11:45 am – 2:00 pm

Welcome Lunches for Artistic Directors, Executive Directors
and Board Chairs *By invitation only.

@The National Gallery of Canada

@The Canadian Museum of History

3:00 pm

Registration Opens

@National Arts Centre – Atrium O’Brien

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Meditation Room is Open

@National Arts Centre – Ruddy Lounge

3:45 pm

Peer-to-Peer Session #1: Creating Connections

@National Arts Centre

• Artistic Directors – Salon
• Executive Directors- O’Born Room
• Board Chairs – Arctic Room
• Funders & Government Officials – Rossy Pavillion

5:00 pm

Welcome Remarks & Keynote Conversation

@National Arts Centre – Canada Room

6:30 pm

Evening Reception

@National Arts Centre – O’Born Room

8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Summit Lounge

@The Lord Elgin Hotel – Forty One Restaurant

8:30 am

Coffee & Welcome Remarks

@National Arts Centre – Canada Room

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Meditation Room is Open

@National Arts Centre – Ruddy Lounge

9:00 am

This Is Now: A Call To Action for the Arts

• Moderator: John G. Hampton
  Executive Director & CEO, MacKenzie Art Gallery
• Cameron Bailey
  Chief Executive Officer, Toronto International Film Festival
• Christy Coleman
  Executive Director, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
• Aaron Marquise
  Deputy Director of Circus Arts Programming and Development, TOHU

@National Arts Centre – Canada Room

10:15 am

Old Photographs by Christos Hatzis

@National Arts Centre – Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Staircase

11:00 am

Workshops – Block #1

Impact Investing and the Arts – @National Arts Centre – O’Born Room
Facilitators:

• Upkar Arora
  Chair, Why Not Theatre
• David Maggs
  Arts and Society Fellow, Metcalf Foundation
• Michael Trent
  Director of Performing Arts, Metcalf Foundation

Embodied Leadership – @National Arts Centre – Al Zaibak Lantern Room
Facilitator:

• Shannon Litzenberger
  Artist-Researcher-in-Residence, Creative Community Commons, School of Cities, University of Toronto

Make the Case – Advocating for Arts Investment – @National Arts Centre – Salon
Facilitator:

• Hilary Martin
  Project Lead, Make the Case (Culture Days and Business / Arts)

12:15 pm

Lunch

@National Arts Centre – GGPAA Hall of Honour & Canada Room

1:15 pm

The Draw Me Close Experience: Live Theatre Meets Virtual Reality One-on-One

@National Arts Centre – Canada Room

1:30 pm

Current State of Affairs

Sean Casey
Managing Director, PAA Advisory | Conseils

@National Arts Centre – Canada Room

1:45 pm

Panel: Advocacy Right Now

• Moderator: Alexandra Badzak
  Director & CEO, Ottawa Art Gallery
• Ihor Korbabicz
  President, Abacus Data
• Lisa Samson
  Principal, StrategyCorp Inc.

3:15 pm

Workshops – Block #2

Impact Investing and the Arts – @National Arts Centre – O’Born Room
Facilitators:

• Upkar Arora
  Chair, Why Not Theatre
• David Maggs
  Arts and Society Fellow, Metcalf Foundation
• Michael Trent
  Director of Performing Arts, Metcalf Foundation

Embodied Leadership – @National Arts Centre – Al Zaibak Lantern Room
Facilitator:

• Shannon Litzenberger
  Artist-Researcher-in-Residence, Creative Community Commons, School of Cities, University of Toronto

Make the Case – Advocating for Arts Investment – @National Arts Centre – Salon
Facilitator:

• Hilary Martin
  Project Lead, Make the Case (Culture Days and Business / Arts)

4:45 pm

Peer-to-Peer Session #2: Ideas to Action

@National Arts Centre

• Group A – Arctic Room
• Group B – Canada Room
• Board Chairs – Salon
• Funders & Government Officials – Rossy Pavillion

5:45 pm

Performance by Kellylee Evans

@National Arts Centre – Peter A. Herrndorf Place

6:00 pm

Delegates Dinner

@National Arts Centre – O’Born Room

8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Summit Lounge

@The Lord Elgin Hotel – Forty One Restaurant

8:30 am – 9:30 am

Morning Indigenous Art Walk

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Meditation Room is Open

@National Arts Centre – Ruddy Lounge

9:30 am

Coffee & Welcome Remarks

@National Arts Centre – Canada Room

10:00 am

Performing Arts Tax Credit: Overview and Impact

• Tim Jennings
  Executive Director & CEO, Shaw Festival
• Anita Gaffney
  Executive Director, Stratford Festival

10:30 am

Panel: Strategies for Resilience

• Moderator: Simon Mallett
  Executive Director, Rozsa Foundation
• Sean Dennie
  Director of Space Development, cSPACE
• Xavier Roy
  Senior Vice President, Engagement and Communications, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
• Zita Cobb
  Founder and CEO, Shorefast

@National Arts Centre – Canada Room

11:45 am

Arts & Culture Benchmark: Understanding your Data

• Jill Robinson
  CEO,TRG Arts
• Eric Nelson
  Vice-President, Global Partnerships, TRG Arts

@National Arts Centre – Canada Room

12:00 pm

Lunch

@National Arts Centre – GGPAA Hall of Honour & Canada Room

1:15 pm

Peer-to-Peer Session #3: Aligned in Action

@National Arts Centre

• Artistic Directors – Salon
• Executive Directors- O’Born Room
• Board Chairs – Arctic Room
• Funders & Government Officials – Rossy Pavillion

2:30 pm

Sharebacks & Closing Reflections

@National Arts Centre – Canada Room

3:00 pm

Closing Remarks

@National Arts Centre – Canada Room

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Afternoon Indigenous Art Walk

6:00 pm

President’s Dinner

@National Arts Centre – Canada Room