New registrations for the Province of British Columbia 2010 Business Summit will have lunch at The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver where you will enjoy a broadcast of the Countdown to 2010 Luncheon. We have now sold out the Countdown to 2010 Luncheon. You will be placed on a waitlist should additional tickets for the Countdown to 2010 Luncheon come available.
7:00 am
Registration
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am – 8:45 am
Four Host First Nations Welcome and Vancouver 2010 Aboriginal Licensing Update
- Tewanee Joseph, Executive Director and CEO, Four Host First Nations Secretariat
- Dennis Kim, Director, Licensing and Merchandising, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
8:45 am – 9:00 am
OPENING REMARKS
- Hon. Colin Hansen, Minister of Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the Olympics
9:00 am – 10:00 am
PLENARY SESSION
The Olympic Experience for Host City Businesses
- Scot Smythe, Senior Vice President, Sponsorship and Event Marketing, VISA International
10:00 am – 10:15 am
COFFEE BREAK
10:15 am – 11:30 am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Merchandising the Games: Marketing and Moving Product
- Scot Smythe, Senior Vice President, Sponsorship and Event Marketing, VISA International
- Bob MacKerricher, President, Northern Gifts Specialties Inc.
- Pam Aung Thin, Chief Marketing Officer, Royal Canadian Mint
Welcoming the World: The Olympic Tourism Experience
- Peter Bambridge, Vice President, Client Services, Jet Set Sports
- Pete Moore, Director Olympic Operations, Meeting & Events, Carlson Marketing
- Bill France, VP Sport, Calgary Olympic Development Association
Broadcasting the Games: Picture the Impact
- Brett Goodman, Senior Vice President, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics
- David Strickland, Senior Vice President, Sales, CTV – Rogers Olympic Consortium
- Nancy Lee, Chief Operating Officer, Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
COUNTDOWN TO 2010 LUNCHEON
Speakers:
THE HON. GORDON CAMPBELL, Premier, Province of British Columbia
JACK POOLE, Chairman, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
Soon there will only be two years left to the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and the anticipation is growing as the countdown continues!
Join the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), 2010 Legacies Now and The Vancouver Board of Trade for Countdown to 2010, at the annual Spirit of Vancouver celebration of the tremendous athletic potential we have in B.C.
Meet some of B.C.’s Olympic and Paralympic Games hopefuls and hear the latest from Premier Gordon Campbell, and our other distinguished speakers, as they talk about the 2010 Winter Games and the legacies that will result from the Games.
Once again, we’ll also support some of our most promising athletes by presenting them with special gifts of equipment or sports training services that they can use to become their best as they compete beyond 2010.
Partial proceeds will support B.C.’s Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games hopefuls:
* James Gemmell, Sledge Hockey, Richmond
* Lou Gibson, Paralympic Nordic Skiing, Langley
* Dean Kappler, Freestyle Skiing, Revelstoke
* Jesse McDonald, Snowboard – SBX, Nakusp
* Georgia Simmerling, Alpine Skiing, North Vancouver
Province of British Columbia 2010 Business Summit Registration includes a ticket/table to this sold out event (book early as reserved delegate space is limited)
2:15 pm – 3:30 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
2010 Live Sites: Party Central in Vancouver, Whistler and Richmond
- Dave Rudberg, General Manager, Olympic Operations Office, City of Vancouver
- John Rae, Manager of Strategic Alliances, Resort Municipality of Whistler
- Lee Malleau, Manager of Sponsorship and Partnerships, and Economic Development, City of Richmond
Home Away from Home:
Supplying The Needs of Sponsors and National Olympic Committees
- Len Olender, Managing Director, SportsWorld
- Ian MacDonald, President, Moving Products
- Allen Brooks, Vice President Olympic Marketing, Sportsmark Management Group
Behind-the-Scenes at 2010:
The Technology it Takes to Run the Games
- Magnus Alvarsson, Chief Technology Integrator, Atos Origin
- David Johnson, Global Business Operations, Nortel Networks
- Jim DeLeon, President, Vancouver Olympic Solutions, General Electric
3:40 pm – 4:20 pm
PLENARY SESSION
Welcome to 2010: The Sponsor Experience
- Nicola Kettlitz, General Manager, Vancouver 2010 Olympic Project Team, Coca-Cola Ltd.
- Peter Franklin, Group Director, Woldwide Sports & Event Management, Coca-Cola Ltd.
4:20 pm – 4:55 pm
PLENARY SESSION
Keeping it in the Olympic Family: Vancouver 2010 meets London 2012
- Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham, UK Minister of State for Trade and Industry
4:55 pm – 5:10 pm
CLOSING REMARKS
- Hon. Colin Hansen, Minister of Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the Olympics
5:10 pm – 6:00 pm
NETWORKING BREAK
