In partnership with the Lethbridge Home & Garden Show, BDO is pleased to invite you to an exclusive breakfast and keynote speaker presentation. Please join us as Stephen Mogdan, President of the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce, and Douglas Porter, Chief Economist for BMO Capital Markets, speak about the current economic forecast and how businesses might best prepare and prosper through this change.

Topics include:

• Local responses to the challenges and opportunities presented by our changing economic climate in Alberta and western Canada.• 2015 Outlook: Tidal Shifts — The impact on the North American economy from the plunge in oil prices, the drop in the loonie

and the comparatively stronger US economy.

DATE: Friday, March 13, 2015TIME : 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM (Breakfast & Registration) 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM (Presentations) A buffet style breakfast will be served.LOCATION: Saddle Room, Exhibition Park 3401 Parkside Drive South, Lethbridge AB Seating is limited, please register online or contact Angela Going at agoing@bdo.ca or 403 328 5292

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Speaker Bios

Stephen C. Mogdan, B.A., M.Phil., LL.B.Current President & Chair Board of the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce & Partner with Stringam Denecky LLP Law Office

Stephen Mogdan is a partner at Stringam Denecky LLP, a full service law firm serving Southern Alberta in Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and other communities, as well as maintaining a full time office in Fort McMurray. Stephen graduated from law school in 2001 and was called to the bar in Alberta in the spring of 2002. He practices business law, including corporate/commercial transactions, residential and commercial real estate, commercial financing, and wills and estates.

Married and with two children, Stephen and his family live on the west side of Lethbridge. Stephen is a terrible gardener and hopes to pick up some tips and techniques at this year’s Home and Garden Show. In addition to practicing law, Stephen has been involved in the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce for more than a decade, and is the 2014-2015 President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce. He enjoys his role with the Chamber and values the ability this gives him to maintain close contacts with various organizations including the CHBA - LR.

Douglas Porter, CFAChief Economist and Managing Director, BMO Financial Group

Douglas Porter has over 25 years of experience analyzing global economies and financial markets. He excels in interpreting and communicating the impact of key economic and financial data for businesses, and was identified as the best economic forecaster in Canada for the prior two years by Bloomberg in May 2012.

In his role as Chief Economist at BMO Capital Markets, he oversees the macroeconomic and financial market forecasts and is the co-author of the firm’s weekly flagship publication, Focus. Douglas manages the team that won the prestigious 2010 Lawrence Klein award for forecast accuracy of the U.S. economy during the tumultuous 2006 to 2009 period.

As a respected commentator on economic and financial trends, Douglas is often quoted in the national press and is interviewed regularly on radio and television. He is also known for bringing to light the most serious error on record by Statistics Canada (in the consumer price index) and for first highlighting the large price gaps on many consumer goods between Canada and the US.

Before joining BMO Capital Markets, Douglas held positions of Economist and Country Risk Analyst with other Canadian financial institutions, and also worked in the Research Department at the Bank of Canada.

Douglas has been a Chartered Financial Analyst since 1995 and earned a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario. He has been on the Board of Directors of the Toronto Association of Business and Economics since 1996, and has been a member of the C.D. Howe’s Monetary Policy Council since 2008. Douglas also serves on the Investment Management Committee of the Bank of Montreal’s Pension Fund Society.