Mylene Paquette
Leadership Keynote Speaker
Sponsored by
Navigating the Yellow Brick Road
Thursday, April 24, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Wellington Ballroom
Mylene Paquette is the first person from the American continents to row solo across the North Atlantic – a human adventure that’s far more than an achievement in sports.
Her challenge: 29 low-pressure systems, 9 storms, 2 hurricanes, 10 capsizes and 12-metre waves over 129 days and 5,000 km. It may have been a solo row, but it still brought its share of encounters: marine mammals, sharks, thousands of bioluminescent phytoplankton, a 6,300-passenger liner that came to cheer her on in the middle of the ocean and countless other extraordinary meetups! The uniqueness, values and reach of her adventure make it unlike any other modern exploit.
Since 2010, Mylene has led conferences and workshops in every sector, across Quebec and abroad. She navigates organizations by sharing her innovative approach in simple and tangible ways. With humour and humility, she talks openly about her failures, doubts, and learnings.
By sharing all she’s learned from her journeys and encounters with passion and generosity, Mylene hopes to inspire a broad audience. Through her stories and accounts, she invites us to chart our own path, moment by moment.