CANADA’S CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION IN TOURISM
JANUARY 24-27, 2020
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Impact 2020 Speakers
Co-Founder, Moccasin Trails
Manager, Environment, Vancouver Aiport Authority
Principal Owner, North Star Adventures
Dean, School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts Centennial College
Chief Strategist & Partner, Destination Think!
Founder, PBMC Inc., Patti Balsillie Management Consulting Inc.
Chief Customer Officer, Intrepid Travel
Founder President, Green Hope Foundation, United Nations Human Rights Champion
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Government of British Columbia
Senior Director, Strategy and Impact, Adventure Travel Trade Association
President and CEO, Tourism Industry Association of Canada
Vice President Government Relations, Americas, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Vice President, Destination Development, Culinary Tourism Alliance
Founder & Content Cultivator, Eco Escape Travel
Accessibility Consultant & Advocate for Inclusion
President, MMGY Global
President and CEO, Banff & Lake Louise Tourism
Manager, Sustainable Destination Development, Tourism Vancouver (The Metro Vancouver Convention and Visitors Bureau)
Host, CBC/Radio-Canada
Anthropologist, Ethnobotanist, Author and Photographer
Executive Director, Galveston Island Park Board of Trustees and Convention and Visitors Bureau
Minister of Tourism and Culture, Government of Yukon
President and Chief Executive Officer, Victoria International Airport
Vice President, Development, Ocean Wise
MSc Graduate Student, University of Guelph
Chief Scientific Officer, BC SPCA
Adjunct Professor, UBC
General Manager, Metepenagjag Heritage Park
Contributor, Forbes.com
Head of Content, Loop News
Sébastien Desnoyers-Picard
Director of Marketing, Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada
CEO & Registered Interior Designer, Western Interior Design Group Ltd.
Interim CEO, M&N Resort
Chief Administrative Officer, Resort Municipality of Whistler
Chair, Adventure Tourism Coalition of BC
Mayor of Victoria
President, Yukon First Nation Culture and Tourism Association
CEO, Tourism Industry Association of BC
Principal, Twenty31
Commercial Key Accounts Manager, FortisBC Energy Inc.
Founder & Director, Traveleyes
President & CEO, #Meet4Impact
Director, Policy and Indigenous Relations
Chief Marketing Officer, Destination Canada
Partner, Twenty31 Consulting, Inc.
Senior Marine Biologist / Lead Education Coordinator, Eagle Wing Tours
Head of Sustainable Practice, The Travel Foundation
CEO, GreenStep Solutions & Sustainable Tourism 2030
Owner & Operator, Vancouvers 1st Indigenous food truck Mr. Bannock
CEO, Destination Greater Victoria
Senior Vice President, Innovation MMGY NextFactor
MLA, Saanich North and the Islands & Interim Leader, Green Party of BC
Biologist, Environmental Advocate
Director, Sustainability & Environment, TELUS
President & CEO, Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO)
Co-Founder, The Nulla Project
Suzanne Reeves
Marketing Advisor, Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada
Chief Executive Officer, Greater Victoria Harbour Authority
Founder & CEO, GRC Advising
Director, Environmental Programs, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCL)
Director of Business Development, Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC)
Chair, Water & Climate Security, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment & Health
Owner & Operator, Indian Art & Crafts of North America
Tourism Development Officer, Qalipu First Nation
Professor Emerita, University of Hawai’i USA
Global Account Manager, Cathay Pacific Airways
Brady Smith
Chief Strategy Officer, Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada
CEO / President / Co-founder & Vice President, Maple Leaf Adventures / Wilderness Tourism Association (WTA) / Commercial Bear Viewing Association
Area Vice President, Canada, Marriott Hotels of Canada
Regenerative Tourism & Partnerships, Adventure Canada
CEO, Adventure Canada
Director, Environment and Fuel, WestJet
CEO, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism
Co-Founder, The Nulla Project
Senior Business Development Manager, Tsleil-Waututh Nation
AVP, Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity, Vancouver Island University
Principal Engineer, Polar Engineering
Principal Engineer, Polar Engineering
Chapter Manager, Surfrider Pacific Rim
President, Harbour Air