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Sustainable Mountain Communties: June 14-18, 2003
 
Time Event Location
Saturday, June 14
1:30 pm to 4:15 pm Pre-conference tour - Town of Banff Waste Water Treatment Plant Pickup and return at PDC 
3:30 pm to 8:00 pm Registration table open Max Bell Lobby
8:00 pm to 9:00 pm Opening plenary session.
  • Dennis Shuler, Mayor of Banff
  • Bill Fisher, Superintendent of Banff National Park
  • Hugh O'Reilly, Mayor of Whistler
  • Chad Park and Pong Leung, Natural Step Canada
Max Bell Auditorium 
9:00 pm to 10:00 pm Opening reception Max Bell Lobby
Sunday, June 15
7:30 am to 8:30 am Registration table open Max Bell Lobby
8:30 am to 10:15 am Managing growth and development: the concepts
  • Sherry Dorward "Milestones in the search for environmentally sustainable mountain communities: design prototypes: successes, failures, obstacles and trends"
  • Timothy Duane "Successes and challenges: managing growth in the Sierra Nevada"
  • Laurence Moss "The impact of amenity migrants on growth and sustainability"
Max Bell Auditorium
10:15 am to 10:45 am Coffee, tea, juice and conversation Max Bell Lobby
10:45 am to 12:15
  • Case study
    Randall McKay "Managing Commercial Build-Out in the Town of Banff"
Max Bell 251
  • Case study
    Andre Gareau "Management of Sustainable Wildlife Corridors Through Municipal Areas"
Max Bell 252
  • Case study
    David Schulz "Rural economic transition in Madison County, Montana"
Max Bell 253
12:15 to 1:30 pm Lunch buffet - tables labeled SUSTCOM Main Dining Room
1:30 pm to 3:15 pm Managing growth and development: the community experience
  • Randall McKay "Growth management: the Banff experience"
  • Margrit Steuri "Managing growth and development while maintaining community character: the Grindelwald experience"
  • Julie Ann Woods "Growth Management longterm: Lessons and challenges from Aspen"
Max Bell Auditorium
3:15 pm to 3:45 pm Coffee, tea, juice, cookies and conversation Max Bell Lobby
3:45 pm to 5:15 pm
  • Case study
    Steve Duerr "Managing growth in Jackson Hole, Wyoming: Shared Values and Community Collaboration"
Max Bell 251
  • Case study
    Steve Thompson and Dave Thomas "Crown of the Continent – Cross Border Cooperation"
Max Bell 252
  • Case study
    Rob Buchan "Interface Fire Hazard Protection: Friend or Foe of Sustainability"
Max Bell 253
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Dinner buffet available - tables labeled SUSTCOM
Suggested dinner time to meet other conference participants is 7:00 pm
Main Dining Room
8:00 pm to 10:00 pm Poster reception - Poster presenters available to discuss and answer questions on their posters. Refreshments. Max Bell Lobby
Monday, June 16
7:30 am to 8:30 am Registration table open Max Bell Lobby
8:30 am to 10:15 am Preventing resource waste and pollution
  • Julie Dickinson "Zero waste - an achievable goal for sustainable mountain communities"
  • Donald Friend "Water Quality as an input to Development Policy"
  • Dianne Draper "Tourism growth and water sustainability"
Max Bell Auditorium
10:15 am to 10:45 am Coffee, tea, juice and conversation Max Bell Lobby
10:45 am to 12:15
  • Case study
    Kim Bater and Maureen Hill "Developing Sustainability Indicators for the Town of Banff"
Max Bell 251
  • Case study
    Ellen Francis "Commitment as a Requirement for Effective Implementation of Municipal Environmental Management Systems (EMS)"
Max Bell 252
  • Case study
    John Sinclair and James Gardner "Sustaining Tourism Development in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India"
Max Bell 253
12:15 to 1:30 pm Lunch buffet - tables labeled SUSTCOM Main Dining Room
1:30 pm to 3:15 pm Sustainable utilities, infrastructure and transportation
  • Romain Molitor "Car-Free Tourism in Austrian Mountain Towns"
  • Dennis Westhoff "Sustainable water utilities"
  • Margie Lynch "Transportation issues and solutions in and around Jackson Hole, Wyoming"
Max Bell Auditorium
3:15 pm to 3:45 pm Coffee, tea, juice, cookies and conversation Max Bell Lobby
3:45 pm to 5:15 pm
  • Case study
    Tim Wake "Employee housing and sustainability in the Resort Municipality of Whistler, British Columbia"
Max Bell 251
  • Case study
    Dave Day and Bruce Nimmo "Banff railway station lands, preservation and redevelopment"
Max Bell 252
  • Case study
    John Rasmussen and Leigh Speed "Managing Transmission Networks in National Parks for Sustainability"
Max Bell 253
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Dinner buffet available - tables labeled SUSTCOM
Suggested dinner time to meet other conference participants is 7:00 pm
Dining Room
8:00 pm to 10:00 pm Best of the Banff Mountain Film Festival - a sampling of mountain films from around the world Max Bell Auditorium
Tuesday, June 17
7:30 am to 8:30 am Registration table open Max Bell Lobby
8:30 am to 10:15 am Sustainable tourism industry: the concepts
  • Ralf Buckley "Sustainability Issues in Mountain Tourism"
  • Peter Williams "Corporate Branding In Mountain Places: Protecting Destination 'Placefulness'"
  • Simon Hudson "Ethical considerations in sustainable tourism"
Max Bell Auditorium
10:15 am to 10:45 am Coffee, tea, juice and conversation Max Bell Lobby
10:45 am to 12:15
  • Case study
    Keith Bosak and Rajiv Rawat "Local control and the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, India"
Max Bell 251
  • Case study
    Linda McMillan "Recreational User Groups as a 'Natural Bridge' Between Diverse Mountain Stakeholders"
Max Bell 252
  • Case study
    Janice Billy "The Secwepemc people and the Sun Peaks ski development"
Max Bell 253
  • Case Study
    Kashif Sheikh "Challenges of a sustainable tourism-based economy in Northern Pakistan: The Naltar Valley, Northwestern Karakorums"
Max Bell Auditorium
12:15 to 1:30 pm Lunch buffet - tables labeled SUSTCOM Main Dining Room
1:30 pm to 3:15 pm Sustainable tourism: the community experience
  • Lesley Campbell and Colin Roxburgh "Community involvement for environmental sustainability: the Loch Lomond Trossachs experience"
  • Shannon Gordon "Environmental sustainability: the Whistler experience"
  • Myles Rademan "Major events and environmental sustainability - the Olympic experience"
Max Bell Auditorium
3:15 pm to 3:30 pm Wrap-up Max Bell Auditorium
3:30 pm to 4:00 pm Coffee, tea, juice, cookies and conversation Max Bell Lobby
8:00 pm to 10:00 pm Closing banquet Main Dining Room
Wednesday, June 18
9:00 am Coach departs the Professional Development Centre for field trip, bag lunches provided in the lobby for those registered PDC lobby, front entrance
9:00 am to 5:20 pm Field Trip Banff and Canmore

 

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