Conference Schedule
Click Here to view the session schedule and descriptions (Check back often for new additions)
Click Here to view the conference schedule for meals, networking and hospitality events
Hotel Accommodations
MFOA has secured rooms for our delegates at Blue Mountain Resort and The Westin Trillium House. Please note selection/availability is on a first-come, first-serve basis, and availability is not guaranteed. Rooms will be held until Monday, August 31 or until it is full, whichever comes first.
Blue Mountain Resort
Click here to book your room with Blue Mountain Resort online.
Call In Reservations - Contact 1-833-583-2583 and provide them with the Group Name (MFOA 2026) and Group Code (10001Q) to reserve.
Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
If you have questions or require assistance, contact mail@bluemountain.ca or call 1-833-583-2583.
The Westin Trillium House
Click here to book your room at The Westin Trillium House online.
Fraud Alert
Please note in past years we have had non-accredited organizations contacting individuals regarding the MFOA Conference. These companies may offer to help book your guest rooms at a discounted rate or offer promotions for our conference. MFOA is not affiliated with any of these groups and NOT authorized to contact delegates. Please do not provide them your personal information or credit card details. MFOA has arranged room blocks directly with the hotels listed above. You can book your room using the instructions provided above.
Keynote Speakers
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Dan Gardner
Risk Management, Forecasting, and Big Projects, Award-winning Journalist, Best
Selling Author
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Getting Big Things Done On Budget and On Time
The world’s largest database on major projects — with over 16,000 projects in more than 20 different project categories — revealed that fewer than half of projects (47.9%) finish on budget. Fewer than one in ten (8.5%) are completed on budget and on time. And a nearly invisible 0.5% of all projects are completed on budget, on time, and with the expected benefits. Worse, projects aren’t merely at risk of being a little off. Catastrophic failure is frighteningly common. Even home renovations can easily come in three or four times over budget. And the story is the same around the world. If projects are so important, why are we so bad at them? In this talk, Dan Gardner draws on his book How Big Things Get Done to look at why failure is so common and why a rare few projects are triumphs. The mind-expanding lessons about how we conceive, plan, and deliver major projects apply to projects of every imaginable variety, at every scale, from home renovations to space exploration.
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Jody Urquhart
Burnout Prevention, Health and Wellness Expert, Funny Motivational Keynote Speaker
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Crazy Busy: Comedic Relief to Find Immediate Balance in a Fast-Paced World
Do your days often feel overwhelming? Does your life resemble a three-ring circus? If so, you’re not alone. Many of us get trapped in patterns of self-made busyness to avoid uncertainty. We fill our day with menial tasks to avoid doing the important ones. When your busyness is tied to your worthiness, it’s hard not to take yourself seriously at work. Join Jody in this comedic adventure to expose the busyness patterns that overwhelm you and others. Together we will beat back busyness once and for all when you discover that you are not the problem, you are the solution.
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