Forecast Dinner

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Annual Forecast Dinner

The Annual Forecast Dinner has been a CFA Society Calgary tradition since 1977 and is the premier event hosted by the Society. The audience for this event is drawn primarily from both CFA Charterholders and the broader professional community in Calgary. Past attendance levels have been 1,000 to 1,400 people, including significant representatives from the elite in Calgary's finance and business communities. Calgary's Annual Forecast Dinner continues to be one of the most successful events of its kind, and is the largest Forecast Dinner in North America.

Members, associates, and leaders from the business and investment communities gather to hear prominent members from the financial world speak, and to honour the achievements of CFA Society Calgary members, including the Volunteer of the Year and Forecaster of the Year awards. The Society is committed to ensuring the Forecast Dinner remains a leading event Calgary's professional community.

Not Your Usual Forecast Dinner

In 2021, CFA Societies Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg joined forces to collaborate on
A Conversation with Michael Lewis – Not Your Usual Forecast Dinner.

This virtual event took place on January 21, 2021 and brought bring Michael Lewis, Geoff Colvin, and Margaret Franklin, CFA, to attendees' screens for discussions on what we can expect to see in 2021 and beyond after the challenges brought by the events of 2020. Although the evening looked much different this year, we are thrilled with the overall success of the evening. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this rather unusual Forecast Dinner experience, and we hope to see you all in person in 2022.

2021 Speakers

Michael Lewis
Best-Selling Author of The Fifth Risk, Moneyball, The Blind Side, and The Big Short

Mr. Lewis is known for his expertise on a variety of topics, and for having penned sixteen highly successful books on subjects ranging from politics to Wall Street, including The Fifth Risk, Moneyball, The Blind Side, and The Big Short.

Mr. Lewis is a columnist for Bloomberg News and a contributing writer to Vanity Fair. His articles have also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Gourmet, Slate, Sports Illustrated, Foreign Affairs, and Poetry Magazine. He has served as editor and columnist for the British weekly The Spectator and as Senior Editor and campaign correspondent for The New Republic. He has filmed and narrated short pieces for ABC-TV's Nightline; created and presented a four-part documentary on the social consequences of the internet for the BBC; and recorded stories for the American public radio show, This American Life.

Geoff Colvin
Senior Editor-at-Large, Fortune Magazine & Best-Selling Author

As Fortune magazine’s senior editor-at-large, Geoff Colvin is now in his fourth decade at Fortune. He is one of business journalism’s sharpest and most respected commentators on leadership, management, globalization, government regulation, corporate governance, competition, the economy, the InfoTech revolution, human performance and related issues.

His unique perspective stems from unparalleled access to top global business leaders who tell him what they’re seeing, thinking, and doing. As a result, Mr. Colvin unpacks actionable insights on the economic, market, political, and technological forces driving disruptive change.

Margaret Franklin, CFA
President & CEO, CFA Institute

Margaret Franklin, CFA, leads CFA Institute in promoting the highest standards of education, ethics, and professional excellence in the investment profession. She assumed her role in September 2019 and has more than 25 years of investment and wealth management experience.

Ms. Franklin previously served as chair of CFA Institute Board of Governors and is a former president of the CFA Society Toronto Board. She is a founding member of CFA Institute Women in Investment Initiative, a past recipient of the Alfred C. Morley Distinguished Service Award in 2014, and a member of its Future of Finance Content Council.