CPABC in Focus January 2014 | Page 12

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Sponsorships & Events
In November and December 2013, the ICABC, CGA-BC, and CMABC
sponsored or attended a number of industry and post-secondary
events promoting the CPA designation. These included: the Okanagan
College Career Fair (November 3); the BC Business Summit, spotlighted below (November 12-13); a CPA speed interview night for
students (November 13); the second annual Reveal Case Competition
for post-secondary students (November 17-19); the Business in
Vancouver CEO of the Year Awards (November 27); CPA networking
nights in Victoria (November 21) and Vancouver (November 28);
and CPA speakers panel events for workforce professionals discussing
careers in accounting in Kelowna and Vancouver (December 3) and
Victoria (December 5).
In addition, the inaugural CPA Rival Case
Competition for post-secondary students
from across BC was held on November 22 in
Kelowna. Sixteen teams consisting of 64 students participated in the event, with members
from all three legacy designations acting as
team mentors and competition judges.
Upcoming sponsorships include the JDC
West competition for post-secondary students (January 17-19) and the Vancouver
Board of Trade’s Economic Outlook Forum
(January 16).

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BIV CEO
of the Year
Awards
1. BIV CEO of the Year judge
Jane Peverett, CPA, FCMA,
corporate director, Encana,
Postmedia, BC Ferries (left),
with Tim Edwards, CPA, FCMA,
director, CMABC board of
directors, and Catherine
Roome, president and CEO,
BC Safety Authority.
2. Shahrzad Rafati (right), CEO
of BroadbandTV, accepts the
award for CEO of the Year for
Small Private Company from
CMABC chair Tammy Towill,
CPA, FCMA. Photos by Dominic
Schaefer Photography for
Business in Vancouver.

BC Business Summit
On November 12 and 13, CPABC was the title sponsor of the BC
Business Summit 2013: Building Prosperity through a Competitive
Economy. As promised, the Summit brought together senior municipal,
federal, and provincial government officials, as well as business, economic, and First Nations thought-leaders from across the province and
from every business sector to explore the opportunities and most
pressing challenges facing our economy.
This inaugural summit event was extremely well received, with more
than 600 people in attendance, including the majority of BC’s cabinet
ministers. While introducing the Summit’s keynote speaker, Premier
Christy Clark, Richard Rees, CPA, FCA, the transitional CEO of CPABC,
seized the opportunity to promote the move to the Chartered Professional Accountant designation here and across Canada, and highlighted
the importance of the timely introduction of CPA legislation in BC.
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Premier Christy Clark gives the keynote speech at the first BC Business Summit. © Province of British Columbia.