Tania Del Matto, Executive Director
My Sustainable Canada

Tania believes people and organizations can use their buying power to drive the demand for more sustainable products and ultimately be a force for social change.

In 2007, Tania founded My Sustainable Canada (MSC) – a national not-for-profit organization with a mandate to help organizations and their stakeholders engage in sustainable behaviours. Tania currently serves as MSC's Executive Director and is responsible for establishing and executing major goals and objectives for the organization.

Tania has 15 years of experience working with players across supply chains, industries, sectors, communities and academic disciplines, helping to build mutually beneficial partnerships that bridge gaps in understanding and embed sustainability in the work they do.

Tania is leading a number of innovative initiatives at MSC, including:

• Building the capacity of the public sector to procure more local/sustainable products and services
• Collaborating with the technology sector to develop decision-making and measurement tools that help people and organizations make socially conscious purchasing decisions

Tania has a joint Honours Bachelor Degree in Economics and Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo and a Masters of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo.

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Benjamin Dent, PhD – Associate, Sustainability
VCM International

Dr. Benjamin Dent is VCM International's European Associate, focusing on sustainability and development projects. Ben worked for the UK Government on environmental and agricultural policy for 12 years before transitioning into the food industry. For the last 10 years Benjamin has worked with farmers and food companies in the UK, North America, Australia, and New Zealand to develop innovative business practices. A number of his projects, which include frozen vegetables, bagged salad, mangos, fresh pork, kiwifruit and wine, have involved utilizing loyalty card data to drive cooperation across value chains, and have illustrated how environmental sustainability programs can contribute to businesses' competitiveness.

His PhD analysed how firms can design and execute investments to reduce carbon emissions, leading to the creation of shareholder value and greater ability to manage future uncertainties. His Master's thesis examined the success of food business incubators in the US, Canada, and UK. For seven years, he has been advising the UK's Soil Association, the country's largest certifier of organic products, on its standards. He is currently working on four development projects in Africa.

In 2005, Ben set up and continues to manage Penshurst Farmers' Market, recently named by The Times as one of the top ten markets in the UK. In 2007 he established and now chairs Kent Farmers' Market Association, which provides training, marketing and consumer research for the 44 markets and over 500 stallholders in the county. This has resulted in Kent's farmers markets expanding by over a third in the last five years.

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John Foster, Regional SHE. Sustainability and DuPont Production Systems Champion
DuPont Canada

Mr. Foster joined DuPont in 1980 as a process engineer at the Whitby, Ontario manufacturing facility. He held several positions in the former DuPont Packaging business including Sales & Marketing Representative for Packaging and Industrial Performance Films, Production Manager, and Technical & Engineering Manager.

In 1996 Mr. Foster moved to the Ajax, Ontario, DuPont Performance Coatings plant and served as Operations Manager and later Plant Manager until 1999 when Mr. Foster joined the subsidiary Enhance Packaging business as Vice President of Human Resources. In 2001 became the Vice President of Operations for Enhance. Following the acquisition of Liqui-Box and the creation of the DuPont Liquid Packaging Systems (DLPS) business, he became the regional Operations Director for Liqui-Box Canada.

In 2004, Mr. Foster was appointed Asset Productivity leader and Six Sigma Champion for the DLPS business and was appointed interim Plant Manager for the Sacramento, California, DuPont Liquid Packaging Systems (DLPS) facility in 2005. In 2006, he was appointed Organizational Development and Information Technology Leader for the Global DLPS organization before becoming Global Operations Director for DLPS in 2008.

In 2009 he was assigned as a Deployment Champion for the DuPont Production System (DPS) effort, working across North American plants on the implementation of the TRACC Business Improvement tool, in addition to working directly with the Sulfuric Acid business as DPS Champion for that network of sites.

Mr. Foster holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Queen's University, Kingston.

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David Freeman, Principal
Freeman + Freeman Design Inc.

David Freeman is a founding principal of Freeman + Freeman Design Inc. in Toronto. He graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from the University of Waterloo. Upon graduation David worked with architectural and design firms in Toronto, including work on a number of projects for Arthur Erickson Architects. Freeman + Freeman Design Inc. was formed in 1989 with the intent to offer an alternative to the approach often practiced by larger firms. This philosophy has been maintained and enhanced with the introduction of sustainable, responsible design practices for all projects the firm undertakes. David along with senior staff at the firm, have obtained LEED AP in ID+C designation. This has reinforced the commitment to utilize sustainable practices for all projects including those not specifically targeting LEED designation.

From the inception of Freeman + Freeman Design Inc. David has acted as project manager and project designer on a varied range of Commercial and Institutional projects. Recently the firm completed the design for the offices of the Ministry of the Environment at Queens Park in Toronto to house the office of the Minister and senior Ministry staff. The project utilized innovative products and sourced materials from Ontario wherever possible. The project achieved LEED-CI Platinum designation, a first for Ontario Government interior office construction. The principles of sustainable design have been utilized on projects including the design of offices and HD Studios for Score Media, offices and technical areas for Accessible Media Inc., offices for the Ontario Ministry of Finance, Ministry of the Attorney General, NexJ Systems and property managers GWL Realty Services, Dundee Realty and Bentall/Kennedy Real Estate Services.

Mr. Freeman is a registered member of the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO), is a LEED ID+C Accredited Professional with the Canadian Green Building Council, and is actively involved in charity work within the community, having acted as a volunteer for the C.N.I.B. and with Big Brothers of Metro Toronto for over 14 years, and serving on the volunteer Board of Directors with the Leaside Hockey Association, and with continuing involvement in youth sports as a convenor and coach.

Gil Friend, President & CEO
Natural Logic Inc.

Gil Friend is President & CEO of Natural Logic Inc., helping companies design, implement and measure profitable sustainability strategies. He is widely considered one of the founders of the sustainable business movement, and was recently named an inaugural member of the ISSP Sustainability Hall of Fame (along with Ray Anderson, Amory Lovins, Karl Henrik Robert and Bob Willard).

A systems ecologist and business strategist with more than 40 years experience, his clients have included Arizona Public Service, Coca Cola, Dean Foods, eBay, General Mills, Gilead Sciences, Granite Construction, Green Mountain Energy, Hewlett Packard, Levi Straus & Co, Nike, Odwalla, Pacific Gas & Electric, Raytheon, Rhodia, Steelcase, Sun Microsystems, SunPower, the US General Services Administration and many others. In addition to his work as a trusted advisor to some of the world's leading companies, his accomplishments include developing one of the first "sustainability dashboards" in 1994, and co-designing the ULe 880 sustainable business standard.

Friend served in the California Governor's Office, developing early sustainability policies and programs. He was a founding board member of Internet pioneer Institute for Global Communications, founder and Executive Director of Foundation for the Arts of Peace, and cofounder and codirector of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, a leading urban ecology and economic development "think-and-do tank," where he pioneered the current "green roof" trend nearly 40 years ago.

Friend lectures widely, and has served as Adjunct Faculty at Presidio Graduate School, and visiting faculty at California College of the Arts. He is the author of The Truth About Green Business (FT Press), has written hundreds of articles and has contributed chapters to several other books. He holds an M.S. degree in systems ecology from Antioch University, and is a seasoned practitioner of "The Natural Step" environmental management system.

He serves on the boards of Open Data Registry, Inc. and Ecological Building Network, and on the advisory boards of CleanFish, Green World Campaign, Green Chamber of Commerce, RePower Capital, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and Sustainable Brands, and was twice named one of the Bay Area's "top 25 movers and shakers in CleanTech."

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Wesley Gee, Director, Sustainability
The Works Design Communications

Wesley Gee, M.Sc., AIEMA, is Director of Sustainability at The Works Design Communication Ltd. He has worked in management consulting and sustainability for 14 years, and has substantial knowledge of and experience in areas including strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, materiality and performance analysis, corporate governance, CSR/sustainability reporting, and management systems.

Most recently Wesley was a Senior Sustainability Consultant at Stantec Consulting Ltd. and Senior Corporate Social Responsibility Advisor at Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR). In these roles, Wesley advised leading companies including Loblaw Companies Limited, Scotiabank, Xstrata Nickel, Bombardier, Hydro-Quebec, and Stantec at executive and operational levels to improve their identification of key business risks and opportunities, and approaches toward leadership in sustainability.

Wesley has extensive professional and academic backgrounds in sustainability, as an Associate of the Institute for Environmental Management and Assessment, participant in the Business Leaders Program at the Sustainable Enterprise Academy (Schulich School of Business), and graduate of the Masters in Sustainable Business program from the University of Leeds.

He is a recognized expert in corporate reporting, as judging panellist (sustainability focus) for the annual CPA Canada corporate reporting awards, and as working group member of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). Wesley is also an accredited verification service provider of the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) program.

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Martin Gooch, PhD – CEO
VCM International

Dr. Martin Gooch has 28 years' management experience in the international agri-food industry, having worked in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. His achievements include bringing together businesses and organizations to establish commercially successful agri-food initiatives that have gained international recognition, through setting the benchmark for research, innovation, and marketing from a value chain perspective.

Martin holds qualifications in crop and animal production, farm management, and has an undergraduate degree in International Business. His Master's thesis identified factors critical to the success of perishable food value chain alliances. His PhD identified ways to motivate farmers and managers of agri-food businesses to successfully adapt to changing market demands through developing close, strategic relationships and innovative business practices.

Martin established and became the Director of the Value Chain Management Centre (VCMC) in 2008. On April 1 Martin founded and became CEO of VCM International, of which the VCMC became a division at that time.

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Ginger Grant, PhD.
Professor, Marketing and Innovation, Faculty of Business
Sheridan College

Ginger Grant, PhD. lives and breathes the transformational power of narrative – for every company and every person has a story. Coming from the world of mergers and acquisitions, mid-life drove her back to school to study creativity and culture. Specializing in the Heroic Journey taken by ordinary people, she inspires and motivates others to identify their passions and unique purpose. Dr. Grant is a Professor of Marketing and Innovation at Sheridan College, a Visiting Professor at the Copenhagen Business School and the only Canadian in the consulting team for the Stanford Business School "Creativity and Business" program. A frequent international speaker, she is also a member of the Council for Innovation Metrics with the Conference Board of Canada.

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Richard Hammond, Principal
Cornerstone Architecture Inc.

Richard Hammond is a Principal Architect with Cornerstone Architecture in London Ontario. He is a graduate of the University of Waterloo's School of Architecture in 1984. Since its establishment in 1991, Cornerstone's work has focused on four sectors: facilities for children, public assembly projects, educational buildings, and seniors' communities; with projects located across Southwestern Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area. Cornerstone has also been a leader in design for sustainability. In 2005, Richard became a LEED® Accredited Professional through the Canada Green Building Council; which has led to an ongoing interest and involvement in the design of sustainable buildings and communities. In 2011 he completed online graduate studies at Arizona State University's School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment. He is currently completing a Masters degree at the University of Waterloo's School of Environment and Resource Studies.

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Jeff Hayward, General Manager, Marketing
OfficeMax Grand&Toy

A seasoned marketing leader with extensive North American and international experience in areas of business planning, marketing strategy, and corporate communications, Jeff is responsible for the leadership and management of Canadian marketing. He is focused on achieving growth and retention objectives through multiple channels and business segments while utilizing all elements of the marketing mix and ensuring the company brand is clearly and consistently articulated.

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Wendy Lomicka, Sustainability & Citizenship Leader
NOVA Chemicals

Wendy Lomicka is leader of Sustainability and Citizenship at NOVA Chemicals and is a member of the Corporate Communications team. She has more than 30 years of business experience in marketing and communications leadership roles in plastics, chemicals and healthcare sectors.

In her role at NOVA Chemicals, she is responsible for integrating the company's Responsible Care and Sustainability commitments with its corporate and commercial strategies. She is also responsible for the company's community investment portfolio.

She graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Journalism and from the University of Pittsburgh with an MBA in Marketing.

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Kirsten MacKenzie, Project Specialist, Green Buildings Division
Enermodal Engineering

Kirsten MacKenzie joined Enermodal Engineering in 2008 as a member of the Sustainability group. With project experience in various sectors utilizing multiple LEED systems Kirsten has supported project teams on the design, construction and certification of their projects. Kirsten assists project teams throughout all phases of the LEED process including preliminary planning and feasibility stages. Her experience spans various Western University projects, residential projects for both private developers and the Ontario Realty Corporation, commercial and institutional projects plus a number of commercial interior projects including the Ministry of the Environment's LEED Platinum office project at Queen's Park.

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Gavin Maher, Manager, Building & Energy Services
Infrastructure Ontario

Gavin is the Manager of Building & Energy Services for Infrastructure Ontario, responsible for leading a team of specialists in the development and management of all energy, sustainability, building performance, regulatory compliance and security & emergency preparedness related programs for corporate and provincial initiatives. IO's managed portfolio includes over 50 million square feet of existing owned and lease space, in addition new construction initiatives. The portfolio includes a wide variety of properties ranging from detention centres to office space, courthouses and heritage buildings.

Gavin's experience spans a number of diverging real estate disciplines; of which the last 6 years have been with IO. Prior to IO, Gavin worked in various sustainability related capacities within corporate real estate, including facilities management, appraisal and commercial leasing.

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Paula Martin, Advisor to the CEO
Vancity Credit Union

Paula Martin is accountable for ensuring awareness of Vancity's values-based approach to banking and leveraging its relationship with the Global Alliance for Banking on Values, as well as other national and international organizations. In her executive role, Paula also supports CEO Tamara Vrooman in extending her personal reach, engaging with external audiences to build a leadership network across a variety of sectors to engage others in Vancity's vision.

Previously Paula served as Senior Vice President of Member Engagement overseeing Marketing, Communications, and Digital and Community Engagement and as Vice President of Public Affairs and Corporate Communications, providing communications counsel to the Vancity Group's Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors.

Prior to joining Vancity, Paula was Director of Public Affairs for the University of British Columbia, where she oversaw internal and external communications, issues management, media relations, and community relations. Paula also has a background in journalism – as a producer for CBC Radio national current affairs and a reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press. She studied journalism for four years at Ottawa's Carleton University School of Journalism and is professionally accredited through the International Association of Business Communicators.

She has served on the boards of many community organizations, including the Vancity Community Foundation, Canadian Business for Social Responsibility, Leadership Vancouver, and Volunteer Vancouver and is a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors' Education Program.

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Bob Masterson, Vice President, Responsible Care
Chemistry Industry Association of Canada

Bob is Vice President Responsible Care with the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada. Developed in Canada in 1985 at a time the chemistry industry's social licence to operate was in serious question, Responsible Care is now practiced in 62 countries around the world. A true Canadian success story.

Bob is honoured to be leading the Association's Responsible Care efforts, being just the third person entrusted to this important role in the 27 years since the initiative was launched.

Bob holds an Engineering Degree from Queen's University, and completed a Masters in Public Policy at Carleton University. He has worked in Ontario's nuclear power sector, and spent 15 years as a consultant on environment and sustainability issues within many industrial sectors, including forest products, electricity generation, cement, mining and energy.

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Chad Metcalf, President
Value Stream Solutions Inc.

Chad's industry experience comes from several levels of accountability within manufacturing and service roles, giving him the knowledge and ability to solve business issues and capitalize on opportunities. His education includes a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Technology from Bemidji State University in Minnesota and a college diploma in Electronics Engineering Technology from Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology in Ontario. In addition to his expertise with manufacturing, engineering and service oriented events, Chad's project experience also includes administrative/transactional department initiatives, including: sales departments, call centers, health & safety, human resources, IT and accounting.

Chad has worked for world class organizations such as IBM and General Electric and several other SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises) where his knowledge and skills in empowering people and achieving results were honed. As a senior manager, he developed several cross functional, value stream teams, focused on customer satisfaction and phenomenal results.

Chad is a Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Enterprise Master Trainer and Business Transformation Consultant. A recognized leader in his field, Chad has trained, mentored and facilitated, hundreds of other Lean and Six Sigma experts for client organizations.

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Eva Musso, Project Green Team Lead
Ontario Ministry of the Environment

In 2007 Eva Musso was invited to develop and lead a workplace greening program for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) – a government agency with over 2,000 staff located in offices throughout Ontario. Under her leadership, the program now includes the annual measurement and reporting of the Ministry's carbon footprint, a LEED platinum certificate for renovations in our head office and an innovative 'green team' program which uses the principles of gamification to engage staff in sustainability. In 2009 the program was given a recognition award by Ontario's Environmental Commissioner, and in 2012 the MOE was the first building tenant to receive the Recycling Council of Ontario's 3Rs certification for its location at 135 St. Clair Ave West.

In 2010 Eva helped the Government of Canada with a Summit Sustainability Strategy for the Ontario G-8 and G-20 Summits, and she is currently supporting TO2015 as they develop a sustainability strategy for the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto.

An active volunteer, Eva is a board member of Fashion Takes Action, a former board member of the Women's Healthy Environments Network.

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Steve Quon, Vice President, Corporate Development
Maxxam Analytics International Corporation

As Maxxam's Vice President of Corporate Development, Steve is responsible for the development and execution of the company's acquisition strategy. Steve also provides oversight to Maxxam's continuous improvement, sustainability and procurement groups who focus on delivering operational efficiencies and implementing sustainable business practices. With experience in negotiations and managing large, multi-dimensional projects, Steve provides leadership for his staff to drive business process improvements through employee engagement and active collaboration with vendors.

Prior to Maxxam, Steve held leadership positions in Corporate Finance, Product Management, Business Process Improvement, Account Relationship Management and Financial Planning and Reporting. Steve has a Bachelor of Commerce (Minor in Economics) from the University of Toronto and is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (ICAO).

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Dr. Bronwen Rees, Director, Centre for Transformational Management
Lord Ashcroft International Business School

Dr. Bronwen Rees has worked in the area of transformational change and critical management theory for many years, developing a tried method of sustainable organisational change – called 'ethical inquiry'.

She is Director of the Centre for Transformational Management Practice at Lord Ashcroft International Business School in the United Kingdom, founder editor of the journal Interconnections which brings together radical ideas and practices for business, the founder of the East West Sanctuary, Centre of Evolutionary Inquiry in Budapest, Hungary, and of the research and training company, Incubatio.

She has presented her work world-wide, in the US, in Europe, and in Thailand through running workshops, seminars and retreats. This year, she will be running workshops at the Academy of Management in Florida, and also lead a mindfulness session at the Cambridge launch of the 'B' team. She has published several books and articles at international level. She is a fully qualified psychotherapist and ordained in the Western Buddhist Order.

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Tim Reeve, President
Reeve Consulting

Tim Reeve is a well recognized results oriented professional with 20 years experience delivering successful sustainability strategies, corporate social responsibility programs and stakeholder engagement processes for private sector, non-profit organizations, governing bodies and educational institutions. Tim has a specialization in procurement and supply chain management and served on the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation helping to plan purchasing, sustainability and social responsibility strategies for both the Vancouver 2010 and the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

Through his firm, Reeve Consulting, Tim has development the Canadian Municipal Collaboration for Sustainable Procurement (MCSP) group by facilitating and fostering a group of approximately 20 active municipalities throughout Canada. By encouraging resource sharing and knowledge transfer, Tim has been able to nurture sustainability leadership, green operations, socially responsible supply chains, and sustainable purchasing programs.

Tim is also the co-founder and lead instructor for the BuySmart Network, a networking and training association for supply chain and sustainability professionals that is dedicated to building capacity for ethical and sustainable purchasing. His ongoing role in this organization keeps him connected with many of North America's leading sustainability practitioners and abreast of current best practice.

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Rymal (Ry) Smith, Partner/Owner
Change Energy

Ry Smith is a Partner/Owner of Change Energy Services, a leading authority and full-service provider of compressed gas fuelling solutions. Mr. Smith brings over 25 years of expertise in projects that design and develop CNG, LNG, and hydrogen fuelling opportunities and solutions. With a holistic approach, his practical knowledge and experience covers the complete range of technical, regulatory and multi-stakeholder requirements that such infrastructure projects entail.

Prior to Change Energy, from 2003 to 2008 Mr. Smith was Director of the Hydrogen Village Program – a consortium-based program administered by Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Canada with NRCan funding. In this role Mr. Smith's focus was on developing viable H2 infrastructure in Ontario around technology demonstrations led by consortium members, targeting near-term market needs and opportunities for a range of mobility, stationary and power grid applications for hydrogen and fuel cells.

Previous positions held by Mr. Smith include General Manager of the Natural Gas for Vehicles (NGV) Division of Union Gas Ltd and Director of Transportation Business Development with Stuart Energy, a commercial provider of water/hydrogen electrolysis systems for energy (stationary power and vehicle refuelling) and industrial process requirements. Over the course of these years Mr. Smith was responsible for the design, engineering and project management of many of the first NGV and H2 vehicle refuelling stations. He managed the development of over 30 NGV refuelling facilities serving a SW Ontario network of over 8,000 vehicles at both private on-site and public retail stations.

Mr. Smith is Chair of the Standards Committee for the Canadian Natural Gas Fuelling Stations Installation Code (CSA B108). He actively participates in the development of other Codes, Standards and Regulations for the Hydrogen and Natural Gas Vehicles industries and sits on the Education & Outreach Committee. In 2012 he authored Modelling Sustainable Natural Gas Vehicle End Use Applications (jointly with NRCan) as a key component of the Natural Gas Use in the Canadian Transportation Sector-Deployment Roadmap.

As a recognized authority on hydrogen applications Mr. Smith has been extensively engaged to speak in North America and Europe on the opportunities of a Hydrogen Economy and the integrated energy system pathways that can take us there.

Mr. Smith is licensed as a professional engineer in the provinces of Ontario, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and New Brunswick.

ChangeEnergy.ca

Barb Steele, Director of Strategic Partnerships
Network for Business Sustainability

Barb works with the NBS team to support their mission of enabling business sustainability by fostering collaboration between research and industry. In her current role she is working to improve the access and applicability of NBS research and tools for business leaders. Her hope is for management decision making to become more sustainable and believes that NBS plays a critical role in creating this shift. Barb's work experience includes senior leadership roles in marketing, consulting and account services with both for profit and non-profit organizations.

Barb holds an Honours Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey school of Business, and a Masters of Science in Organizational Development and Change from Pepperdine University.

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Mike Townsend, Founder & CEO
Earthshine Solutions Ltd.

Mike is an engineering graduate, recovering MBA, writer, and business transformation leader, with over twenty-five years experience in a range of sectors.

Mike established Earthshine in 2006, to help organisations deliver sustainable business success – through integrating sustainability principles at all levels – to impact on the top and bottom lines – and support the transition to a sustainable and low carbon economy.

Earthshine has been working with organisations large and small across UK, Europe and North America, including: 2-degrees Network, Adnams plc, Anglia Ruskin University, Aviva, Bloom Centre for Sustainability, DWP, Guardian, Life Technologies, LoyaltyOne, Myrtha Pools, Rough Guides, Sustainable Business Magazine, Triodos Bank, and others.

Earthshine is also at the forefront of research and development – improving awareness of best practices and the positive business case for change – through its Global Research Project and The Sustainable Business Lab, which now has members from over 25 different nations.

Mike is also actively involved in campaigning – Earthshine joined forces this year with TSSS on the CAP2 Project – shaping and promoting a new and sustainable economic paradigm, within which business, people, and planet can thrive and prosper. More recently this collaboration has extended to Richard Branson's B Team – helping to shape and spread the Plan B for business.

Mike is passionate about promoting the benefits of sustainable business, and author of The Robust Guide to Sustainable Business (forthcoming). Mike has also written regular articles for Sustainable Business magazine, 2-degrees Network, the Guardian, and Huffington Post.

Outside the business world, Mike enjoys family life, country living, reading, listening to music, practicing mindfulness, and playing rock drums.

For more information, please visit the Earthshine website, facebook page, join the online community at The Sustainable Business Lab, or follow Mike on twitter at @mike_earthshine.

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Boris Tsinman, Joint Director, Procurement and Supply Chain
Lakeridge Health and Rouge Valley Health System

As a Joint Director, Procurement and Supply Chain for Lakeridge Health and Rouge Valley Health System Boris Tsinman is responsible for promotion of safe and quality health care through the implementation of optimal supply chain management practices and standards that are characterized by having the right product, at the right place, at the right time in the most cost effective manner. Boris provides key support and expertise to clinical areas in minimizing overall supply spending, while maintaining the highest quality of care to patients.

Most recently Boris Tsinman worked as the Manager of Procurement and the Provincial Drug Distribution Program at the Capital District Health Authority in Halifax Nova Scotia.

Boris has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia. He has over 25 years of experience with a wide variety of projects and contracts in both the public and private sector.

Boris is the author of a two-day course in Procurement and has taught the course at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS in their Professional Development Department. He taught procurement course on behalf of Procurement Management Association of Canada.

As an author of an educational series called "Lunch with Boris" he conducts weekly training sessions on all aspects of supply chain and government policies and guidelines.

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Bob Willard
Sustainability Speaker and Author

Bob is a leading expert on quantifying and selling the business value of corporate sustainability strategies and has given hundreds of keynote presentations to corporate, government, university, and NGO audiences. Bob applies his business and leadership experience from his 34-year career at IBM Canada to engage the business community in proactively avoiding risks and capturing opportunities by using smart environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies.

He has authored four books: The Sustainability Advantage (2002), The Next Sustainability Wave (2005), The Sustainability Champion's Guidebook (2009), and The New Sustainability Advantage (2012). In addition, his two DVDs, business case simulator Dashboard and Worksheets, and extensive master Slide Set provide capacity-building resources for sustainability champions.

Bob serves on the advisory boards of The Natural Step Canada and Forum for the Future US. He is on ad hoc advisory committees for sustainable business certificate programs at Seneca College, Algonquin College, and Ryerson University, and is on the core faculty of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP). He is a citizen member of the Durham Region Roundtable on Climate Change (DRRCC). He is an inaugural inductee into the International Society of Sustainability Professionals' Hall of Fame, and an award-winning Certified B Corp.

He has a BSc from McGill University (1964), and an MEd (2000) and PhD (2005) from the University of Toronto. His mission is to ensure his three grandsons' quality of life is at least as good as he has enjoyed.

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Integrating Sustainability into Your LEAN Thinking to Create Bottom-Line Business Value

Workshop Leader: Chad Metcalf, President, Value Stream Solutions Inc.

When: October 1, 2013, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Where: Mississauga Convention Centre

This workshop will provide participants with practical methods to integrate sustainability objectives into their LEAN thinking to create bottom-line benefits. For the small to medium sized enterprise, the concept of sustainability can be intimidating. They can be overwhelmed by vendors that promote technology, software, services and financial products as a way to make them feel good to justify the investment because it's "saving the environment". Companies need to look at this differently, by focusing on reducing the use of energy and other resources, and eliminating wastes in the manufacture of goods by driving out inefficiencies.

Looking at sustainability as a value added activity and outcome of positive behaviour change, companies applying LEAN to reduce waste can incorporate sustainability goals to further improve their performance and profits.

Participants in this workshop will see real examples of how other companies have used Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, TPM, 5S and PDCA problem solving and sustainable business practices to impact their bottom lines.

Who Should Attend

This workshop is designed for Small to Medium Enterprise Business Leaders, Managers, Supervisors and Employees faced with trying to improve business results, implement continuous improvement and be environmentally responsible.

Can Your Organization's Buying Power Create Positive Social Change?

Workshop Leader: Tania Del Matto, Executive Director, My Sustainable Canada

When: October 1, 2013, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Where: Mississauga Convention Centre

Public and private sector institutions are increasingly looking to leverage their buying power to create economic and environmental benefits and support positive social change. This workshop will feature case examples from across Canada, including University of British Columbia's Sustainable Procurement Guide, Nova Scotia's Government-wide Sustainable Procurement Policy, and others that demonstrate the operationalization of buy-local and sustainability policies into procurement practices. Who are the trail-blazers? What mistakes have they made? What can we learn from them?

Join us in sharing your experiences on the journey towards sustainable procurement. Come with your questions and insights!

Who Should Attend

This workshop will be of interest to:

• Staff in public, private and non-profit organizations who are responsible for purchasing, sustainability, corporate responsibility or local economic development
• Anyone else with an interest in sustainable and buy-local purchasing

Mindfulness as a Tool to Drive Systemic Change

Workshop Leader: Dr. Bronwen Rees, Director, Centre for Transformational Management Practice, Lord Ashcroft International Business School

When: October 1, 2013, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Where: Mississauga Convention Centre

Faced with the current challenging economic and social conditions, businesses are realising that they need tools of real change if they are both to sustain themselves and the planet. However, businesses are struggling to find ways of changing its practices and are discovering that the solution cannot be found at the level at which the problem has been created. Real institutional change can only come about with a shift in consciousness.

Increasingly, businesses are turning towards ancient wisdom practices as a way of effecting this change, especially the form of awareness called "Mindfulness". Mindfulness is a practice that can be introduced into one's daily work life by paying careful attention to one's own thoughts, emotions, and to the context in which one finds oneself. It allows individuals to reflect on their experience and on the consequences of their actions – to bring depth, clarity, insight and creativity to decision-making and the desire and capacity to take greater responsibility. By creating conditions where employees can reflect upon and engage with their own inner values, organizations are discovering that they can truly unlock and harness the hidden value of their employees – and orient themselves collectively in a sustainable direction not only within their own companies, but also through the cultivation of mindful relationships with suppliers, customers and other stakeholders.

The workshop will consist of a talk about the potential of mindfulness as a tool of systemic and organizational change, followed by an experiential session of mindfulness.

It will include illustrative case studies of organizations who have succeeded in embedding mindfulness as part of the organizational culture.

Workshop participants will be introduced to the notion of "mindfulness" and will discover:

• how mindfulness can bring about sustainable change and unlock hidden value by harnessing the creativity of employees
• how companies such as Google and Ebay have been able to apply mindfulness as a practical change management tool
• how a simple mindfulness practice can enhance communication, listening and even strategic, sustainable visioning

Who Should Attend

This workshop will be of interest to:

• Owners and senior management of SMEs
• Senior and middle level executives of public services such as health care and education
• NGOs wishing to create "mindful" communities
• Senior managers and HR professionals in the private sector
• Consultants providing sustainable change services
• Individuals wishing to find out about mindful practices for their own purposes