Speaker List
* invited, to be confirmed.
Speakers Include:
Hon. Gordon Campbell, Premier, Province of British Columbia, Canada
HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco; Member, International Olympic Committee, Monaco
Elyse Allan, President and CEO, General Electric (GE) Canada
Rick Antonson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Vancouver, Canada
Dr. Thomas Bach, Vice President, International Olympic Committee, Germany
Simon Balderstone, Director, Ways and Means Consultancy Pty Ltd; IOC Environment Adviser, Australia
Jenitha Badul, Director for Greening, Support to FIFA 2010 World Cup Greening, Department of Environmental Affairs & Tourism, South Africa
Roger Bayley, Design Manager, Millenium Water (Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver); Principal, Merrick Architecture Ltd., Canada
Andres Botero, Member, IOC Sport and Environment Commission, Colombia
Enrico Carbone, Member, IOC S&E Commission, Italy
Michael Chambers, President, Canadian Olympic Committee, Canada
David Chernushenko, Founder, Living Lightly Project; Vice-Chair, National Round Table of the Environment and the Economy, Canada
Judith Conrad, Head of Department of Ethics & Development, National Olympic Committee, Switzerland
Charmaine Crooks, President, Olympians Canada, Canadian Olympic Committee Member, Canada
Julius DeHeer, Consultant in sustainable development in sport, J. deHeer Consulting, Switzerland
Yaping Deng, Member, IOC Sport & Environment Commission; Olympic Gold Medalist (Table Tennis), China
Bruce Dewar, CEO, 2010 Legacies Now, Canada
Ann Duffy, Corporate Sustainability Officer, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), Canada
Gilbert Felli, Olympic Games Executive Director, IOC, Switzerland
Michael Fennell, President, Common Wealth Games Federation, Jamaica
Amy Fraenkel, Director, Regional Office for North America, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Washington DC, USA
John Furlong, CEO, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games (VANOC), Canada Representative, International Olympic Committee
Paul Gauthier, Paralympic Gold Medalist (Boccia), Canada
Chief Leah George-Wilson, Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, Canada
Ian Gill, President, Ecotrust Canada, Canada
Zoumaro Gnofame, IOC Sport and Environment Commission Member and Former Minister of Environment, Togo
Jack Groh, Director, Environmental Program, National Football League, USA
Hon. Colin Hansen, Minister of Finance & Minister Responsible for the 2010 Olympics, Province of BC, Canada
Bob Johnston, Principal, National Practice Leader for Sport, Cannon Design Architects Inc. (Richmond Oval), Canada
Lois Joseph, Councillor, representing Taya7 Kuk'pi7, Chief Leonard Andrew, Lil'wat Nation, Canada
Tewanee Joseph, Executive Director and CEO, Four Host First Nations Secretariat, Canada
Issac Kalua, Founder and Chairperson, Green Africa Foundation, Kenya
George Kazantzopoulos, Member, IOC Sport and Environment Commission; Founder and President, Institute Team for the World, Greece
Nicola Kettlitz, General Manager, Vancouver 2010 Olympic Project Team for Coca-Cola Ltd., Italy
Thomas Kineshanko, Habitat Enterprises, Canada
Colin Kinsley, Chair, Prince George Spirit of BC Community Committee, Canada
Dmitri Kolosov, Head of Environmental Support Department, Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, Russia
Doug Konkin, Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Environment, Canada
Adam Kreek, Olympic Gold Medalist (Rowing), Canada
Brian Krieger, Director, 2010 Commerce Centre, BC Winter Games Secretariat, Canada
Antoine Masson-Delisle, Regional Marketing Director, Tennis Canada, Canada
Hon. Joan McIntyre, Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations, Province of BC; Member of the Legislative Assembly, West Vancouver - Garibaldi, Canada*
Ken Melamed, Mayor, Resort Municipality of Whistler, Canada
Masato Mizuno, Member, IOC Sport and Environment Commission; Chairman, Mizuno Corporation, Japan
Lambis Nikolaou, Vice President, International Olympic Committee, Greece
Theo Oben, Chief - Outreach Unit, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Kenya
Maurice Odera, Southlands Youth Parents Association, Kenya
Tatsuo Okada, Executive Director, Global Sports Alliance, Japan
David Parker, Vice President Sustainability, Teck, Canada
Hon. Barry Penner, Minister of Environment, Government of British Columbia, Canada
Tony Pigott, President and CEO, JWT Canada, Canada
Theresa Seymour, Sto:lo Nation, Canada
Jack Poole, Chair, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), Canada
Moura Quayle, Commissioner, Pacific Coast Collaborative Commission, Province of British Columbia, Canada
Audrey Rivers, Respected Elder, Squamish Nation, Canada
Gregor Robertson, Mayor, City of Vancouver, Canada
Pal Schmitt, Chair, IOC S&E Commission (Hungary), Switzerland
Rebecca "Beckie" Scott, Member, IOC Athletes Commission; Olympic Gold Medalist (Cross-Country Skiing), Canada
Tomas A. Ganda Sithole, Director, International Cooperation and Development, International Olympic Committee, Zimbabwe
Kim Smither, Managing Director, Octagon Canada, Canada
Henry Stoch, Senior Manager, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Canada
David Stubbs, Head of Environment and Sustainable Development, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG 2012), United Kingdom
Mossadiq Umedaly, Director and Chair, BC Hydro, Canada
Anna van der Kamp, Project Director, Clean Air Champions; Olympic Silver Medalist (Rowing), Canada
Thomas Van Dyck, Senior Vice President - Financial Consultant, Senior Consulting Group RBC Wealth Management - SRI Wealth Management Group, USA
Erich Vogt, Professorial Lecturer, American University, USA
Benjamin Warren, Director of Communications, Golf Environment Organisation, United Kingdom
Yu Xiaoxuan, Environment Director, Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), China
Ray Zahab, Adventurer and Founder, impossible2Possible, Canada
* invited, to be confirmed.