CONFERENCE AGENDA

Schedule is subject to change; location and CPD hours to be announced

PRE-CONFERENCE SOCIAL DINNER - Wednesday, November 12, 2025

5:30pm-8:30pm - Social Dinner for National GC Network Regular members (Location TBA)

CONFERENCE DAY - Thursday, November 13, 2025

8:45am-9:15am - Registration, Breakfast, Networking

9:15am-9:30am - Land Acknowledgement and Welcome Remarks

Conference Co-Chairs:

Olivia A. Bautista, General Counsel, Toronto Lands Corporation

Ana Jung, Strategic Legal Executive

9:30am-10:45am - Leading with Purpose: In Conversation with Canada’s Leading CEOs

10:45am-11:00am - Break

11:00am-12:00pm - Keynote Address: The Future Is Us: What Unites Today’s Leaders and Inspires Tomorrow’s

12:00pm-1:00pm - Lunch

1:00pm-2:30pm - Leading with Visibility and Voice: A Storytelling Workshop

2:30pm-2:40pm - Break

2:40pm-3:40pm - Leading with Trust: Decoding the Edelman Trust Barometer for Legal Leaders

3:40pm-3:55pm - Break

3:55pm-4:55pm - Leading with Connections: The Ripple Effect of Networking for Success

4:55pm-5:10pm - President’s Award Ceremony

The 2025 President’s Award is a peer-adjudicated award that recognizes a legal professional who is Black, Indigenous or a Person of Colour (BIPOC) for their remarkable impact or service to advance Truth & Reconciliation and equity, diversity and inclusion.

5:10pm-5:15pm - Closing Remarks

Cocktail Reception (Location TBA)

Dinner (Location TBA)

Conference tickets (Registration to be open):

Regular or Emeritus Member of National GC Network: Free - Included with membership & thanks to our generous sponsors

NGCN Associate Member: $125 + HST = $141.25

NGCN Emerging Leader Member: $125 + HST = $141.25

NGCN Ally Member: $100 + HST = $113.00

Non-members who are general counsel, in-house senior legal executive, or senior in-house legal leader: $450 + HST = $508.50

Non-members who are general counsel, in-house senior legal executive, or senior in-house legal leader who identify as Indigenous, Black, or People of Colour AND a member of invited affinity groups: $350 + HST = $395.50

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Pre-Conference Social Dinner Sponsor

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