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Conference Topic: Behavioural Issues in Economics and Finance
Traditional Models in Economics and Finance are based on the assumption that decision makers are rational. But there is increasing evidence showing that people’s actual decisions systematically reflect cognitive biases. Business managers neglect the principles of behavioural economics and finance at their peril. This half day conference deals with the role of human behaviour in business decision making. An event that you don’t want to miss!
Speakers include:
- Abdul Rahman, Professor,Telfer School of Management
- François Villeneuve, Principal Financial Engineer Treasury, Export Development Canada
- Robert White, Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions at IBM
Conference Topic: Behavioural Issues in Economics and Finance
Traditional Models in Economics and Finance are based on the assumption that decision makers are rational. But there is increasing evidence showing that people’s actual decisions systematically reflect cognitive biases. Business managers neglect the principles of behavioural economics and finance at their peril. This half day conference deals with the role of human behaviour in business decision making. An event that you don’t want to miss!
Speakers include:
- Abdul Rahman, Professor,Telfer School of Management
- François Villeneuve, Principal Financial Engineer Treasury, Export Development Canada
- Robert White, Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions at IBM
Conference Topic: Behavioural Issues in Economics and Finance
Traditional Models in Economics and Finance are based on the assumption that decision makers are rational. But there is increasing evidence showing that people’s actual decisions systematically reflect cognitive biases. Business managers neglect the principles of behavioural economics and finance at their peril. This half day conference deals with the role of human behaviour in business decision making. An event that you don’t want to miss!
Speakers include:
- Abdul Rahman, Professor,Telfer School of Management
- François Villeneuve, Principal Financial Engineer Treasury, Export Development Canada
- Robert White, Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions at IBM
Conference Topic: Behavioural Issues in Economics and Finance
Traditional Models in Economics and Finance are based on the assumption that decision makers are rational. But there is increasing evidence showing that people’s actual decisions systematically reflect cognitive biases. Business managers neglect the principles of behavioural economics and finance at their peril. This half day conference deals with the role of human behaviour in business decision making. An event that you don’t want to miss!
Speakers include:
- Abdul Rahman, Professor,Telfer School of Management
- François Villeneuve, Principal Financial Engineer Treasury, Export Development Canada
- Robert White, Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions at IBM
Bernie Ashe - CEO of KOTT Group
Conference Topic: Critical Ingredients of Leadership
We are living through a time when some leadership has been dramatically disappointing for business teams, entire companies and even countries.
Yet we know that few contributions can add real organizational value to the same extent as visionary, participative and innovative leadership. So what makes a successful leader? Understanding the ingredients that go into effective leadership is critical, both for those wishing to build careers in management and for anyone seeking to develop into more effective and inspiring team contributors.
In this Professional Development Seminar, four successful senior leaders representing different industry sectors will share their personal leadership experiences and views on how managers can become more effective leaders. Questions from the audience will be welcome.
Moderator:
Richard Clayman, FLMI, FICB, MBA, Regional Vice-President, Manulife Financial (retired), Professor, Leadership & Management, Telfer School of Management
Conference Topic: Critical Ingredients of Leadership
We are living through a time when some leadership has been dramatically disappointing for business teams, entire companies and even countries.
Yet we know that few contributions can add real organizational value to the same extent as visionary, participative and innovative leadership. So what makes a successful leader? Understanding the ingredients that go into effective leadership is critical, both for those wishing to build careers in management and for anyone seeking to develop into more effective and inspiring team contributors.
In this Professional Development Seminar, four successful senior leaders representing different industry sectors will share their personal leadership experiences and views on how managers can become more effective leaders. Questions from the audience will be welcome.
Moderator:
Richard Clayman, FLMI, FICB, MBA, Regional Vice-President, Manulife Financial (retired), Professor, Leadership & Management, Telfer School of Management
Watch this inspirational video as Ian Telfer, Chairman, Goldcorp Inc., walks you through his exceptional entrepreneurial career and explains how to make the best of opportunities that come your way.
Conference organized by MaRS. http://www.marsdd.com/videos/entries/lived-it-lecture-with-ian-telfer-quick-hits
Gary Reamey - Principal, Country Leader for Canada, Edward Jones
Gary joined Edward Jones upon graduation from Wabash College in 1977. Under his leadership, the firm's Morris, Illinois, branch became one of the firm's most successful branches for many years. In the early 1980s, Reamey led the firm's first significant expansion into a major metropolitan area, Chicago. This was a radical departure from Edward Jones' practice of establishing branches almost exclusively in rural areas. This market has served as a prototype for the firm's expansion into the suburbs of many large North American cities. In fact, today 60% of Edward Jones branches are in the suburbs of large cities.
He was named a principal with the firm in 1984. In 1989, Reamey moved to St. Louis, where he was responsible for the U.S. Fixed Income and Trading and Equity Trading areas. In 1994, Reamey spearheaded the firm's international expansion efforts into Canada. This was the first time Edward Jones had opened offices outside the United States. Today, he is the senior principal responsible for the firm's Canadian division. Reamey received an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1987. He serves on the firm's Management and Executive
Committees, is a trustee of Wabash College, a past director for the Investment Industry Association of Canada, a past governor of the Toronto Stock Exchange, a past board member for the Ombudsman for Banking and Investments and a member of the Board of Governors for Junior Achievement of Central Ontario and a member of the Board of Directors for the Community Foundation of Mississauga. Reamey holds dual citizenship in Canada and the United States.
“Reinventing the Modern Corporation”
Throughout our centennial year of 2011, IBM is partnering with leading universities around the globe to host a series of lectures and conversations exploring how the world has changed in the past 100 years -- and how it will change in the decades ahead. IBM’s 100-year legacy holds valuable lessons for understanding humanity’s rapidly increasing ability to manage information -- and how this shift impacts science, business and society. How has technology reshaped industries, and what do the next 100 years have in store? In this lecture, Rob Ashe, General Manager, Business Analytics Division, IBM, will discuss the lessons we've learned in our first century and offer insights into the next- how new technologies, like powerful analytics; or advanced systems, like Watson, can be applied to tackle tomorrow's toughest challenges.