Canadian Badlands Ltd. is gearing up for its second annual conference and AGM, and is excited to be hosting it at the new Badlands Community Facility.
The conference is scheduled for March 28 and 29 and is about Building, Moving and Growing. Bob Davis, executive director of Canadian Badlands, says they are expecting in the area of 150, including Canadian Badlands shareholders and people involved in the tourism industry at large.
“We are excited to be able to host a region-wide event in a brand new exciting
facility in the heart of the Canadian Badlands,” said Davis.
There are number of different seminars at the conference. There are three streams of sessions; one is on tourism investment readiness.
“This is for someone who has land or a business and may like to expand, or get connected into the tourism industry. Our investment readiness workshop would be good for them,” said Davis.
Another stream of seminars are on cluster development.
“There are various clusters of tourism activities in the Badlands and those range from bed and breakfasts to artists to people who produce Badlands specific foods or these kind of things. If a person is interested in getting involved in this type of thing, they could go into that stream,” said Davis.
This includes a historical development panel as well as a panel on guided tours.
The third stream of seminars is about communicating. It includes a session on innovative uses of technology.
“We are going to introduce some apps to get to know the Canadians Badlands,” said Davis.
Part of this session includes a presentation from Travel Alberta and is Remember to Breath campaign, as well as a session on how to work with the media.
Throughout the event there will be displays throughout the conference centre and opportunities to network with Canadian Badlands shareholders and operators.
In the evening there will be a dinner and the Honourable Jack Hayden, Minister of Tourism will be the keynote speaker.
On Thursday morning, Canadian Badlands will be holding its AGM.
For more information on the conference see www.canadianbadlands.org.
