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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Luncheon with Dr. Daniel Muzyka\, President and Chief Executive Officer with the Conference Board of Canada
DESCRIPTION:Distinguished Speaker Series Luncheon\n\nDr. Daniel Muzyka\,\n\nPresident and Chief Executive Officer\n\nConference Board of Canada\n\n\n\nPresentation title\n\n"A Call to Innovation"\n\n\nAbout the Conference Board of Canada/www.conferenceboard.ca\n\n\n	the foremost independent\, evidence-based\, not-for-profit applied research organization in Canada\;\n	an objective\, non political and evidence-based organization\, which does not lobby for special interests\;\n	an organization funded exclusively through the fees it charges for services to the private and public sectors\;\n	a team of experts in the organization of conferences\, but also of specialists recognized for the quality of their research\, their publications and their dissemination methods\;\n	a focal point that facilitates networking among business people and other clients in the public sector or elsewhere\, while supporting the development of leadership skills and organizational capacities\;\n	a team of specialists in economic forecasting and analysis as well as in organizational performance and public policy\;\n	a fully private organization\, but often asked to provide services to various levels of government agencies\;\n	an independent affiliate of the Conference Board Inc.\, New York\, which serves nearly 2\,000 companies in 60 countries and has offices in Brussels and Hong Kong\n\n\n\nABOUT DR. DANIEL MUZYKA\n\n\n\nDr. Daniel F. Muzyka is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Conference Board of Canada and the RBC Financial Group Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business.\n\n\n\nHe was previously the Dean at the Sauder School of Business at UBC. Prior to 1999\, Dr. Muzyka taught and held senior administrative positions at a number of universities and institutions\, including the Harvard Business School\, INSEAD\, Babson College\, Northeastern University\, Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) and Williams College.\n\n\n\nDr. Muzyka has extensive experience in academics\, finance\, and business\, and has participated on a number of boards of companies\, venture capital funds\, as well as not-for-profit and government organizations. He worked in industry with General Electric in finance and strategy and was a strategy consultant\, with Braxton Associates. In addition\, he has been a board member and consultant to several other business and not-for-profit organizations\, including Vice Chair and a public director of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC)\, the Vancouver Board of Trade (Past Chair)\, Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC)\, New Ventures B.C.\, and the European Venture Capital Association. Dr. Muzyka chaired NSERC's Expert Advisory Committee on Partnerships and Innovation.\n\n\n\nDr. Muzyka currently serves or has served on various government councils\, including The Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC)\, the B.C. Competition Council\, and the B.C. Premier's Technology Council\, among others.\n\n\n\nDr. Muzyka holds a Doctorate of Business Administration from Harvard University\, an MBA with concentration in Strategic Planning from the University of Pennsylvania\, and a BA with Honours in Physics and Astronomy from Williams College. He has been awarded the National Order of Merit (Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Merite) by the Government of France.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size: 16px\;"><strong>Distinguished Speaker Series Luncheon<br />\nDr. Daniel&nbsp\;Muzyka\,<br />\nPresident and Chief Executive Officer<br />\nConference Board of </strong></span><span style="font-size: 16px\;"><strong>Canada</strong></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: 14px\;"><strong style="line-height: 1.2\;">Presentation title</strong></span>\n\n<h2><span style="font-family: arial\;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 128)\;">&quot\;A Call to Innovation&quot\;</span></strong></span></h2>\n<br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 128)\;"><span style="font-size: 14px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;"><strong><em>About the Conference Board of Canada/www.conferenceboard.ca</em></strong></span></span></span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="color: windowtext\;"><span style="font-family: calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\;">the foremost independent\, evidence-based\, not-for-profit applied research organization in Canada\;</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color: windowtext\;"><span style="font-family: calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\;">an objective\, non political and evidence-based organization\, which does not lobby for special interests\;</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color: windowtext\;"><span style="font-family: calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\;">an organization funded exclusively through the fees it charges for services to the private and public sectors\;</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color: windowtext\;"><span style="font-family: calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\;">a team of experts in the organization of conferences\, but also of specialists recognized for the quality of their research\, their publications and their dissemination methods\;</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color: windowtext\;"><span style="font-family: calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\;">a focal point that facilitates networking among business people and other clients in the public sector or elsewhere\, while supporting the development of leadership skills and organizational capacities\;</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color: windowtext\;"><span style="font-family: calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\;">a team of specialists in economic forecasting and analysis as well as in organizational performance and public policy\;</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color: windowtext\;"><span style="font-family: calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\;">a fully private organization\, but often asked to provide services to various levels of government agencies\;</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color: windowtext\;"><span style="font-family: calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\;">an independent affiliate of the Conference Board Inc.\, New York\, which serves nearly 2\,000 companies in 60 countries and has offices in Brussels and Hong Kong</span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: 14px\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 128)\;"><strong>ABOUT DR. DANIEL </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 14px\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 128)\;"><strong>MUZYKA</strong></span></span><br />\n<img alt="" src="http://cloud.chambermaster.com/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1814/Image/DanielF.Muz...jpg" style="border-width: 0px\; border-style: solid\; width: 150px\; height: 225px\; margin-right: 4px\; margin-left: 4px\; float: right\;" /><br />\nDr. Daniel F. Muzyka is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Conference Board of Canada and the RBC Financial Group Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of British Columbia&rsquo\;s Sauder School of Business.<br />\n<br />\nHe was previously the Dean at the Sauder School of Business at UBC. Prior to 1999\, Dr. Muzyka taught and held senior administrative positions at a number of universities and institutions\, including the Harvard Business School\, INSEAD\, Babson College\, Northeastern University\, Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) and Williams College.<br />\n<br />\nDr. Muzyka has extensive experience in academics\, finance\, and business\, and has participated on a number of boards of companies\, venture capital funds\, as well as not-for-profit and government organizations. He worked in industry with General Electric in finance and strategy and was a strategy consultant\, with Braxton Associates. In addition\, he has been a board member and consultant to several other business and not-for-profit organizations\, including Vice Chair and a public director of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC)\, the Vancouver Board of Trade (Past Chair)\, Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC)\, New Ventures B.C.\, and the European Venture Capital Association. Dr. Muzyka chaired NSERC&rsquo\;s Expert Advisory Committee on Partnerships and Innovation.<br />\n<br />\nDr. Muzyka currently serves or has served on various government councils\, including The Natural Sciences &amp\; Engineering Research Council (NSERC)\, the B.C. Competition Council\, and the B.C. Premier&rsquo\;s Technology Council\, among others.<br />\n<br />\nDr. Muzyka holds a Doctorate of Business Administration from Harvard University\, an MBA with concentration in Strategic Planning from the University of Pennsylvania\, and a BA with Honours in Physics and Astronomy from Williams College. He has been awarded the National Order of Merit (Chevalier de l&rsquo\;Ordre National du Merite) by the Government of France.
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URL:https://business.thechambersj.com/events/details/postponed-luncheon-with-dr-daniel-muzyka-president-and-chief-executive-officer-with-the-conference-board-of-canada-03-11-2014-30
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