Program

Sunday June 17, 2012
Location: Elm Hurst Inn and Spa
Time	Planned Program	Planned Program
3:00 – 8:00pm	Registration and Check In – Early Arrival
3:00 – 8:00pm	On the Oxford Trails – Tour Oxford County Trails with Guides from the Oxford County Trails Committee *More Information*

**DAY 1** – Monday, June 18, 2012
Location: Elm Hurst Inn and Spa
Time	Planned Program	Planned Program
7:30 -9:00am	*Registration*
8:00 – 8:20am	Opening Remarks: Warden Don McKay, Oxford County More Information
8:20 – 9:00am	The Ontario Trails Strategy – Renewed Mandate Craig Stewart, Manager and Carol Oitment, Project Manager; Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport Larry Ketcheson, CEO, Parks and Recreation Ontario. John Lohuis, BA, MBA, CMMIII; Canadian Parks and Recreation Association Moderator: Chris Laforest, President, Ontario Trails Council President More Information
9:00 – 10:00am	Carolinian Canada Coalition: Building the CCC Lake Erie Stewardship Trail Invited Speakers: Michelle Kantor, Executive Director, CCC Trail Dan Dufour, Director of Trail Development, CCC Trail Moderator: Cathy Bingham, Director CCC Trail More Information
10:00 – 10:10am	Coffee Break
10:10 – 11:00am	Trails Education – About the OTC Program Invited Speakers: Jeff Jackson, Professor, Algonquin College Paul Ronan, Executive Director, Ontario Parks Association Graham Burke, Facilitator, Ontario Trails Education Program Moderator: Damian Bradley, Chair Trillium Trail Education Program More Information
11:00 – 11:50am	*Towards a Provincial Cycling Strategy* Invited Speakers: Sustainable Transportation Office, Ministry of Transportation Doug Cota, President, Cycle Ontario Howard Pulver, President, Bike-On Tours Moderator: Alan Medcalf, Board Member, Ontario Trails Council More Information
12:00 – 1:00pm	Working Luncheon *with* Ontario Trails Council AGM More Information
1:00 – 2:00pm	Provincial – National Trails Panel With Remarks from – Minister of Tourism and Culture, The Honourable Michael Chan Invited Speakers: Robert Ramsay, Director, Canadian Off-Highway Vehicles Dennis Burns, Executive Director, Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations John Cushing, President, Canadian Trails Federation Moderator: Wayne Daub, All Terrain Quad Council of Canada More Information
2:00-2:50pm	Regional Trail Initiatives Guelph TCT Rail Trail - with Amanda Gebhardt, Landscape Architect, MMM Cycling Study Group Guelph to Goderich Greenway – with Chris Gosselin, Planner, Waterloo Region Wellington County Active Transportation – with Amanada Gebhardt, Landscape Architect, MMM Group Essex Trail Development - with Kevin Money, ERCA Moderator: Patrick Connor, Ontario Trails Council More Information
3:00 – 3:15pm	*Coffee Break*
3:15 – 4:30pm	Northern Trail Projects Nipigon Rail To Trail - with Kirsten Spence and Nipigon Economic Development Path of the Paddle - with Trans Canada Trail and Hap Wilson Moderator: Dan Andrews, Trans Canada Trail Ontario More Information
5:00 – 7:00pm		Canadian Trails Federation Annual General Meeting More Information

**DAY 2** – Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Location: Elm Hurst Inn and Country Spa and Off-site
Time	Planned Program	Planned Program
7:30 – 9:00am	Registration
9:00 – 10:30am	SAY YES to Trails This plenary session will provide examples from trail leaders who have achieved trail development in the face of competing challenges. Bring your local clerk and a counsellor! This session will teach them about the value of trails and why, SAYING YES to TRAILS works for these communities and how they can say it more at home! Opening Remarks - Warden Don McKay, Zorra-Tavistock Invited Speakers: Tom Beaton, Director, Parks, Recreation and Cemeteries Chatham-Kent Jay Cranstone, B.Sc., MLA, O.A.L.A, C.S.L.A., Senior Landscape Architect, MMM Group Stephen Paul, Director, Economic Development, Lennox and Addington County Moderator: Damian Bradley, Ontario Trails Council More Information
10:30-10:40am	*Coffee Break*
10:40-11:50am	Rouge Park – Canada’s First Urban Wilderness Park Invited Speakers: Diana Smyth, Trail Coordinator, Rouge Park Mike Bender, Manager of Conservation Lands, Toronto Region Conservation Authority Don Ross, Executive Director, Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve Moderator: Cathy Bingham, Director, Carolinian Canada Coalition More Information
12:00 – 1:00pm	Luncheon
1:00 – 3:00pm	Trails Tourism – A cohesive RTO approach Invited Speakers: Michele MacKenzie, CEO Canadian Tourism Commission James Murphy, Director, Explorers Edge Beth Potter, President Tourism Industry Association of Ontario Bill Sullivan, Director of Marketing RTO7 Moderator: Chris Hughes, BC Hughes Toursim Consulting More Information
3:00 – 3:15pm	*Coffee Break*
3:15 – 5:00pm	On the Oxford Trails – Tour Oxford County Trails with Guides from the Oxford County Trails Committee More Information
6:00 – 9:00pm	Trails Training and Skill Development with Direct Bearing More Information

**Day 3 –** Wednesday June 20, 2012
Location: Elm Hurst Inn and Spa- Carriage House
Time	Planned Program	Planned Program
7:30 – 8:30am	Registration
9:00 – 12:00pm	Trails Training and Skill Development with Direct Bearing *More Information*
12:00 – 1:00pm	*Lunch*
1:00 – 4:00pm	Trails Training and Skill Development with Direct Bearing *More Information*