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Meet Our Featured Speakers!
ILA’s Global Conferences bring together some of the top leaders and thinkers in their field who share their work and discuss complex leadership challenges with ILA’s signature bridging of theory and practice. Welcome our distinguished speakers to #ILA2023Global. They will speak live online 3-4 October or in person 12-15 October in Vancouver. Purchase an all-access conference pass to attend both legs of the conference or choose an online only pass to hear only the online speakers.
Plenary Speaker
Martha Piper, Ph.D., Former President, University of British Columbia; Co-Author of Nerve: Lessons in Leadership From Two Women Who Went First
Plenary Speaker
Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson, K.C., Gid7ahl Gudsllaay, K.C, Principal and Senior Legal Counsel, White Raven Law Corporation
Plenary Speaker
Indira Samarasekera, Ph.D., Former President, University of Alberta; Co-Author of Nerve: Lessons in Leadership From Two Women Who Went First
Featured Speaker
Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, PhD., O.C., D.Litt., LL.D., Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia
Featured Speaker
Bruce Avolio, PhD, Mark Pigott Chair in Business Strategic Leadership, & Executive Director of the Center for Leadership & Strategic Thinking, University of Washington, Foster School of Business
Plenary Speaker Online
Julie Burns, MPA, PhD, Senior Advisor to the Director, and former South Africa Country Director, Peace Corps
Featured Speaker Online
Leigh Chapman, RN PhD, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), Health Canada / inf. aut., Ph. D., Infirmière en chef (IC), Santé Canada
Plenary Speaker
Felix Giroux, 2023 Trudeau Scholar affiliated with Centre for Climate Justice, University of British Columbia (UBC); Doctoral Candidate UBC
Featured Speaker Online
Professor Jonathan Gosling, Emeritus Professor, Leadership Studies, University of Exeter; Lead Faculty, The Forward Institute
Featured Speaker Online
Professor Keith Grint, Emeritus Professor of Public Leadership, Warwick University
Featured Speaker
Mansour Javidan, Ph.D., Garvin Distinguished Professor and Executive Director, Najafi Global Mindset Institute, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University
Featured Speaker Online
Dr. Barbara Kellerman, Fellow, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
Plenary Speaker
Hyppolite Ntigurirwa, 2020 Yale World Fellow & Founder, Be the Peace Global
Featured Speaker
Professor Sonia M. Ospina, Professor of Public Management and Policy, R.F Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
Plenary Speaker Online
Professor Chellie Spiller, Professor of Leadership, University of Waikato Management School, Aotearoa New Zealand
Plenary Speaker Online
Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, 1st Indigenous Chair for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, Lakehead University; Former Vice Provost, Indigenous Initiatives, Lakehead University
Benefits of Attending
Choose From 100s of Sessions
Expand Your Professional Connections
Engage With Top Leaders and Thinkers
Access Streams & Specialties
All pre-conference events are in-person events the day prior to the onsite ILA Global Conference on 12 October.
Pre-conference Sessions offer unique opportunities for focused professional development and connection with special leadership aspects of the host city and country. These ticketed events fill up fast, so be sure to register today!
When: 12 October 2023
Where: Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Featured Speakers Bookshelf
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Conference Team
Join us in welcoming our Conference, Program, and Committee Chairs for this year’s conference. You can read their full bios here.
Conference Chair
The Right Honourable Kim Campbell
Program Co-Chair
Natasha Brown
Program Co-Chair
Brigitte Harris
Program Co-Chair
Shawna L. Nist
Reconciliation & Indigenous Committee Co-Chair
Erin Dixon (Gizhagatte)
Reconciliation & Indigenous Committee Co-Chair
Dara Kelly
Sponsorship Committee Chair
Pettis Perry
Space & Place Committee Chair
Les Sylven
Volunteer Recruitment & Coordination Committee Chair
Doug Atha
International Student Case Competition
Submission Deadline: 19 September
The Case Competition provides undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to compete and showcase their knowledge about leadership through the analysis of a contemporary socio-political-economic problem on the global or national level.
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