2025 Alberta Credit Symposium
Agenda

Day 1: June 10, 2025

7:15 - 8:15 AM	Registration opens Breakfast sponsored by Blackline Presentation by Blackline
8:15 - 8:30 AM	Official Opening - Land Acknowledgement -David Hopkyns, ACI, Alberta Symposium Chair Greetings and Welcome CIC David Hopkyns, ACI, President and Dean Welcome Comments from National office: Nawshad Khadaroo, CCP, General Manager, The CIC
8:30 - 10:00 AM	Howie Sniderman, KC -"Do I have to Sue? And when I do, will I win?"
10:00 - 10:15 AM	Networking Break
10:15 - 11:45 AM	Trina Casey-Myatt - The MultiGenerational Workforce"
11:45 - 12:45 PM	Lunch
12:45 - 2:15 PM	Alex Armitage & Mashiyat Shah - "Credit Decisioning in the Age of New Technology, AI and a New Economic Climate"
2:15 - 2:30 PM	Networking Break
2:30 - 4:00 PM	Scott Harwardt, Commercial collection practices, credit reporting, and other regulated areas
4:00 - 5:30 PM	Networking Social Event - Double tree by Hilton Reception Hall Finger foods - Cash Bar

Day 2: June 11, 2025

7:45 - 8:15 AM	Registration opens Breakfast
8:15 - 8:30 AM	Welcome – David Hopkyns, ACI, Chair ACS and President and Dean of the CIC
8:30 - 10:00 AM	Rhonda Fox Miles, Trustee, “so they have filed for corporate bankruptcy/protection, what does that mean?
10:00 - 10:15 AM	*Networking Break*
10:15 - 11:45 AM	Andrea Browne, CPA, CMA, CCP “Credit Decisioning through Financial Statement Analysis”
11:45 - 12:45 PM	Luncheon - Kelly Paisley, In this presentation we explore the key components of AI readiness, including: Understanding AI capabilities, debt management, and ethical considerations!
12:45 - 2:15 PM	Graham Maclachlan, discover how trade credit and political risk insurance works, is this the right process for you?
2:15 - 2:30 PM	*Networking Break*
2:30 - 3:30 PM	Lee Schumacher - “Equifax” "Consumer and commercial credit trends"
3:30 - 4:15 PM	Eli Costea & Nauman Hafeez - "The Modern Credit Department - Top AR Department Trends in 2025"
4:15 - 4:30 PM	Closing and Thank you - David Hopkyns, ACI