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