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Highlights of the Conference• The Wednesday night
Welcome event
• An incredible speaker lineup, including Bob Rae, Eric Dudley and Philippe Ki from Burkina Faso.
• Presentations from EWB overseas volunteers on their work
• Skill-building workshops
• Connecting with other chapters and bonding with your own chapter’s delegation
• The EWB AGM
• Special award announcements, including volunteer of the year and chapter of the year
• Meeting EWB folks from overseas, from the national office, and from other chapters
• Interacting with faculty and professional engineers on “Collaboration Day”
• Getting inspired, informed, and re-energized!
personal experience +
chapter experience =
incredibly strong chapter with incredibly motivated members!
What are our chapter’s conference priorities? What do
we need to learn?
How can we maximize our presence at the conference?
How can we maximize the benefits from the conference for
the whole chapter?
Thursday
Thursday, January 17
Breakfast (8:00-8:30)
Introduction and Welcome (8:30 - 9:00)
Opening Keynote: Leslie Crutchfield
Break (9:45-10:00)
EWB Approach Workshops
Break (11:30-11:45)
Intro to EWB's Overseas Programs
Lunch - Overseas Connection (12:15-14:00)
Overseas Workshops/Case Studies
Intro to EWB's Canadian Programs (15:30-16:00)
Break (16:00-16:15)
Canadian Workshops/Case Studies
Dinner and Closing Address (17:45-19:15)
Keynote: Eric Dudley
Outreach Event (19:15-21:30)
Friday
Friday, January 18
Breakfast (8:00-8:30)
Collaboration Day Welcome (8:30-9:00)
Opening Keynote: Mary Coyle (9:00-9:45)
Break (9:45-10:00)
Small Panels – Session #1
Break (11:30-11:45)
Future Directions Reception (11:45-12:45)
Lunch – Celebrating Cdn Leaders (12:45-14:00)
Small Panels – Session #2
Break (15:30-15:45)
Key Panel on Effective Aid
Closing Address (17:00-17:45)
Keynote: Shauna Sylvester
Dinner Break (17:45-19:00)
Circle of the Baobob (19:00-20:00)
AGM
Friday Small Panel Sessions
Session #1 10:00 – 11:30
Under-standing
Aid
Influencing Decision Makers
Unpacking CSR
Repres-enting
Poverty
Successful Social
Movements
Cdn Org’s &
Intl Cooper-
ation
Communities &
Climate Change
Colonial Legacy
Access to
Water
Tertiary Education
in Develop-
ment
The Truth
Behind Fair
Trade
Session #2 14:00 – 15:30
Ethical Consump-
tion
Social Entrepreneurs: Role Models
Cdn Companies:
Sphere of
Influence
Agricultural
Subsidies
Movements vs.
Individuals
Gender from a
Livelihoods Approach
Corruption Resource Extraction
Interventions to Benefit Smallholder Livelihoods
Monitoring &
Evaluation
Saturday
Saturday, January 19
Breakfast (8:00-9:00)
Opening Panel (9:00-9:45)
Break (9:45-10:00)
Skillbuilding Workshops #1
Break (11:30-11:45)
Lunch – Chapter Awards Ceremony (11:45-13:15)
Skillbuilding Workshops #2
Break (14:45-15:00)
Skillbuilding Workshops #3
Chapter & Reflection Time (16:30-17:30)
Break (17:30-19:00)
Gala Banquet & Keynote Address
Saturday Schedule
Skillbuilding Workshops Set #1 10:00 – 11:30
Engaging with MPs
Peer-to-Peer Facilitation
(English)
Peer-to-Peer Facilitation
(French)
Project Planning & Evaluation
Communications & Messaging
Personal Leadership: Taking the
Leap
Pro Chapter Exec Meeting
Student Chapter Exec
Meeting
Saturday Schedule…
Skillbuilding Workshops Set #213:15 – 14:45
Returned JF07:
Maximizing Impact
Finance National
Reps
So You Want to Be an
LTOV?
School Outreach National
Reps
Public Outreach National
Reps
Working with the Media
Workplace Outreach
(Pro Chapters)
EWB’s IT Systems
Future Leaders
So You Want to be
a JF?
Saturday Schedule…
Skillbuilding Workshops Set #315:00 – 16:30
Future Leaders
Talking to the Public
Returned OVS Alumni
(En/Fr)
Member Learning National
Reps
Building the Global Engineer
So You Want to be an LTOV? (French)
Fundraising National
Reps (En/Fr)
Building a Fair Trade
Campus
Coaching &
Mentoring
Econ 101
EWB National Conference 2008 =
incredible opportunity for learning!
EWB National Conference 2008 =
incredible opportunity for learning!
For YOU and your CHAPTER!!
One Personal Goal. Example: “I will ask three questions to
different long-term overseas volunteers”; “I will learn about careers
in development.”
One Chapter GoalExample: “I will get one new
fundraising idea”; “I will take notes on the sessions I go to and write up what I
learn for the whole chapter
See you in Montréal!