Conference Materials
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Thursday, April 9, 2015
LOCATION: ANNAPOLIS ROYAL REGIONAL ACADEMY – 590 St George St, Annapolis Royal, NS
Two internationally recognized authors and speakers on new economics will each provide a short address, followed by a conversation with a guest moderator and discussions with the audience.
Michael Shuman – “The New Principles and Practice of Local Economic Development”
Marq de Villiers – “Solutions for Small Communities Are Already Here”
Moderator – Gregory Heming
Friday, April 10, 2015
LOCATION: ANNAPOLIS ROYAL REGIONAL ACADEMY – 590 St George St, Annapolis Royal, NS
Main Hall – Opening Plenary Remarks – Robert Cervelli – “Setting the Stage: Next-in-class Tools for the New Economic Model”
Main Hall – Plenary Keynote Address – Michael Shuman – “The Coming Rural Renaissance, and the Tools of Local Economic Development that Can Accelerate It”
Friday Breakout Sessions
# 1 – Localizing Community Investment (Room 307)
MODERATOR: Michael Shuman
PANELLISTS:
Abel Lazarus, Securities Analyst, Nova Scotia Securities Commission (No slides)
Jonathan McLellan, Nova Scotia Co-operative Council
# 2 – Local Complementary Currencies (Room 322)
MODERATOR: Alice Maggio, Local Currency Director for the Centre for New Economics
PANELLISTS:
Michael Barton, Tatamagouche LETS System
Grace Murray, Downtown Truro Dollars (No Slides)
# 3 – Shared Community Resources (Room 321)
MODERATOR: Susan Witt (No slides)
PANELLISTS:
Kelly Schnare, Halifax Tool Library
Derek Gillis, Community Transit Nova Scotia
Frances Schagen, Kentville Development Corporation
# 4 – Local Energy Production and Distribution (Room 303)
MODERATOR: Dana Morin, Fundy Tidal
PANELLISTS:
Don Regan, Superintendent, Berwick Electrical Commission
Bob Ashley, CAO, The City of Summerside
Eric Christmas, Director of Operations, Beaubassin Mi’kmaq Wind Management Ltd.
LOCATION: ANNAPOLIS BASIN CONFERENCE CENTRE – 761 Broadway Ave, Cornwallis Park, NS
Banquet address: Steven Joudry First Nations and Rural Communities: Balance requires moving from isolation & marginalization to integration & collaboration.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
LOCATION: ANNAPOLIS ROYAL REGIONAL ACADEMY – 590 St George St, Annapolis Royal, NS
Main Hall – Plenary Keynote Conversation: Two internationally recognized authors and speakers on new economics will each provide a short address, followed by a conversation with a guest moderator and discussions with the audience.
Dr. Anders Hayden – Slides: “Green Growth and Beyond”
Susan Witt – Slides: “Community Supported Industry”
Moderator – Robert Cervelli
Saturday breakout Sessions
#5 Small Farms and Food-sheds as Economic Drivers (Room 303)
MODERATOR: Joan Brady, Director, National Farmers Union
PANELLISTS:
Keltie Butler, Executive Director, Farmer’s Markets of Nova Scotia
Patrick Henderson, Really Local Harvest
Alicia Lake, Coordinator – Pan Cape Breton Local Food Hub
#6 Value-added Fisheries as a Resource of the Commons (Room 322)
MODERATOR: Sheila Bird, Our Lobsters, Our Communities
PANELLISTS:
David Adler, Off the Hook (Community Supported Fishery)
Michael Graham, College of the North Atlantic (Wave Energy Research Centre)
Alen Newell, Trap-Caught Shrimp, Canso
#7 Rebuilding the Value Chain from our Forests (Room 321)
MODERATOR: Will Martin, President, NS Woodlot Owners and Operators Association
PANELLISTS:
Kari Easthouse, Cape Breton Privateland Partnership
Harold Alexander, North Range Timber Products
Glyn Bissix, Department of Community Development, Acadia University
#8 Arts & Culture Economy (Room 307)
MODERATOR: Allister Surette, President and Vice-chancellor of Université Sainte-Anne (No Slides)
PANELLISTS:
Marlene Ivey, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Design, NS College of Art & Design
Genevieve Allen Hearn, Arts Administrator, Kings County, NS
Marc Gauthier, Chair, Aberdeen Centre, Moncton, NB
Shalan Joudry, Mi’kmaw writer, performance artist and oral storyteller (No Slides)
Sunday, April 12, 2015
LOCATION: ANNAPOLIS ROYAL REGIONAL ACADEMY – 590 St George St, Annapolis Royal, NS
Main Hall – Plenary Keynote: Gregory Heming – “Economy and the Politics of Place“
Main Hall – Sunday Plenary Session – Governance in the New Economy: Living A New Narrative
The shift to a local, restorative economy must be matched by a shift in our model of local governance. This shift will require a grassroots democracy comprised of citizens familiar with and loyal to a particular place. It will be a model of citizenship and livelihood that is fair, equal, bold and visionary.
Moderator: Teresa MacNeil, Chair of the Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotia
Panellists: John Ferguson, CAO, Municipal County of Annapolis
Rankin MacSween, President, New Dawn Enterprises
Jack Novack, Professor, College of Continuing Education, Dalhousie
Dayle Eshelby, Municipal Councillor, Town of Lockport
