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Saturday, August 23, 2025
Saturday, August 23, 2025
9:00am
Registration and Welcome
Registration and Welcome
Please ensure you have registered prior to the conference. Register at: Adventure in Finance
Brief welcoming remarks from Rotary District Governor, Graeme Fraser and Youth Ottawa, Executive Director, Jesse Card
9:30 - 10:00
Setting Up the Day
Setting Up the Day
Let's meet each other in an engaging and entertaining way with our event host Bachir.
10:00 - 11:30
Workshop 1 - "Cash is King!"
Workshop 1 - "Cash is King!"
David van Noppen sets the groundwork for your financial success.
11:40 - 12:10
Lunch (provided)
Lunch (provided)
12:10 - 12:30
My Life in Finance
My Life in Finance
Ron Baker offers important take-aways from his life in finance.
12:30 - 14:00
Workshop 2 - Credit Cards 101: Smart Spending for Teens
Workshop 2 - Credit Cards 101: Smart Spending for Teens
Bachir Bastien, a credit card coach, sets us straight about this plastic money.
14:15 - 15:30
Expert Panel: $lippery $lope
Expert Panel: $lippery $lope
YOUR financial questions answered by our expert panel, including those new trends of legal sports gambling and cryptocurrency investing.
Workshop Details
Workshop 1
Workshop 1
10:00 - 11:30
"Cash is King!"
"Cash is King!"
Speaker: David van Noppen
Financial Coach and Mortgage Agent, David van Noppen from More Than Enough Financial, will be showing how Cash is King when it comes to personal financial health.
In this workshop we will be learning how is your money is a tool to help you create the life you have been designed to live.
We will learn how cash flow is a main pillar to a financially fit life and how to navigate the changing landscape from tactical money management to virtual.
We will also be learning how debt and savings play a significant role.
Workshop 2
Workshop 2
12:30 - 14:00
Credit Cards 101: Smart Spending for Teens
Credit Cards 101: Smart Spending for Teens
Speaker: Bachir Bastien
An interactive workshop designed to provide you with the "essentials" of credit cards.
Learn how credit cards work, the risks of debt, how to build a strong credit score, and why smart spending today can shape your financial future. Through real-life examples and practical tips, you will gain the tools to use credit wisely and confidently.
Expert Panel
Expert Panel
14:15 - 15:30
$lippery $lope
$lippery $lope
Panelist: Greg McLinton, CPA, CA, CIM, CFP
Panelist: Tecla Kalinda, Founder, ZalaSmart.com
Cryptocurrency investing, legalized sports betting, pyramid sales, penny stocks... for as long as there has been money, there's been ways to risk losing it to "get rich quick"! From the traditional to the recent, sometimes deals really are too good to be true. Our expert panel answers YOUR questions about these and other financial issues that you need an answer for.
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