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MICHAEL GERBER
Business Visionary and Creator of E-Myth Message

Every revolution has a leader...to awaken the spirit, to champion the cause, to lead the charge! Business visionary, entrepreneur, best-selling author and Chairman of E-Myth Worldwide, Michael Gerber has been leading a Small Business Revolution before anyone knew there was one!

He called it The E-Myth Revolution, and over the past two decades, he has indelibly touched hundreds of thousands of small business owners throughout the world with his brilliantly insightful, original E-Myth message.

CHRISTOPHER GARDNER
A Rags-to-Riches Story: From Homelessness to Wall Street

Christopher P. Gardner is the head of his own brokerage firm and lives in a Chicago townhouse—one of his three homes - with a collection of tailored suits, designer shoes, and Miles Davis albums. His path to this extraordinary success took a series of extraordinary turns. Just 20 years ago, Gardner was homeless and living, on occasion, in a bathroom at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Oakland, California.

Gardner's first book, The Pursuit of Happyness, is an account of his life story and was released in June 2006. The blockbuster Columbia Pictures film, based on Gardner's rags-to-riches tale, stars Will Smith as Gardner, and was released in December 2006.

LORETTA LAROCHE
The Joy of Stress: Humor as a Coping Mechanism

Loretta is an international stress management and humor consultant whose wit, and irreverent humor, has, for over 30 years raised the humor potential in all of us. She is a member of faculty at the Mind/Body Medical Institute in Boston.

Her special brand of optimistic psychology has an incontestable positive effect on the health of all that are exposed to her. Organizations worldwide use Loretta's prescription for laughter to manage stress in the workplace and improve morale.

WATTS WACKER
Celebrated Futurist

Lecturer, best-selling author, political commentator and social critic, Watts Wacker is one of the most celebrated and influential minds in modern business. A futurist of uncommon versatility and vision, he helps the world’s top corporations navigate the sea of change that is taking us into the next millennium.

Wacker delivers a fascinating program that not only forecasts the challenges and opportunities lying just beyond the horizon, but also shows us how to prepare ourselves to meet them. Named one of the “Top 21 Speakers for the 21st Century” by Successful Meetings Magazine.

ORIN SMITH
Former Starbucks Executive and Director at the Walt Disney Company

It's no stretch to say that the financial acumen of Orin Smith, ex-CEO of Starbucks Corp. has been largely responsible for making the Seattle company the world's largest chain of coffee shops. Chairman Howard Schultz may be the inspiration behind Starbucks, but Smith, is the one who turned that vision into reality. And it's a pretty hot reality. Originally, Starbucks comprised of three stores. There are now approximately 5,000 stores around the world, and three locations open everyday. Smith helped to bring Starbucks global cache, by making coffee drinking an experience.

DAVID CHILTON
Recipe for Success

Every David Chilton's recipe for success is hard work, a clear vision and some clever marketing. Whether it's helping thousands of Canadians achieve personal financial success or investing in low-fat cookbooks, David has always had a knack for recognizing great ventures from the get-go.

Famously known for his all-time best selling book The Wealthy Barber, David partnered up with the Podleski sisters to take on the multi-national, billion-dollar food industry.

As their company president and publisher, David has helped the Podleskis turned their idea of low-fat cookbooks into an award-winning food company. The Podleski cookbook, Looneyspoons, is one of the fastest selling books in Canadian publishing history.

Hear this true David versus Goliath story from the inspiring, funny and entertaining David Chilton.

MIKE HOLMES
Canada's Most Trusted Contractor

Mike Holmes, Canada’s Most Trusted Contractor, author of the best-seller Make It Right and host of Holmes on Home^TM will talk about the role of women in renovations. From their growing impact in the renovation industry as skilled trades people and contractors, to their role as consumers and prime managers of renovation projects, women are becoming the main drivers of residential renovations.

Join Benjamin Tal as he delivers an assessment of non-traditional mortgages and the spread between fixed and variable rates. Tal will also look into the impact of the U.S. mortgage industry on the Canadian market and how global warming might influence mortgage rates.