TOTA Summit Agenda
Our Doors Are Open -
The Confluence of People, Places, Possibilities
Wednesday, 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: Our Doors Are Open to New Realities and Possible Solutions - Laura Jones (BC Business Council)
2:00 PM - Kamloops Learning Journeys - Three Concurrent Learning Journeys, all ending at the BC Wildlife Park (choose 1)
5:00 PM - Tourism Kamloops Welcome Reception at BC Wildlife Park
Thursday, October 8, 2026
7:30 AM - Breakfast
8:30 AM - Day 2 Opening & Indigenous Welcome
9:00 AM - Opening Session: Open Door to Possibility: Attracting Investment, Building the Future
Featuring: Jennifer Horsnell (Destination Canada)
9:45 AM - Break
10:00 AM - Session 1: Breakouts - Three Concurrent Breakout Sessions (choose 1)
10:45 AM - Break
11:00 PM - Session 2: Breakouts - Three Concurrent Breakout Sessions (choose 1)
12:00 PM - Lunch & Presentation
12:45 PM - Biosphere Recognition
1:30 PM - Session 3: Panel - Opening Doors to Stronger Communities: Value of Tourism
Featuring: Elizabeth Clark (Canopy Collective), Christina Pilarski (CIPR Communications), Bill Sarai (City of Kamloops Councillor), Jenna Robins (Trilogy Solutions & Salmon Arm Tourism), Amy Kneller (Symphony Tourism Services). Moderator: Beverley DeSantis
2:15 PM - Session 4: Open Doors Built with Purpose - From Community Roots to Global Investment
Featuring: Brett Soberg (Eagle Wing Tours)
3:00 PM - Break
3:15 PM - Session 5: Opening Doors to Advocacy, Preparedness and the Future of Tourism
Featuring: Amber Papou (TIABC)
4:00 PM - Summit Closing Keynote: Opening Our Doors to Unexpected Champions of Tourism
Featuring: Hugh Culver (Friends of the South Slopes)
4:45 PM - Summit Closing Remarks