CIMA Canada Announces Conference on Innovation

TORONTO - Oct. 23, 2014 - PRLog -- CIMA Canada will host an innovation conference at the Bram and Bluma Appel Salon, Central Library, Toronto, on Thursday, October 30th. The event will explore how organizations and individuals can nurture a culture of innovation, and investigatge how innovation will transform markets in the 21st Century.

CIMA President Keith Luck, CGMA and Arleen Thomas, CPA, CGMA (SVP-Management Accounting & Global Markets at AICPA) will join business leaders and other VIPs for this discussion of one of the central challenges of the 21st century.

This year's keynote speaker is Amanda Lang, Senior Business Correspondent for CBC News. As well as being the host of CBC TV's The Exchange with Amanda Lang, Amanda is author of the best-seller, The Power of Why: Simple Questions That Lead to Success.

The speaker will be followed by a round-table discussion, chaired by Paul Waldie, Editor of the Globe & Mail's Report on Business. Panelists include Terry Stuart, Chief Innovation Officer, Deloitte, Hossein Rahnama, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Flybits, Ken Kelly, Senior Vice President and Controller, McCormick and Co (retired), Sumit Luthra, VP, George Weston Bakeries and Marrouane Nabih, CFO, Randstad Canada.

The conference will consider not only how organizations can promote "innovation", but importantly, how they can incorporate it into their operations. We will seek answers to some of the most challenging issues in management accounting such as:

Is Innovation organic, or can it be built into the organizational culture?

Can the finance team overcome their reputation for stifling Innovation and become champions of creativity?

Does our education system, from kindergarten to business school, do enough to develop an instinct for Innovation in the business leaders of tomorrow?

The session will be followed by a cocktail reception from 5:30 - 7pm.

For more information, please visit the conference web page http://cimacanada.org/cima_conference_2014.jsp

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For press enquiries, please contact:

Imran Khan

Media Officer, CIMA

Tel. +44 (0)20 8849 2212

E-mail: imran.khan@cimaglobal.com

Notes to Editors

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), founded in 1919, is the world's leading and largest professional body of management accountants, with over 218,000 members and students operating in 177 countries, working at the heart of business. CIMA members and students work in industry, commerce, the public sector and not-for-profit organisations. CIMA works closely with employers, and sponsors leading edge research, constantly updating its qualification, professional experience requirements and continuing professional development to ensure it remains the employer's choice when recruiting financially-trained business leaders.

CIMA has formed a joint venture with the American Institute of CPA's (AICPA) to establish the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation. CGMA is the global quality standard that further elevates the profession of management accounting. The designation recognises the most talented and committed management accountants with the discipline and skill to drive strong busienss performance.