CONFERENCE AGENDA
October 7th & 8th, 2025
Portage College, St. Paul, Alberta
October 8th, 2025
Wednesday October 8, 2025
Portage College, St. Paul Alberta - 5205 50 Ave
7:30 - 8:45 AM
Pre-conference Session: Brad Kotowich
Power of Personal Brand: Intentional Leadership
8:45 - 9:00 AM
Partners' Roundtable
PUN's Partners Networking
9:00 - 9:10 AM
Land Acknowledgement
Welcome Remarks
Breakfast
9:10 - 10:30 AM
Jacquie Fenske
Be Badass: Affect Change to Effect Change
10:30 - 10:45 AM
Tradeshow Booth Tour / Break
Breakout Room #1 Employment Stream
Classroom #1
Breakout Room #2 Entrepreneurship
Gym
10:45 - 12:00 PM
Brad Kotowich
Strategically Different - Plan with your Employees Wishes
Dr. Janice Muench
Workplace Culture can Propel your business
Lunch : sponsored by Travel Lakeland
12:00 - 1:00 PM
1:00 - 2:15 PM
BDC
Entrepreneurship in Today's Economy
Keleigh and Pierre Cormier (ClearThink Group) Growing Together - Elevating Farms and Food with Agritourism
Tradeshow Booth Tour / Break
2:15 - 2:30 PM
2:30 - 3:45 PM
Deb Poulin
Building Strong Teams
Michelle Wright & Charne Roodt
Learning as We Lead: How Our Clients Shape Our Business
Tradeshow Booth Tour / Break
3:45 - 4:00 PM
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Lakeland HR
Retaining Staff 101
Jori Hunter (Cree Couture)
From Hustle to Haute Couture: My Journey into Fashion Design
5:00 - 5:45 PM
Tradeshow Booth Tour / Break
Tradeshow Booth Pack Up
5:45 - 6:00 PM
Supper
6:00 - 7:00pm
Post-conference Session: Siddhartha Bhattachrya
Alberta Business: An Economist's Point of View
6:00 - 7:00pm