CAMP GCUC is perfect if you're thinking about starting a space, or looking to improve or reactivate your coworking community. CAMP GCUC is brought to you by our friends at Staples Canada! Stay tuned for agenda updates - we like to keep you on your toes...
Welcome to CAMP GCUC! Check in at the registration desk, grab your badge, visit the coffee and juice bar and mingle with other attendees. Don’t forget to visit all of our awesome juicy partners!
Get the lay of the land and learn the flow. It is going to be a day jam-packed with GCUC goodness!
Let’s talk about the nitty gritty. The coworking industry is evolving and so are business models, contracts, real estate opportunities, and financing methods. Whether you are thinking of starting a coworking space, or are in the early days of operation – let us remind you of the steps to building a thriving coworking business. Tried, tested, and true advice from a Coworking OG.
Grab a snack, meet some amazing people and visit the GCUC Canada partner showcase!
A coworking community thrives in a well-designed and activated space. Get ready to take notes! We’re not talking just about furniture – we are showcasing well-certified biomemicry, award-winning, sustainable, inspiringly instagramable, collaborative workspace bliss. Are you ready?
Grab some lunch and make some friends!
Don’t forget to say hi to our GCUC Canada partners!
Unless you are an IT guru – technology can sometimes be overwhelming and difficult to navigate. WHY ARE THERE SO MANY OPTIONS?!? We will walk you though the hardware and software basics, and introduce you to all the things you’ll need to keep your space up and running. It’s an incredible opportunity to get your questions answered by one of our industry’s top tech experts.
Grab a snack, meet some amazing people and visit the GCUC Canada partner showcase!
Hurry back for our group photo at 2:45pm!
If you aren’t in the photo, were you really at CAMP GCUC?
Friendships, partnerships, professional connections and opportunities are all created in a well-established coworking community – but how do you build it? Nurture it? Monetize it? Revive it? Here at GCUC Canada, community is key. One of the original voices of the coworking movement will walk you through what it takes to create conditions and host events to keep your community thriving – it’s the perfect way to set your space apart from the pack.
There is no need to reinvent the wheel – you’ve got questions, and our industry experts have the answers. Bring us your queries, your conundrums and burning questions. With over 40 years of collective coworking experience, our panel of experts can point you in the right direction.
We’ll review the day’s highlights, and provide you with all the resources you’ll need to remember when you get home. Make some time to visit the sponsor showcase if you haven’t already – it’s a rare opportunity to get to try new products in person, and talk to all of these incredible reps in one place!
You worked hard today – let’s keep the good times rolling! Join the GCUC Canada crew for a drink, and continue the networking.
5:30PM – 7:30PM
Inspiring speakers, award-winning professionals and thought leaders from around the world share their best from the GCUC Canada Stage. Stay tuned for agenda updates - we like to keep you on your toes!
Welcome to GCUC Canada! Check in at the registration desk, grab your badge, visit the coffee and juice bar and mingle with other attendees. Don’t forget to visit all of our awesome juicy sponsors!
We’re making history in Canada, and Liz will bring you up to speed on all things GCUC. It’s going to be an amazing day!
From the Toronto stage, Ashley brings us a global perspective on the coworking movement and the new work landscape.
Between the Digital Innovation Hub, creative educational and cultural programming and their commitment to strengthening our communities in the digital age – the Toronto Public Library is leading the way in dismantling loneliness and making meaningful connections in the heart of the city.
You absolutely NEED to meet all the fabulous folks in this room.
Let’s get right to it!
If your profile is up on the website, you’re eligible to win some amazing prizes!
Grab a snack, meet some amazing people and visit our GCUC Canada partners!
A session looking at some of the underlying trends that are driving the continued growth of the Canadian coworking market, with data highlighting what we can expect to see going forwards based on wider global markets.
The coworking industry is expanding in every direction. As coworking enters the mainstream via restaurants, libraries, hotel chains, even office supply stores – how do these hybrid models compare to the traditional coworking community, incubator, or business centre?
Our panelists will explore a variety of collaborative models and how we might overlap, differentiate or collaborate to support our unique members and markets.
Grab some lunch and make some friends!
Don’t forget to say hi to our GCUC Canada partners!
If you aren’t in the photo, were you really at GCUC Canada?
Exploring the power of coworking and it’s expansion into secondary, and rural areas.
To survive the Age of Disruption, we must learn to have two kinds of conversations: Useful Conversation and Disruptive Conversations. To find focus, we need to address three D’s – Disruption, Disengagement and Distraction.
From coast to coast, we explore healthcare, regional alliances, co-operative models and indigenous design principles as we share what’s at the core of the coworking movement in Canada. Our panelists share their best practices and reveal how collaborative Canadians have been quietly shaping the future of work.
How to create a truly inclusive and accessible space.
Grab a snack, meet some amazing people and visit our GCUC Canada partners!
We give our community managers the microphone. Get your notebooks ready!
We each have opportunities to make a difference in our communities. How can we activate a global network of more than 19,000 coworking spaces?
We’ll review the day’s highlights, and preview tomorrow’s Unconference. Make some time to visit the partner showcase if you haven’t already – it’s a rare opportunity to get to try new products in person, and talk to all of these incredible reps in one place!
You worked hard today – let’s keep the good times rolling! Grab a drink, and let’s continue the networking.
5:15 PM – 7:15 PM
A day of true democratic engagement, and crowd-sourced content. Trust us, it's magical.
Visit the coffee and juice bar and mingle with other attendees. Don’t forget to sign up for the Toronto Coworking Tours! Be sure to connect with all of our awesome juicy sponsors – it’s the last day of the partner showcase!
Welcome back! We hope you are ready for a GCUC Canada Unconference experience with a twist… We’ll give you all the details so you can participate fully in this GCUC favourite.
The Unconference is a day of democratic engagement and crowd-sourced content. GCUC Canada attendees help craft the agenda and facilitate conversations around topics that interest you the most.
This round is fast and furious – you’ll have 30 seconds to pitch your topic for discussion in front of the crowd. Then we vote. Democracy in action – it’s a beautiful thing.
Head to the Unconference Session that sounds most interesting to you!
Group A: Sales & Lead Generation
Group B: Hotdesking
Group C: Real Estate Negotiation & Structure
Group D: “Do You” Marketing: Creating Content that Works for Your Coworking Community – Cat Johnson
Head to the session that sounds the most interesting to you!
Group A: Finding, Onboarding & Training Community Managers
Group B: Sustainability Certification for Coworking Spaces
Group C: Financing & Funding: Show me the money!
Group D: A (Spooky) Deep Dive Into What Makes Coworking Tick
Michael Hetherington, US Operator Relations Manager and James Rankin, Head of Research and Insight
Are snacks going to cut it or is technology the way to your tenant’s heart? Backed by Instant’s data, we’ll take a look into what today’s consumer is looking for from their flexible office space, how these demands are changing and what providers really need to offer.
Grab some lunch and make some friends!
Meet for the Women Who Cowork lunch at the tables near the stage.
Head to the session that sounds the most interesting to you!
Group A: Compatible Business Models to add to Shared Space
Group B: Riding Coworking’s Third Wave
Group C: Scaling our Businesses Online
Group D:”Harnessing the Power of Inclusion” – Krystal Paraboo
In this session, we will dive into power, inclusion and equity. Participants will look at ways individuals feel both included and marginalized based on various identities, to obtain methods to bring a lens of inclusion and justice to different aspects of their work, and have the ability to set specific, realistic goals for addressing diversity issues in their environments.
Head to the session that sounds the most interesting to you!
Group A: Designing for Community
Group B: Tech & Community
Group C: Expansion 101: Opening a Second Location
Group D: ‘Mapping and Communicating Your Impact’ – Samantha Hulls
We take to the stage one last time, and share the highlights from the Unconference Sessions – because, we know, you can’t be everywhere at once. Get your notebooks ready!
We let you out a bit early today in case you’ve got little ones, or maybe you need to get your costume ready for the GCUC Canada party tonight…
This party is on the move – put on your best costume or your fancy dancy pants and join us at the meeting point at 8:00 PM. We’ll point you in the right direction!
Meeting Location: TBA
8:00 PM
Visit the best coworking and collaborative spaces across Toronto
GCUC Canada will host 4 curated tours on Friday November 1st – two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Participants will choose two tours they would like to attend, and will meet GCUC Canada tour guides at the designated meeting points at 9am (morning tours) and 1pm (afternoon tours). Each tour route is unique and will visit some of Toronto’s best coworking and collaborative spaces.
The Toronto Coworking Tours are included with your GCUC Canada ticket, and are brought to you by the Coworking Toronto Collective. Sign up for tours in person during the Unconference on October 31st.
Collaborative Visions
Tour Guides: TBA
Women Who Cowork Tour
Tour Guides: Iris Kavanagh & Laura Shook Guzman
Coworking in the Core
Tour Guides: TBA
Exploring the East Side
Tour Guides: TBA
The following spaces are open for drop-in visits throughout the day on November 1st 2019.
Want to learn more about GCUC, where it’s heading, how you can be a sponsor, or how to get in on the action in some other way? Contact us to get connected.
