|
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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