(NQI: Toronto) -- The National Quality Institute will present the 2007 Performance Excellence Summit and the 23rd Canada Awards for Excellence in Toronto on Oct. 24, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

Special guests will include Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, Co-CEOs of Research In Motion, and former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

Guest Speakers will include:

• Kevin Dougherty, chairman of Canada Awards for Excellence and National Quality Institute, and president of Sun Life Financial Canada
• Roger Martin, dean and professor of Business Strategy, Rotman School of Management
• Linda Lundström, president and chief creative officer of Linda Lundström Inc.
• Buzz Hargrove, president of Canadian Auto Workers
• Janet M. Davidson, president and chief executive officer, Trillium Health Centre
• Kathleen E. Sendall, senior vice president of North American Natural Gas, Petro-Canada
• Michael Kerr, author and humorist
• Jim Clemmer, author

Michaëlle Jean, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., Governor General of Canada and Patron of the Canada Awards for Excellence, has been invited to deliver the dinner keynote address.

For more information, visit http://www.nqi.ca/newsevents/event_details.aspx?ID=157.

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