The typical meeting format is:

7:30 Coffee and networking 8:00 Breakfast and guest speaker (no slides; brief talk with Q&A and discussion) 9:00 Informal networking
Mindtrust also regularly holds other events, including member dinners and barbecues. Previous and Upcoming Mindtrust events

2010

• Breakfast – Friday, October 29, 2010, 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
• Breakfast – Friday, September 17, 2010, 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
• A Steakholders’ get-together – Wednesday, August 11th, 6:30 p.m.
• Haw to see what lies ahead – Friday, June 11th, 7:30 a.m.
• See what’s on tap for the future – Wednesday, May 26th, 5:00 p.m.
• March 25 - Annual Awards Night, 4:00 pm @ Ottawa U
• March 5 - Mindtrust Breakfast Meeting Speaker: Jean-Luc Boissonneault

2009

• Dec 4 - Speaker 7:30 am @ Brookstreet (The Deciders)
• Nov 21 - Founders Dinner
• Nov 18 - Money Matters @ Royal Ottawa
• Nov 17 - Mindtrust Beer Session
• Oct 2 - Speaker Daniel Hoste 7:30 am @ Brookstreet (The Deciders)
• Sept 16 - Mindtrust Members Forum 4:30 pm @ The Marshes (Ironstone Grill)
• Aug 12 - Annual BBQ at Maplelawn/The Keg
• July 9 - Founders Dinner - Chez Osadca
• June 5 - Financial Planning Panel 7:30 am @ Brookstreet (The Deciders)
  "The Challenges You Are Facing"
• May 7 - Mindtrust Members Forum 4:30 pm @ Brookstreet (Options)
• Wednesday April 22, 2009  Mindtrust Money Matters Dinner at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club
• Thursday March 26, 2009  MLDP Awards Reception at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
• Friday March 6, 2009  Mindtrust Breakfast Meeting Speaker: The Honourable John Manley
• Wednesday February 18, 2009 Annual Gourmet Dinner and Wine at the Historic Monk House
• Friday February 9, 2009  Mindtrust Breakfast Meeting  “10 Things to Do Differently in ’09” with Peter Cleveland and Terrence Kulka

2008

• December 5, 2008 Mindtrust Breakfast Meeting “Leadership – Your Life, Community and Company” Peter Charbonneau, former President and COO, Newbridge Networks
• November 7, 2008 Mindtrust Breakfast Meeting “Your Bigger Future” with Ross Slater, co-founder and President, Highspot Inc.
• October 3, 2008 Mindtrust Breakfast Meeting Raj Narula Shares Advice From India
• September 5, 2008, Mindtrust Breakfast Meeting - Building an empire, one meal at a time: John Pigott, President and CEO of Morrison Lamothe Inc.
• August 12th, Mindtrust Annual Summer Event at Maplelawn
• May 8, 2008, Mindtrust Money Matters Dinner  “The Ontario Securities Commission vs. Weinstein – It could happen to you”
• April 4, 2008, Mindtrust Breakfast Meeting, “Who says the sky’s the limit? A discussion with Daniel Goldberg, President and CEO of Telesat”
• March 7, 2008, Mindtrust Breakfast Meeting, “The more we grow together: Mindtrust Mergers and Acquisitions Panel”
• February 1, 2008, Mindtrust Breakfast Meeting, “A look at organizations across multiple sectors”

2007

• December 7, 2007, “Travelling Executive Class: Transitioning Between Industries as a CEO, with Bernie Ashe
• November 7, Mindtrust Money Matters Dinner, "David Luxton: $30 million to $1 billion over dinner."
• October 5, Rankin File: Former Tropic Networks CEO Kevin Rankin on lessons learned
• September 6th, Mindtrust Breakfast Meeting
• July 19th, Mindtrust Summer BBQ
• June 1st, Mindtrust Member Roundtable
• On May 4th, Stephen Beckta explains how customer service is key
• Mindtrust 4th Annual Winter Gourmet Dinner & Wine-tasting Event
• Friday, February 2, 2007 - Lessons learned from beer to nuclear reactors - Steve West, President of MDS Nordion
• January 18, 2007 , Beer and Talk - Tell us what it takes to make Ottawa a global innovation leader.

2006

• December 1, 2006: Graham Sher, Canadian Blood Services
• November 3, 2006: Marketing for Success moderated by Don Hewson
• October 25 2006: Mindtrust Money Matters Dinner
• October 6, 2006: "Investing in Organizational Development"
• September 8: U.S. Embassy makes unofficial business visit to Mindtrust
• 20-July-06 The 2006 Mindtrust Summer BBQ - "It's just one of those things"
• 9-June-06 Mindtrust Annual Golf Event - The Marshes
• 5-May-06 Mindtrust Breakfast Meeting: How to take on your biggest competitors and win
• 3-Mar-06 Panel Discussion: “The End Game – The VC Perspective” Ted Anderson
• 22-Feb-06 Mindtrust Money Matters dinner
• 9-Feb-06 Annual Gourmet Dinner and Wine Tasting with Mindtrust members and their spouses
• 3-Feb-06 Speaker: Wael Mohamed, "At the Front Lines of Information Security "

2005

• 2-Dec-05 Speaker: Rick Hunter, “Building a Customer-Centric Culture”
• 4-Nov-05 Speaker: Mahsad Koohgoli, “Building a Company”
• 7-Oct-05 Panel  Discussion – What is Your End Game?
• 9-Sep-05 Speaker: Terry Kell, President, Kanatek Technologies
• 11-Aug-05 Annual backyard BBQ hosted by Debbie Weinstein
• 6-July-05 Mindtrust Money Matters Dinner
• 30-Jun-05 Mindtrust golf event
• 3-Jun-05 Speaker: Bill Carlin, CEO, Spotwave Wireless
• 6-May-05 Speaker: Rob Ashe, CEO, Cognos
• 1-Apr-05 Speaker: Mike Pascoe, CEO, Meriton Networks
• 8-Mar-05 Networking and presentation by Gerry Smith, past President and CEO of Changepoint Corporation in conjunction with AceTech
• 10-Feb-05 Annual Dinner and Wine: George Cwynar, CEO of MOSAID hosted Mindtrust members and their spouses
• 4-Feb-05 Panel: “Marketing for Growth”, Dave Curley, QNX Software, Tyler Nelson, Bridgewater Systems, and Glenn Thurston, moderated by Danny Osadca

2004

• 3-Dec-04 Speaker: Barry McLoughlin
• 5-Nov-04 Panel: Glenn Egan, BDC and Jim Orlando, BCE Capital
• 1-Oct-04 Roundtable discussion
• 3-Sep-04 Speaker: Cyril M. Leeder, COO, Ottawa Senators and the Corel Center
• 19-Aug-04 Annual backyard BBQ hosted by Danny and Karen Osadca
• 4-Jun-04 Panel: Peter Becke, CEO of Sibercore, Peter Allen, CEO
• of DragonWave and Kevin Rankin, CEO of Tropic Networks
• 7-May-04 Speaker: Jeff Waxman, CEO, Cloakware
• 19-Apr-04 Senators Hockey: (Game 7 versus the Leafs)
• 2-Apr-04 Roundtable discussion
• 5-Mar-04 Speaker: John Furlong, CEO, Vancouver 2010 Olympic Corporation
• 6-Feb-04 Speaker: Jeff Robertson, CEO, CML Emergency Services

2003

• 5-Dec-03 Speaker: Deepak Roy, ICS and Ed Ogonek
• 7-Nov-03 Speaker: Jay Alfred, Ramius Corp.
• 3-Oct-03 Speaker: Daniel Trepanier, Quake Technologies
• 5-Sept-03 Speaker: Tom Jenkins, Opentext
• 4-Jul-03 Speaker: Pat DePietro, Vengrowth and Peter Charbonneau, Skypoint Capital
• 2-May-03 Speaker: Eric Goodwin, Klocworks Solutions
• 4-Apr-03 Speaker: Terry Hall, Cognos
• 7-Mar-03 Speaker: Terry Ledden, Sales AboutFACE
• 7-Feb-03 Speaker: Richard :L'Abbe, Med-Eng

2002

• Speakers: George Cwynar, MOSAID Technologies Inc.
• Mike Unger, Nortel
• Ron Zambonini, Cognos
• Bernie Ashe, Kott Lumber

Event Details 2010:

Breakfast – Friday, September 17, 2010, 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Join us for breakfast at Brookstreet Hotel with our guest speaker, Mayor Larry O’Brien.
By now, the Mayor needs no introduction. Regardless of political perspective having Larry O’Brien speak to the CEO’s at MindTrust on the eve of an election should provide us with an interesting perspective on the views of Ottawa going forward and the choices we can make as business leaders in the community. We may also gain some insight on comparing the running of a City with the running of a successful public company.

Breakfast – Friday, October 29, 2010, 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Meet us for breakfast at the Brookstreet Hotel when Mark Daly, CEO at Daly Strategic Associates, and Strategy advisor, serial entrepreneur and business author will speak on strategy. He brings passion, wisdom, and a results-driven planning approach to organizations from the Inc 500 to the Fortune 500. Consistent track record of building breakthrough businesses with true competitive advantage.