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Tuesday October 11, 2005

  • 4:00 Check-in
  • 6:00 Welcome
    • Coast Salish welcome: Audrey Rivers
    • Aims of Imagine BC and Year Two Delegates
  • 6:30 Dinner and Discussion
  • 7:30 Delegates' BC Stories
    • Daring to Imagine
    • Personal connections to British Columbia and compelling questions for the future are discussed
  • 9:00 Session Ends

Wednesday October 12, 2005

  • 8:00 Breakfast
  • 8:30 A Frame Work for Dialogue: Joanna Ashworth
  • 9:00 Dialogue
    • What is the current state of BC's ecology?
    • What is the current state of BC's economy?
  • 12:45 Lunch
  • 1:30 The Patterns of Progress: Ronald Wright
    • What are the progress traps?
    • Where are we doing things right?
  • 4:15 Nature time
  • 6:00 Pre-dinner gathering
    • The Meaning of Progress: Ronald Wright
  • 7:30 Dinner
  • 7:30 BC's Future and Possible Paths
    • Conversation tables with invited guests and report out
  • 9:30 Session ends

Thursday October 13, 2005

  • 8:00 Breakfast
  • 9:00 Review and reflections on previous day
    • "The art of the long view" process overview for scenarios: Nancy Hall
  • 9:30 Scenario building
  • 12:30 Lunch
  • 3:00 The paths ahead
    • Report back: Three British Columbian futures
    • Analysis, implications and documentation
  • 4:30 Break
  • 6:15 Dinner

Friday October 14, 2005

  • Preparation for Reporting Out
  • 9:00 Review of key points in dialogue
    • Scenarios and consensus output
    • Next steps in dialogue
  • 12:00 Session ends; Delegates depart

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