By Robin Baldwin
Bonjour à vous! Hello, everyone!
While most of you are getting ready to watch your favourite Team Canada step onto the world stage at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, your TIAC Conference Committee is setting up the stage in Quebec City, where we will bring you more of the best in Canada!
Here’s just a taste of what we’ve got in store for you.
Mobilize your teams
Drawing from his Olympic relay team experience, Bruny Surin reveals his unique vision on building high-performing teams. He explores the key elements of a winning team: mutual trust, effective communication, and collective commitment to a common goal. Based on his experience in high-level sports and business, he offers practical strategies to strengthen team cohesion, develop inspiring leadership, and create a culture of excellence. This is a talk for all leaders who want to transform their groups into high-performing teams.
Rethinking tomorrow: How AI will unlock creativity in your industry
Take your team on an immersive journey into the year 2040, using Dave Glazer’s “day in the life” storytelling to explore how roles within your company might evolve. These narratives are grounded in today’s most compelling signals, AI, automation, data systems, and emerging tech, giving audiences a tangible sense of what’s coming next.
But this isn’t science fiction. It’s rehearsing for the future.
A melding of musical brilliance and acrobatics
Featuring four talented multi-instrumentalist siblings, The Big Show is packed with roaring entertainment that dazzles at every turn. Think of it as a clever blend of music and circus acts, impressions, comedy, special requests on the spot, interactions, and so forth. The charismatic and hilarious Patrice Painchaud takes the stage as your host, bringing energy and laughter to the event.
And if that wasn’t enough…
The TIAC Golf Tournament is back on the agenda!
We will also have walking and cycling tours through the Old City, and an excursion to l’Île d’Orléans.
Wow! Are you as excited as we are?
We bet you are! So, block August 19-22 in your calendar and get yourself registered at www.tiac.ca!
The hotel reservation details are also on our website, so you should book your room while you’re there.
Your TIAC board is looking forward to seeing you and your families in Quebec City!
