01 ABOUT
At InnovAction: Designing for Equality and Change, we are moving beyond the business case in reframing gender equality as an innovation challenge. We invite panelists, facilitators, and attendees not only to take a closer look at current practices and tools that are being used to facilitate gender equality and inclusion but to design innovative solutions during the conference by using human-center design principles.
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We will be welcoming industry professionals from Consulting, Financial Services, Consumer Goods, and the Public Sectors – including 12 CIBC leaders who will work directly with participants during the co-creation session! There will also be ample opportunities for networking during our Networking Session and Gallery Walk – where we will have an in-depth discussion with CIBC SVP/CIO, Georgia Woods!
DO NOT DESIGN FOR US, DESIGN WITH US
0 2 WHAT'S NEW
A new format
InnovAction 2018 combines plenary sessions, workshops, and action-oriented activities to move participant to learn, discuss and provide solutions to achieve gender equality in the business context:
Moderated by Professor Sarah Kaplan, the first part of the conference will bring industry leaders together to engage in a discussion about how to reframe gender equality as an innovation challenge.
The second part is made up of two workshop series that will A) give participants a view into current innovations being implemented by managers in consumer goods, tech, and public organizations, and B) introduce participants to a series of tools for creating change. The purpose of these workshop sessions is to inspire participants, and empower them to innovate for gender equality. Each participant will pick one workshop from session A, and one from session B.
We will be joined CIBC SVP/CIO, Georgia Woods, who will share her thoughts about how to engage Executives in innovating for gender and equality.
Then, the Co-Creation Session will give participants the opportunity to work together to create innovative solutions to specific gender equality challenges using Business Design concepts and tools.
These solutions will be showcased during a Networking Session and Gallery Walk!
Gender Equality as an Innovation Challenge
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Current Innovations
and Alternatives Approaches
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Designing for Equality and Change
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0 3 SCHEDULE
AM
Opening Remarks with
Tiff Macklem, Dean, Rotman School of Management
13:10
Opening Panel:
Gender Equality as an innovation Challenge
14:15
Workshops A:
Current Innovations
15:00
Lunch
17:00
PM
Workshops B:
Tools and methodologies to creating change
keynote Discussion with Georgia Woods, SVP/CIO, CIBC
BDC/WIMA Co-Creation Session: Using business design principles to tackle gender inequality
Networking Cocktail and Gallery Walk
04 SPEAKERS
Opening Panel: Gender Equality as an innovation Challenge
Andrew Edwards
Partner
Bain & Co
Kimberly Smith
Senior Manager, BMO
Former Leader Black Professionals Network, EY
Emanuela Heyninck
Commissioner
Pay Equity Commission
Rubiena Duarte
Global Diversity and Inclusion Director
Manulife
Sarah Kaplan
Director, Institute of Gender and Economy
Rotman School of Management
(Moderator)
Keynote Speaker
Georgia Woods
SVP & CIO
CIBC
Workshops B: Tools and Methodologies to Creating Change
Vanessa Iarocci
President at McCarthy Uniforms Inc.
Topic: Feminism Business Canvas
Sonia Kang
Chief Scientist @ BEAR, Faculty & Assistant Professor, Rotman School of Management
Topic: Behavioural Insights and Nudging for Diversity
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Pay Equity Commission
Topic: Analytics for Gender Equality
Workshops A : Current Innovations
Eric Arthrell
Deloitte
Topic: Parental Leave Program
April Lim
Policy Development Officer
City of Toronto
Topic: Social Procurement as a Tool for Equity
Bryan Gaensler
Director
Dunlap Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Topic: Women in Science: Progress in Gender Equality and Inclusion
Co-Creation Session: Using business design principles to tackle gender inequality
Vanessa Iarocci
President at McCarthy Uniforms Inc.
Nika Stelman
Innovation Strategist
Nika Stelman Consulting
Date and Time
Wed, January 31, 2018
10:00 AM – 6:30 PM EST
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Location
Rotman School of Management
105 Saint George Street
Toronto, ON M5S 3E6
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