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Conference 2010 – Program Schedule

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Thursday
May 6th
17:00 Registration Opens Lobby
20:00 Opening Session/Introductory Remarks Ballroom
20:15—21:15 Keynote: Chris Turner Ballroom
21:15—21:30 Opening Ceremony Ballroom
21:30—23:30 Reception & Social Ballroom
21:30 No Host Bar Opens Ballroom
23:30 No Host Bar Closes Ballroom
24:00 Room Closes Ballroom

Friday
May 7th
7:30 Registration Lobby
7:30—8:30 Breakfast Buffet Main Hallway/Ballroom
7:45—8:30 ACEE AGM Ballroom or Breakout
8:45 Welcome/Introductions Ballroom
9:00 Keynote: Craig Kielburger Ballroom
10:00 Audience Question Period Ballroom
10:00—17:00 Exhibits Open Exhibits Area
10:20 Nutrition Break & Travel  
10:40—12:00 Breakout Sessions 1  
12:00-13:00 Lunch  
13:00—14:20 Breakout Sessions 2  
14:20—14:40 Nutrition Break  
14:40—16:00 Breakout Sessions 3  
16:00—18:00 Free Time/Informal Activities  
18:00—19:30 Dinner Buffet Ballroom
19:00—19:15 GEOEC Awards  
19:30—20:30 Keynote: Geoff Green Ballroom
21:00—23:30 Social Gathering/Informal Jam Ballroom
24:00 Social Gathering Closes  

Saturday
May 8th
7:30-8:30 Breakfast Buffet  
7:45—8:30 GEOEC AGM Ballroom or Breakout
8:30 Welcome — Michael Podlosky & Gareth Thomson
Greetings — Wesley Oginski, Alberta Education
Ballroom
08:45 Local Perspective — Youth Speaker  
9:00 Symposium Facilitator — Kim Rowe  
9:10 Vision Conversation

- What competencies/aptitudes does an environmentally literate global citizen student have?
- What does the ideal system/environment look like that creates students that are environmentally literate global citizens?
10:00 Community Perspective — Youth Speaker Response  
10:00 Audience Question Period Ballroom
10:30 Generating Action/Solutions
(Breakout Groups & Nutrition Break)
 
11:45 Prioritizing Actions/Strategies  
12:00—13:00 Networking Lunch  
13:00 Global Perspective — Youth Speaker  
13:15 Focus on Priority Areas
(Breakout Groups)
 
14:15 Group Reports and Commitment Questions

- What is currently being done to fulfill this action?
- What will you do to fulfill this action?
15:00 Reconvene/Break  
15:15 Large Group Sharing of Common Actions, Commitments, and Understandings

- What can we do to help each other?
15:45 Themeweavers — Jeff Reading and Pat Worthington  
16:00 Free Time/Informal Activities  
18:00—19:30 Buffet Dinner  
18:00—23:00 Silent Auction  
19:30 Closing Ceremony  
20:00—24:00? Dance with Live Band (TR3)  

Sunday
May 9th
8:30—9:30 Informal Field Trips Leave (Hikes, Group Ski, Tours)  

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