessary to achieve business development outcomes that align with the City’s Official Plan and Economic Development Strategy.

These objectives align with the five priorities established by Hamilton City Council and reflected in the City’s recently revised economic development strategy:

1. Create more jobs
2. Increase non-residential assessment ~ industrial and commercial
3. Diversify our economy
4. Embrace innovation
5. Transform our economy

HES 2010 Agenda

Moderator: Dr. Nick Bontis, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
MORNING LEADERSHIP PANELS | Includes Breakfast
7:00 am	Registration & Breakfast
7:45 am	Welcoming Remarks Richard Koroscil, Chair, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce Tyler MacLead, Chair, Hamilton Economic Summit Rob MacIsaac, Honorary Co-Chair, Hamilton Economic Summit Don Pether, Honorary Co-Chair, Hamilton Economic Summit
8:00 am	Ranking Hamilton’s Economic Performance Against Canada’s Top 50 Cities Mario Lefebvre, Director, Centre for Municipal Studies, Conference Board of Canada
8:45 am	Panel I: Pan Am Games Business Opportunities Video Vignette Lead Off Speaker: Ian Troop, CEO, 2015 Pan Am Games Facilitated Conversation Audience Interaction
9:45 am	Panel II: Downtown Redevelopment Business Opportunities Video Vignette Lead Off Speaker: Ron Marini, Director Downtown Renewal Facilitated Conversation Audience Interaction
11:15  am	Panel III: Transportation Business Opportunities (people and goods movement) Video Vignette Lead Off Speaker: Robert Prichard, President and CEO, Metrolinx Facilitated Conversation Audience Interaction
AFTERNOON COMMUNITY FORUM| Includes Lunch *
12:00 Noon	Moving Forward from Morning Sessions Leadership Panels: Top Priority Actions Next Generation Strategy Session: Top Priority Actions West Hamilton Innovation District: Seeing Tomorrow Today Zach Douglas, McMaster Innovation Park Jeanne Mell, University City Science Center, Philadelphia Chris Murray, City of Hamilton Storm Cunningham, HES 2010 Keynote Speaker Keynote Address Wealth Creation Through Restoration: A Renewal Model for Hamilton Storm Cunningham, CEO, Resolution Fund Author: The Restoration Economy (2003) and reWealth (2008)
2:45 pm	Closing Remarks Richard Koroscil, Chair, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce Rob MacIsaac, Honorary Co-Chair, Hamilton Economic Summit Don Pether, Honorary Co-Chair, Hamilton Economic Summit
3:00 pm	Closure

* The afternoon program will be open to the public at $60 per person or $600 for a table of ten.

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