| Trailhead Canada 2017 Itinerary |
| Wednesday November 22, 2017 |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:45 am - 9:00 am | Opening Remarks: Opening Remarks Host - Louis Carpentier
Opening Remarks Event Co-Chairs, Patrick Connor, Wayne Terryberry |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Plenary #1
Speaker Name: Mr. Akaash Maharaj
Position Title: CEO of the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) and former CEO Equine Canada
Presentation Title: An Understanding of Effective Governance and Policy Development at the National Level. |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Networking Break |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | National Directions in Trails Tourism EDU-1
Location: | National Directions in Motorized Trails EDU-2
Location: |
Speaker #1 Name: Michael Haynes
Position Title: Hiker Haynes
Presentation Title: Effective National Trail Marketing and Promotion Strategies
Speaker #2 Name: Liane Jordan, Co-ordinator of Certification, Leading Quality Trails - Best of Europe (via Skype)
Position Title: Vice-President European Ramblers Association
Presentation Title: "Certification of hiking routes as 'Leading Quality Trails - Best of Europe'"
Speaker #3 Name:Garth Potruff
Position Title: Owner Operator Grand River Outfitters
Presentation Title: The Introductory Impacts of "Floating Classrooms"
Moderator: Jane Murphy
Position Title: Principal, Terminus Consulting Inc. | Speaker #1 Name: Dave Millier, CEO Sentry Metrics
Position Title: President, Motorcyclists Confederation of Canada
Presentation Title: Challenges and Opportunities for Dirt Bike Trails in Canada
Speaker #2 Name: Carolyn Richards,
Position Title: VP All Terrain Quad Council of Canada
Presentation Title: Understanding the Value of ATV'ing for Communities and for Sport
Speaker #3 Name: Dennis Burns
Position Title: CEO, Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations
Presentation Title: Current Realities of Canada's 150.000+ Kilometers of Snowmobiling Trails
Commentator: Oksana Buhel (COHV)
Moderator: Wayne Daub
Position Title: CEO AQCC |
| 11:15 am - 12:15 am | National Directions in Trail Management EDU-3
Location: | National Directions in Economic Development EDU-4
Location: |
| 11:45 am - 12:30 pm | Speaker #1 Name: Veronique Pelletier and Michel Blais
Position Title: Parcs Canada, Trails and Visitor Experience Officers
Presentation Title: Introduction to Trail Information Management Systems and their Application to User and Vistor Experience
Speaker #2 Name: Terri LeRoux
Position Title: CEO Credit Valley Conservation Foundation
Presentation Title: Developing an Inclusive Trail Master Planning Strategy
Speaker #3 Name: Deanna Cheriton, MA
Position Title: Supervisor, Greenspace Conservation, Toronto Region Conservation Authority
Presentation Title: Minimizing User Conflict through Apllied Management
Moderator: Alexandra Brodka, RPN
Position Title: Executive Director, Hamilton Burlington Trails | Speaker #1 Name: Jane Murphy-McCulloch
Position Title: Principal, Terminus Conculting Inc.
Presentation Title: Developing Quality Trails Products as Tourism Assets.
Speaker #2 Name: Paul Nopper, CDO
Position Title: Former CDO Madawaska Valley
Presentation Title: Trails and Power Sport Tourism as a Sustainable Economic Driver, The Madawaska Valley and Renfrew County Case Study.
Speaker #3 Name: AJ Strawson
Position Title: Executive Director, International Mountain Biking Association of Canada
Presentation Title: Mountain Biking, Infrastructure, Activity and Metrics, a Study on the Impacts of Mountain Biking to the Canadian Tourism Economy
Moderator: Patrick Connor, EDAC
Position Title: President Canadian Trails Federation |
| 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm | Luncheon | |
| 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm | Plenary #2
Speaker Name: Dave Read
Position Title: CEO East Coast Trails
Presentation Title: Trails as Part of the Community Development Agenda |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Trails Policies ED-5
Location: | Active Transportation EDU-6
Location: |
Speaker #1 Name: Carol Oitment
Position Title: Policy Advisor, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (Ontario)
Presentation Title: Development in ontario trails, provincial trails act and the trails strategy
Speaker #2 Name: Tennessee Trent
Position Title: BC Trails Manager, Recreation Site and Trails BC
Presentation Title: Development of BC Recreation Trails Policy
Moderator: Robert Ramsay
Position Title: CEO Canadian Off-Highway Vehicle Distributors Council | Speaker #1 Name: Julia Barnes
Position Title: Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Presentation Title: Developing a Provincial Cycling Network
Speaker #2 Name: Louis Carpentier
Position Title: Vélo Québec
Presentation Title:
Speaker #3 Name: Rob Barnes (Invited)
Position Title: Managing Director, Ecology Ottawa
Presentation Title:
Moderator: Bruce Devine
Position Title: Manager, Greenspace and Pathways, National Capital Commission, Ottawa |
| 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Networking Break |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Risk Management EDU-7
Location: | Trail Building & Development EDU-8
Location: |
Speaker #1 Name: Jeff Jackson
Position Title: Algonquin College
Presentation Title: Trail based User Safetry Systems; assessing and applying risk management tools to trails
Speaker #2 Name: Barb Sczctza
Position Title: Frank Cowan Company
Presentation Title: Best Practices in Trails Risk Management: Underwriter and Broker Perspectives.
Speaker #3 Name: Patrick Connor CAE
Position Title: Canadian Trails Federation
Presentation Title: Understanding Trails Risk and Mitigating Issues for Safe Trails
Moderator: Mark Schmidt
Position Title: Parks Canada | Speaker #1 Name: Zane Davies
Position Title: TREADscape
Presentation Title: The Path to Effective Trails
Speaker #2 Name: Valerie Govette
Position Title: Mont Tremblant MTB Trails Resort
Presentation Title: Developing Trails in Resort Evironment
Speaker #3 Name: Richard Grover
Position Title: Algonquin to Adirondacks Collaborative (A2A)
Presentation Title: A Trail Runs Through It, protectig the place we love through outdoor recreation and education
Moderator: Louis Carpentier
Position Title: CEO Velo Quebec |
| 4:00 - 5:30 | RECESS |
| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Jane Koepke -Carcross Taglish Mountain Bike Trails
Appreciation for People, the Land, and Heritage; an Opportunity for Trails |
| 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Dinner + Social |
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| Trailhead Canada 2017 Itinerary |
| Thursday November 23, 2017 | |
| 8:00 am - 8:45 am | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:45 am - 9:00 am | Opening Remarks |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Policy WG-1
Location: | Active Transportation and Trails WG-2
Location: |
Delegates are invited to register to shape policy directions
Facilitator: Paul Ronan,
Position Title: CEO Ontario Parks Association | Delegates are invited to register to shape policy directions
Moderator: Louis Carpentier
Position Title: CEO Velo Quebec |
| 9:45 am - 10:30 am | Risk Management WG-3
Location: | Trail Building and Design WG-4
Location: |
Delegates are invited to register to shape policy directions
Facilitator: Patrick Connor, CAE SSA
Position Title: President Canadian Trails | Delegates are invited to register to shape policy directions
Moderator: Zane Davies
Position Title: Treadscape Trail Builders |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Networking Break |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Tourism and Marketing WG-5
Location: | Mixed Use Trails WG-6
Location: |
Delegates are invited to register to shape policy directions
Facilitator: Jane Murphy
Position Title: Terminus Consulting | Delegates are invited to register to shape policy directions
Moderator: Wayne Daub
Position Title: All Terrain Quad Council of Canada |
| 12:00 PM | Luncheon |
| 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Report back and collection of action items from caucus groups- Moving towards a national trails
strategy. Facilitator: Jane Murphy, Principle, Terminus Consulting |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Closing Remarks Host City - Louis Carpentier
Closing Remarks Event Chairs,
Patrick Connor, Wayne Terryberry |
