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2015 MBC Annual General Meeting & National Conference
OCTOBER 1-4, 2015
Thursday October 1, 2015
Saturday, October 3, 2015 – Cont’d
9:00 – 4:00 pm – MBC Board of Directors Meeting
11:45 – 12:30 pm - Lunch
4:00 – 5:30 pm – Conference Committee and MBC
Reception Dinner
12:30 – 2:00 pm – Keynote #3 – Dr. Karyn Gordon
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Free Time
6:30 – 8:30 pm – Check-in & Social
8:30 – 12:00 am – Hospitality Suite
Friday, October 2, 2015
7:30 – 8:30 am – Check-in/Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 am – Opening Remarks – The Hon. Mayor Don
Iveson & Conference Planning Committee
8:45 – 10:15 am – MBC AGM & MBC and You
10:15 – 10:30am – Break
10:30 – 11:45 am – MBC Volunteers
11:45 – 12:30 pm - Lunch
Workshops – 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Workshop W#4– Susan Grinder – Keys to Helping Anxious
and Stressed Teens
Workshop W#5 – Wanda Polzin – Mindful Parenting for
positive mental health: Practical Strategies
Workshop W#6 – Patricia Kehoe – Psychologist – Puberty
Multiplied
3:30 – 3:45 pm – Break
Workshops – 3:45 – 5:15 pm
Workshop W#7 – Judy Arnall – Discipline without Distress
Workshop W#8 – Mardi Barnard Social and Emotional
Support for kids with Learning Differences
12:30 – 2:00 pm – Keynote #1 – Dr. Joan Friedman
Workshop W#9 – The Family Centre – Couples
Communication
2:00 – 2:15 pm – Break
5:15 – 6:00 pm – Free Time
Chapter Exchanges – 2:15 – 3:45 pm
6:00 – 6:30 pm – Cocktails
Chapter Exchange #1 – Jenna Kelland – Prenatal Classes
Chapter Exchange #2 – Open Chapter Exchange
4:00 – 6:30 pm – Free Time Shuttle to WEM
6:30 – 11:30 pm – Jeans and Jerseys - Casino (7:00-11:00)
11:30 – 12:00 am – Hospitality Suite (Opens at 10:00)
Saturday, October 3, 2015
7:30 – 8:30 am – Check in/Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 am – Keynote #2 – John Mascazine
6:30 – 7:30 pm – Dinner
7:30 – 8:00 pm – MADA Awards/Presentations
8:00 – 9:15 pm – Keynote #4: Lisa Anderson – 6
Andersons, 1 World
9:15 – 12:00 am – Social Time, Dance
Sunday, October 4, 2015
9:00 – 10:00 am – Breakfast
10:00 – 11:15 am – Keynote #5 – Judy Arnall
10:00 – 10:15 am – Break
11:15 – 11:30 am – Closing Remarks – MBC Board Chair
& MBC 2010 Conference Committee
Workshops – 10:15 – 11:45 am
11:30 am – Conference Adjourned
Workshop W#1 – Joan Friedman – Helping multiples
prepare for college
Workshop W#2 – John Mascazine – Discovering your
children’s potential by discovering their learning strengths
Workshop W#3 – Patricia Kehoe – Psychologist – The Five
Love Languages