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OTS22 Presentations

Day One

October 25, 2022

Greetings from the Premier of Ontario

  • Premier Doug Ford

Recording

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Supply Chain and its Impact on Tourism

  • Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at University of Dalhousie

Presentation

Recording

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

Presentation & Recording

Gateway Decisions

  • Craig Bradbrook, Chief Operating Officer, GTAA

Recording

Tourism Innovation Lab Winner

  • Camp Petawachuan

Inspirational Feature

Greetings from the Federal Minister of Tourism & Associate Minister of Finance

  • Honourable Randy Boissonnault

Recording

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

  • Beth Potter, President & CEO, TIAC

Recording

Fireside Chat

  • Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Canadian Minister of Tourism & Associate Minister of Finance
  • Beth Potter, President & CEO , TIAC
  • Chris Bloore, President & CEO, TIAO

Recording

Greetings from Tony Baldinelli

  • Tony Baldinelli, MP for Niagara Falls, Shadow Cabinet Minister for Tourism

Recording

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

Recording

Fireside Chat

  • Honourable Neil Lumsden, Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport
  • Kevin Eshkawkogan, President & CEO, ITO

Recording

Greetings from Minister McNaughton

  • Honourable Monte McNaugton, Minister of of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development

Recording

Labour: The Big Picture

  • Joe Baker, CEO, Joe Baker & Co.

Presentation

Recording

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

Recording

Resources & Further Reading

Resilience: Lessons and Solutions from THER

  • Adam Morrison, President and CEO, OTEC

Presentation

Recording

Labour Market: A Youth Perspective

  • Chris BloorePresident & CEO, TIAO
  • Mark Capistrano
  • Sapphire Supersad
  • Simone Gonsalves

Recording

 

 

Day Two

October 26, 2022

OTS23 Location Announcement

  • Victoria Clarke, CEO, Mississauga Tourism

Presentation

Explore Mississauga

Taking a Moment

  • Dionne Bishop, Founder & CEO, Events by Dionne Inc.

Recording

Biinaagami: Our Shared Responsibility to the Great Lakes

  • Charlene Bearhead, Director of Reconciliation, Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Presentation

Recording

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Google - Search is Intent; Search is Reality

  • Jon Bromstein, Head of Industry, Google

Recording

Tourism Innovation Lab Winner

  • Take A Hike Trail Guide

Inspirational Feature

UNWTO - Digital Online Integrity: Your Reputation is Yours

  • Rebecca Mackenzie, President & CEO, Culinary Tourism Alliance
  • Angela Vogel, Principal Client Partner, Trip Advisor

Presentation & Recording

Advancing Sustainable Tourism in Ontario

  • Angela Nagy, President & CEO, GreenStep Solutions

Recording

To Film or not to Film - what does it take?

  • Justin Cutler, Ontario Film Commissioner, Ontario Creates

Presentation

Ontario Creates

How to Use Storytelling to Inspire Travellers

  • Jessica Robinson, Content Lead, Globe & Mail
  • Lauchlan Rogers, Director, Marketing, Destination Ontario

Presentation

Wine Country Ontario & VQA

  • Magdalena Kaiser, Director of Public Relations - Marketing & Tourism for Wine Marketing Association of Ontario (WMAO)

Presentation

Fostering Your Environment Beyond the Hire

  • Tolu Aladejebi, Founder, Black In Hospitality

Presentation

Recording

Sports Tourism Canada

  • Grant MacDonald, Sports Tourism Expert, GM Event Inc. Previously, COO of Sports Tourism Canada

Presentation

Recording

Tourism Innovation Lab Winner

  • IndigiMaps

Inspirational Feature

Release of the First Canadian Cannabis Tourism Report

  • Susan Dupej, Cannabis Tourism Researcher; SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Guelph

Presentation

Recording

Leadership in Respecting the Environment from Above

  • Linda Kudzman, Director, Environmental Management Programs, Air Canada

Presentation

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

Presentation

Canoes for Conservation

Destination  Ontario – Leading Together to Engage the Visitor

  • Lisa LaVecchia, President & CEO, Destination Ontario

Recording

EXCLUSIVE: State of the Industry Tourism Report Release

  • Dr. Jessica Ng, Director, Policy and Government Affairs, TIAO
  • Daniel Safenyi, COO, OCC

Recording