Investor Relations 2009
Maintaining Constructive Relationships with the Financial Community during Weak Capital Markets
September 29 and 30, 2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Conference Program Agenda - Day Two
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
| 8:00 - 9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
8:00 - 9:00 |
9:00 - 9:15
Opening Remarks from the Chair
Janet Weiss, Assistant Vice-President, Investor Relations, Canadian Pacific Railway
9:15 - 10:15
Achieving a Better ROI: Getting the Most from Your Money while Managing Expectations
Tony Reda, Investor Relations, Kaminak Gold Corporation
- Prioritizing tasks to ensure proper capital allocation for initiatives
- Managing relationships with available resources
- Developing strategic plan to obtain funding
- Ensuring you're targeting specific audience for better resource management
- Showing your value to the board of directors and other managing executives
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Networking Break |
10:10 - 10:30 |
10:30 - 11:30
Moving towards an IFRS Environment: How the New Reporting Standard Will Affect Your Corporation and Its Investors
Ian Hague, Principal, Accounting Standards Board, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
- Understanding IFRS
- Disclosures under new reporting guidelines
- Communicating how changes will impact investors
11:30 - 12:30
Leveraging Social Media to Enhance Communication Efforts and Reduce Investor Concerns
Daniel Shap, Senior Legal Council, CIBC
ntegrating social media within business modules
- Leveraging social networking sites for improve communication and reaching broader audience faster
- Management blogging: pluses and minuses
- Using your company website to its full potential
| 12:30 - 1:45 |
Luncheon Break |
12:30 - 1:45 |
1:45 - 2:45
Managing Crises in a Timely Way and Maintaining Investor Confidence
Phillip Koven, Vice-President, Investor Relations, Bryan Mills Iradesso
- Ensuring a crisis plan is in place
- Understanding your role in a crisis situation
- Communicating with your shareholders the status and mitigation strategy
- How much information do you share to ensure best outcome?
- Liaising between the board and investors
- Working under pressure: tips and suggestions
| 2:45 - 3:00 |
Networking Break |
2:45 - 3:00 |
3:00 - 4:00
Effective Communications Strategies with Shareholders and Investors, the Board, and Other Executives: Making Yourself Be Heard
Claire Kennedy, Director, Communications, Oxford Properties
- Managing and preserving management credibility: even when facing disappointing results
- Effectively communicating changing strategies with investors
- Maintaining the confidence of shareholders
- Communicating with the board of directors and managing executives
- Getting the attention of shareholders
- Handling angry investors and doing damage control
- Better positioning role of IR with management
4:00 - 5:00
Open Forum: Discussion Period
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