First GBN Roadshow (April 2008, Canada)

First GBN Roadshow Event on Best Practices regarding How to Do Benchmarking Well

The GBN’s first International Road Show is being held in the beautiful Town Hall in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th April, 2008. The Conference is organised jointly by the Global Benchmarking Network (GBN), National Quality Institute (NQI) of Canada and Benchmarking Partnerships (Australia).

We are expecting between 100 and 200 delegates for you to network with. Also, Toronto Canada is a great place to visit in Spring and to take advantage of this the program has been designed to maximize your learning about Best Practice Benchmarking and also your experience of Toronto.

Please visit the Conference Website for details about the Conference, speakers and Pre-conference and Post-conference events (incl. program and pricing)


Features of this event are:

• See Toronto – beautiful in Spring and maybe Niagara Falls and Montreal. Also go to the web links to see descriptions of Toronto tourism and many pictures to attract your delegates to attend.
• Learn and network the best practices and results of each of the 4 key stages of benchmarking – international experts speaking and workshopping with you from Germany, Dubai, Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada as well as -
• Dr Robert Camp, formerly of Xerox USA – the founder of the 4 stage benchmarking methodology and author of 3 well sold books regarding Best Practice Benchmarking and how to do it – Dr Camp is President of the GBN – see pictures of his well sold books below
• Study “Tour de Force” including Business Excellence Award winning companies in Canada. The Tour de Force consists of on-site visits to four NQI Partner organisations that are role models for organisational excellence and quality: Ceridian, Delta Hotels, and IBM (all of which are recipients of the prestigious Canada Awards for Excellence), as well as the Town of Markham that is well on its way with its NQI Progressive Excellence Program
• The NQI Chairman’s Networking Dinner hosted by Kevin Dougherty, NQI’s Chairman and President of Sunlife Global Investments. Our keynote speaker, Robert Herjavec, is not only a very successful entrepreneur, but is also a co-star in the hottest new business TV Show in Canada called “The Dragon’s Den”. It will be an evening to remember!