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October 19 & 20, 2020

Pre Recorded Sessions!

Learn about the WWF Living Planet at Work program, what the UN carbon neutral pledge is, how social entrepreneurs decide to get started and what some terms mean....



October 21, 2020

2:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

  • Welcome and introductions
  • What to expect
  • Jennifer Harper on why she opened a social enterprise and why she took her company more sustainable during a pandemic.

2:40 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

  • Testing your climate knowledge
  • This section will help you define priorities and gain context for the next two days



2:50 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

2:50 p.m.

  • Day one wrap up
  • Networking lounge


October 22, 2020

Educate & Inspire

Today we look at how we can keep educating ourselves on climate action and who we can look to for inspiration. 

1:00 PM (Eastern time)

Lauren Sergy our host welcomes you and we dive right into a special panel with guests from WWF- Canada and Second Harvest to chat about the broader perspective on sustainability and where we are right now.

1:30 PM Climate Action As A Business Opportunity

Climate Action & Business - are they compatible? How do we align profit and planet? 

Our 4 panelists introduce how they have integrated climate action into their business plans, with a special focus on small or micro-businesses and how we scale down to scale up. Panelists include:


  • Leor Rotchild of CBSR
  • Lisa Hrabluk - B Corp Champion
  • Cam Tulloch - Venture Launch 
  • Kimberly Beaune - Creative Twist and ILEA
  • Moderator: Natalie Lowe, TSEF

2:30 PM Round Table Discussions

Your turn to create ideas, talk to panelists and generate action. Topics include:

  • Waste stream
  • Creating a green committee
  • Water conservation
  • AMA (ask me anything!)

3:40 PM Venues & Sustainability

Join this panel as we look at how key hotels and venues are to the sustainability of an event. How do you determine what is a good sustainability program and will it meet the needs of your event? Moderated by one of our favourite event people, Leanne Calderwood of Conference Direct. Panelists include: 


  • Anjali Caillat, Phi Centre, Montreal
  • Krista Sidhu, Inn at Laurel Point
  • Dr. Megan Morikawa, Iberostar Hotels and Resorts

4:20 PM Dream A Greener Future

Once again, we will split into smaller groups and it's time to let our imagination take flight. What do we hope to have in the events industry in 5 years, 10 years, 15 years - in order to have fresh water, clear skies and clean oceans? What needs to happen to make that future a reality? What needs to be invented, created or eliminated?

4:50 PM Wrap up and Networking


October 23, 2020

Collaborate & Act

Today we move from learning and inspiration to the practical side, who can we partner with to compound our impact and what do we need to do?

1:00 PM Welcome

Lauren Sergy welcomes you back to TSEF and will be reviewing and presenting what we discovered at the dream a greener future roundtables with two experts in the field of sustainability.  

  • Melissa Radu- Sustainability manager at the Edmonton Economic Development Corporation
  • Kayli Anderson - Founder & COO, Synergy Enterprises

1:30 PM The Alphabet & Sustainability

The industry associations play a key role in communicating and organizing our sustainability efforts. Here we are joined by CanSPEP, SITE, SEA and RQFE to discuss how our industry associations can provide leadership on sustainability.  Moderated by Robert Thompson, VP of Sales, AV-CANADA, our panelists include: 


  • Benoit Sauvage, SITE International Board of Directors
  • Caroline Voyer, RQFE Director General
  • Kate Cheney, President Elect, CanSPEP
  • Suzanne Morrell, SEA

2:25 PM Disruptors and Innovators

Our moderator Cameron Tulloch moderates this group of exceptional helps us dig into the how and why of people who decide to create new things, and what we can learn from them.  Our panelists include: 


  • Alanzo Byfield, The Grounded Bird & Common Ground
  • Eryn Johnson, Earth Suds
  • Brad Rabiey, The Carbon Farmer

2:55 PM Creating Your Action Plan Round Table Discussion

You've heard from the experts, the dreamers, the doers, now its your turn to work on your next steps and a cohesive climate action plan.

3:40 PM Telling The Story - How Communication Creates Outcome

There has never been a more urgent need to clearly communicate the climate emergency, what climate action is needed and how urgent that action neeeds to be. Join these four powerful professional communicators on how to connect with your audience and move people to action through better communication. 

Our panelists: 


  • Lauren Sergy, Lauren Sergy Communications
  • Susan Diaz, C + P Digital
  • Laura Bickle, Ignite Magazine
  • Lisa Hrabluk, Wicked Ideas
  • Moderator: Natalie Lowe, TSEF

4:30 PM Wrap up & Networking

Last chance to connect with all the people you met and create your own climate action plan. 

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