We'll launch the first annual JDI Roundtable Forum with a dinner and keynote address by one of Canada’s foremost thought leaders, Bruce Simpson, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company Canada.
Keynote address: “Opportunities for manufacturing to drive economic growth”. View the keynote presentation.
This day of presentations and panel discussions will be a gathering of manufacturers, government officials, academics and other stakeholders that will ignite conversation around this year’s three Roundtable research topics.
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. | Opening remarks
Presentations chair: Robert M. Campbell | Board of Directors Member, Bank of Canada
8:45 - 9:15 a.m. | New perspectives on New Brunswick manufacturing trends, determinants and what they mean for opportunities for growth of the sector and the economy by Herb Emery, Director of the Atlantic Institute for Public Policy (AIPR), Vaughan Chair in Regional Economics at UNB. View Herb Emery's presentation.
9:15 - 10 a.m. | Productivity trends and drivers in NB manufacturing sector by Andrew Sharpe, Executive Director, Centre for the Study of Living Standards. View Andrew Sharpe’s presentation.
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Panel 1: Meeting skills and labour supply needs of manufacturers in the province and region. A brief presentation of AIPR research on this topic (including evidence of shortages, cyclical and longer-term drivers of labour market transformation and policy options for addressing the challenges) will be followed by a moderated panel discussion. View Jane Amachree’s introductory presentation.
Moderator: Adrienne O’Pray | President & CEO, New Brunswick Business Council
Panelists include:
1 - 2:30 p.m. | Panel 2: Investment and productivity growth in manufacturing: Trends, determinants and what they tell for how to improve the competitiveness of manufacturers in the province and region. A brief presentation of AIPR research on this topic will be followed by a moderated panel discussion. View Andrew Balcom and Li Wang’s introductory presentation.
Moderator: Ron Marcolin | Divisional Vice President, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
Panelists include:
2:45 - 4 p.m. | Panel 3: Manufacturers respond: What do manufacturers see as the key issues discussed, what actions do they see as useful for addressing the issues; and what do we need to measure and study for next year?
Moderator: Herb Emery
Panelists include:
4 p.m. | Closing remarks
