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HOTEL GRAND PACIFIC
463 Belleville St, Victoria, BC
PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Sunday April 30
Pre conference activities on your own
1. Butchart Gardens Tour
2:00 - 6:00 Registration Open (Hotel Grand Pacific, lobby)
5:30 - 6:00 New Comers Welcome Event (8 mins walking time - Laurel Point Inn, 680 Montreal St, Victoria)
6:00 - 8:00 Opening Reception SPONSORED BY DEKRA-LITE INDUSTRIES
(8 mins walking time - Laurel Point Inn, 680 Montreal St, Victoria)
Monday May 1
7:00 - 4:30 Registration Open
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast
8:00 Welcomes
8:05 - 8:45 Keynote Session
9:15 - 10:30 Plenary Session
10:30 - 10:45 Networking Break & Tradeshow
10:45 - 12:15 Mobile Tours
10:45 - 12:00 Breakout Sessionts
12:00 Lunch & Keynote
Places that have meaning matter. Molly Alexander, Founder, ITP Consulting
1:00 - 2:30 Mobile Tours
1:15 - 2:30 Breakout Sessions
2:30 - 3:00 Networking Break & Tradeshow
3:00 - 4:15 Breakout Sessions
4:15 - 5:00 Tradeshow Cocktail Reception
6:00 - ;late Dine Arounds (depart from hotel lobby)
Tuesday May 2
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast
8:00 Daily welcome
8:15 - 9:00 Keynote Session
Everything is Going to be Alright, Andrew Ramlo, VP of Advisory Services, rennie
9:15 - 10:30 Plenary Session
10:30 - 10:45 Networking Break & Tradeshow
10:30 - 12:00 Mobile Tours
10:45 - 12:00 Breakout Sessions
12:00 - 1:15 Lunch & Best In The West Awards
SPONSORED BY STAR ILLUMINATIONS
1:15 - 2:45 Mobile Tours
1:15 - 2:30 Breakout Sessions
2:30 - 3:00 Networking Break & Tradeshow
3:00 - 4:15 Breakout Sessions
3:00 - 4:30 Mobile Tour
4:15 - 5:00 Regional Roundtable meetings or Free Time
6:00 - late Dine Arounds (depart from hotel lobby)
Wednesday May 3
8:00 BIABC 2023 AGM
8:30 - 9:15 Keynote Session
What Is There to Learn About Leadership, Anyway?
Dr. Niels Agger-Gupta, Associate Professor & Acting Director of the Royal Roads University School of Leadership Studies
9:30 - 10:15 Keynote Session
An Economy by Design, Not Default: Regional Economic Development and the Shifting Role for BIAs
Dallas Gislason, Director of Economic Development, South Island Prosperity Partnership (SIPP)
10:15 - 10:35 Networking Break & Hotel Check out
10:35 - 11:35 Keynote Session
Our Downtowns and the Stories We Tell
Lisa Helps, Former Mayor, City of Victoria
11:35 - 11:45 Closing Remarks & 2024 Conference Location
CONFERENCE CONCLUDES