Date:	February 25, 2010
Time:	12pm - 3pm
Location:	Brookfield Place, Suite 4400, Bay Wellington Tower, 181 Bay Street, Toronto, ON
Cost:	$150 (non-members)
Speaker(s):	Dr. Warren Jestin, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, ScotiaBank Economics

Join Dr. Warren Jestin, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist with Scotiabank Group, as he provides his economic outlook for 2010.

Are we really on the road to recovery? After months of financial turmoil, the global economy is beginning to revive, but how quickly will it rebound? What can we expect here in Canada and in beleaguered Ontario as the economy revives?

Dr. Warren Jestin will provide answers to these and other vitally important questions during his annual presentation for PEO members. Over the past year, Warren has been tracking the economic trends that have emerged during these tumultuous times and has reached his conclusions about what to expect in the year to come.

During his 31 years with Scotiabank, Warren has witnessed the highs and lows of the economy firsthand. He has worked in the Bank of Canada’s Research Department and served on the C.D. Howe Institute’s Monetary Policy Council. He has also been involved with the economic policy committees of the Canadian and Ontario Chambers of Commerce and the Toronto Board of Trade, and he has taught at several Canadian universities.

Even as the economic shadow cast across the globe seems to be lifting, Warren remains cautiously optimistic. He knows the recovery won’t be a quick one and advises leaders to brace for a different economic landscape in the years ahead. Some of the trends Warren will discuss during his presentation include the following:

• Reforms to global financial markets as well as the reversal of massive monetary and fiscal stimulus will make growth in developed nations sluggish.

• The Bank of Canada and the U.S. Federal Reserve will maintain record-low policy rates.

• The value of the Canadian dollar will continue to rise due to high demand from emerging countries for energy and industrial commodities.

• China will continue to outpace developed nations by a wide margin.

Warren believes there has been a fundamental shift in how the economy operates. Although he sees world economic growth in 2010, he cautions leaders that it may be a very long time before countries like the U.S. and Canada return to the go-go years of prolonged growth they enjoyed over the past few decades.

Date:	March 18, 2010
Time:	7:30am - 11am
Location:	McMillan LLP, Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street, Suite 4400, Toronto, ON M5J 2T3
Cost:	$150 (non-members)
Speaker(s):	Dr. Jayson Myers, President, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters

A roadmap to recovery for Canadian manufacturing companies

• Join us for a special session with Jayson Myers, President and CEO of Canadian
  Manufacturers & Exporters, who will discuss how to stay competitive in a changing industry.
  
  
• Learn how the economic recovery is profoundly altering the way manufacturers do
  business and presenting them with new opportunities to create value and succeed.

The statistics are staggering: 550,000 jobs lost in the Canadian manufacturing industry since 2004, with 200,000 of those job losses in 2009 alone. Production is down 25%, sales have fallen 20%, and customer demand for products last year dropped 30% due to the lengthy recession south of the border.
What good news could there possibly be for Canada’s beleaguered manufacturing industry as it undergoes an intense period of upheaval and a slower than expected recovery?

Jayson Myers, President and CEO of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, believes the future is brighter than most people think. He and his organization are actively involved in helping the industry weather the storm; recentely hammering out an agreement with the U.S. government to make an exception in the Buy American clause of its multi-billion dollar economic stimulus package for Canadian manufacturers.)

As the Co-Chair of the Ontario Manufacturing Council, Jayson is also well acquainted with the significantly altered manufacuturing landscape in one of the country’s industrial heartlands. Yet he believes there are plenty of opportunties for success if companies rethink their business strategies and adapt to the new economy that is taking shape.

Jayson will be outlining the roadmap to recovery that Canadian manufactureers need to adopt in the years to come: diversifying beyond traditional markets, looking for ways to add value for customers, and making the appropriate investments in R&D, new product development, and sales and marketing. He will also discuss the need to find money for investment within the organization, and how to create specialized products that tap into lucrative markets.

Date:	April 29, 2010
Time:	7:30am - 11am
Location:	Centre for Health & Safety Innovation, 5110 Creekbank Road, Mississauga, ON L4W 0A1
Cost:	$150 (non-members)
Speaker(s):	Paolo Maccario, President, 6N Silicon & Earl Hughson, President, GreenBlue, Going Green in today's Economic Environment