thought leadership
A self-made millionaire by the time
he was 25, Michael Hyatt is a serial
entrepreneur, active investor and
the executive chairman of Bluecat,
one of Canada’s most successful private
software companies. He also co-founded
Dyadem with his brother, which was purchased
by IHS Inc., a Colorado-based
information analysis company, in 2011.
Most Canadians will already be familiar
with the presenter of the SuperSession,
“Leading with Grit, Passion & People:
Evolve or Die.” Hyatt is a weekly business
commentator on CBC’s “The Exchange,”
CBC’s “Business Panel” and a Dragon on
CBC’s “Dragons’ Den – Next Gen Den.”
He is a founding partner at the
Rotman School of Management Creative
Destruction Lab and he is on the CEO
Board of Advisors at Georgian Partners.
He is also a finalist in Ernst & Young’s
Entrepreneur of the Year Award, a recipient
of the Top 40 Under 40 Award and chairs
his family’s charitable foundation.
He is an active speaker with Speakers
Spotlight and in his SuperSession, Hyatt
will describe the real opportunity for us all
lies in the “The Golden Era” ahead: billions
of people are coming online in the very near
future; computing power is growing exponentially;
artificial intelligence is advancing
into its smartest days yet; and disruption
is the new normal as we continue to break
conventional business models in our hyperconnected
world. To successfully realize
opportunities in this era requires us to prepare
for a marathon, not a sprint. Hyatt
predicts that the leaders who will win will
be those who understand how to embrace
change, harness opportunity, find and motivate
A-players while effectively managing
adversity.
After his SuperSession, you will understand
the “Rules of Opportunity” and how
to harness them. You will also learn how
to identify what employees really want and
bring it to life in your organization and
know what to consider when you are building
for success.
Attend “Leading with Grit, Passion &
People: Evolve or Die” on February 3 at
11:00 a.m.
A globally recognized thought-
leader, speaker and writer focused
on the impact of emerging technologies
on business, society and
government, Alex Tapscott is a passionate
advocate for the disruptive potential of new
technology. His SuperSession, “Disruptive
Technologies and Business Opportunity,”
will focus on concepts discussed in the critically
acclaimed #1 Globe and Mail non-fiction
best-seller, Blockchain Revolution: How the
Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money
Business and the World (Penguin Random
House 2016), which he co-authored with
Don Tapscott. Tapscott’s writing has been
featured in TIME, Fortune, Forbes, the
Harvard Business Review, the Toronto Star,
The Globe and Mail and dozens of other publications.
He is a graduate of Amherst College
(cum laude) and is a CFA Charterholder.
Tapscott is currently the CEO and founder
of Northwest Passage Ventures, a venture
capital firm that invests in companies in the
blockchain market. He sits on the Advisory
Board to Elections Canada, the independent,
non-partisan agency responsible for
conducting federal elections and referendums.
He is also a founding member of the
World Economic Forum’s Global Futures
Council on Blockchain. As a philanthropist,
he founded CAMH Engage, an organization
committed to developing an innovative fundraising
platform at the Centre for Addiction
and Mental Health.
During Tapscott’s SuperSession, he will
describe blockchain, the open-access, secure
global platform behind currencies like
Bitcoin. He views blockchain as a technology
that will transform the way we do
business over the next decade. Blockchain
facilitates an authenticated, peer-to-peer
transfer of value without an intermediary
like a bank, in a way that is transparent,
public, permanent and completely anonymous.
Its functionality can be applied to
both private exchanges and to permanent
storage like voting, legal contracts, government
records and more.
He will tell you how blockchain will
shift the dynamic between consumers and
companies and provide significant entrepreneurial
opportunities as it revolutionizes the
way we transact our lives. After the session,
you will understand blockchain’s transformative
capabilities, its potential applications
in global finance, government, healthcare
and education, as well as its promise for the
start-up world.
Attend “Disruptive Technologies and Business
Opportunity” on February 3 at 11:00 a.m. ■
40 ❚ SPECIAL CONFERENCE EDITION 2017 ❚ HR PROFESSIONAL