Agenda 2026

9:00 AM – Registration (Rotunda)  
9:00 AM – Service Provider Showcase & Networking (Viking and Crush Rooms)
9:30 AM – Call to seats  
9:45 AM – Opening Welcome, House Keeping, Land Acknowledgement
10:00 AM – Indigenous speaker: Discussion of unity, shared purpose - Benny Skinner
10:45 AM – Stretch Break:  Please be back promptly at 11:00 am so we can get started. 
11:00 AM – Keynote Speaker - Carolina Balcazar
11:45 AM – Building Your 30‑Second Introduction – TBD 
12:00 PM – Lunch is provided (Vegetarian options available) 
Exhibitors Lounge & Networking (Rotunda) 
1:00 PM – Speed Networking 101 
1:45 PM – Stretch Break:  Please be back promptly at 11:00 am so we can get started.

2:00 PM – The Employer’s Lens: Hiring in a Changing World – Panel Discussion 
Wrap Up and Closing Remarks in individual workshops & registrant evaluations. Panelists to be available in Employer Networking Session
 
3:00 PM- 5:00 PMEmployer Networking Session hosted by Immigration Partnership - Main Hall.