3rd ANNUAL VIRTUAL PRIVATE MARKET POLICY SUMMIT
The Value of Innovation, Collaboration and the Importance of the Private Market for Canadians
Innovative Medicines Canada is pleased to announce that André Picard, award-winning national health writer, will be moderating our 3rd annual virtual Policy Summit titled The Value of Innovation, Collaboration and the Importance of the Private Market for Canadians on June 8, 2022, 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. EST. This event is for key stakeholders in Canada’s private health insurance sector. The objective of the Summit is to look at the value that can be gained from collaboration and innovative solutions to ensure patient access to new medicines in the future.
ANDRÉ PICARD
Award-Winning National Health Writer
André Picard is one of Canada’s top health & public policy observers and commentators. He has been a part of The Globe and Mail team since 1987, where he is a health reporter and columnist. He is also the author of five bestselling books. Picard is an eight-time nominee for the National Newspaper Awards, Canada’s top journalism prize, and past winner of the prestigious Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service Journalism.
He was named Canada’s first “Public Health Hero” by the Canadian Public Health Association, as a “Champion of Mental Health” by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health, and received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, for his dedication to improving healthcare.
A graduate of the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, André has received honorary doctorates from six universities, including UBC and the University of Toronto. He is a seasoned communicator who employs a conversational style to reach his audience. Additionally, he enlivens his research and commentary with personal stories to provide context for his audience. Fluently bilingual, André will enlighten and pique a sense of curiosity of audience members from all educational backgrounds. Behind the placid exterior lies an inquisitive, perceptive and industrious scribe for whom the work only begins with the official story.
The University of British Columbia recently announced André Picard as one of the Asper Visiting Professors at the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media for the 2020-2021 academic year, winter session. In 2020, Picard was awarded The Owen Adams Award of Honour. This award is the highest CMA award available to a non-physician.
We would very much appreciate your attendance at this year’s Policy Summit.
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BENEFITS AND UNDERWRITING EXAMINED
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PAYROLL ASSOCIATION ROARS BACK
The Canadian Payroll Association national conference will be offered in-person and virtually. ‘Roaring Back’ will feature speakers such as Andrew Au, the co-founder of Intercept, who will provide a real-time glimpse into how leading global organizations are redefining their future of work strategies and Anna Olson who will share her culinary journey. It takes place June 8 to 10 in Niagara Falls, ON. Information is at https://conference.payroll.ca/ ___________________________________________________________
Wednesday June 29th at noon EST - Meeting details to follow.
Session: An Introduction To Managing Global Benefits
This session is aimed at providing a starting block for advisors to start the conversation with HR professionals around managing global benefits. The session will cover the factors a company should consider when starting building out global benefits with a focus on the following themes;
- Staying compliant
- Controlling Costs
- Managing colleagues expectations and curbing internal enthusiasm
- Implementing an appropriate strategy which will account for your business’ culture
- Creating a culturally aligned employee benefits program for a growing multinational workforce
Lewis Mosley - DIRECTOR
Benefits Advisory Services Ltd
Lewis is a Director and lead Global Consultant at Benefits Advisory Services Ltd. He has over 10 years’ experience working within the global employee benefits space, most of which have been spent advising North American multinationals on all aspects of their global benefits, from their first overseas hire’s benefit program in a new country to managing 30+ countries with merger & acquisition heritage.
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National Group Benefit Meetings!
June 30th 2022 @12:00 EST - Sign up early, Space is limited
Blake Waddell from Waddell Insurance and Lindsay Gibson from BBD, and Jay Nadler from Naviguide are pleased to announce the National Group Benefit Meetings! These have been run around the GTA, starting off with CGIB for over a decade and the loyal attendees find them to be way more valuable than any webinar they could attend.
To sign up (for free) please click the sign up below.
A little bit about the meetings:
The National Benefits meeting is for plan advisors, TPA's, and insurers to meet once a quarter to network, meet your peers, share information and stay up to date with industry trends and news. Whether you are a seasoned vet, or a newbie to the industry this is worth 2 hours a quarter to increase your knowledge.
It will be held on the last workday of the month at 12:00pm EST. The first meeting will be a quick one hour introduction and if dialogue continues we can spill over. When you sign up, a day before the meeting you will be sent a Zoom link. Upon registering you will be asked to provide a topic to help form the agenda. This event does not contain any CE credits.
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ClaimSecure is pleased to announce our 2022 eLearning series. Below is the schedule with the dates and times for the webinars.
We will be sending the registration links two weeks prior to each webinar.
The first webinar in our eLearning series will take place on March 16th, 2022 and the registration link will be provided to you on March 2nd, 2022.
We hope you will enjoy our 2022 eLearning series and we will look forward to your feedback.
