Urban Forests and Sustainable Cities Conference Program Schedule
The Conference is October 26th, from 9 am to 6 pm, at the Filberg Center 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay. The goal of this conference is to have an open forum for discussions and recommendations based on current knowledge of urban design and ecology. We are asking that all interested parties pre-register at . The cost is $30 per person, cash or cheque (payable to Comox Valley Nature) at the door on October 26th. A light lunch is included.
The program schedule is as follows.
8:00 Doors open for sign in and payment, cash or cheque only, (no cards)
9:00 Welcome from CVN and thank you to attendees (Jim Boulter)
9:05 Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells; Welcome from City of Courtenay and CVRD
9:15 Nancy Gothard “Courtenay Urban Forest Plan”
Nancy Gothard has been with the City of Courtenay since 2010, hired as the organization’s first Environmental Planner in which she worked on development applications and monitoring. Her current title of Policy Planner is within the newly formed Community and Sustainability Planning Division at the City and includes longer range policy work including the review of the City’s Official Community Plan.
10:10 Loys Maingon “A New Understanding of Forest Ecology”
Loys Maingon (MA, PhD, MSc) is registered professional Biologist, webinar host for the Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists and Secretary for the Association of Professional Biologists of BC. He currently serves as Research Director for the Strathcona Wilderness Institute.
11:05 Will Marsh “Adaptive Design”
William M. Marsh is University of Michigan professor emeritus of physical geography and Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture, UBC. He is author of several books on environment and land planning, including Landscape Planning: Environmental Applications (2010. John Wiley, NY).
12:00 to 12:45 Light lunch of Soup and sandwiches included in registration fee
12:45 Thomas Dishlevoy: “The Comox Valley Living City Challenge”.
Tom is a registered architect and urbanist with over 20 years of practice in the Comox Valley. He is a LEED certified professional and the Ambassador for the Living Building Challenge on Vancouver Island.
1:40 Alison Mewett: “Urban Trees”
Alison M. Mewett is a BC Landscape Architect who lives in the Comox Valley. She has practiced landscape planning and design in the private and public sectors for 35 years, including a stint with the CVRD as manager of parks and environment.
2: 35 Royann Petrell: “Urban Avian Ecology”
Royann Petrell (PhD, MSc) is a professor emerita from UBC, and has developed research tools to
monitor wild aquatic species, establish a better understanding of sustainable aquaculture as well as remove heavy metals from storm water using waste materials. She considers herself to be an ecological engineer, and always begins an engineering design with needs of the organism within its environment.
3: 30 Round table and discussions with Q&A
4:30 to 6:00 Informal social and discussion time
6:00 Conference closes.