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Annual Summit Host Committee
Planning Calendar
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Plans for the PNWER Whistler Summit this July are going very well but we need your input to make sure that B.C. companies are highlighted in the agenda.
Several more meetings are planed for the B.C. Host Committee, co-chaired by Norm Letnick, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier, and Marcia Smith,
Senior Vice President, Sustainability & External Affairs,
Teck Resources Limited.
- Feb. 28th
- April 11th
- May 16th
All the meetings will be held from 12:00pm -1:30pm in downtown Vancouver (location TBA). Please mark your calendars. Detailed agendas will be sent out two weeks before the meetings.
To create a successful summit, we need assistance from B.C.'s public and private sector leadership. Please offer recommendations on programming, speakers, and outreach with the B.C. business community via the survey linked below. Now is the perfect time to showcase issues important to you and your industry. Over 500 regional business and government leaders will attend the Summit July 20 - 24.
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Thank you to everyone that joined us in December. Notes from the planning meeting are available.
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Please submit any suggestions for keynote speakers, themed events, working group topics, and policy tours. If you have any suggestions/feedback on these areas or know people who should be involved in the Host Committee, please submit them online here, fill out the feedback form or send an email to Jennifer at jennifer@pnwer.org.
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An overview of the Summit process, subcommittee structure and timeline was provided in the Host Committee Manual. The document is available here.
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Each working group is chaired by a private sector and public sector representative. Each session will feature issues important to B.C.
Working Groups-
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Agriculture
Arctic Caucus
Border Issues
Cross-border Livestock Health
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Mining
Natural Gas Transportation
Trade and Economic Development
Transportation
Tourism
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Disaster Resilience
Energy I
Energy II
Energy Storage
Innovation
Invasive Species
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Ocean and Coastal Caucus
Water Policy
Workforce Development
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Recruiting local B.C. organizations as Summit sponsors is critical to ensuring a successful program. The Host Committee recommends organizations that would benefit from participating in the Summit.
Please review the potential sponsor list available here and feel free to contact them about the sponsorship opportunity of the Whistler Summit. Click here to view the sponsorship packet mailed to each company.
If you do have a successful conversation with a potential sponsor, please include Megan Levy in a follow-up email (megan@pnwer.org); she will manage sponsor fulfillment and recognition. If you have any questions on sponsorship, feel free to contact Megan, Matt or Jennifer.
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We rely on subcommittees to provide guidance and local expertise on various aspects of the summit.
We very much appreciate the work and time subcommittee members dedicate to creating a successful event. We are searching for more members for each of these committees. Each subcommittee holds monthly conference calls. If you would like to be part of the next call, please email Jennifer@pnwer.org.
Subcommittees-
Sponsorship and Business Outreach:
Marica Smith, Teck
Norm Letnick, MLA
Richard Lee, MLA
Donna Spaulding, Cruise Lines Int'l Assoc-NWC
Paul Manson, Sea Breeze Power Corp.
Jennifer Davis, Partnerships BC
Colin Smith, APEG BC
Barry Penner, Davis LLP
Speakers and Volunteers:
John Turner, Spectra Energy
Anna Lilly, Fleishman Hillard
Judi Sigurdson, Intergovernmental Relations, B.C.
Policy Tours:
Samantha Collins, FortisBC
Ray LeBlond, Stantec
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(206) 443-7723
Working Groups:
Arctic Caucus, Innovation, Workforce Development, Market Access: Steve Myers, Steve@pnwer.org
Border Issues, Natural Gas Transportation, Trade and Economic Development: Joe Larsen, Joe@pnwer.org
Mining, Tourism: Kelsey Larson, Kelsey@pnwer.org
Energy II: Jennifer Grosman
Energy I: Matt Morrison
Disaster Resilience, Transportation, Market Access: Eric Holdman, eric@pnwer.org
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