October 7, 2026

10:00 AM - Annual General Meeting Registration

10:30 AM - Annual General Meeting

11:30 AM - Summit Conference Registration

12:00 PM - Summit Lunch

12:30 PM - Summit Official Opening & Indigenous Welcome

12:45 PM - Opening Keynote - Featuring Laura Jones (BC Business Council)

2:00 PM - Kamloops Learning Journeys

5:00 PM - Tourism Kamloops Welcome Reception at BC Wildlife Park

October 8, 2026

7:30 AM - Breakfast

8:30 AM - Day 2 Opening & Indigenous Welcome

9:00 AM - Opening Panel: Investment Attraction and Look West

Featuring Nick Grant (Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport), Maya Lange (Destination BC), Jennifer Horsnell (Destination Canada)

9:45 AM - Break

10:00 AM - Session 1: Breakouts - Three Concurrent Breakout Sessions

10:45 AM - Break

11:00 PM - Session 2: Breakouts - Three Concurrent Breakout Sessions

12:00 PM - Lunch & Presentation

12:45 PM - Biosphere Recognition

1:00 PM - Session 3: Panel - Opening Doors to Stronger Communities: Value of Tourism

Moderator: Beverley DeSantis

1:45 PM - Open Doors Built with Purpose - From Community Roots to Global Investment

Featuring Brett Soberg (Eagle Wing Tours)

2:15 PM - Break

2:30 PM - Keeping the door open: Crisis Communications, Advocacy, and Managing Tourism Perception

Featuring Amber (TIABC)

3:30 PM - Summit Closing Keynote

4:15 PM - Summit Closing Remarks