Innovator’s Alliance is proud to share this year’s Fresh Thinking. Shared. event, taking place on April 10, 2025.

Thriving in Uncertain Times – The New Playbook for Entrepreneurs

In an era of unprecedented change and uncertainty, entrepreneurs face unique challenges that demand resilience, innovation, and adaptability.

This year’s Fresh Thinking. Shared event is designed to empower business leaders with fresh strategies, actionable insights, and the tools needed to navigate today’s complex landscape. Join us as we explore how to seize opportunities amidst disruption, foster sustainable growth, and redefine success in ways that align with the realities of the modern world.

Together, let’s build the playbook for thriving, not just surviving.

Keynote Speakers

Peter Hall

Peter Hall is CEO of econosphere inc., a boutique business strategy advisory firm. In this capacity he is involved in advising leading Canadian industry associations and corporations, advising and promoting international initiatives, and conducting ad hoc project work. Mr. Hall is a special advisor to both Martinrea International and Elevate Export Finance, is a Fellow-In-Residence at the C.D. Howe Institute, writes a regular column in the Financial Post, comments in various other media channels and speaks at conferences and with senior executive teams in Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Until recently, he was chief economist at Export Development Canada, heading up a large team of economists and country risk analysts that provided model-driven forecasting for internal and external business strategy purposes, transaction risk analysis for over 160 countries, analytical modeling, and data systems support. In addition to advising EDCs executive team and board of directors, Mr. Hall personally delivered dozens of presentations annually to a wide variety of business, government and academic audiences in Canada, the United States and internationally. He also authored EDCs widely-circulated Weekly Commentary. Prior to his work at EDC, Mr. Hall directed the economic forecasting activities of the Conference Board of Canada. He has served as the president of the Canadian Association for Business Economics, a 600+ member organization of professional economists, and also its largest local chapter, the Ottawa Economics Association. He has served on the board and as an advisor to multiple Ottawa-area charities.

Mr. Hall has degrees in economics from the University of Toronto and Carleton University.