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2018 ABLE Financial Empowerment conference
The ABLE Financial Empowerment Conference is a national biannual conference for all stakeholders interested in fostering financial empowerment for people who live on low incomes.
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Monday
, May 7
1:30pm PDT
Prototyping solutions to increase Canada Learning Bond take-up
President Ballroom B
Teresa Bellefontaine • Monica Soliman
What is financial empowerment? Financial empowerment 101
President Ballroom A
John Stephenson • Dean Estrella • Karina Hurtado • Steve Vanderherberg
3:00pm PDT
Networking break
Prefunction Ballroom
3:30pm PDT
Applying the behaviour change framework to financial empowerment
President Ballroom A
Philippe Raphael • Ayesha Umme-Jihad
Resources for working with Indigenous Peoples
President Ballroom B
Nene Kraneveldt
5:30pm PDT
Networking dinner with Dean Estrella
TBA
Networking dinner with Jane Rooney
FULL
TBA
Networking dinner with John Stephenson
TBA
Networking dinner with Murray Baker
TBA
Tuesday
, May 8
6:30am PDT
Self-care activity
TBA
7:30am PDT
Breakfast
Prefunction Ballroom
8:30am PDT
Musqueam welcome
President Ballroom
Kwes' Kwestin
9:10am PDT
Introduction: Setting the stage
President Ballroom
9:40am PDT
Household financial health: Lessons from the U.S. Financial Diaries study
President Ballroom
Elodie Young • Jerry Buckland • Judy Duncan • Rachel Schneider
10:30am PDT
Networking break
Prefunction Ballroom
11:00am PDT
Population focus - Financial well-being for Canada’s northern, rural and remote communities
LIMITED
Cambie
Jérémie Ryan • Stewart Anderson • John Cockburn • Jessica Gilray
Promising practice - Government financial empowerment trailblazers
FILLING
Bridgeport
Marlene Chiarotto • Althea Arsenault • Tobias Novogrodsky • Katie Walker
Promising practice - One-on-one financial help: Established and emerging models
President Ballroom
Ana Fremont • Stacie Baker • Jose Jaime Guerrero • Tanya Raso
Research - Income volatility: Why it matters, and what we can do about it
FILLING
Richmond Room
Rachel Schneider • Rina DeGrazia • Marie-Eve Dubé • Dr. Jennifer Robson
12:30pm PDT
Networking lunch
Prefunction Ballroom
1:30pm PDT
Evaluation - How do we reduce the pain and increase the gain?
FILLING
Cambie
Allison Meserve • Reuben Ford • Steve Trites • Lynne Woolcott
Population focus - Financial well-being for newcomers and refugees
LIMITED
Richmond Room
Mack Rogers • Mohammed Alsaleh • Noemi Garcia • Amal Shire
Population focus - Indigenous Financial Wellness: A holistic framework
President Ballroom
Simon Brascoupé • Jocelyn Bebamikawe • Eddie Buli • Rachelle Venne
Promising practice - High cost financial services: What's happening?
FILLING
Bridgeport
Jerry Buckland • Anna Cameron • Judy Duncan • John Stapleton
3:00pm PDT
Networking break
Prefunction Ballroom
3:30pm PDT
The 1 billion dollar opportunity
President Ballroom
Elizabeth Mulholland • Timothy Ames • Simon Brascoupé • Marie-Josée Gagné • Steve Vanderherberg
4:30pm PDT
Closing remarks
President Ballroom
5:00pm PDT
Reception
Prefunction Ballroom
Wednesday
, May 9
6:45am PDT
Self-care activity
TBA
7:45am PDT
Breakfast
Prefunction Ballroom
8:30am PDT
Reducing poverty in Canada: Federal action and opportunity
President Ballroom
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos
9:10am PDT
Reducing poverty in Canada: Basic income – the next frontier?
President Ballroom
Nene Kraneveldt • Alana Baltzer • Sheila Regehr
10:15am PDT
Networking break
Prefunction Ballroom
10:45am PDT
Population focus - Financial well-being for people living with disabilities
LIMITED
Cambie
Timothy Ames • Evelyn Huntjens • Karen Lai • Tom O'Dwyer
Population focus - Financial well-being for youth-in-care transitioning to independence
FILLING
Bridgeport
William Litchfield • Sheri Fata • Maya Ramchandani • Tia Schaefer
Promising practice - Financial services innovation
President Ballroom
Aliza Gutman • Doug Pawson • Brendan Reimer • Eva Wong
Research - Do we have the data and insights we need to tackle financial vulnerability?
FILLING
Richmond Room
Elizabeth Mulholland • Andrea Harris • Chantal Hicks • Dr. Jennifer Robson
12:15pm PDT
Networking lunch
Prefunction Ballroom
1:15pm PDT
Marketplace discussions
President Ballroom
2:45pm PDT
Networking break
Prefunction Ballroom
3:15pm PDT
Bold visions for building financial well-being for all
President Ballroom
Adam Fair • Carmen Daniels • Aliza Gutman • Hannah Moffatt
4:15pm PDT
Closing remarks
President Ballroom
4:30pm PDT
Musqueam closing
President Ballroom
Kwes' Kwestin
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2018 ABLE Financial Empowerment conference
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9, 2018
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