thought leadership
Timothy Caulfield, presenter of the
Supersession, “Is Gwyneth Paltrow
Wrong About Everything?” is an unrivalled
communicator and critical
thinker who debunks myths and assumptions
about innovation in the health sector. Although
he frequently writes for popular press and has
authored The Cure for Everything: Untangling
the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and
Happiness (Penguin 2012) and Is Gwyneth
Paltrow Wrong About Everything?: When
Celebrity Culture and Science Clash (Penguin
2015), Caulfield has also earned accolades for
his academic contributions. He has won numerous
academic awards and is a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian
Academy of Health Sciences. He is currently
Canada Research Chair in Health Law and
Policy and a professor in the Faculty of Law and
the school of Public Health at the University of
Alberta. He earned a Bachelor of Science and a
Bachelor of Law from the University of Alberta
and completed his Master of Laws degree at
Dalhousie University.
Caulfield’s involvement in interdisciplinary
research endeavors afforded him the opportunity
to publish more than 300 articles and
book chapters. He is a Fellow of the Trudeau
Foundation and the Principal Investigator for
a number of large, interdisciplinary projects
that explore the ethical, legal and health policy
issues associated with a range of topics,
including stem cell research, genetics, patient
safety, the prevention of chronic disease, obesity
policy, the commercialization of research,
complementary and alternative medicine
and access to health care. He is and has been
involved with a number of national and international
policy and research ethics committees,
including: Canadian Biotechnology Advisory
Committee; Genome Canada’s Science
Advisory Committee; the Ethics and Public
Policy Committee for International Society for
Stem Cell Research; and the Federal Panel on
Research Ethics.
Like it or not, celebrities have influence that
goes well beyond fashion. Research shows that
popular culture has a profound influence on
our health and that our ideals of beauty and
success are shaped by a celebrity-dominated
worldview. In his SuperSession, Caulfield will
examine what science tells us about the influence
of popular culture.
After the session, you will have a better understanding
of why celebrity culture has such
power and influence and how it shapes perceptions
and behaviours when it comes to health
and beauty. You will also learn about common
health myths and get practical, evidence-based
recommendations about living a healthy
lifestyle.
Attend “Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About
Everything?” on February 2 at 10:30 a.m.
Recognized as one of the world’s
leading authorities on the future
of work, employee expertise and
the ever-changing workplace, Jacob
Morgan is a bestselling author, keynote speaker
and futurist who advises business leaders
and organizations around the globe. As a cofounder
of The Future of Work Community,
a global innovation council of the world’s most
forward-thinking organizations, Morgan is
uniquely qualified to deliver the SuperSession,
“Employee Experience: Creating an
Organization where People Want to Show
Up, Not Need to Show Up.”
The SuperSession will draw on research
from his latest book, The Employee Experience
Advantage: How to Win the War for Talent
by Giving Employees the Workspaces they
Want, the Tools they Need, and a Culture They
Can Celebrate (Wiley, March 2017), which
analyzes over 250 global organizations to determine
how to create an organization where
people genuinely want to show up to work.
After graduating with honours in business
management economics and psychology,
Morgan took a job in the corporate world,
but when a CEO came out of his corner office
and handed him a $10 bill and said, “I’m
late for a meeting, go grab me a cup of coffee,
and get something for yourself as well,”
Morgan made a decision to go off on his
own and has never held another corporate
job. His experiences in the corporate world
compelled him to help organizations make
workplaces better. Morgan’s work has earned
accolades from leaders such as the CEO of
SAP, the president of Turner International,
the global chairman of KPMG and the CEO
of Whirlpool.
During his SuperSession, Morgan will discuss
how we spend a great deal of time and
money trying to create meaningful experiences
for ourselves. Most organizations hear
plenty about the customer experience, but
what about the employee experience? There
are changes your organization can make to
focus on the employee experience as a way to
attract and keep top talent.
In this SuperSession, you will gain insight
about what some of the world’s most
forward-thinking companies are doing to create
meaningful employee experiences. Morgan
will describe and explore the three environments
– digital, cultural and physical – that
can create employee experiences. You will gain
an understanding of what makes the three employee
experience environments meaningful
and engaging and be able to implement these
strategies in your workplace.
Attend “Employee Experience: Creating an
Organization where People Want to Show
Up, Not Need to Show Up” on February 2 at
10:30 a.m.
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