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INCENTIVEWORKS EDUCATION Click here to Experience IncentiveWorks (video) See the pages of Meetings & Incentive Travel magazine come to life at the 2009 IncentiveWorks show. Our highly qualified editorial and events team has designed sessions and workshops that address the needs of junior, intermediate and senior industry professionals. These sessions are packed full of expert advice from this industry's top minds. Attendee registration open April 1, 2009. 2009 KEYNOTES:
GENERAL RICK HILLIER Former Chief of the Defence Staff for Canadian Forces Born in Newfoundland and Labrador, General Rick Hillier joined the Canadian Forces as soon as he could. Having enrolled in the Canadian Forces in 1973 through the Regular Officer Training Plan program, he graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. After completing his armour officer classification training, he joined his first regiment, the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) in Petawawa, Ontario. Subsequently, he served with, and later commanded, the Royal Canadian Dragoons in Canada and Germany. Throughout his career, General Hillier has had the privilege and pleasure of commanding troops from the platoon to multi-national formation level within Canada, Europe, Asia and the United States. He has worked as a staff officer in several headquarters, first at the Army level in Montreal and later at the strategic level in Ottawa. In 1998 General Hillier was appointed as the first Canadian Deputy Commanding General of III Corps, US Army in Fort Hood, Texas. In 2000 he took command of NATO's Stabilization Force's (SFOR) Multinational Division (Southwest) in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In May 2003 General Hillier was appointed as Commander of the Army and subsequently, in October 2003, he was selected as the Commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan. General Hillier was promoted to his present rank and assumed duties as the Chief of the Defence Staff on 4 February 2005. General Hillier and his wife have two sons, a daughter-in-law, and a new grandson. General Hillier enjoys most recreational pursuits but, in particular, runs slowly, plays hockey poorly and golf's not well at all. He retired from the Canadian Forces in July 2008.
MITCH JOEL Marketing & Personal Branding Expert When Google wanted to explain online marketing to the top brands in the world (including Wal-Mart, Costco, Sears and Sephora), they brought Mitch Joel to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California. Marketing Magazine dubbed him the ³Rock Star of Digital Marketing and in 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world. Mitch Joel is President of Twist Image - an award-winning Digital Marketing agency. He is a marketing and communications visionary, interactive expert, community leader, Blogger and Podcaster. He is also a passionate entrepreneur and speaker who connects with people worldwide by sharing his marketing insights on digital marketing and personal branding. Joel is a Board Member for the Canadian Marketing Association, an executive for the National Advertising Benevolent Society of Quebec and an instructor of the CMA eMarketing professional certificate course. He is also a former Board Member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada. He is also the founder/moderator of the Montreal Business Book Review and host of the HarperCollins Canada sponsored, Foreword Thinking - The Business And Motivational Book Review Podcast. He co-launched Distort Entertainment, the only hard music label in Canada to have major label distribution (Universal Music) and whose roster features the platinum-plus, Juno Award and MuchMusic Video Award-winning acts, Alexisonfire and City And Colour. He is presently writing his first book, Six Pixels of Separation (Fall 2009- Grand Central Publishing - formerly Time Warner Books) and his newspaper business column, New Business - Six Pixels of Separation, runs bi-monthly in both The Montreal Gazette and Vancouver Sun. Full 2009 Agenda and Session Description to come. Questions about our education program? We are here to help. Contact:
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