Emily has built her career taking risks in pursuit of her vision for a good world. A lawyer by background, she left her private litigation practice in 2004 and, after a year in Singapore obtaining her LL.M, moved to Geneva, Switzerland. There, she served as Legal Advisor to an arm of the United Nations Security Council, implementing a program with $4.3 billion in sustainable development projects in the Middle East. On returning to Vancouver, in 2013 she founded Broadleap Solutions Ltd., an international consultancy firm advising companies and organizations on human rights due diligence – internally and across their value chains. She also founded Knowledge in Context, through which she personally taught some 500 teenagers her novel curriculum on navigating power and prejudice to be effective actors in building the communities and world they envision. She is a sought after educator and speaker on issues such as unconscious bias, “doing” equality in organizations, and integrating policy with practice in human rights. In 2016, she was appointed a full-time member of the BC Human Rights Tribunal for a three year term.
I have been a delegate and speaker at many, many, many conferences but this one is I have to say is the best I have been to. When I first looked at the itinerary I could not wrap my head around why you would choose such world wide speakers to talk about things larger than us small businesses but it wasn’t long after the speakers began on Wednesday evening that I became so deeply inspired and then even more so as the next two days passed.
Little Fish Big PondWow what a powerful three days of speakers, workshops, networking and collaboration.
GroYourBiz Surrey/White RockEXCELerate was Transformational. I hope that this will be an annual event as it is something I would like to mark in my calendar as the most important thing to do.
Shehnaz Hussain OwnerIntuitive Financial SolutionsI thought it might be impossible to top EXCELerate 2015 – but BAM! you did it again!
Encore CatalystThe 2017 EXCELerate Conference exceeded my expectations. The plenary sessions alone were worth the fee … the level of speakers gathered— and their synergy—was absolutely brilliant. Regarding the break-out sessions: Ann Gomez’s session, ‘Focus Your Time to GroYourBiz: Personal Productivity for Busy People’, blew my socks off with its relevance and practical applications. Her book, ‘The Email Warrior’, is easy to read and the tips within it are easy to implement. Wow!
Click Media WorksBig crowd. Fantastic speakers. The entire event was so polished!
Tanya CurtisMarketing DirectorAbbotsford HighstreetLoved the Keynote Speakers.
Cathy HeppnerConcept Plumbing & GasGreat opportunity to learn and connect!
Connections!!
Barbara WilliamsonTritex FabricsSuper organized, great energy, variety and well attended.