Session #1 Best Practices to Effectively Negotiate & Manage Third Party Recruitment Engagements This panel comprised of leading HR executives and third party recruitment executives (agencies) will share insights into how to negotiate and manage mutually beneficial relationships for the location and placement of critical talent into your organization. Utilizing agencies has quickly become a widely acceptable and almost mandatory service as companies are being faced with skilled labour shortages. If you are considering hiring the best experienced Technology, Engineers and other skilled professionals often you are turning to agencies for assistance. Get the most out of agency! Make sure you are employing the best resource partner(s) for your organization and that you have an agreement in place that provides you with the most cost and time effective solution. This panel of experts will This panel of experts will help you identify the critical components of a successful partnership. What are the most crucial steps required to ensure you are getting both the best talent and the most cost effective relationship. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear firsthand how third party recruitment could benefit you or be fine tuned to help you more effectively recruit and reduce recruiting costs.

Session #2 Best Practices in Recruiting a Diverse Workforce This interactive panel including Frances Wilson (Deloitte), Jane Evans (BMO) and Salvador Segura-Ortega (IBM) will share their companies best practices in recruiting a diverse workforce. Each panel member will present for 10-15 minutes followed by an interactive questions and answer period. Frances Wilson - As Deloitte's Diversity Manager, Frances supports our Chief Diversity Officer, Jane Allen, and the National Diversity Council to implement key strategies, plans and initiatives that drive towards Deloitte's vision of being recognized internally and externally as a leader in diversity. Frances works with business leaders and our employees to demonstrate and communicate the importance of diversity and inclusion. Additionally, Frances works closely with Deloitte's human resources professionals to ensure that Deloitte's talent management policies, practices and programs value and demonstrate respect for the uniqueness of individuals and the varied perspectives and talents they provide. Prior to joining our national diversity office, Frances worked as a Manager in our Health Services and Human Capital Consulting Practices. With more than 6 years of consulting experience at Deloitte, Frances' work focused primarily on change management, organizational culture and organizational design. Fluent in English, French, Spanish and German, Frances has lived throughout Canada as well as abroad in Germany and Mexico. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (International Business), as well as a Bachelor of Arts (Modern Languages). Jane Evans - In her current role as Senior Manager Diversity and Workplace Equity Canada, Jane Evans’ mandate is to attract, engage and retain a talented and diverse workforce capable of achieving BMO Financial Group’s goal of becoming the top performing financial institution in Canada. Since joining BMO in 1992, Jane has played a key role within Human Resources in the areas of Organization Development, Workforce Planning, and Compensation. Salvador Segura-Ortega is IBM Canada’s National Talent Acquisition Process Lead. He has responsibility for defining and laying out the different recruitment policies and processes to identify, attract, select and hire the best talent available. In addition Mr. Segura is IBM’s Onboarding Program Manager and oversees the Employee Referral Bonus Program at his company. His mission as well is to increase diversity awareness and outreach working with non profit organizations focused on diversity employment. Salvador has held different positions in the IBM Corporation for over 20 years in Latin America, United States and Canada in the areas of Human Resources, Communications, Marketing, Sales and Distribution Channels. He’s been elected to participate in several executive development programs and has won several awards and recognition. Salvador holds an Executive MBA degree from the joint U.S./Canada Kellogg-Schulich Program (Northwestern University and York University). He is currently an Ambassador of the Toronto Board of Trade and has served as a Director of the Canadian Community Living Foundation Board, a non pforit organization that assists children with intellectual disabilities. He has been invited as a speaker and panelist in different events on topics related to recruitment and diversity.