Canada Growth Summit 2024 | Public Policy Forum | 11 April 2024 | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building 255 Front St West, Toronto, ON, Canada

Standing Strong in a Changing World Order, discussed our country’s increased role in a world looking for stable, secure, dependable allies.

This must-attend event on Canada’s economic policy calendar brought together the thinkers, doers and deciders in business, government, academia and civil society to discuss Canada’s long-term prosperity.

2024 Sponsors

HOST:

Michael Serapio
Anchor & Reporter, CPAC

MODERATORS:

Rupa Banerjee
Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor Human Resource Management/Organizational Behaviour, Toronto Metropolitan University

Alicia Dubois
Chief Investment Officer, Boann Social Impact

Brett House
PPF Fellow and Columbia School of Business Professor, Columbia University

Shingai Manjengwa
Founder & CEO, Fireside Analytics Inc.

Hon. Lisa Raitt
Vice-Chair, Global Investment Banking, CIBC Capital Markets

Zi-Ann Lum
Reporter, POLITICO Canada

Luiza Savage
Executive Editor, Growth, POLITICO

Heather Scoffield
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Business Council of Canada

Sara-Christine Gemson
Executive Director, PPF Academy & Action Canada, Public Policy Forum

Kathleen Gnocato
Vice-President, Strategic Engagement

Edward Greenspon
President & CEO, Public Policy Forum

SPEAKERS:

Murad Al-Katib
President & CEO, AGT Food and Ingredients Inc.

Ramtin Attar
Co-Founder & CEO, Promise Robotics

Ana Bailão
Head of Affordable Housing and Public Affairs, Dream Unlimited Corp

Ehren Cory
CEO, Canada Infrastructure Bank

Penny Favel
Vice-President Indigenous Relations, Sustainability, Hydro One

Hon. Sean Fraser, MP
Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities

Chief Sharleen Gale
Board Chair at FNMPC & Chief of Fort Nelson First Nation

Ray Gilmour
Secretary to the Cabinet, Government of Alberta

John Hannaford
Clerk and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office

Simon Kennedy
Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development

Laura Lee Langley
Head of the Nova Scotia Public Service, Government of Nova Scotia

Jaimie Lickers
Senior Vice-President, Indigenous Markets, CIBC

Deanna Matthews
Vice President of Policy and Research, Gakino'amaage: Teach For Canada

Dan O'Brien
Chief Economist, Institute of International and European Affairs

Sue Paish
Chief Executive Officer, DIGITAL

Álvaro Pereira
Director of Country Studies of the Economics Department, OECD

Shannon Salter
Secretary to Cabinet, Government of British Columbia

Mikal Skuterud
Professor, University of Waterloo

Sean Speer
Fellow in Residence and Prime Minister of Canada Fellow, Public Policy Forum | Assistant Professor, University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

Scott Stirrett
Founder and CEO, Venture for Canada

Kaylie Tiessen
Economist, Unifor

Trevor Tombe
Associate Professor, University of Calgary

Carolyn Wilkins
Senior Research Scholar at Princeton University and Former Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada

2024 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• CIBC
• Johnson&Johnson

LEAD SPONSORS:
• University of Toronto
• CAPP
• Microsoft

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• RioTinto
• National
• BDC

INDIGENOUS OWNERSHIP & ECONOMIC RECONCILIATION BREAKFAST SPONSORS:
• Mokwateh
• NWMO
• Enbridge
• Suncor

MEDIA SPONSOR:
• POLITICO

BROADCAST PARTNER:
• CPAC

GREEN ROOM SPONSOR:
• Mitacs