Theme: TEDxVaughanWomen

Time is personal. We all have the same amount of time - 24 hours a day and yet most of us feel we never have enough. even with today's latest inventions, technology, science, we cant't make time or stop time - or can we?

We will ask the hard questions. Because isn't it about time:
To find long-term solutions to climate change, poverty, immigration, violence, race, gender and economic inequities?
To lead for different outcomes?
To challenge our "time-saving" technologies?
​To pay full attention and be fully present for ourselves and well as others?
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In our half a day seminar at Vaughan City Hall, we will hear talks that offer up Ideas, Stories and Solutions.

MPR
2141 Major Mackenzie Drive
Vaughan, Ontario, L6A 1T1
Canada

Diana Lucaci

Founder and CEO of True Impact

Diana Lucaci empowers business leaders with scientific understanding of people's needs and preferences, in order to create experiences that are relevant and meaningful.Diana is the Founder and CEO of True Impact, a leading neuromarketing research and strategy firm serving marketers, market researchers and advertisers. With a decade of Marketing experience and an education in Neuroscience and Psychology, she translates neuroscience data into actionable marketing strategies. She serves as the Canadian Chair on the Neuromarketing Science and Business Association (NMSBA) and is a Winner of the Best in Class Research Award, from the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA).True Impact’s mission is to humanize the customer, having partnered with organizations such as Canada Post, Colgate-Palmolive, Yahoo, Bell, Burger King and many more.

Isabella Bakker

Professor of Political Science at York University and a York Research Chair on Global Economic Governance, Gender and Human Rights

Isabella Bakker is Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at York University and a York Research Chair on Global Economic Governance, Gender and Human Rights. She is a leading authority in the fields of political economy, public finance, gender and development. She has held visiting professorships at a number of institutions including the European University Institute, New York University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has also held consultancies with the United Nations, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Canadian government as well as with numerous advocacy groups dedicated to advancing economic and social justice. Her most recent book (with Brigitte Young and Diane Elson) is Questioning Financial Governance from a Feminist Perspective (Routledge).

Jennifer Ladouceur

Founder & President of Pozentivity Inc.

Jennifer is driven by constantly challenging the status quo. While taking a diverse career path holding leadership roles in the private and public sectors, she has always been committed to thinking differently, innovating, and creating positive change, while building strong teams and inspiring those around her to achieve new heights. Jennifer holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA), a Masters Certificate in Municipal Leadership from Schulich School of Business, a Certificate in Economic Development from the University of Waterloo and Harvard Business School’s ManageMentor Program. All her personal and professional experiences have led Jennifer to this point: the founding of “Pozentivity Inc” which focuses on working directly with professional women in retreats around the world and within large organizations creating women leadership networks, in-house.

Poonam Puri

Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School

An internationally acclaimed expert in business law, capital markets regulation and corporate governance, Poonam Puri is a tenured professor of law at Osgoode Hall, York University and former Associate Dean. Appointed to Osgoode's faculty almost twenty years ago, she is an award winning teacher, author, lawyer, and public intellectual. Poonam holds an LL.B. degree from the University of Toronto and an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School. In 2016, Poonam was recognized as a Fellow of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation for her interdisciplinary, collaborative, community-engaged research which will formulate innovative solutions for governments, regulators and corporate leaders to ensure greater accountability of multinational corporations when they cause harm to people and local communities. Poonam has been recognized as one of Canada’s top 25 most influential lawyers and one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada. She is a former recipient of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 Award.

Sarah Kaplan

Distinguished Professor of Gender and the Economy, Professor of Strategic Management and Director of the Institute for Gender + the Economy at the Rotman School, University of Toronto

Sarah Kaplan is University of Toronto Distinguished Professor of Gender and the Economy, Professor of Strategic Management and Director of the Institute for Gender + the Eco. She is author of the business bestseller, Creative Destruction which challenges the myth of sustainable competitive advantage. Her current research continues this exploration of how organizations participate in and respond to the emergence of new fields, examining biotechnology, fiber optics, financial services, nanotechnology and the field emerging at the nexus of gender and finance. Her interest in gender lens investing is in understanding how whole new ecosystems can be built. She recently authored “The Risky Rhetoric of Female Risk Aversion,” “Meritocracy: From Myth to Reality,” and “The Rise of Gender Capitalism.” Formerly a professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a consultant for nearly a decade at McKinsey & Company, she received her PhD from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.