ON
Canada
EDAC 2017
Canada 150+: New Beginnings in Economic Development
Niagara Falls, ON September 9 – 12, 2017
Preliminary Agenda
Saturday, September 9
8:00 AM – Buses leave from Marriott On The Falls
Golf Tournament – pre-registration required
Whirlpool (Niagara Parks) Course
9:00 a.m. Shot-gun Start
10:00 AM – Tour / activity suggestions
12 NOON – EDAC Registration Desk Opens
12 NOON – Tradeshow Booths Set-Up
7:00 PM – Opening Reception
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Sunday, September 10
8:00 AM – EDAC Registration Desk Opens
8:00 AM – Welcome Breakfast
9:00 AM – EDAC Annual General Meeting (members only)
9:30 AM – Keynote TBA
10:15 AM – Refreshment Break & Tradeshow Walk
10:45 AM – Plenary TBA
11:45 PM – Lunch
12:15 PM – Luncheon Keynote TBA
1:15 PM – Breakout Sessions (Track A, B, C, D)
Track A: SuccessionMatching.com – Alison Anderson
Track B: Digital Marketing for Economic Developers – Heather Buttrum,
Principal, Rain Digital
Track C: Business & Economic Disaster Recovery: Is Your Community
Prepared? – Leann Hackman-Carty, CEO, EDA
Track D: 5 Year Mississauga Life Sciences Cluster Strategy – Connecting
the Innovation Ecosystem – Bonnie Brown, Manager, Sector Development &
Economic Partnerships, City of Mississauga
2:15 PM – Refreshment Break & Tradeshow Walk
2:45 pm – Youth Entrepreneurship/Engagement Session (TBC)
3:30 pm – Plenary TBA
4:30 PM – Breakout sessions (Track A, B, C, D)
Track A: Economic and Workforce Development: Working Together for
Success – Jay Amer, Ec.D., President Amer & Associates; Joe Celestini, CEO
Workforce Development Board; Jason Dennison, Workforce Development Board
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Track B: Triage BR&E: Prioritizing Your Time – Paul Blais, Executive
Vice-President MDB Insight Inc.
Track C: FDI By the Numbers – Making Big Data work for Smaller
Communities – Margot Begin, Ec.D.(F), Executive Director, ROI Research on
Investment; Steve Jast, President, ROI Research on Investment
Track D: Panel – The Power of Partnerships (TBC)
5:30 PM – Wrap-up
7:00 PM – Fun Night
Monday, September 11
8:00 AM – EDAC Registration Desk Opens
8:00 AM – Breakfast
9:00 AM – Keynote TBA
10:00 AM – Plenary – Anna Olson , Celebrity Chef, Culinary Master, Host of Bake with Anna
Olson
10:45 AM – Refreshment Break & Tradeshow Walk
11:15 AM – Breakout sessions (Track A, B, C, D)
Track A: Experience-based Methods for Coping with Unexpected
Challenges to your Communities – A Case Study – Rick Evans, Ec.D(F)(Ret.
HLM) & Erin Richmond, Ec.D., Manager, Economic Development Department,
City of North Bay
Track B: Accommodation & Tourism Development – Is Your Community
Ready for Private Sector Investment? – Brian Stanford, Senior Managing
Director, CBRE Hotels
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Track C: New Advanced Manufacturing Technologies – How Communities
Can Capitalize – Gillian Hattan, Managing Consultant, Location Strategies
Limited
Track D: Think Local , Act Global, Creative partnerships to boost
community economic development – Eleanor Miclette, Manager, Economic
Development & Community Services
Noon – Lunch
12:30PM – Luncheon Keynote – Allan O’Dette , Chief Investment Officer, The Ontario
Investment Office
1:30 PM – Depart for Study Tours
4:30 PM – Tour attendees return
TOURS – Pre-registration required
FREE NIGHT – Dinner on own
Tuesday, September 12
8:00 AM – Breakfast
8:30 AM – Keynote TBA
9:30 AM – Panel TBA
10:30 AM – Refreshment Break & Tradeshow Walk
11:00 AM – Fireside Chat: Fogo Island Inn and The Opinicon Resort – A Recipe for
Social Enterprise – Fiona McKean, Opinicon & Dianne Hodgins, Chief Financial
Officer, Shorefast Foundation
Start with a remote Canadian landscape: one, a majestic rock on the North Atlantic where fishing villages
live in consequence of a cod stock collapse; the other, a tiny hamlet along the Rideau Canal with memories
almost forgotten of tourism heydays of yore. Add expansive vision and capital investment to a community’s
deep connection with place. Mix vigorously with creators from around the world. Sprinkle liberally with
setbacks, doubts, perseverance and triumphs. Serve under hot timelines in a manner no one dreamed
possible.
12:00 PM – Lunch
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1:00 PM – Marketing Canada Awards Presentation
1:30 PM – Breakout sessions (Track A, B, C, D)
Track A: Mobilizing Economic Recruitment in Rural Ontario – Kara Van Myall,
Manager of Corporate Policy and Economic Development
Track B: Slow Death to Rebirth: An Economic Development Agency
Comeback – Laurie Guthrie, Ec.D., Economic Development Specialist, Ignite
Fredericton
Track C: Enabling Industry Innovation through Advanced Labour Market
Intelligence – Scott McNeil-Smith, National Director, Projects and Partnerships
Energy Programs Lead & Jean-Pierre (JP) Giroux, National Director, Skills and
Talent Development
Track D: TBA
*1:30 PM – Tradeshow Booth Teardown
2:30 PM – Refreshment Break
2:45 PM – Keynote – Hon. Bob Rae , Ontario’s 21st Premier & former Liberal Party of
Canada Leader – A lawyer, negotiator, mediator, and arbitrator, Bob Rae also has
a particular focus on first nations, aboriginal, and governance issues.
3:45 PM – End of Sessions
6:45 PM – President’s Reception
7:30 PM – President’s Dinner
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