Thursday October 29, 2026
What Advisors Need to Know
Join healthcare experts and leaders in private care to explore Canada’s healthcare challenges, available solutions, and the growing opportunities for advisors.
ABOUT
Where Healthcare Meets
Advisory Opportunity
Designed for financial advisors, insurance professionals, employee benefits consultants, wealth advisors, and family office professionals, this conference explores how Canada’s changing healthcare landscape is creating new challenges and new opportunities for advisors.
Connect with healthcare experts, physicians, professors, and solution providers. Gain practical insights into public and private healthcare, emerging access solutions, and the growing role advisors play in helping clients navigate Canada’s evolving healthcare system.
Learn directly
From the experts who know healthcare
Advisors gain the knowledge to answer healthcare access questions before clients ask.
Expand your practice
Turn healthcare knowledge into opportunity
Strengthen client relationships, differentiate your practice, and uncover new opportunities
Be prepared
Healthcare is a planning issue
Understand the changing landscape and why it matters to your clients
EXPERT
Speakers
Learn from respected physicians, professors, healthcare organizations, and industry experts as they share practical insights into Canada’s changing healthcare landscape, innovative healthcare solutions, and the growing opportunities for advisors.
Robin Ingle,Founder and CEO, Ingle International and CEO, Novus Health
is a Canadian entrepreneur and recognized leader in international healthcare, insurance, and health navigation, with more than 40 years of industry experience. As CEO of Ingle International and founder of Novus Health, Robin has been at the forefront of changes in travel health, international insurance, and healthcare navigation. His decades of experience provide a unique perspective on how healthcare access has evolved, the growing complexity facing consumers, and the changing role of private health solutions.
Michelle Ferreri,Senior Partner, Rogue Management & Former MP
Michelle is a former Member of Parliament, 26-year media veteran, speaker, and strategist. During her time in Parliament, she was a strong advocate for mental healthcare, addiction treatment and recovery, and support for Canadian families. Today, she continues to champion practical solutions to complex social and healthcare issues.
Dr. Vu Kiet Tran, MD, FCFP (EM), MHSc, MBA, CHE, ICD.D
A respected physician, healthcare executive, and leadership coach, Dr. Vu Kiet Tran has more than 25 years of clinical experience in emergency medicine, family practice, and long-term care. Drawing on his extensive frontline experience, he will share valuable insights into the realities of healthcare delivery, access to care, and the challenges shaping the future of Canada’s healthcare system.
Dr. Raymond Rupert, MD, MBA, CEO
Dr. Raymond Rupert is the Founder and CEO of RCM Health Consultancy. With more than 40 years of medical experience, he is a recognized leader in healthcare access, helping individuals and organizations navigate Canada’s public and private healthcare systems.
Professor Audrey Laporte, MA, PhD
Professor Audrey Laporte is Director of the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and Director of the Canadian Centre for Health Economics. An internationally recognized expert in health economics and health policy, her research focuses on healthcare systems, funding, and the policies shaping the future of Canadian healthcare.
Karen Kesteris Interim Vice President, Business Development & Client Success
Where she leads strategic partnerships and growth initiatives that expand access to preventive healthcare solutions for individuals and organizations. With more than 20 years of leadership experience in the healthcare, benefits, and insurance industries, she has held senior roles at Shoppers Drug Mart, Express Scripts Canada, Medavie Blue Cross, and TELUS Health. Karen brings deep expertise in business development, payer partnerships, product strategy, and healthcare innovation, with a passion for helping employers and advisors improve the health and wellbeing of the populations they serve.
Gino Stirpe, CHS Vice President, VUMI Canada Inc at VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group, Ltd. (VUMI)
With more than 35 years of experience in the health insurance industry. A recognized expert in international private medical insurance (IPMI), he has been instrumental in expanding access to global healthcare solutions in Canada. His expertise in international healthcare trends, cross-border medical care, and the growing role of private healthcare makes him a leading voice on why global medical access is becoming an increasingly important part of financial and healthcare planning.
Ingrid Gahsner, Director of Education, ICHAP
Ingrid Gahsner is a licensed insurance professional, author, and healthcare access educator with more than 30 years of experience in insurance, investments, and employee benefits. As Director of Education for ICHAP, she develops educational programs focused on healthcare access risk, planning strategies, and the evolving role of advisors in helping clients navigate Canada’s changing healthcare landscape.
Umar Syed CEO RegenaLife
With over 25 years of leadership experience in life sciences and healthcare. His expertise includes early detection, longevity care, biotech, pharma, and healthcare strategy, with roles at MedReleaf, Eli Lilly, Pharmascience, McKenna Group, and Oliver Wyman. He holds graduate degrees in pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences and an MBA from Ivey Business School.
Karen Kesteris, Interim Vice President, Business Development & Client Success
A seasoned healthcare executive with more than 20 years of leadership experience, Karen Kesteris leads strategic partnerships and growth initiatives at Cleveland Clinic Canada. Drawing on senior roles at Shoppers Drug Mart, Express Scripts Canada, Medavie Blue Cross, and TELUS Health, she brings deep expertise in business development, payer partnerships, product strategy, and healthcare innovation. Karen is passionate about helping employers and advisors improve the health and wellbeing of the populations they serve.
Peter Lowas, CEO Inagene
Peter brings two decades of leadership experience across financial services and health to his role as CEO of Inagene Diagnostics. His career has spanned senior roles in strategy, product, digital, and customer experience at some of Canada’s most recognized organizations including Manulife’s Group Benefits division and Shoppers Drug Mart Health & Wellness and Specialty Drug divisions. Peter’s expertise is at the intersection of health, benefits, and commercial strategy, building a deep understanding of how employers and insurers make decisions.
Suzanne Trusdale is Vice President, TELUS Health Care Centres.
She is a results-driven leader committed to developing and inspiring highly engaged teams, bringing a unique client-centric perspective to healthcare. Whether it’s shaping future leaders or working with employers to keep their employees healthy and happy, her goal is to help everyone win more, be better and feel better. Her joy in seeing others succeed has made her a strong advocate of diversity and inclusion. She is Global Co-chair for Connections, a network focused on women’s career growth and progression at TELUS, and Executive Sponsor for Spectrum, TELUS’ resource group for 2SLGBTQIA+ and allied team members.
Colin Craig
Dr. Mohammed Ghazi Qaddoura
Dr. Mohammed Ghazi Qaddoura is a European-educated healthcare executive with extensive experience leading and managing multi-site healthcare organizations. His expertise spans healthcare operations, hospital management, regulatory compliance, strategic development, and organizational transformation.
Dr. Qaddoura holds a Bachelor of Science in Dentistry, two master’s degrees in international healthcare and Hospital Management, and is a Harvard alumnus in Managing Healthcare Delivery. He is recognized for his strategic approach to healthcare leadership and for building partnerships that support innovation and improved healthcare delivery.
Pamela Sehdev
Pamela brings more than 15 years of experience in nursing, clinical care, education, and healthcare leadership to Cleveland Clinic Canada. As an In-Country Representative, she helps international patients navigate access to Cleveland Clinic specialists, surgeons, and allied health professionals worldwide. Pamela holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Toronto Metropolitan University and a Master of Nursing from Athabasca University and is currently completing her Executive MBA at Ivey Business School. Her previous leadership experience includes The Hospital for Sick Children, where she served as Senior Manager of Quality, Safety and Clinical Operations within perioperative services.
Francis D’Andrade
Francis D’Andrade is a financial services executive, consultant, and author with more than 30 years of experience. Having built and sold his own wealth and insurance advisory firm, he now helps advisors develop distinct niches, strengthen client loyalty, and build resilient, high-value businesses through Financial Outcomes.
WHY
Why Attend?
Gain the knowledge, insights, and practical solutions to help clients navigate Canada’s changing healthcare system—and position yourself as a more valuable advisor.
Gain the
Knowledge
Understand the issues shaping healthcare access and gain practical insights that prepare you for the conversations clients are increasingly having.
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Understand the
New Reality
Understand the pressures reshaping Canadian healthcare, why access is changing, and what these changes mean for Canadians.
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Discover
New Solutions
Explore the growing range of strategies, services, and private options available to help clients navigate healthcare challenges.
03
Expand
Your Practice
Discover how healthcare knowledge can strengthen client relationships, differentiate your practice, and create new opportunities.
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AGENDA
Event schedule?
October 29/26
The realities of delayed care, funding barriers, and access to treatment.
How genetics and pharmacogenomics are changing treatment decisions.
Why access now matters to financial planning and the emerging opportunity for advisors.
Ready to explore healthcare access, innovation, funding, and advisor opportunities?
Why This Matters Now
If your clients rely on you to help them plan for life’s financial risks, healthcare access belongs in the conversation
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professionals
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VENUE
Where?
Thornhill Golf & Country Club
Set within one of Ontario’s premier private clubs, Thornhill Golf & Country Club provides an elegant and intimate setting for a full day of high-quality education, professional networking, and meaningful connections.
Sponsors &
Healthcare Partners
Supported by leading organizations committed to advancing advisor education.
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Be part of Canada’s New Healthcare Reality
Develop expertise in an emerging area of planning, differentiate your practice, and position yourself for the opportunities ahead.
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