Speakers
ESTC Selected Speakers
- Mr. James Armstrong Founder/Creative Director, Good for Business, Inc.
- Mr. Jay Barnes Director, North Carolina Aquarium
- Mr. Clinton Mark Belcher CEO, President, Canadian Ecotourism Services
- Minister Bill Bennett Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, BC Provincial Government
- Dr. Keith Bosak Assistant Professor of Nature-Based Tourism, The University of Montana
- Mr. Daniel-Paul Bork CEO, Aboriginal Tourism Canada
- Dr. Chris Bottrill Chair of Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Management, Capilano College
- Dr. Kelly Bricker Chair, Board of Directors, TIES
- Mr. Rod Burns Owner/ lead trainer, Bold Point Centre
- Mr. Dave Butler Director of Sustainability, Canadian Mountain Holidays and member of the BC Sustainable Tourism Collective
- Ms. Christina Cavaliere Director of Training and Education, TIES
- Mr. Jerome Clemons Jr. Graduate Student,The Citadel Graduate College
- Mr. Ross Cloutier Owner, Bhudak Consultants Ltd.
- Mr. Todd Comen Associate Professor,Johnson State College
- Mr. Mark Crowdis Founder and CEO, Think Energy, Inc.
- Mr. Chris Desmond Director of 10,000 Islands Dolphin Project, Sea Excursions, Inc.
- Mr. Mark Dineen Design Staff, EDSA
- Dr. Paul Eagles Professor, University of Waterloo
- Mr. Andrew Fairley Board of Directors, TIES
- Ms. Amy Fraenkel RONA, UNEP
- Mr. Richard Franko, AIA Principal, Mithun
- Ms. Fabiola Galáz Representative, InvestChile
- Mr. Gary Golla Associate, SERA Architects
- Dr. Sonya Graci Assistant Professor, Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
- Mr. Rod Harris CEO and President, Tourism British Columbia
- Ms. Christine Houghton Director of Parks Visitor Services, BC Parks
- Ms. Brenda Ireland Blueprint Manager, Aboriginal Tourism British Columbia
- Mr. Roy Jantzen Ecotourism Operator, Capilano University
- Dr. David Jones Associate Professor in Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Southern Maine
- Chief Randy Kapashesit Chief, MoCreebec Council of the Cree Nation
- Dr. Joe Kelly Director, Environmental Services, InterVISTAS Consulting
- Ms. Diana Kutzner Master’s Student, University of Northern British Columbia
- Mr. Chuck Lennox Principal, Cascade Interpretive Consulting
- Mr. Rick MacLeod Farley Principal Consultant, MacLeod Farley & Associates
- Ms. Elizabeth MacPherson, IIDA Principal, Mithun
- Ms. Ruth Marr President, Marr Consulting Services Ltd.
- Mr. Ted Martens Director of Outreach & Development, Sustainable Travel International
- Ms. Mimi Mather Principal, Shapins Belt Collins
- Mr. Hitesh Mehta President, HM Design
- Ms. Nancy Millar Director, McAllen, Texas Convention and Visitors’ Bureau
- Mr. Kent Morse Master Naturalist and Operations Manager of 10,000 Islands Dolphin Project, Sea Excursions, Inc.
- Ms. Beverley O’Neil President, O’Neil Marketing & Consulting and Numa Communications Ltd.
- Mr. Paul Pepe Manager of Tourism, City of Thunder Bay
- Dr. Robert Pfister Professor, Vancouver Island University
- Ms. Shelly Plante Nature Tourism Coordinator, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Mr. Paul Radchenko Tourism Development Coordinator, Alberta Ministry of Tourism, Parks and Recreation
- Mr. Shephen Regan CEO and President, Council of Tourism Associations of BC
- Mr. Michael Robbins Founding Partner, The Tourism Company
- Mr. Andrew Rothman Project Director, Rainforest Biodiversity Group, Inc
- Mr. Ronald Sanabria Sustainable Tourism Director, Rainforest Alliance
- Mr. Ed Sanders President, Eco Tourism International
- Ms. Andrea Schuweiler Graduate Research Assistant, University of Minnesota, College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Ms. Kimberly Slicklein CEO and Founder, Enclave Rising
- Mr. Kevin Smith President, Maple Leaf Adventures
- Ms. Helle Sorensen Associate Professor, Metropolitan State College of Denver
- Mr. Phillip Steenkamp Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Tourism Culture and the Arts
- Dr. Victoria Stevens Protected Areas Ecologist, BC Protected Areas Program
- Mr. Hank Stewart VP, Strategic Messaging, Green Team
- Dr. Wolfgang Strasdas Professor, Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences
- Ms. Heidi Strobl Community Economic Development Officer, FedNor/Industry Canada
- Ms. Natalie Thiesen Research Assistant, Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
- Mr. Clarence Trapper Tourism Project Officer,
Moose Cree Outdoor Discoveries & Adventures
- Mr. David Udow CEO, Ziptrek Ecotours Inc.
- Dr. Scott Underwood President, Mother Lode River Center
- Dr. Brian White Director, School of Tourism and Hotel Management, Royal Roads University
- Mr. Graham Whitmarsh Head, Climate Action Secretariat, BC Provincial Government
- Mr. Randy Williams CEO and President, The Tourism Industry Association of Canada
- Mr. William Young Senior Research Engineer, Florida Solar Energy Center – UCF