Upcoming Event – Thursday May 20, 2010

Public Service Renewal: Personal Engagement, the Ideas and Commitment of the Federal Public Service

Speaker:

Marie-Lucie Morin
National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office

Keynote Summary:

Marie-Lucie Morin, Associate Secretary to the Cabinet, will provide an account of Public Service Renewal from its inception to its current status under the leadership of Wayne Wouters, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet.

Mrs. Morin will discuss renewal from the perspective of her own role as Chair of the Deputy Minister Committee on Public Service Renewal as well as within the current economic and fiscal context. Finally, Mrs. Morin will discuss the relationship of renewal with new and changing technologies from the need to update outdated systems, to the use of Web 2.0.

Speaker’s Bio:

Marie-Lucie Morin was appointed National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet on November 17, 2008. From April 2006 to November 2008, she served as Deputy Minister of International Trade and from December 2003 to April 2006, as Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Prior to this appointment, she held the post of Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business, and Chief Trade Commissioner. She also held the position of Director General, International Business Development, Policy and Planning, from September 2001 to September 2003.

Mrs. Morin has extensive experience abroad, acquired during postings to San Francisco, Jakarta, London and Moscow. In 1997, she was appointed as Canada’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Iceland, a position she held until her return to Ottawa in September 2001.

Date:
Thursday May 20, 2010

Time:
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. – Registration and continental breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Presentation

Place:
Ballroom B (lower level)
Crowne Plaza Ottawa Hotel
101 Lyon St. N.
Ottawa, ON

Cost:
Early Registration
(received by OCRI no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday May 18, 2010)
$40.00 – OCRI members and Government (plus GST)
$80.00 – Non-members (plus GST)
$25.00 – Students (plus GST)

Late Registration
$50.00 – OCRI members and Government (plus GST)
$90.00 – Non-members (plus GST)
$35.00 – Students (plus GST)

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Event pre-registration closes Wednesday May 19th at 2:00 p.m.
*Online registration must be made by credit card

Cancellation Policy:
Only cancellations received in writing by fax/email two working days prior to the event date will be refunded, less 10%. Substitutions are permitted and notification prior to the event date is appreciated.

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