Day One
October 25, 2022
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Supply Chain and its Impact on Tourism
- Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at University of Dalhousie
Spotlight on Local
- Mathieu Robitaille, Marketing Director, Metro,
- Andrew Purvis, Store Manager, Metro Huntsville
- Hannah Sherrett, COO and Sales Manager, Georgian Bay Granola Company
- Sheila Hannon, Founder, Georgian Bay Granola Company
Greetings from the Federal Minister of Tourism & Associate Minister of Finance
- Honourable Randy Boissonnault
Fireside Chat
- Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Canadian Minister of Tourism & Associate Minister of Finance
- Beth Potter, President & CEO , TIAC
- Chris Bloore, President & CEO, TIAO
Greetings from Tony Baldinelli
- Tony Baldinelli, MP for Niagara Falls, Shadow Cabinet Minister for Tourism
The Economic Lens
- Moderator Andrew Weir, Executive Vice President, Destination Development
- JanWillem Gille, Director Investment Attraction Western Europe
- Britnie Bazylewski, Tourism Coordinator, Town of Lincoln
- Steve Furness, Senior Economic Development Officer, Grey County
Concurrent Session
Fireside Chat
- Honourable Neil Lumsden, Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport
- Kevin Eshkawkogan, President & CEO, ITO
Greetings from Minister McNaughton
- Honourable Monte McNaugton, Minister of of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
Affordable Housing: A provincial issue impacting our foundation
- Moderator Jessica Ng, Director, Policy and Government Affairs, TIAO
- Claudia Dessanti, Senior Manager of Policy, Ontario Chamber of Commerce
- Annie Hodgins, Executive Director, Canadian Centre for Housing Rights,
- Kate Monk, Sr Director, Regenerative Tourism Development & Communications, RTO12 & Explorers Edge CoCreation Lab
Resilience: Lessons and Solutions from THER
- Adam Morrison, President and CEO, OTEC
Labour Market: A Youth Perspective
- Chris Bloore, President & CEO, TIAO
- Mark Capistrano
- Sapphire Supersad
- Simone Gonsalves
Day Two
October 26, 2022
OTS23 Location Announcement
- Victoria Clarke, CEO, Mississauga Tourism
Biinaagami: Our Shared Responsibility to the Great Lakes
- Charlene Bearhead, Director of Reconciliation, Royal Canadian Geographical Society
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Google - Search is Intent; Search is Reality
- Jon Bromstein, Head of Industry, Google
UNWTO - Digital Online Integrity: Your Reputation is Yours
- Rebecca Mackenzie, President & CEO, Culinary Tourism Alliance
- Angela Vogel, Principal Client Partner, Trip Advisor
Advancing Sustainable Tourism in Ontario
- Angela Nagy, President & CEO, GreenStep Solutions
To Film or not to Film - what does it take?
- Justin Cutler, Ontario Film Commissioner, Ontario Creates
How to Use Storytelling to Inspire Travellers
- Jessica Robinson, Content Lead, Globe & Mail
- Lauchlan Rogers, Director, Marketing, Destination Ontario
Wine Country Ontario & VQA
- Magdalena Kaiser, Director of Public Relations - Marketing & Tourism for Wine Marketing Association of Ontario (WMAO)
Fostering Your Environment Beyond the Hire
- Tolu Aladejebi, Founder, Black In Hospitality
Sports Tourism Canada
- Grant MacDonald, Sports Tourism Expert, GM Event Inc. Previously, COO of Sports Tourism Canada
Release of the First Canadian Cannabis Tourism Report
- Susan Dupej, Cannabis Tourism Researcher; SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Guelph
Leadership in Respecting the Environment from Above
- Linda Kudzman, Director, Environmental Management Programs, Air Canada
Economic Opportunity from a different perspective - From the view of the Water
- Moderator Rick Layzell, CEO, Boating Ontario
- Paul Pepe, Manager of Tourism, Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission
- David Britton, Director, Ontario Waterways, Parks Canada
- Joanie McGuffin, Executive Director, Lake Superior Conservancy
Destination Ontario – Leading Together to Engage the Visitor
- Lisa LaVecchia, President & CEO, Destination Ontario
EXCLUSIVE: State of the Industry Tourism Report Release
- Dr. Jessica Ng, Director, Policy and Government Affairs, TIAO
- Daniel Safenyi, COO, OCC
Standalone Resources
- The 50/30 Challenge
- DiscoverAbility Network
- Search vs Social - The Globe and Mail
- Taking a Moment - Events by Dionne Inc
- Human Trafficking in Our Backyard
- Tax-effective Employee Benefits for Ontario's Hospitality Industry
- An Opportunity for your Municipality - Overland North
- Ontario Living Wage Network
- Sustainable Orillia
- Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO)
- Via Rail
- TikTok Canada