SCHEDULE
MONDAY - JUNE 25TH
17:30 - 19:00
REGISTRATION OPENS - SNACK PROVIDED
DRINKS - MEET & GREET IN MAIN HALL (OPTIONAL)
TUESDAY - JUNE 26TH
07:00 - 08:00
REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST - BUFFET PROVIDED
08:00 - 08:30
WELCOME: SETTING THE STAGE
08:30 - 10:00
THE CLIMATE SESSION (FACILITATED BY STEPHAN MARTINEAU)
THE REALITIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE - MEL REASONER
OUR CHANGING LANDSCAPE - GREG UTZIG
FIRE IS COMING OUR WAY - MIKE FLANNIGAN
10:00 - 10:30
CLIMATE SESSION PANEL
10:30 - 11:00
BREAK
11:45 - 13:00
12:15 - 12:45
LUNCH - BUFFET PROVIDED
LUNCH ACTION SESSION: ADDRESSING THE NEW NORMAL: BC WILDFIRE SERVICE PERSPECTIVES - MADELINE MALEY
13:00 - 13:30
ACTION SESSION Cont.
THE CREATION OF A STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE LEVEL WILDFIRE PLAN - STEPHAN MARTINEAU
13:30 - 14:00
ACTION SESSION PANEL
16:00 - 17:15
14:00 - 14:30
BREAK
14:30 - 16:15
THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SESSION (FACILITATED BY JOHN CATHRO)
15:45 - 16:15
THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PANEL
LOOKING BACK AT THE 2017 WILDFIRE SEASON FROM THE OFFICE OF THE FIRE COMMISSIONER - GORD PARKER
16:15 - 17:00
CALL TO ACTION REVIEW (FACILITATED BY JOHN CATHRO AND CINDY PEARCE)
17:00 - 18:00
BEER TASTING
18:00 - 19:30
CATERED SUPPER
19:30 - 20:30
THE FOREST CARBON SESSION (FACILITATED BY JULIE CASTONGUAY)
BC FOREST CARBON MANAGEMENT - CAREN DYMOND
WILDFIRE AND CARBON MANAGEMENT- MATTHEW HURTEAU
20:30 - 20:45
Q&A
20:45 - 22:30
BEER TASTING CONTINUED
WEDNESDAY - JUNE 27TH
07:00 - 08:00
BREAKFAST - BUFFET PROVIDED
08:00 - 08:30
WELCOME: WHAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE TODAY - SUMMARY OF PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED IN DAY 1
08:30 - 10:30
FOREST MANAGERS SESSION (FACILITATED BY CINDY PEARCE)
2017 WILDFIRE IMPACT ON FOREST MANAGEMENT - MURRAY WILSON
09:00 - 10:00
FOREST MANAGERS PERSPECTIVES
GRANT NEVILLE
10:00 - 10:30
THE FOREST MANAGERS PANEL
10:30 - 11:00
BREAK
11:00 - 12:00
THE RESIDENT TOOLBOX SESSION (FACILITATED BY JOHN CATHRO)
SETTING THE STAGE: WHAT ARE COMMUNITIES DOING ACROSS BC? - TOVE PASHKOWSKI
CASE STUDY #1: FERNIE - TED RUITER
12:00 - 13:00
LUNCH - BUFFET PROVIDED
13:00 - 13:20
THE RESIDENT TOOLBOX SESSION (Cont)
CASE STUDY #3: QUEEN’S BAY – JOHN BETTS
13:00 - 13:50
THE RESIDENTS TOOLBOX PANEL
13:50 - 14:15
BREAK
14:15 - 15:20
LANDSCAPE SCALE SOLUTIONS SESSION (FACILITATED BY CINDY PEARCE)
LANDSCAPE RESTORATION - PAUL HESSBURG
BUILDING AND MAINTAINING RESILIENCE - BOB GRAY
15:20 - 15:45
LANDSCAPE SCALE SOLUTIONS PANEL
16:15 - 17:15
THE CLOSING SESSION - A CALL TO ACTION (FACILITATED BY JOHN CATHRO AND CINDY PEARCE)
FREE EVENING TO EXPLORE NELSON
THURSDAY - JUNE 28TH
07:00 - 08:00
BREAKFAST - BUFFET PROVIDED
FOREST MANAGER WORKSHOP (FACILITATED BY CINDY PEARCE)
08:00 - 08:15
08:15 - 08:35
08:35 - 08:55
08:55 - 09:35
09:35 - 10:00
INTRO TO FORESTRY WORKSHOP
2018 WILDFIRE AND FOREST CARBON FOREST LICENSEE SURVEY RESULTS, DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS - BOB GRAY
WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION - KELLY OSBOURNE
POTENTIAL CUMMULATIVE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON OLD FORESTS IN THE ELK VALLEY- CASSIDY VAN RENSEN & TAYE AYELE
FESBC FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES - GORD PRATT
10:00 - 10:15
BREAK
FOREST MANAGERS BREAK OUT SESSIONS
10:15 - 12:00
BREAK OUT ONE: Identifying challenges and opportunities for land managers to implement wildfire risk reduction treatments
BREAK OUT TWO: Identifying challenges and opportunities for land managers to implement forest carbon effective management activities
BREAK OUT THREE: Identifying opportunities for land managers to improve ecosystem resiliency
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP (FACILITATED BY JOHN CATHRO)
08:15 - 10:00
WHAT HAPPENED IN FORT MCMURRAY AND WHAT DO WE KNOW TO BE EFFECTIVE? – AL WESTHAVER
10:00 - 10:15
BREAK
COMMUNITY BREAK OUT SESSIONS
10:15 - 11:30
WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO SUCCESS?
WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES?
WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS WE MUST TAKE?
12:00 - 12:45
LUNCH - BUFFET PROVIDED