Events & Meetings

What's up wednesday - Innovation: Trends for 2025

As a consultant, staying ahead of emerging trends and understanding the disruptive forces shaping the business landscape is crucial for delivering value to your clients. This complimentary virtual session, hosted by CMC-Ontario, provides consultants with actionable insights into Gartner’s top strategic technology trends and the 10 critical technologies organizations need to succeed in an uncertain future.

Discover the Gartner Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2025
Join Craig Mackay, FCMC, Host of What's up Wednesday with guest speaker, Fariba Anderson, CMC, a Gartner expert, as we discuss innovation trends for the new year.  This session will provide an overview of technology and consulting trends that are going to be hot in 2025.  This session will be of direct benefit to CIOs, CEOs and CMCs who have to make decisions about the direction companies will take in the coming new year. 

In this session, you will gain:

• A Comprehensive Understanding: Dive into the 10 trends, categorized into AI Imperatives and Risks, New Frontiers of Computing, and Human-Machine Synergy.
• Gartner Predictions: Obtain insights into the future impact of each trend, along with additional perspectives and analysis.
• Practical Use Cases: Discover how each technology trend can be applied across various scenarios and industries.

Equipped with these insights, you will receive:

• Practical Takeaways: Guide your clients through disruption with informed strategies.
• Research Slides: Incorporate a copy of the research slides into your advisory toolkit.
• Actionable Recommendations: Assist your clients in achieving their long-term goals with strategic advice.

Position yourself as a trusted advisor by equipping yourself with the latest insights into technology and trends.

• Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
• Time: 12:30PM - 1:30PM Eastern
• Location: Zoom Virtual 
• Cost: No charge for CMC Canada Members & guests
• PD: 1 CPD

CMC-Ontario Annual Awards Celebrations!

2 Events | 2 Dates | 2 Locations

• Ottawa - Annual Awards Celebration - January 23, 2025
• Toronto - Annual Awards Celebration - January 30, 2025

CMC Ontario, is thrilled to see you face-to-face once again at our annual members celebration and awards.

What we are planning

• Honour new CMC and FCMC designations and celebrate our members’ accomplishments
• Enjoy some libations, food and the benefits of being part of a great community
• Meet new members and catch up with old acquaintance
• Plenty of opportunities to socialize at this cocktail style reception

• Eastern Ontario Chapter - Don’t miss an exclusive presentation by Dan Trommater: “We’ve Always Done It That Way – Challenge Assumptions and Get Unstuck.”

Your CMC-Ontario (volunteer) Council and Chapter members look forward to welcoming you. Join us for an engaging evening of fun, professional recognition, and community. It’s a terrific opportunity to meet new people and socialize with your peers.

This event is for members and guests across Ontario!

Cost: 

• Members $60.00
• Guests registered by member at the time of member registration will be $60.00
• non-members $80.00
• Student members $40.00

What’s Up Wednesday: Embracing AI: From Disruption to Opportunity

Artificial Intelligence is here, and it’s reshaping our world at lightning speed—transforming industries, creating opportunities, and posing new challenges. Are you ready to lead in the AI era?

Join us for an insightful What’s Up Wednesday session with host Craig Mackay, FCMC, and guest Evgeny Koloda, CMC, a recognized AI expert. Together, they’ll unpack the profound impact of AI on the consulting profession and provide actionable strategies to thrive amidst this disruption.

What’s in Store?

• The Reality for Management Consultants: How AI is changing the consulting landscape.
• Ethical and Practical Challenges: Balancing innovation with responsibility.
• Staying Ahead in the AI Era: Essential tools, skills, and strategies.
• Shaping the Future: How consultants can embrace AI to lead the way.

Key Takeaways

• Understand how AI is enabling higher-value consulting work.
• Learn how to navigate ethical considerations and mitigate challenges like bias and accountability.
• Discover strategies to adapt and thrive through continuous learning and mastery of AI tools.

This is your opportunity to explore the cutting edge of consulting and prepare for a future shaped by AI.

Register now and join us as we embrace disruption, seize opportunities, and shape the future of consulting together.

• Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025
• Time: 12:30PM - 1:30PM Eastern
• Location: Zoom Virtual 
• Cost: No charge for CMC Canada Members & guests
• PD: 1 CPD

CMC-Ontario Council MeetingS

For more information, contact Info@cmc-ontario.ca

2025 Dates;  coming soon
Executive only meeting December 11 (meetings are the 3rd Wednesday of the Month)

Time: 5pm - 7:00m ET
Location: ONLINE

CMC-Ontario GTA Council Meeting

For more information, contact Info@cmc-ontario.ca

Date: The 1st Tuesday of the Month
Time: 5pm - 6:30pm ET
Location: ONLINE

CMC-Ontario Eastern Council Meeting

For more information, contact Info@cmc-ontario.ca

Date: The 3rd Thursday of the month
Time: 5:00pm - 6pm ET
Location: ONLINE

CATALYST Continues!

ON-DEMAND

During CATALYST 2022 Management Consulting Conference we had 3 amazing days of engagement, content, and fun. The Conference Committee hopes you enjoyed the sessions, music, and community engagement as much as we did.

Did you miss the CMC CATALYST Conference?

Each day featured sessions that sparked new ideas, engaged our minds, and set our path for a reimagined future. During the conference our team put together some notes on each session read about what you’re missing