This Conference e-Proceedings will help your organization improve employee engagement and build a corporate culture founded on trust and high performance. Learn how to demonstrate the business case for trust and engagement, use social media to build trust within your organization, create passion and maximize commitment and loyalty, and harness engagement in the face of a tumultuous business environment.

This e-Proceedings features clinics, case studies, and panel discussions of today’s greatest employee motivation and optimization issues from the perspective of leading organizations including The Home Depot, Inc., Walmart Canada Corp., TD Bank Financial Group, Bell Canada, General Motors Corporation, and many others.

Opening Remarks
Kim Forgues
Vice-President, Human Resources
The Home Depot Canada Inc.

Trust, Engagement, and the Bottom Line
David Cheesewright
President and Chief Executive Officer
Walmart Canada Corp.

Unleashing and Empowering People for High Performance
Mark Porter
Senior Vice-President, Human Resources
Shaw Communications Inc.

Panel Discussion: The Business Case for Trust

Paul K. Bates
Dean, DeGroote School of Business
McMaster University

Michael S. Cloutier
President and Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Diabetes Association

Peter McQuillan
Vice-President, Finance, Planning and Engineering
Federal Express Canada Ltd.

Michael Rowe
Chief Financial Officer
The Home Depot Canada Inc.

Anthony Staffieri
Senior Vice-President, Finance
Bell Canada Enterprises

Employee Engagement: The Missing Link in the Mission Driven Organization
Ray Mowling
Executive Director
Council for Biotechnology Information, and
Past President
Monsanto Corporation

Employee Consumer Outreach
Peter Ternes
Director, Internal Communications
General Motors Corporation

Management Clinic: Building Trust and Becoming an Employer of Choice

Nicholas Crook
Account Director
Towers Watson

Debra Horsfield
Senior Consultant
Towers Watson

Serge Reynaud
Vice-President, Human Resources
Kruger Products Limited

Opening Remarks - Day Two
Kim Forgues
Vice-President, Human Resources
The Home Depot Canada Inc.

Recruiting with Social Media - the Costs, the Benefits, and the Truth
Mike Jackson
Director, Professional Services
Monster.ca

Employer of Choice -- Knowing Who You Are & Who You Need to Be

Louella Eastman
President
CSRLE Consulting, and
Former Vice-President, Human Resources
Aviva Canada

Jude A. Fairweather
Vice-President, Organizational Development and Capabilities
Aviva North America

TD's Story: How to Gain, Maintain and Increase Employee Trust in a Growing Enterprise
Peter McAdam
Vice-President, Employee Experience
TD Bank Financial Group

Passionate Engagement Meets the Bottom Line: Linking Trust to Financial Results
August Turak
Chief Executive Officer
Leadership Consulting
Author, Speaker, and Coach
AugustTurak.com

Closing Remarks
Kim Forgues
Vice-President, Human Resources
The Home Depot Canada Inc.