2009 Conference-March 11-13, 2009-Executive Royal Inn, Nisku, AB

 

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   Conference Program and Power Point Presentations

SPEAKER
PRESENTATION
DATE & TIME

Diana McQueen

Parliamentary Assistant

Alberta Environment

Opening Address

No Power Point

March 11, 2009

13:00-13:15

Evan Berger

Parliamentary Assistant

Alberta Sustainable Resource Development

Keynote Address

No Power Point

March 11, 2009

13:15-14:00

Laurel Murphy

Manager

Alberta Land Trust Alliance

ALTA Overview and Projects

March 11, 2009

14:00-14:45

Tracy Tarves

Executive Director

Western Sky Land Trust

Western Sky Project and Programs

March 11, 2009

15:15-15:50

Martin Sharren

Executive Director

Alberta Fish & Game Association

Overview of AFGA Projects and Programs

March 11, 2009

15:50-16:25

Dave Walker

Executive Director

Canadian Land Trust Alliance

Overview of CLTA Programs and Funding

March 11, 2009

16:25-17:00

Fireside Chat #1

Hosts: Maureen Heffring/Laurel Murphy

Recorder: Laurel Murphy

Lands That Fall Through the Cracks/Starting a Local Land Trust

March 11, 2009

19:00-21:00

Fireside Chat #2

Host: Jay Slemp

Recorder: Margaret Van De Pitte

What Do Municipalities Need From Land Trusts and Vice Versa

March 11, 2009

19:00-21:00

Fireside Chat #3

Host: Jason Unger

Recorder: Kristie Romanow

Financial Incentive Change Recommendations for Conservation

March 11, 2009

19:00-21:00

END OF DAY ONE    

Morris Seiferling

Assistant Deputy Minister, Land Use Framework Secretariat

Land Use Framework

March 12, 2009

8:30-9:15

Karen Wirtanen

Executive Assistant to Deputy Minister, Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation

Plan for Parks

March 12, 2009

9:15-10:00

SESSION 1A

Pam Wight

Executive Director

Edmonton & Area Land Trust

Urban Land Trust Successes & Challenges

March 12, 2009

10:30-11:00

Jim Smith

Principle

Mancroft Resource Group

Appraising Conservation Value of Lands

March 12, 2009

11:00-11:30

Dug Major

Director of Property Administration and Environmental Resources

Special Areas Board

Special Areas Board & Use of Restrictive Covenants

March 12, 2009

11:30-12:00

SESSION 1B

Dree Thomson-Diamond

Principal, DTD Consulting &

Kathy Hawkesworth

Director of Donor Services

Edmonton Community Foundation

Forever is a Long Time: Endowment Thoughts for a Far Horizon

March 12, 2009

10:30-11:30

Barry Bishop

Alberta Head of Wetland Restoration

Ducks Unlimited Canada

DUC Conservation Program Overview and DUC/NCC Stewardship Fund

March 12, 2009

11:30-12:00

Lorna Visser

Carmanah Strategies

Fundraising 101: How to Work Smarter, Not Harder

March 12, 2009

13:00-15:00

SESSION 2A  

Kim Good

Board Member, Foothills Land Trust

Paul Peterson

Lawyer, Hacker, Gignac & Rice

How to Defend Your Baseline

March 12, 2009

15:30-16:00

Brock Carscallen

Lawyer

Carscallen Leitch LLP

Drafting a Conservation Easement to Minimize Litigation

March 12, 2009

16:00-16:30

Olaf Jensen

Regional Coordinator, Ecological Gifts Program

Environment Canada

The Eco-gift Program and Management Plans

March 12, 2009

16:30-17:00

SESSION 2B  

Ron Reid

Executive Director

Couchiching Conservancy/OLTA representative

Overview of OLTA and Land Trusts in Ontario

March 12, 2009

15:30-16:00

Pam Boutilier

Program Director

Community Spirt Program, Alberta Culture & Community Spirit

Overview of the Community Spirit Program

March 12, 2009

16:00-16:30

Karly Coleman

Sustainability Coordinator

Mountain Equipment Co-op

MEC Land Conservation Funding Programs

March 12, 2009

16:30-17:00

END OF DAY TWO  

Kim Good

Project Manager

Miistakis Institute

Transfer of Development Credits

March 13, 2009

8:30-9:00

Alan Gardner

Executive Director

Southern Alberta Land Trust Society

The Foothills Project

March 13, 2009

9:00-9:30

Simon Dyer

Director, Oil Sands Program

Pembina Institute

Biodiversity Offsets

March 13, 2009

9:30-10:00

Vic Adamowicz

Professor, Department of Rural Economy, Faculty of Agriculture

University of Alberta

Environmental Valuation

March 13, 2009

10:30-11:00

Marian Weber

Manager, Environmental Policy Program

Alberta Research Council

Environmental Instruments and Offsets

March 13, 2009

11:00-11:30

Karen Haugen-Kozyra

Leader, Carbon Offset Market

Climate Change Central

Carbon Offsets

March 13, 2009

11:30-12:00

Closing Keynote

Lorna Visser

Closing Address

No Power Point

12:30-13:00
END OF CONFERENCE  

 


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