UPCOMING
SPECIAL EVENTS
BUSINESS
EDUCATION SEMINARS
Look
for details of all Chamber seminars on the Seminars
page.
Click here for details
of our special Economic Uncertainty Seminar Series.
BUSINESS AWARDS GALA -
April 8
After receiving a record number of
nominations the Chamber's Business Awards Task for has completed their
interviews and announced the
finalists for the 2009 Business Excellence Awards. The winners
are a well guarded secret and will be announced at the Burlington
Business Awards Gala on April 8. The Gala also features the
presentation of the Tourism Ambassador Award, BEDC's High Five Awards
and Mayor Cam Jackson's Community Service Award.
Click here for details
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING -
April 13
The Burlington Chamber of Commerce 63rd Annual General Meeting will be
held on Tuesday April 13 at the Holiday Inn Burlington. The AGM
features the introduction of the 2010-2011 Board of Directors, approval
of the 2009 AGM Minutes, approval of the Chamber's
2009
Financial Statements and the appointment of the Chamber auditor for 2010.
The Annual General Meeting is open only to members of the
Burlington Chamber of Commerce. To attend the AGM,
please book in advance.
| Date |
April 13 |
| Location |
Holiday Inn Burlington
3063 South Service Road |
| Time |
4:45 Registration Begins
5:00 Annual General Meeting |
| Price |
Chamber Members Only
No Charge |
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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HOW
INNOVATION READY ARE YOU? - May 4
The New Economy has changed the rules of what it takes to run a
competitively successful business. In the Old Economy, businesses and
individuals who demonstrated some innovative flair were the exception to
the rule and therefore, assured competitive success. Product and service
life cycles are now two to three years in length and service life cycles
are sometimes less than one year into roll-out when the competition
arrives on your doorstep to pressure your margins and viability.
This will be a working session geared towards those who wish to tap
their own unique entrepreneurial genius in order to flourish in the
uncertainty and chaos that marks this new era.
Click here for details.
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PAST CHAIR'S GOLF TOURNAMENT - June 24
The 2010 Past Chair's Golf Tournament is being played on June 24 at the
very popular (and golfer friendly)
Hidden Lake
Golf Club. Last year's
tournament was finished in record time and we had golfers on their
way home before 8:00pm. The Chamber tournament is a great day of
networking that includes golf, cart, lunch, dinner and prizes. You
can enter as a foursome or as an individual (or two's and three's) and
best of all, you don't have to be a great golfer to have a great time.
Click here for all the details.
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RECENT
SPECIAL EVENTS
2010
ECONOMIC FORECAST PANEL
The
Chamber kicked off its 2010 line-up of education events with the popular
annual Economic
Forecast Panel on January 20. This year's forecast event was a terrific success with our second largest
turnout ever. This was no doubt due to the expertise of our
speakers and a keen interest in the current economic situation.
Our panel this year featured
Paul Ferley, Assistant Chief Economist with
RBC
Royal Bank
and Ray Kong, Senior Consultant with
Ipsos Reid. Both
presenters were enlightening and
very entertaining; they provided a depth of insight and information that
proved to be very valuable to those in attendance.
The presentations at our Economic Forecast
Panel event were immensely popular so we have made the slideshows
available (below).
Some of the highlights of the presentations include:
-
forecasted
oil price of $80 to $90 in 2010
-
forecasted
GDP growth of 2.8% in 2010 and 3.9% in 2011
-
forecasted
unemployment of 7.5% in 2010
-
a
marketing shift from "the tribe of the wealthy" to "the tribe
of the responsible"
-
a business
focus shift from "shareholder value" to "noble cause"
Click here for Paul Ferley's (RBC) presentation
Click here for Ray Kong's (Ipsos Reid) presentation
EVENT PARTNER
REVENUE MINISTER JOHN WILKINSON:
TRANSITION TO HST
The Chamber has made special arrangements to
have the Honourable John Wilkinson, Ontario's new Minister of Revenue,
speak to a Burlington business audience about the Province's move to a
single sales tax, also know as the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). Minister
Wilkinson's mandate includes the transition to and administration of the
single sales tax which will take effect on July 1, 2010. Minister
Wilkinson will discuss the importance of a singles sales tax, the
reasons why the government has committed to this policy and what it
means to business and the economy. The minister, along with ministry
staff, will be available to answer your questions about HST.
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MAYOR'S STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS - October
14
Each
year Mayor Cam Jackson presents his views on the City of Burlington's
accomplishments for the past year and his perspectives of the City's
challenges for the upcoming year. This year's Address was
Mayor Jackson's third. There have been several important items on
the city's agenda for the past three years and some high profile items
are becoming a reality (McMaster campus, Performing Art Centre).
The Mayor's State of the City Address is often viewed as the Mayor's
most important speech of the year.
Click here to read the Mayor's
Address.
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PAST CHAIR'S GOLF TOURNAMENT SUCCESS DESPITE
RAIN
The Chamber of Commerce Past Chair's Golf Tournament
was played on June 25 at Carlisle Golf Club.
Click here for details.
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BUSINESS AWARDS GALA
The
2009 Chamber of Commerce Business Awards Gala was held on May 7 at
the Burlington Convention Centre. Click here for details.
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2009 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
More
than eighty people attended the
Chamber’s sixty-second Annual General Meeting which was held on April 1
at the Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre.
Highlights of the meeting included introduction of the new
Board of Directors and Executive
Council, approval of the Chamber’s 2008 financial statements,
approval of the 2008 AGM minutes and the appointment of Deloitte as the
Chamber’s auditor for 2009. Outgoing Chair, Janet Whitehouse
thanked the Board and volunteers for making her year as Chair such a
success. New Chair Francis Mackan outlined his plans for the
Chamber for his year as Chair. Immediately following the AGM the
Chamber held its Volunteer Appreciation Reception. This event,
coordinated by the
Membership Committee, was held to thank those Chamber members who
sat on various committees throughout the year. Volunteers were
treated to dinner and drinks. Each committee chair made a short
presentation of the accomplishments of his or her committee and
presented everyone on the committee with a certificate and a gift.
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