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Business Sisters are coming together for our Annual Conference: a full day created for women entrepreneurs who are ready for fresh ideas, meaningful conversations, and the kind of connections that make running a business feel a little less lonely. Expect practical learning, thought-provoking sessions, and plenty of opportunities to connect with women who understand the challenges, wins, and emotional roller coaster of entrepreneurship. Come ready to learn, share, recharge, and leave with new ideas you can actually put to work.
📅 Date: Monday, November 9
📍 Location: Best Western Parkway Inn & Conference Centre in Cornwall, Ontario.
⏰ Time: Full-day event
🎟 Tickets: Limited to 150 spots
💵 Registration: $299 (includes all sessions, breakfast, lunch, two breaks, and the end-of-day cocktail reception)
Book before Sept. 30, 2026 & receive these bonuses:
* Complimentary access to 3 pre-conference webinars
* Inclusion in draw for an all-access pass - attend ALL 2027 events for FREE!
* Special discounted hotel room rates at the Best Western, starting at $140 per night (plus tax)
NOTE: the hotel booking code will be divulged in your conference booking confirmation email.
Agenda (subject to change without notice)
8:00 - Registration & breakfast
8:45 - Welcome & Opening Ceremony, Doreen Ashton Wagner, Founder, Business Sisters | Consœurs en Affaires
9:00 - Re-recording the Mixtape: New Business Models for a Changing World (panel & round table discussions)
For decades, we've been taught that there is one "right" way to build a business: raise capital, grow as quickly as possible, maximize profits, and answer to shareholders. But what if there were other ways?
In this interactive session, we'll explore innovative approaches to financing, ownership, and business growth that put people, communities, and long-term resilience alongside profitability. Our panel of entrepreneurs and experts will share how they're challenging conventional thinking through alternative financing, community investment, cooperative and employee-owned models, purpose-driven businesses, regenerative enterprise, and other emerging approaches.
Following a moderated discussion and audience Q&A, you'll become part of the conversation. Working in small groups, participants will tackle real-world entrepreneurial challenges. Together, we'll generate practical ideas, question old assumptions, and imagine new possibilities before sharing your insights with the room.
Whether you're launching your first business or rethinking an established one, you'll leave with fresh perspectives and new questions worth asking.
Key takeaways:
Discover alternative ways to finance and grow a business.
Learn about business models that balance profit with purpose.
Explore how entrepreneurship can strengthen local communities.
Contribute your own ideas in a facilitated collaborative exercise.
Leave inspired to question assumptions and rethink what's possible.
10:15 - Coffee, tea break & visit exhibitors + relaxation corner
10:45 - Workshops #1 - Big Picture Learning. Choose one option:
- Money psychology secrets all business owners need to know
- Becoming the CEO of your business; systems to work less, enjoy more
- What's your exit strategy? Buying/selling your business
12:00 - Buffet Lunch
13:00 - Workshops #2 - Marketing Your Business
- From SEO to AI search optimization
- Make friends with your marketing numbers: a plain-language guide to your business data
- The key to making Social Media work for you
- Content marketing: HI (Human Intelligence) in the Age of AI
14:00 - Workshops #3 - Taking Care of YOU, the Business Owner
- Redefining Success to Thrive in Business
- Training the Brain to Detach and Maintain Self-Worth
- Art as a Stress Relief Practice
15:15 - Coffee, tea break & visit exhibitors + relaxation corner
15:30 - Fireside Chat with Trailblazing Women Business Owners - presented by the Scotiabank Women’s Initiative
A dynamic exchange with four pioneering women entrepreneurs. Panelists will be announced in early September.
16:45 - Closing remarks & draw
17:00 - Cocktail reception & networking
Join us for a day that promises not just a conference, but a celebration of growth, community, and success. Reserve your ticket today and be part of an event that will inspire and elevate your entrepreneurial journey!
Interested in becoming a conference partner, speaker, or ambassador? We'd love to hear from you. Please contact Doreen Ashton Wagner to learn more about the opportunities available.
We can't wait to celebrate five years of learning, collaboration, and community with you in Cornwall this November!
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Best Western Parkway Inn & Conference Centre, 1515 Vincent Massey Dr,Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
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