ASC Connect 2025 Agenda

ASC Connect 2025
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Thursday, October 23, 2025 | 8:30 a.m. MDT

Hudson, 6th floor of 200 8 Ave S.W.

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  Opening remarks  Samir Sabharwal, Executive Director, ASC  
  Fireside chat: 
Reflections on securities law, our capital markets and our country

Moderator:
Stan Magidson, K.C., Chair & CEO, ASC, CSA Chair 

The Right Honourable David Johnston, P.C., C.C.,
Governor General of Canada, 2010-2017
Kathleen Doyle Rockwell, K.C., Senior Special Counsel to the Vice-Chairs, ASC
 

Canada at the Financial Innovation Crossroads: How should securities regulators respond?  

Moderator:
Ryan Clements, Director, Advanced Research & Knowledge Management, ASC 

Panel:
Steve Everett, Chief Commercial Officer CDS & Head of Post Trade Innovations, TMX Group
Bilal Hammoud, CEO, NDAX
Michael Thom, Managing Director, CFA Societies Canada 
  Focus on Investors

Moderator:
Lynn Tsutsumi, Director, Market Regulation, ASC 

Panel:
Andy Mitchell, President and CEO, Securities and Investment Management Association (SIMA)
Laura Tamblyn Watts, President & CEO, CanAge
Blair Wiley, Chief Legal Officer, Wealthsimple
  Lunch and networking break  
  Remarks from The Honourable Tim Hodgson, P.C., M.P. Minister of Energy & Natural Resources  
  Realizing Alberta's Potential 

Moderator:
Deborah Yedlin, President and CEO, Calgary Chamber of Commerce

Panel:
Mark Fitzgerald, President & CEO, Eavor Technologies
Mark Parsons, Vice President and Chief Economist at ATB Financial
Peter Tertzakian, Founder & President, Studio.Energy
  The ASC: Fostering a thriving capital market 

Moderator:
Samir Sabharwal, Executive Director, ASC

Panel:
Cynthia Campbell, Director, Enforcement, ASC 
Hilary McMeekin, Director, Communications & Investor Education, ASC
Denise Weeres, Director, Corporate Finance, ASC
  Closing remarks  Stan Magidson, K.C., Chair & CEO, ASC & Chair, CSA
  Cocktail reception