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UniForum Canada Annual Conference 2024
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For UniForum members only, the annual conference provides a great opportunity to come together with colleagues from other universities and discuss common issues and share practical experiences of service transformation, with exclusive access to insight based on UniForum data.
This February’s event will be in-person only and provide an opportunity for universities from across Canada, the UK, and Australia to share lessons and insights. It will also feature two wonderful university tours at York University and the University of Toronto.
Sessions at the conference will provide opportunities to:
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ABOUT US
Nous Group is an international management consultancy operating in 10 locations across Canada, Australia and the UK. For over 20 years we have been partnering with leaders to shape world-class businesses, effective governments and empowered communities. In April 2021 Nous acquired Cubane, conveners of the UniForum benchmarking programme for world-leading universities.
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Andy Chalkin
COO, University of Surrey
Andy joined the University of Surrey in April 2019 as Chief Information and Digital Officer and moved into the role of Chief Operating Officer in March 2020. As COO, Andy's prime objectives are to ensure effective day-to-day operations of the services, and to ensure that the services are positioned to effectively support the development and delivery of the institutional strategy.
Lucy Everest
Global COO, Heriot-Watt
Lucy Everest joined Heriot-Watt in September 2018 as Executive Director of Global Marketing and took up the post of Global COO in November 2020. Lucy is passionate about the transformative power of higher education in a global context with extensive experience of cross-cultural leadership and operational direction across a global campus footprint.
Mike Shore-Nye
Registrar and Secretary, University of Exeter
Mike joined the University of Exeter in 2016 as Registrar and Secretary, responsible for the institution’s entire Professional Services team of 2500 colleagues and for the effective and efficient operations and governance of the University. Previously, Mike was COO for Queen Mary University of London, and brings over twenty years’ experience working in, and leading university professional services.
Nicole Gower
Vice president, People and Services, Macquarie University
Nicole joined Macquarie University as Director of HR in 2014 before becoming Vice-President, People and Services. She brings extensive experience in HR, Organisational Change, Technology, Law and Corporate Services. She is the Executive Group sponsor for several strategic University initiatives including the Gender Equity Strategy, UniForum benchmarking and several streams of the University’s Operating Plan.
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Haseeb Kamal,
Managing Director, North America
Haseeb has spent over 14 years advising clients in the education sector including K-12 and Higher Education. Prior to joining Cubane, Haseeb was a leader in Deloitte's Higher Education practice working with clients across a wide range of topics including student experience, registrar, finance, and HR process re-design, operating and service delivery model refreshes, IT strategy and business cases. He has worked with numerous colleges and Universities across Canada advising clients at the C-Suite level.
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Edward’s professional career over the past 36 years includes seven years as a scientist and academic, nine with Booz Allen Hamilton (now Strategy&) and 20 as the founder and managing director of the Cubane group of companies. Over the last 14 years Edward has led Cubane’s efforts to build the UniForum service offering that has now provided insights to over 60 universities globally on ways to transform the efficiency and effectiveness of their administration and support service operations.
CEO, Cubane
Edward Curry-Hyde
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Join us at the members only UniForum CAN annual conference for the opportunity to hear unique insights and practical experiences from Canadian and Global peers.
Learn from other members their challenges and successes in professional services transformation
Learn from each other and from Cubane experts about how efficiencies and innovations can be sustained over time
Network and build connections to support accelerating change at your institution
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DAY 1, February 5th
York University Tour
09:00 – 16:00
DAY 2, February 6th
University of Toronto Tour
09:00 – 16:00
DAY 3, February 7th
Main Conference Day
09:30 – 16:00
Networking drinks
16:30 – 18:30
This is an exclusive members only event and it will be held in Toronto.
Please see the venue tab for the location details for each event.
DAY 4, February 8th
Operations Improvement Day
09:30 – 15:00

Hart House, University of Toronto
DATE: February 6th to February 8th, 2024
VENUE 1:
Venue Details
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EVENT OVERVIEW
MEET YOUR HOSTS
ABOUT US
Andy Chalkin
COO, University of Surrey
Andy joined the University of Surrey in April 2019 as Chief Information and Digital Officer and moved into the role of Chief Operating Officer in March 2020. As COO, Andy's prime objectives are to ensure effective day-to-day operations of the services, and to ensure that the services are positioned to effectively support the development and delivery of the institutional strategy.
Lucy Everest
Global COO, Heriot-Watt
Lucy Everest joined Heriot-Watt in September 2018 as Executive Director of Global Marketing and took up the post of Global COO in November 2020. Lucy is passionate about the transformative power of higher education in a global context with extensive experience of cross-cultural leadership and operational direction across a global campus footprint.
Mike Shore-Nye
Registrar and Secretary, University of Exeter
Mike joined the University of Exeter in 2016 as Registrar and Secretary, responsible for the institution’s entire Professional Services team of 2500 colleagues and for the effective and efficient operations and governance of the University. Previously, Mike was COO for Queen Mary University of London, and brings over twenty years’ experience working in, and leading university professional services.
Nicole Gower
Vice president, People and Services, Macquarie University
Nicole joined Macquarie University as Director of HR in 2014 before becoming Vice-President, People and Services. She brings extensive experience in HR, Organisational Change, Technology, Law and Corporate Services. She is the Executive Group sponsor for several strategic University initiatives including the Gender Equity Strategy, UniForum benchmarking and several streams of the University’s Operating Plan.
Hart House, University of Toronto
7 Hart House Circle
Toronto, ON M5S 3H3
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We will be holding the Canada UniForum conference at a dedicated venue conveniently located in on campus at the University of Toronto and accessible by public transit.
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meet the panellists
EVENT OVERVIEW
MEET YOUR HOSTS
ABOUT US
Andy Chalkin
COO, University of Surrey
Andy joined the University of Surrey in April 2019 as Chief Information and Digital Officer and moved into the role of Chief Operating Officer in March 2020. As COO, Andy's prime objectives are to ensure effective day-to-day operations of the services, and to ensure that the services are positioned to effectively support the development and delivery of the institutional strategy.
Lucy Everest
Global COO, Heriot-Watt
Lucy Everest joined Heriot-Watt in September 2018 as Executive Director of Global Marketing and took up the post of Global COO in November 2020. Lucy is passionate about the transformative power of higher education in a global context with extensive experience of cross-cultural leadership and operational direction across a global campus footprint.
Mike Shore-Nye
Registrar and Secretary, University of Exeter
Mike joined the University of Exeter in 2016 as Registrar and Secretary, responsible for the institution’s entire Professional Services team of 2500 colleagues and for the effective and efficient operations and governance of the University. Previously, Mike was COO for Queen Mary University of London, and brings over twenty years’ experience working in, and leading university professional services.
Nicole Gower
Vice president, People and Services, Macquarie University
Nicole joined Macquarie University as Director of HR in 2014 before becoming Vice-President, People and Services. She brings extensive experience in HR, Organisational Change, Technology, Law and Corporate Services. She is the Executive Group sponsor for several strategic University initiatives including the Gender Equity Strategy, UniForum benchmarking and several streams of the University’s Operating Plan.
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TUESDAY 3 OCTOBER
Macquarie University Tour & Shared services workshop
09:00 – 16:30
WEDNESDAY 4 OCTOBER
UniForum Conference - Presentations and practice share for COOs, Provosts and invited guests.
09:00 – 16:30
Networking event
16:30 - 18:30
THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER
UniForum Operations Improvement Workshop – UniForum program managers
09:30 – 15:15
How do you make the Provost and COO partnership transformational for the university
UniForum ANZ Annual Conference 2023
Tuesday 3 October
Macquarie University Tour & Shared Services Workshop, open to members and invited Shared Service Director guests.
TIME
FOCUS
09:00
Guests arrive, tea & coffee
09:30
A session from Maria-Claudia Romero, Executive Director Shared Services about setting up a shared services function in a university – the challenges, opportunities, experiences, and lessons learned.
10:30
break
11:00
Deep dive into Professional Services Transformation with perspectives from faculty, Service Connect and those involved in the project.
Short visit to Macquarie’s service centre - Service Connect
13:00
LUNCH
14:00
Sub-group 1 – Shared Services workshop:
Invited speakers and participants sharing insights on shared services models, lead practices and lessons learnt for delivering efficient and effective services in universities
Sub-group 2 – University cultural tour:
Tour of Macquarie’s History Museum, Library and a focused session on Indigenous Australia
16:30
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Wednesday 4 October
UniForum Conference, open to COOs, Provosts and invited guests
09:00
Guests arrive, tea & coffee
09:30
Key issues and trends that we are seeing in each region
11:00
Keynote presentations focusing on service model transformations across both the academic and services divisions of the university, challenges and lessons learnt
Keynote speakers from local and global universities to be confirmed
14:00
Nous & Cubane facilitated Provost and COO/VP Admin roundtable
Focusing on strategies and roles played by both supporting sustainable workforce planning, re-engineering long-term financial sustainability and university governance
10:30
break
16:30
Conference closes, networking drinks & canapes
13:00
LUNCH
TIME
FOCUS
MEMBERS ONLY
MEMBERS AND INVITED GUESTS
Thursday 5 October
UniForum Operations Improvement Workshop, open to UniForum program managers
09:00
Guests arrive, tea & coffee
09:30
Collection Topics
Hear from individual universities and Cubane on initiatives impacting UniForum collections & data quality
11:00
UFAST Topics
Product demonstrations, feature discussions and roadmap
13:00
Standards & Guidance Topics
Product demonstrations, feature discussions and roadmap
10:30
break
15:15
Conference closes
12:00
LUNCH
TIME
FOCUS
11:00
UFAnalytics Topics
Product demonstrations, feature discussions and roadmap
14:00
break
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