# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Impact Talks - Confederation 2.0: Designing a Future-Ready Canada
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 27 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 27 Nov, 2025 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Special event with Kindler and CompanyAbout this EventSpeakers:Vass Bednar, Managing Director, Canadian SHIELD InstituteRyan Clarke, Executive Director, Advocacy, Noviscend, Inc.Gaétan Houle, Enterprise CISO, FortinetEvent Synopsis:Impact Talks is an immersive experience that brings bold ideas, powerful stories, and meaningful connections together to explore what’s next for Canada.This year’s theme, Confederation 2.0: Designing a Future-Ready Canada, reimagines our country as an interconnected network — where healthcare, finance, technology, and infrastructure work across boundaries instead of within silos. By weaving provinces, sectors, and systems together, we can build a more resilient, prosperous, and collaborative nation.At Impact Talks, you’ll:● Engage with bold ideas that challenge how Canada works today.● Hear from leaders offering fresh perspectives on what it takes to build systems that work across boundaries.● Join conversations in roundtables and receptions that invite every participant to contribute.● Be part of a community that leaves inspired and ready to turn insight into action.It’s a gathering for people who care about our collective future — who want to think beyond silos, collaborate across sectors, and help shape what comes next.About the speakers:  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/d9c15f30-c428-11f0-ad0e-85d8d543d72f-rimg-w1200-h600-dc000000-gmir.png Vass Bednar is recognized as one of Canada's sharpest policy minds. She co-founded McMaster University's Master of Public Policy in Digital Society program in 2020 and is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. Vass is co-author of The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians and writes for The Globe and Mail's Report on Business, focusing on policies, technologies, and corporate forces shaping Canadian lives and economic futures.  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/da08ef80-c428-11f0-ad0e-85d8d543d72f-rimg-w1200-h600-dc070605-gmir.png Ryan Clarke is a healthcare strategist and founder of Advocacy Solutions, where he helps organizations and patients navigate complex systems through advocacy, policy, and innovation. His perspective on turning advocacy into a practical skill for achieving interoperability and better health outcomes aligns directly with Impact Talks’ mission to spotlight ideas shaping a more connected, future-ready Canada.  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/da647d00-c428-11f0-ad0e-85d8d543d72f-rimg-w1200-h600-dc050608-gmir.png Gaétan Houle is a seasoned executive with deep expertise in cybersecurity, risk management, and national infrastructure resilience, having advised governments and leading corporations on securing Canada’s digital future. His ability to connect emerging threats with actionable strategies makes him an ideal Impact Talks voice on safeguarding the systems that underpin our economy and society.Event Logistics:This event is available to attend in-person only.Rotman Events is committed to accessibility for all people. If you have any access needs or if there are any ways we can support your full participation in this session, please email [events@rotman.utoronto.ca] no later than 2 weeks in advance of the event and we will be glad to work with you to make the appropriate arrangements.Early Bird/General Admission: In-Person Ticket DetailsThe event will be hosted in Desautels Hall at the Rotman School of Management (105 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3E6).Early Bird pricing ends Thursday, November 13 at 11:59 pm.Cancellation & Refund PolicyRefunds will only be issued for cancellations received in writing NO LATER than 24 hours prior to the event. Please email events@rotman.utoronto.ca for processing.Questions: events@rotman.utoronto.caAgenda?: 05:30 PM - 06:00 PMOpening Reception?: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PMTalks by Industry Leaders?: 07:00 PM - 07:30 PMRoundtable breakouts?: 07:30 PM - 07:45 PMWrap-up + Closing Remarks?: 07:45 PM - 08:30 PMClosing Reception
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 33.9, max: 50.85, currency: CAD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Toronto
- **state**: ON
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Rotman School of Management
- **lat**: 43.6653138
- **long**: -79.3983849
- **full address**: Rotman School of Management, 105 Saint George Street, Toronto, Canada

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 27 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Rotman School of Management, 105 Saint George Street, Toronto, Canada
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 33.9 up to 50.85 CAD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Rotman Events
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests, health-wellness, art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Impact Talks - Confederation 2.0: Designing a Future-Ready Canada ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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