MNC2015
Manning Networking Conference
Date
Thurs.,
March 5
Time
T
EVENT
PROGRAM
F
March 5-7, 2015
A
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D
Event
1:00pm–8:00pm
Registration
7:00pm–9:00pm
Opening Reception
7:30am–8:45am
Breakfast & Registration
8:45am–9:30am
Opening Session
9:30am–10:00am
Coffee break & move to break out
sessions
Fri.,
March 6
Strengthening the Confidence
of Taxpayers and Investors
Market-based Environmental
Conservation
10:00-11:00am
Family Taxation Policy
• Who benefits from income
splitting?
How Facebook Can Help Power
Your Campaigns
• Facebook has become a major
social media tool for modern
campaigners– learn more on
how to use it.
Updated Feb.27, 2015, 4:03 pm
Speakers
Location
Trillium Ballroom
(4th Floor)
• Rex Murphy, Commentator
• Joe Oliver, Minister of
Finance
• Michael Binnion, Chair Council
Tax Payer Federation,
Questerre Energy
• Robin Martin, Former ONPC
candidate, lawyer and
consultant
• Bob Inglis, Executive
Director– Energy and
Enterprise Initiative
• Kristyn Annis, Clean
Prosperity
• Monte Solberg,
Commentator, New West
Public Affairs
• Tim Kennedy, Vice
President of Federal
Government Affairs,
Spectra Energy (moderator)
Ottawa Salon
Ottawa Salon
206
• Andrea Mrozek, Institute of
Marriage and Family Canada
(moderator)
• Jonathan Rhys Kesselman,
Professor, Simon Fraser
University
• Dr. Jack Mintz, Director
and Palmer Chair in Public
Policy, University of
Calgary
207
• Kevin Chan, Facebook
• Katie Harbath, Facebook
205
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MNC2015
Manning Networking Conference
Date
Time
10:00-11:00am
Fri.,
March 6
T
EVENT
PROGRAM
F
March 5-7, 2015
A
R
D
Event
• Fred Litwin, Free Thinking
Film Society
209
Strengthening Federal-Provincial
Relations
• Finding common ground
• Denis Lebel, Minister of
Infrastructure
• Tasha Kheiriddin,
Journalist (moderator)
208
Public Opinion 2015
• Results of a national public
opinion survey
Manning School
Looking Ahead to 2016:
How digital engagement will
determine the next president
12:15pm–1:15pm
1:15pm-2:30pm
Updated Feb.27, 2015, 4:03 pm
Location
Film: Power to the People
• This hour-long documentary
celebrates the life and work of
economist Milton Friedman and
explore our needs for energy
and the options currently
available.
11:15am–12:15pm
12:15pm–1:15pm
Speakers
• Jim Armour, Vice-President,
Summa Strategies
(moderator)
• John Ivison, Journalist
• Susan Delacourt, Journalist
• Rick Anderson, Political
Strategist
• Mike Moschella,
NationBuilder
205
Trillium Ballroom
(4th Floor)
Lunch
Manning School
• Aaron Gunn, Canadian
Taxpayers Federation
• Alanna Newman, Toronto
Conservatives
• Leigh Bursey, Brockville
City Councillor
• Marc-Olivier Fortin,
Conservative Party
• Paige Macpherson, Former
Reporter
• Morgan Nagel, Manning
School (moderator)
Energy, Environment and the
Economy
• Three premiers explore
topics of energy,
environment and
the Economy
• Darrell Pasloski, Premier
• Jim Prentice, Premier
• Christy Clark, Premier
Student Lunch: The New
Generation (lunch provided)
• A panel of young men and
women with exciting careers
discuss how students can obtain
a career in the movement.
Ottawa Salon
204
Ottawa Salon
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MNC2015
Manning Networking Conference
Date
Time
2:30pm–3:00pm
T
EVENT
PROGRAM
F
March 5-7, 2015
A
R
D
Event
How to Win Public Support for
an Infrastructure Project
• Lessons learned from the
Confederation Bridge Project
3:00pm–4:00pm
Location
• James Moore, Minister of
Industry
• Tony Clement, President of
Treasury Board
• Colin McKay, Google
• Goldy Hyder, Hill + Knowlton
Strategies, President &
CEO
Ottawa Salon
Coffee break & move to break out
sessions
Technology and Politics in the
21st Century
• How technology is changing
politics
Fri.,
March 6
Speakers
• Lisa Raitt, Minister of
Transport
• Paul Giannelia,
President & CEO, Strait
Crossing Inc.
• Randy Pettipas,
Global Public Affairs
• James Gray, Chairman Asset
Mangement – Energy
Brookfield (moderator)
208
Crisis Communications in the
Age of Social Media
• Tom Flanagan, Professor
at University of Calgary
• Morten Paulsen, Paulsen
Group External Relations
• Thompson MacDonald,
Director, Manning Centre
(moderator)
• Rebecca Thompson, Journalist
206
Manning School
• Vincent Harris, Harris
Media
205
Film: SpOILed
• Explore the global “oil
problem” and separate truth
from fiction.
• Fred Litwin, Free Thinking
Film Society
209
UK Conservatism – The Way
Forward
• A report on the state of
Conservatism in the United
Kingdom
• Iain Duncan Smith, UK
Secretary of State for Work
and Pension
Ottawa Salon
The 24 -Second News Cycle:
Capturing Voters Attention
Online
• Will Look at today’s fragmented
media environment with a focus
on online media and how
activists can better use digital
tools to get across their
message
4:15pm–5:00pm
Updated Feb.27, 2015, 4:03 pm
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MNC2015
Manning Networking Conference
Date
Fri.,
March 6
Time
8:00pm-1:00am
7:30am–8:45am
8:45am-9:30am
9:30am–10:00am
T
EVENT
PROGRAM
F
March 5-7, 2015
A
R
D
Event
Manning Rocks the Capital with
Music Canada
• Social event
Ethics and the American Idea
• Is the survival of a free society
linked to building a culture that
is virtuous? Fr. Sirico will
consider the question through
the lenses of history and
contemporary threats to
freedom and prosperity.
Location
Metropolitan
http://jarvischurch.ca/
Trillium Ballroom
(4th Floor)
• Father Robert Sirico, Acton
Institute
• Ray Pennings, Co-Founder
& Executive VicePresident of Cardus
• Kevin Lacey, Atlantic Canada
Director
Ottawa Salon
• Andrew Dawson, Provincial
Manager, AFL-CIO
• John Williamson,
M.P.
206
• Virginia Postrel, American
Writer
• Leah Costello, Writer and
Commentator
(moderator)
208
Coffee break & move to break out
sessions
Glamour and Politics
• What makes some politicians
glamorous?
10:00am–11:00am
Euthanasia – Next Steps
• Last rites fromthe Supreme
Court of Canada
Manning School
Creating a Modern, Perpetual
Fundraising Machine
• This session looks at the
necessity of raising funds in
politics and identifies some new
effective fundraising methods.
Updated Feb.27, 2015, 4:03 pm
• Special guest: Jarvis
Church
Breakfast & Registration
Strengthening Labour Market
Confidence
Sat.,
March 7
Speakers
• Dr. Harvey Chochinov,
Canadian Research Chair in
Palliative Care
• Dr. Margaret Somerville,
McGill Centre for Medicine,
Ethics and Law
• Honourable Steven Fletcher,
M.P.
• Stella Ambler,
M.P. (moderator)
• Mike Moschella, NationBuilder
• Brock Stephenson, New West
Public Affairs
Ottawa Salon
205
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MNC2015
Manning Networking Conference
Date
Time
10:00am–11:00am
Sat.,
March 7
T
EVENT
PROGRAM
F
March 5-7, 2015
A
R
D
Speakers
Event
C2C Journal
• Featuring several contributors
to the Spring Edition, who include
Monte Solberg, Philip Cross,
Elizabeth Nickson, Brigitte
Pellerin, Rainer Knopff, Fred
Litwin, Paul Beaudry and Colby
Cosh.
• Paul Bunner, C2C Journal
Film: Honor Diaries
• A look at how women are
treated in many Muslim
countries, starring Canadian
Raheel Raza.
• Fred Litwin, Free Thinking
Film Society
11:15am–12:15pm Threats to Democracy – China
and Islamic Extremism
12:15pm-1:15pm
Lunch
12:15pm-1:15pm
Manning School
Webinar: Introduction to Media
Relations (lunch provided)
•Ainsley is the author of The
Honest Spin Doctor, a book
about effective media relations
and brand and reputation
management.
• Martin Lee, Hong Kong
Democracy Activist
• Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, Founder &
President, American Islamic
Forum for Democracy (AIFD)
Location
207
209
Ottawa Salon
Trillium Ballroom
(4th Floor)
• Grant Ainsley, Media
Relations Specialist
204
1:30pm-2:15pm
State of the Conservative
Movement
• Chuck Strahl, Executive Chair,
Manning Centre
Ottawa Salon
2:00pm–4:00pm
Student Career Symposium
• TBA
Trillium Ballroom
(4th Floor)
2:15pm–2:45pm
Coffee break & move to break out
sessions
• Maxime Bernier, Minister
of State for Small Business
and Tourism
• Robert Faissal, Managing
Partner, Lebita Consulting
Services
• Dino Mazzone, Executive
Director, Millennium
Foundation
• Winston Chan, G20/B20
Taskforce on Employment
• Catherine Swift, Working
Canadians(moderator)
Ottawa Salon
2:45pm–3:45pm
Updated Feb.27, 2015, 4:03 pm
Strengthening Business
Confidence
• What policies are required
to strengthen the confidence of
business in the economy?
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MNC2015
Manning Networking Conference
Date
Time
T
EVENT
PROGRAM
F
March 5-7, 2015
A
R
D
Event
Supreme Court – Policy Maker
of the Year?
Speakers
• Dwight Newman,
University of
Saskatchewan
• Rainer Knopff, University
of Calgary
• Ian Brodie, School of Public
Policy, University of
Calgary (moderator)
Conservatives and the City
• Greetings: Jim Watson, Mayor
of Ottawa
• Three municipal experts provide
• Stephanie Kusie, Common
key insights to bring you up to
Sense Calgary
date on issues facing
•
Peter
McCaffrey, Manning
Canada’s urban environments.
208
206
Foundation
• Jeromy Farkas, Manning
Foundation
• Ken Craig, University of
British Columbia, Professor
Emeritus (moderator)
2:45pm–3:45pm
Women in Politics
• Discussion on new survey and
poll results
Sat.,
March 7
Location
Manning School
GooglElection
• This session offers an overview
of the campaign tools available
from Google.
• Kellie Leitch, Minister of
Status of Women
• Raylene Lang-Dion,
Activist
• Michele Austin, Public
Relations (moderator)
• Leah Costello, Writer and
Commentator
207
• Colin McKay, Google
205
Film: Magna Carta
• Journalists Robson and Pellerin
are raising funds to produce
a documentary on the Magna
Carta, the foundation of liberty,
and the touchstone of those
who believe citizens control
their government not the other
way around.
• Fred Litwin, Free Thinking
Film Society
209
4:00pm-4:45pm
Canada’s Role in a Dangerous
World
• Jason Kenney, Minister of
National Defense
• Thank-you– Sean Finn, CN
4:45pm-5:00pm
Closing Remarks
Updated Feb.27, 2015, 4:03 pm
• Chuck Strahl, Executive Chair,
Manning Centre
Ottawa Salon
Ottawa Salon
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