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- Final Conference Program<\/a> (11 September 2017)<\/li>\n
- Book of Abstracts<\/a> (25 September 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Schedule at a Glance<\/h1>\n
Wednesday, September 20<\/div>8:30 am:<\/strong> Registration Desk Opens (Prestige Lakeside)<\/em><\/p>\n9:00 am:<\/strong> Capacity Building Session #1\u00a0(Prestige Lakeside)<\/em><\/p>\n
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- Hosted in collaboration with the Rural Policy Learning Commons<\/a> and the Rural Development Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
1:00 pm<\/strong>: Capacity Building Session #2\u00a0(Prestige Lakeside)<\/em><\/p>\n
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- Hosted in collaboration with the Rural Policy Learning Commons<\/a> and the Rural Development Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
4:00 pm:<\/strong> New Researcher Forum – Focus on Publishing (Capitol Theatre)<\/em><\/p>\n
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- Hosted in collaboration with the Rural Development Institute, Brandon University<\/a>, the Canadian Regional Development Project<\/a>, and the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
6:30 pm:<\/strong> Conference Opening and Keynote Panel – Entrepreneurship, Innovation, & Economic Development\u00a0 (Capitol Theatre)**<\/em><\/p>\n
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- Heather Hall – Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo<\/li>\n
- Terry Van Horn – Economic Development Officer, Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation<\/li>\n
- Tjaart Van den Berg – CEO, Land Info Technologies Inc.<\/div><\/div><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThursday, September 21<\/div>7:30 am<\/strong>: Registration Desk opens and Breakfast<\/p>\n
8:30 am:\u00a0<\/strong>Keynote Speaker – Brian Fry – Director, i4C.tech (International Industrial IoT Innovation Center)**<\/p>\n
10:00 am:<\/strong> Coffee and poster presentations<\/p>\n
10:30<\/strong>\u00a0am:<\/strong> Concurrent presentations\/panels<\/p>\n
12:00 pm:<\/strong> Lunch and Launch of the State of Rural Canada 2.0<\/p>\n
1:00 pm:<\/strong> Concurrent presentations, panels, and posters<\/p>\n
2:30 pm:<\/strong> Coffee and poster presentations<\/p>\n
3:00 pm:\u00a0<\/strong>Concurrent presentations\/panels<\/p>\n
4:30 pm<\/strong>: Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation<\/a>\u00a0Annual General Meeting<\/p>\n
6:30 pm: <\/strong>Social – Nelson Restaurant Crawl*<\/div><\/div><\/em><\/p>\n
Friday, September 22<\/div>7:30 am:\u00a0<\/strong>Registration desk opens and breakfast<\/p>\n8:30 am:\u00a0<\/strong>Concurrent presentations\/panels<\/p>\n
10:00 am:<\/strong>\u00a0Coffee and poster presentations<\/p>\n
10:30<\/strong>\u00a0am:<\/strong>\u00a0Concurrent presentations\/panels<\/p>\n
12:00 pm:<\/strong>\u00a0Lunch and Book Launch (From Black Horses to White Steeds: Building Community Resilience<\/em>)<\/p>\n
1:00 pm:<\/strong>\u00a0Concurrent presentations, panels, and posters<\/p>\n
2:30 pm:<\/strong>\u00a0Coffee and poster presentations<\/p>\n
3:00 pm:\u00a0<\/strong>Keynote speaker – Christopher Horsethief**<\/p>\n
7:00 pm:\u00a0<\/strong>Conference banquet and entertainment<\/div><\/div><\/em><\/p>\n
Saturday, September 23<\/div>7:30 am:\u00a0<\/strong>Registration desk opens and breakfast<\/p>\n8:30 am:<\/strong> Field trips<\/a>*<\/p>\n
Participants will meet in the lobby at 8:30 am, buses to leave at 9:00 am.<\/em><\/p>\n
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- Heritage in the Hinterland: Slocan – North Kootenay Lake Loop Tour<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Food & Festivals – Ymir to Creston Tour <\/strong><\/li>\n
- Transitioning to the New Economy – West Kootenay Tour
\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n4:00 pm:\u00a0<\/strong>Field trip wrap-up<\/div><\/div><\/em><\/p>\n
* Denotes additional cost and limited availability
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n**All keynote panels and presentations were simultaneously translated to French thanks to the generous support of Canadian Heritage. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. Tous les pr\u00e9sentations cl\u00e9s seront simultan\u00e9ment traduits en fran\u00e7ais gr\u00e2ce au g\u00e9n\u00e9reux soutien de Patrimoine canadien. Nous reconnaissons l’appui du gouvernement du Canada.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
- Food & Festivals – Ymir to Creston Tour <\/strong><\/li>\n
- Heritage in the Hinterland: Slocan – North Kootenay Lake Loop Tour<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Hosted in collaboration with the Rural Development Institute, Brandon University<\/a>, the Canadian Regional Development Project<\/a>, and the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Hosted in collaboration with the Rural Policy Learning Commons<\/a> and the Rural Development Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Book of Abstracts<\/a> (25 September 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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