Indigenous Prosperity Forum 2020

The Road Ahead - Investing in Indigenous Business

What: Indigenous Prosperity Forum
When: February 26 and 27, 2020
Where: Hilton Lac-Leamy in Gatineau QC, just across the river from Ottawa
Who: Hosted by NACCA and our members, the Aboriginal Financial Institutions (AFIs)
Why: To continue the advancement of economic prosperity for the Indigenous peoples in Canada
Our theme for 2020: The Road Ahead - Investing in Indigenous Business
We are pleased to announce that our Master of Ceremonies (MC) will be movie star Adam Beach
Our 2020 Forum will have double the space for exhibitors and Indigenous arts & crafts vendors
We expect to have 400-500 delegates attend this year's Forum
More details as they become available, check back here or on social media (@NACCAinfo)
We hope you can make it, we look forward to welcoming you in February.

NACCA would like to acknowledge and thank the following people and organizations for helping make our inaugural forum a huge success

Irene Lindsay - Elder for opening and closing prayers
Chief Ian Campbell - Master of Ceremonies
Our fabulous lineup of speakers, panelists, moderators
Inuit Throat Singers & Dancers - students from Nunavut Sivuniksavut
Métis Singer / Songwriter Amanda Rheaume
iPad prize donations from MediaEdge and CESO
Government of Canada for their funding contributions (ISC & ISED)
AFOA Canada - our two teams worked together to make NACCA's inaugural Forum the success it was
All our exhibitors and Indigenous vendors - next year's trade show will be bigger & better
And last but certainly not least, our SPONSORS, without whom this Forum would not have happened:
- Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
- Fern Software
- Vancity Community Investment Bank
- Canada Post - Small Business Solutions
- RBC Royal Bank
- Futurpreneur Canada
- Global Affairs - Trade Commissioner Service
- First Nations Bank of Canada

Official Program distributed at last year's Forum

PRESENTATIONS - in order of appearance for those who provided a presentation (converted from PowerPoint to PDF)

Day One - Wednesday February 27
- Adam Fiser - Conference Board of Canada - Indigenous Economic Opportunities: Making the Case for Impactful Investment
- Brian Davey - Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) - Capital Pool for Indigenous Sub-Contractors
- Monica James - Business Development Bank of Canada - Current Financing Solutions for Indigenous Business
- Matt Tapper - Ulnooweg Development Group - Financial & Business Support Services
- Jean Vincent - Aboriginal Savings Corporation of Canada - First Nations Housing Finance
- Ernie Daniels - First Nations Finance Authority - About FNFA
Day Two - Thursday February 28
- Carol Anne Hilton - Indigenomics Institute - Indigenomics Power Shift - A Seat at the Economic Table
- Derek Ballantyne - New Market Funds - Placing Capital in the Indigenous Economy
- James Hughes - McConnell Foundation - New Tricks to Raise Capital and Place Investments in the Indigenous Economy
- Chris Googoo - Ulnooweg Development Group - Indigenous Communities Foundation
- Mike Watson - Stó:lô Community Futures - About SCF
- Phillip Ducharme - Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business - About CCAB
- Kelly Lendsay - Indigenous Works - Developing a Co-ordinated Effort to Drive Prosperity
- Ray Wanuch - Cando - About Us