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OCT 26|27 2016 VANCOUVER ISLAND CONFERENCE CENTRE NANAIMO BRITISHRITISH COCOLUMBIALUMMBIA SUMMIT SPONSORS Chemistry Consulting | Coast Bastion Hotel | Coast Outdoor Advertising Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce | Nanaimo Port Authority Northwest Properties | Port Alberni Port Authority | ProReg St. Jean’s Cannery | University of Victoria TABLE of CONTENTS VIEA Board of Directors and Summit Committees .................................................... 3 Report from the VIEA President & CEO ................................................................ 4 – 6 Message from the VIEA Board Chair ............................................................................ 7 Pre-Summit Session ......................................................................................................... 7 Summit at-a-Glance ................................................................................................... 8 – 9 Spotlight on Platinum Sponsors .......................................................................... 10 – 11 Concurrent Sessions (in detail) ............................................................................ 12 – 19 Post-Summit Sessions .................................................................................................... 20 Floor Plan and Tradeshow .................................................................................... 22 – 23 Keynote Speakers ................................................................................................... 31 – 32 Presenters, Moderators and Panelists ................................................................. 33 – 46 VIEA Members ...................................................................................................... 47 – 48 2 OCTOBER 2016 www.viea.ca VIEA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016-17 Po Wan Darrell Ron Fred Dan Dagg VIEA CHAIR Paysen Cantelon Bigelow President, Hot Partner, VIEA CHAIR VIEA PAST CEO, Comox House Marketing Blackberry ELECT CHAIR Airport Creative Manager, Member Ron Cantelon Services VIREB Consulting Sandy Lillian Hunt Dan Hurley Giles Kevin Herle Director, Tourism Vice President, Newman Onclin Owner, Alert Bay | Co- Advancement and Partner, BDO CEO, Badinotti Close to You Chair, Aboriginal External Relations Consulting Net Services Fashions Tourism BC Pearson College Canada UWC Mark Smith Bret Torok- Gillian Gabriele Dave Willie Chief Experience Both Trumper Wickstrom Owner, Black Officer, Query Regional Vice-Chair, Port Owner, Oceanview & White Event Technologies Manager, Island Alberni Port Driving School Rentals Savings Credit Authority Union SUMMIT PLANNING COMMITTEE Dan Hurley, Summit Chair/VIEA Director (Pearson College UWC) Ron Cantelon, VIEA Past-Chair Jolynn Green (Community Futures, Central Island) George Hanson, VIEA President & CEO Larry Rumming, Summit Program Committee Chair (Laurence Rumming Assessments) Wendy Sears (Lewis & Sears Marketing & Event Management) Po Wan, VIEA Chair (Blackberry Creative) Gaby Wickstrom, VIEA Director (Oceanview Driving School) Dave Willie, VIEA Director (Black & White Event Rentals) SUMMIT SUB-COMMITTEES MARKETING MEDIA ADVISORS PROGRAM Phil Amaral Rob Bye Larry Rumming, Chair George Hanson Kristina Crowson Fiona Friesen Caleb McIntyre Lise Gyorkos John Hankins Kelsey Wood Andrea Rosato-Taylor George Hanson Bruce Williams Diana Jolly Alison Noble Laurel Sliscovic Bert Zethof STATE OF THE ISLAND ECONOMIC SUMMIT 3 REPORT by the PRESIDENT By now it’s no secret that VIEA is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Welcome to the 10th annual ‘State of the Island’ Economic Summit. Although the Economic Alliance counts 2016 as its 10th anniversary and this as the 10th annual Economic Summit, in fact, this process began twelve years ago when, in 2004, Mike Hunter, then MLA for Nanaimo, invited then Premier Gordon Campbell to headline a gathering of Island stakeholders to an ‘economic summit’ held at the Port Theatre. Two years later, with seed money from the provincial government, VIEA was born with Mike as the first Chair. Mike Hunter is joining us this year as a Guest of Honour as is Rick Roberts who was a founding director and who retired from the board this year after serving for VIEA’s first ten years. While much has changed in the ensuing years, much has not. What has not changed is VIEA’s commitment to Island-wide collaboration as foundational to a vital and sustainable economy. Simply put, ‘We’re better together.’ And the Summit is all about coming together and working together towards a prosperous future. Our volunteer program committee works for six months considering themes that would be of interest, issues that warrant attention, information that could be valuably shared, and ideas that might generate more questions than answers but which need to be pursued none-the-less, and then finding the best people to lead these considerations. A huge thank you to these committee members and to the many presenters who have answered our call to offer their knowledge and skills. Summit As always, this year’s summit will feature outstanding presenters telling their stories, offering perspective, challenging perceptions, and analyzing trends. The sixteen workshops offer opportunities to be informed on an array of topics and to take part in workshop conversations on themes such as climate change mitigation, skilled labour needs in manufacturing, trends in aboriginal business, commercialization opportunities in marine research, capturing talent from our colleges and universities, and much more. We’ve noted over the years that grassroots conversations spurred by Summit sessions provide fuel for your thoughts as well as help VIEA set priorities for future consideration and action. Here are a few noteworthy outcomes. A Summit session on International Education led to the development of ‘Education Victoria,’ a collaborative approach to marketing that now presents Greater Victoria—school districts, boarding schools, colleges and universities—as an ideal destination for education. Previously, these institutions marketed their services in isolation. A Summit session exposing various pieces of the quietly percolating Aerospace Industry led to stakeholders organizing themselves into the Vancouver Island Aerospace Association. Successive Summit sessions focused on Transportation and Forestry progressively exposed opportunities for VIEA and stakeholders to advocate for an Island-wide intermodal transportation plan (still in process) and for growth and diversification of value-added wood manufacturing (in process). In 2015, VIEA featured presentations focused on specialty manufacturing, noting that potential exists for expanding production of high-value goods for global markets. VIEA has since begun to explore how to create competitive advantage for this under-the-radar $1 billion sector on Vancouver Island. Over the years the Summit has regularly featured presentations by leading economists providing perspective on the Island economy gleaned from 4 OCTOBER 2016 www.viea.ca provincial, national and international data. All the while, VIEA recognized that data specific to the Island region would have immediate relevance—but how to get there? In 2015, we released the first annual ‘State of the Island’ Economic Report. The second annual report will be released at the Breakfast Presentation on Day 2 of this Summit—and will be a freely available resource for anyone. VIEA The Vancouver Island Economic Alliance is the ONLY non-government organization focused on the Island economy as a whole. It is a non-profit, non- government society funded entirely by annual memberships and receipts from events such as the annual Summit. If you are a VIEA member, thank you for your continuing support. If you are not a VIEA member, please consider joining the Alliance to support the important work of building collaboration and promoting Vancouver Island. PROJECTS Current projects and priorities continue to emerge in one way or another from the many presentations and conversations at our annual Economic Summits. Major Projects Portal—VIEA continues to partner with the Campbell River Chamber of Commerce and BC Hydro to sustain the services of the Major Projects Portal—connecting local suppliers and service providers with project related opportunities. From the beginning the goal of this enterprise has been to ensure that Island businesses and available labour would have full opportunity to compete for contracts and employment. Intermodal Transportation—This will continue to be high on VIEA’s list of priorities and is presently directly connected to VIEA initiatives on value- added wood manufacturing, creating competitive advantage for specialty manufacturers, and expanding distribution of products made on Vancouver Island. Aboriginal Business Match (ABM)—The Economic Alliance co-hosted the first ABM event on Vancouver Island with the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council in February 2016. VIEA will again co-host the event scheduled for March 27-29, 2017 in Port Hardy. This event connects Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal decision makers to create opportunities for business. Check it out at aboriginalbusinessmatch.com. VIEA members are entitled to a 10% registration discount for the upcoming event. Forestry/Wood Industries—VIEA partnered with BC Wood and the Canadian Wood Council to host seven industry stakeholder meetings in Victoria, Duncan, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Cumberland, Campbell River and Port McNeill during March and April 2016. These meetings helped to identify several opportunities to help existing businesses