BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20230320T153000Z DTEND:20230320T173000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:CEO Talk - Colette Watson DESCRIPTION:The Ottawa Board of Trade and Ottawa Business Journal are excited to host the first CEO Talk of 2023 on Monday\, March 20 at the National Arts Centre! Ever want to peek inside the mind of a CEO? The CEO Talk series sees local business leaders share their personal success stories\, challenges\, business fundamentals\, and more! Join us for an engaging fireside chat with Colette Watson\, President of Rogers Sports & Media\, a delicious lunch\, and meaningful networking with Ottawa's business community.\n\n\n\nAgenda:\n\n11:30 am - Registration and Networking\n\n12:00 pm - Lunch and Opening Remarks\n\n12:45 pm - Fireside chat with Colette Watson\, moderated by Sueling Ching\, President and CEO\, Ottawa Board of Trade\n\n1:10 pm - Q & A and Closing Remarks\n\n\n\nColette Watson\, President\, Rogers Sports & Media\n\n\n\nColette Watson was appointed President of Rogers Sports & Media in January 2022\, responsible for the company?s $2 billion business and approximately 4\,000 employees across Canada from a variety of sports and media properties\, consisting of 23 conventional and specialty TV channels including Sportsnet\, 29 local TV stations\, 54 radio stations\, 3 OTT services\, 2 podcast networks\, Today?s Shopping Choice\, a multiplatform content studio\, and data offerings.\n\n \n\nA leader in Canada?s broadcast industry\, Colette Watson has 30 years of experience across programming\, regulatory\, and communications including a variety of senior roles across Rogers Media\, Regulatory and Cable divisions. Most recently\, she set the strategic direction for non-sports conventional\, specialty\, and community television assets and oversaw programming\, production\, and operations\, while innovating the viewer experience with compelling content across multiple platforms.\n\n\n\nColette is passionate about public affairs\, policy and the future of objective journalism in today?s world. In addition to her role at Rogers\, she was the President of CPAC\, a not for profit\, commercial free specialty television channel where she directed her efforts to ensuring that Canadians have access to unfiltered and unbiased coverage of politics\, parliament and public affairs.\n\n\n\nA highly respected industry leader\, Colette is also a past recipient of the esteemed Trailblazer of the Year award by Canadian Women in Communications.\n\nMenu: ** Please let us know of any food allergies **\n\n\n\nLooking for sponsorship opportunities? Contact Don Mersereau at don@ottawabusinessevents.ca \n\n\n\nEvent Sponsors: X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Ottawa Board of Trade and Ottawa Business Journal \;are excited to host the first CEO Talk of 2023 \;on \;Monday\, March 20 \;at \;the National \;Arts Centre! \;Ever want to peek inside the mind of a CEO? The CEO Talk series sees local business leaders share their personal success stories\, challenges\, business fundamentals\, and more! Join us for an engaging fireside chat with Colette Watson\, President of Rogers Sports &\; Media\, a delicious lunch\, and \;meaningful networking with Ottawa's business community.
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\nAgenda:
\n11:30 am - Registration and Networking
\n12:00 pm - Lunch and \;Opening Remarks
\n12:45 pm - Fireside chat with Colette \;Watson\, moderated by Sueling Ching\, President and CEO\, Ottawa Board of Trade
\n1:10 pm - Q &\; A and Closing Remarks
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\nColette Watson\, President\, Rogers Sports &\; Media
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\nA person smiling for the cameraDescription automatically generated with low confidenceColette Watson was appointed President of Rogers Sports &\; Media in January 2022\, responsible for the company?s $2 billion business and approximately 4\,000 employees across Canada from a variety of sports and media properties\, consisting of 23 conventional and specialty TV channels including Sportsnet\, 29 local TV stations\, 54 radio stations\, 3 OTT services\, 2 podcast networks\, Today?s Shopping Choice\, a multiplatform content studio\, and data offerings.
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\nA leader in Canada?s broadcast industry\, Colette Watson has 30 years of experience across programming\, regulatory\, and communications including a variety of senior roles across Rogers Media\, Regulatory and Cable divisions. Most recently\, she set the strategic direction for non-sports conventional\, specialty\, and community television assets and oversaw programming\, production\, and operations\, while innovating the viewer experience with compelling content across multiple platforms.
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\nColette is passionate about public affairs\, policy and the future of objective journalism in today?s world. In addition to her role at Rogers\, she was the President of CPAC\, a not for profit\, commercial free specialty television channel where she directed her efforts to ensuring that Canadians have access to unfiltered and unbiased coverage of politics\, parliament and public affairs.
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\nA highly respected industry leader\, Colette is also a past recipient of the esteemed Trailblazer of the Year award by Canadian Women in Communications.

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Menu: \;** Please let us know of any food allergies **
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\nLooking for sponsorship opportunities? Contact Don Mersereau at \;don@ottawabusinessevents.ca \;
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\n LOCATION:National Arts Centre - O'Born Room 1 Elgin Street Ottawa\, ON K1P 5W1 UID:e.3330.3656 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260415T010654Z URL:http://westottawabot2.chambermaster.com/events/details/ceo-talk-colette-watson-3656 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR