FutureNomics – The FCPC Economic Briefing
March 27, 2008
The Toronto Board of Trade, Downtown Centre, 1 First Canadian Place
Canada's economy: Can your company thrive over the next year and beyond?
FCPC presents FutureNomics – a morning of targeted insights into the impact of Canada's real economic outlook on the Canadian food and consumer goods industry. Keynote speaker, Senior Economist, CIBC World Markets, Benjamin Tal will address the immediate opportunities and upcoming trends in the economic forecast, challenges threatening the health of the industry, and the impact of the imminent 2008 budget. In context of the economy, an expert line-up will address current industry issues including:
- A comprehensive look at the outlook of Canadian retail
- The use of global sourcing to meet business objectives in a tight market
- The supply-chain impacts and opportunities of bio-fuels
- A new recipe for improving profit in a lean manufacturing world
See the agenda.
View the presentations:
- Keynote Address: Benjamin Tal, Senior Economist, CIBC World Markets, The R Word [3.6 MB PowerPoint]
- Lino Casalino, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Global Sourcing – Meeting Business Objectives in a Tight Market [117kb PDF]
- Gord Surgeoner, Ontario Agri-Food Technologies – Where Are Agricultural Commodities Going? [3.6 MB PowerPoint]
- Tom Vandeloo & Richard Noble, KPMG – Trimming the Fat [2.9 MB PowerPoint]
- Perry Caicco – For copies of Perry Caicco’s presentation, please email Perry at Perry.Caicco@cibc.ca
Who Should Attend:
CEOs and Senior Executives responsible for finance, strategic planning, sales, marketing and supply chain will take away understanding and strategies to help your organization stay competitive in light of current economic issues, including dollar parity, commodity prices, retail pressures. Recent challenges include the cost and origin of inputs/commodity prices; the cost of capital and financing growth; US/Canadian Dollar parity; the flow-down impact from competition among retailers (including increasing trade spend) and environmental sustainability, among others.
This session that will give an insight into the future of the industry and help you prepare for what can be done now and what to expect coming down the line. Breakfast and lunch included.