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4:30pm - Registration Opens (lobby of the Rotary Centre for the Arts)

5:30 - 7:30pm - Join us for a welcome reception at the Rotary Centre for the Arts and meet your fellow delegates. Sponsored by Community Futures of British Columbia

Location: Rotary Centre for the Arts

7:30 am - Registration Opens

7:30 - 8:15am - Breakfast

8:15am - Summit Kick Off

9:15am - Tradeshow & Networking Break Sponsored by Export Navigator

9:30am - State of the Economy: Southern Interior, BC and Canada 

• Susan Mowbray, Chief Economist, MNP
• Andrew Ramlo, Vice President - Advisory, rennie group
• Stephen Tapp, Chief Economist, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

11:45am - Tradeshow & Networking Lunch Break

12:45pm - Keynote Address:  Indigenous Inclusion Advantage  

Kelly Lendsay, President & CEO, Indigenous Works

1:30pm - Tradeshow & Networking Break Sponsored by Export Navigator

1:45pm - Recovery through Tourism & Hospitality (Panel)

• Ellen Walker-Matthews, CEO, TOTA
• Richard Porges, President & CEO, DBC
• Paul Amos, Chief Marketing and Development Officer, Indigenous Tourism BC
• Kelsey Millman, Communications Manager, BC Hotel Association

2:45pm - Tradeshow & Networking Break Sponsored by Export Navigator

3:00pm - Labour Force Recovery (Panel)

• Nicole Kleemaier, Red Moose Immigration Services Inc.
• Leigha Horsfield, Executive Director, Community Futures North OK
• Tanja Halsall, Potentia HR
• Julien Picault, Professor of Teaching, Economics, UBCO

4:00pm - Tradeshow & Networking Break Sponsored by Export Navigator

4:15pm - Recovery through Collaboration (Panel)

• Krista Mallory, Manager, COEDC
• Laurel Douglas, CEO, ETSI-BC
• Dale Wheeldon, President & CEO, BCEDA
• Joel McKay, CEO, Northern Development

5:15pm - Time on Your Own

6:15pm - Optional: Group Dinners Around Kelowna

We'll make a reservation, you choose the restaurant you'd like and go together as a group for an evening of good food and great conversation/networking. Pre-registration required, here

Location: Rotary Centre for the Arts

8:30am - Breakfast, Discussion Roundtables & Tradeshow

Choose from any of twelve topics.

9:45am - Networking Break Sponsored by Export Navigator

10:00am - Opening Remarks

10:05am - Economic Recovery through Reconciliation

• Greg Hopf, Co-owner/Operator, Moccasin Trails Inc.
• Jordan Coble, Councillor, Westbank First Nation
• Devin Gambler,  Business & Economic Development Manager, Tk̓emlúps Business Economic Development 
• Danalee Baker, Assistant Manager, Tk̓emlúps Business Economic Development 
• Mike Campol,  Chief Operating Officer, Osoyoos Indian Band
• Hugh Moore, CEO, Kakin Resources Group

11:30am - Concluding Remarks

11:45am - Summit Concludes