For more context on the conference program, check out the Conference Plan.
Gaining Ground will take place in Vancouver's Downtown and Gastown area using the experimental Wong Theatre and other facilities at the new SFU Woodward's building, Downtown BCIT campus, SFU's Segal Graduate School of Business, and the Wosk Centre .
The conference will be three full days (Oct. 5/6/7) with a pre-conference day on
Oct. 4. Each of the three conference days will have a particular focus or emphasis:
- Day 1 - Governance and Industry Collaboration
- Day 2 - Green Economy
- Day 3 - Community Engagement and Social Innovation
These themed conference days will stand alone for those with a particular area of interest and limited time but build powerfully on each other for those who invest in the full-conference experience.
Visit us on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/user/GainingGround2010
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Monday
Pre-conference shoulder program featuring the debut presentation of the International Ecocity Standards; BCIT development and construction industry engagement program, and presentation of the Gaining Ground Open Directory. |
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(Some events and speakers subject to confirmation) |
| 7:00 am |
 BCIT Dean's Roundtable Breakfast - By Invitation Only
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BCIT Downtown
Conference Rm |
| 8:30 am |
Walkshop Breakfast session (City of Vancouver) |
SFU Segal Bldg
Room 1200 |
| 9:00 am |
Ecocity Builders day-long program |
BCIT Downtown |
| 10:30 am |
Walkshop Workshop (City of Vancouver) |
SFU Segal Bldg
Room 1200 |
| 1:00 pm |
 Beyond Habitat: Tools for a Biodiverse Community, presented by Columbia Institute Centre for Civic
Governance |
SFU Segal Bldg
Room 1200 |
| 4:00 pm |
Walkshop Reception |
SFU Woodwards Lobby |
| 6:00 pm |
Walkshop Community Engagement Session |
SFU Segal Bldg
Room 1200 |
| 6:00 pm |
Real Estate Foundation of BC Dinner/Reception |
TBC |
| 7:00 pm |
 A Rocha Canada presentation with Preston Manning and Paul
Williams, Economist, Regent College (to be confirmed)
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SFU Woodwards Cinema (TBC) |
| 7:00 pm |
Public Talk: Stewart Brand, founder Whole Earth Catalog and author Whole Earth Discipline—Presented by SFU City Program |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
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Other Monday/conference shoulder event possibilities: |
- Canada Green Building Council: SmartGrowth Services
- Capital Regional District shoulder event
- Cascadia Green Building Council
walking tours
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- Gaining Ground Open Directory: “Green Google Meets Facebook”
- UBC Hosting: Design Thinking in Business with Tom Osdoba, University of Oregon
- The Natural Step, Whistler Centre for Sustainability and International Centre for Sustainable Cities
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Tuesday
The hard part’s the ‘how’—transforming the urban sustainability vision into strategy, policy and best practice.
How fast and how far can political leadership and new policy direction move? How does a city lay out an integrated program for green economy, green systems and green communities...and fully engage key industry and business constituencies?
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(Some events and speakers subject to confirmation) |
| 7:30 am |
Coffee Service |
SFU Woodwards Main Lobby |
| 8:30 am |
Welcome, Chief Bill Williams, Squamish First Nation |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 8:40 am |
Moderator’s Introduction, Mark Holland, HB Lanarc |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 8:55 am |
Green City Step Change in Vancouver, Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 9:15 am |
The Future of Policy, Jared Blumenfeld, Director, Pacific Southwest Region (Region 9) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 9:45 am |
Engaged Learning, Welcomes from Andrew Petter, President SFU and Dr. Don Wright,
President BCIT |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 10:00 am |
Refreshment Break |
SFU Woodwards Theatre Lobby |
| 10:30 am |
End-Running Regulation-Practice Conflicts, Carol Sanford, CEO, InterOctave Development
Group, Inc. |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 10:50 am |
Jennie Moore, Director, Sustainable Development and Environmental Stewardship, BCIT |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
11:15 am |
 Construction and Development: Advancing the State of Sustainable Practice, Panel with David Ramslie, Manager, Sustainable Development Program, City of Vancouver; Maureen Enser, Executive Director, UDI Pacific; Manley McLachlan President, BC Construction Association; Jason McLean, Chairman and CEO, Vancouver Board of Trade; Gil Yaron, Senior Business & Policy Advisor, Light House Sustainable Building Centre
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SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 11:40 am |
Green Cities: The Race for Bragging Rights, Gordon Feller, Director of Urban Innovation, Cisco Systems |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 12:00 pm |
Sadhu Johnston, Deputy City Manager, City of Vancouver |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 12:20 pm |
Learning Summary and Directions, Rob Abbott, Abbott Strategies |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch |
Local Restaurants |
2:00 pm |
Concurrent Workshops and Salons (additional to be announced)
- Policy Scan with Jared Blumenfeld. Facilitated by Mark Holland, this salon session will assist policy leaders in BC and elsewhere to understand current thinking within the US EPA about energy, land use and other urban sustainability policy directions, and to work on policy strategies at the local level
- Conditions For Collaboration. A government/industry roundtable with industry thought leaders from morning panel
- Achieving the Net Zero Mandate. Convention of leaders from post-secondary learning institutions, health authorities, local government and provincial program managers
- International Ecocity Standards: Can We Package the Best Performance Standards for Cities? Can Cities respond?
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BCIT Downtown
SFU Segal
Wosk Centre |
| 4:30 pm |
Hosted Reception, BCIT |
Atrium,
BCIT Downtown
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| 1:30 pm |
Regional Food Security and Sufficiency |
TBC |
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Wednesday
“Real Value Thinking About Urban Systems”--A program for industry; community and municipal clients; leaders and decision-makers in cleantech; alternative energy; innovative infrastructure planning; urban systems planning; valuation and true value/true cost analysis; related capital markets, and federal and provincial infrastructure grant program managers.
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(Some events and speakers subject to confirmation) |
| 7:30 am |
Coffee Service |
SFU Woodwards Main Lobby |
| 8:30 am |
Moderator’s Introduction, Mark Holland |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 8:45 am |
Financing Sustainability, James Schwinn, Aixecar Incorporated |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
9:10 am |
Michael Dichand, Güssing Renewable Energy |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 9:40 am |
A Climate Action Tale of Two Regions—Progress and Obstacles, Speaker
TBA Metro
and Sarah Webb, Climate Action Program Coordinator, Capital Regional District |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 10:10 am |
Refreshment Break |
SFU Woodwards Main Lobby |
| 10:30 am |
Making the Value Case for Green Business and Social Enterprise, Joel Solomon, Chairman and CEO Renewal, and Tides Canada Vice-Chair; David Berge, President/Founder Underdog Ventures and Sr. Vice-President Social Finance, Vancity |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 10:50 am |
Refining the Value Proposition for Clean Energy and Green
Infrastructure,
Chris Corps, Asset Strategics
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SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
11:10 am |
 Panel: Operationalizing Clean Energy and Green Systems Programs,
Representative, BC Climate Action Secretariat;
Karim Kassam, Director of Business Development, Ballard Power Systems; Rick Hopp, President, BC Run of River Association; Jack Carthy, Strategic Advisor, Elemental Energy
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SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 12:05 pm |
Learning Summary, Rob Abbott, Abbott Strategies |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 12:15 pm |
Lunch |
Local Restaurants |
2:00 pm
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Concurrent Workshops and Shirtsleeve Sessions (additional to be announced)
- Crowded Field: Maintaining a Place in the Alternative Energy and Cleantech Sector,
thought leader Michael Dichand, Güssing Renewable Energy
- Integrated Resource Management: Maximizing Value, Not Cost, In Infrastructure.
A ‘save billions’ practitioner’s workshop for industry and local government CFO’s and engineers, consultants, business case-makers and citizen advocates, thought-led by Chris Corps, Asset Strategics.
- Financial Sector Viewpoints on Sustainability: Terms and Conditions
- Preparing the Business Case for Social Venture Investment, hosted by Vancity with Joel Solomon, Renewal Partners and David Berge, Senior Vice-President Social Finance, Vancity
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BCIT Downtown
SFU Segal
Wosk Centre |
| 4:30 pm |
Hosted Reception |
TBA |
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| 6:30 pm |
Green Buildings PlanTalk Part 1: Lessons for Planners from the Living Building Challenge,
presented by the Planning Institute of BC |
TBA |
| 7:00 pm |
Toward a Steady State Economy: An optimistic alternative to the current boom and bust economic cycles
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SFU Segal Bldg,
Rm 1200 |
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Thursday
“Healing Cities”—advancing our understanding of the intersection of urban design, human health and community well-being. Strategies to address urban planning processes and design to foster community health, connectivity and the creation of whole communities. Content will address the interests of professionals in urban planning and design, health management, related health fields, media and social media, social narrative, and community development.
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| 7:30 am |
Coffee Service |
SFU Woodwards Main Lobby |
| 8:30 am |
Moderator’s Introduction, Mark Holland, Principal, HB Lanarc |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 8:40 am |
The Idea of Healing Cities, Nicole Moen, Healing Cities Working Group |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
8:50 am |
A Vision of Complete Communities, Brent Toderian, Planning Director,
City of Vancouver
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SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 9:20 am |
Whole-Cost Thinking About Human Health and Community Capital,
Hank Dittmar, Chief Executive, The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 9:50 am |
Alive Transportation: Fitness, Safety, Community, and Trust,
Jeff Tumlin,
Principal,
Nelson/Nygaard Transportation Planning, San Francisco |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 10:20 am |
Refreshment Break |
SFU Woodwards Main Lobby |
| 10:45 am |
Sane, Humane and Ecological: Seeking Health in Our Cities, Trevor Hancock, MD, Public Health Physician
and Healthy Communities Advocate
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SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 11:15 am |
Healing Ourselves, Healing Our Cities: Health Impacts of Built Space,
Mark Sherman- MDCM, CCFP, President, Victoria Community Health Cooperative |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 11:45 am |
Change-Making Media, Bill Weaver, Director/ Cinematographer/
Media Strategist, Across Borders Media and Media That Matters |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 12:00 pm |
Place and Spirit, Fiona Crofton, President, ORCAD Consulting Group Inc.
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SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 12:20 pm |
Learning Summary, Rob Abbott, Abbott Strategies |
SFU Woodwards Wong Theatre |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch |
Local Restaurants |
2:00 pm |
Concurrent Workshops
- Can City Spaces Shape Well-Being? What are the actual impacts of built space on how we feel? Colin Ellard,
Associate Professor, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Waterloo; Joaquin Karakas, HB Lanarc
- What's Home? The Spaces We Inhabit. Stephen Hynes, Founder, Hynes Developments; Shelly Penner, Director of Practice, Penner & Associates; Patrick Mooney, Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Landscape Architecture, UBC
- Integrating Planning and Health: Facilitating the Conversation between Urban Planners and Health Professionals. Jane McCarney, Manager, Centres for Population and Public Health, Provincial Health Services Authority; Claire Gram,
Population Health Policy Consultant, Vancouver Coastal Health; Trevor Hancock, Public Health Physician
and Healthy Communities Advocate
- Communication and Dialogue: Media That Matters—Accelerating Green
Social Change. Bill Weaver on the importance of human interaction, health/conviviality and social interaction in public realm
- My Home Town: Lessons learned in a real-life small-town BC about communication, community governance, citizen engagement and destructive development. Dr. Warren Bell, MD, Past President of the Association of Complementary and Integrative Physicians of BC
- The Human Experience of Moving Around: Healthy Component of Mobility. Jeff Tumlin, Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates - on the wholistic transportation; Keltie Craig, HB Lanarc - on active transportation.
- Paths to Healing Cities. Fiona Crofton; Nicole Moen; Lindsay Clark.
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BCIT Downtown
SFU Segal
Wosk Centre |
| 4:00 pm |
Hosted Reception (Cambrian House/Chaordix) |
TBA |
| 7:00 pm |
Media/Social Media Reception |
TBA |
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