FP Summit Agenda
April 3rd, 2025
7:00 AM
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM
Registration
Breakfast
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Opening REMARKS
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Making Choices III - ETHICS & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Jacqueline Knoblauch, CFP, CLU | Insurance Planning Specialist, Raymond James
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Investments - Fixed Income & MORE
BeiChen Lin, CFA, CPA
Investment Strategist | Russell Investments
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Estate PLANNING PITFALLS
Benjamin Buckingham, BA, JD
Senior Trust Advisor | Solus Trust Company
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
The 100 Year plan & high net worth concepts
Sanju Sukul, B.Comm., CPA, CA, CFP, TEP
Tax Consultant | Canada Life
12:00PM - 1:00 PM
lUNCH
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
General Tax Update – A Pulse on What’s Happening
Tony Lee, CPA, CA, TEP, LLM (Tax)
Assistant Vice President, Tax and Estate Planning | Manulife
1:45 PM - 2:30 pm
The financial risks facing retirees & your role as advisor
Joe Basque, CFP, CIM
Wealth Advisor | Westmount Wealth Management Inc.
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
BREAK
2:45 PM - 3:30 Pm
The art & science of nudging: Transforming Investment Behaviours
Luana Carcano, Ph.D
Lecturer and Academic Director, Undergraduate Program (Minor) | Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University
3:30 Pm - 4:00 Pm
ADVOCIS/ MEMBERSHIP/ADVOCACY
Eric Lidemark, CFP, CLU, CH.F.C., CHS
Owner, Certified Financial Planner | Lidemark Financial Group Inc.
Saskia Vermeulen, CFP, CHS
Principal, Senior Advisor & Group Insurance Advisor | Southlands Financial Services
Kaitlyn Berg
Sales Director | ivari Canada
4:00 Pm - 4:45 PM
Actuarial Valuation of Life Insurance Policies – Purposes and Tax Implications
Stephen Cheng
Managing Director & Senior Consulting Actuary | Westcoast Actuaries Inc.
4:45 PM
CLOSING COMMENTS
*Current to February 6, 2024. Subject to change.