Building an Economic Plan for Community-Wide Success
Economic development planning is a critical foundation for shaping a vibrant, sustainable, and economically competitive environment in a community or region. In the wake of COVID-19, many communities will face the daunting challenge of rebuilding their local economies and business zones as the digital economy takes hold. Significant advantages can accrue to those organizations that move aggressively to refine, rethink, and redesign their economic development strategy.
Public Sector Network’s Economic Development Planning for Municipalities virtual event will equip attendees with the tools and ideas they need for creating vibrant and resilient rural communities for the long term. The event will also share economic growth strategies at the municipal level and solutions for economic recovery and expansion plans.
Your Expert Speakers
Joani Gerber
Chief Executive Officer, investStratford
Stratford Economic Enterprise Development Corporation
Chris Rickett BES, MPA
Director, Municipal and Stakeholder Relations, Valuation and Customer Relations
Municipal Property Assessment Corporation
Dallas Gislason
Director of Economic Development
South Island Prosperity Partnership (Victoria, Canada)
Raphael Costa
Director, Economic and Cultural Development
City of Vaughan
Jonathan Wheatle MBA, PMP, ITIL
Director, Economic Strategy
The Regional Municipality of York
Stephannie Schlichter
Director, Economic & Creative Development
City of Barrie
Samuel Lau
Director, Business Development
Environics Analytics
Key Takeaways
A must-attend event for public sector organisations looking to:
Agenda
9:00am PT & 12:00pm ET
Welcome from PSN
9:05am PT & 12:05pm ET
Opening Remarks from the Chair
9:20am PT & 12:20pm ET
Government Keynote: Realigning Your Growth and Development Strategy: Learning to Adapt for the Digital Economy
9:35am PT & 12:35pm ET
Platinum Keynote: Digital T55pxransformation in Economic Development: Integrating Technology into Your Economic Development Strategy
9:50am PT & 12:50pm ET
Government Case Study: Building Sustainable Communities: New Economic Development Models to Revitalize Local Businesses and Communities
10:05am PT & 1:05pm PT
Government Case Study: Creating Liveable Cities: Embracing Community Diversity as a Competitive Advantage
10:20am PT & 1:20pm ET
Break
10:25am PT & 1:25pm ET
Gold Spotlight: Session from Environics
10:40am PT & 1:40pm ET
Panel Discussion: Creating a Stakeholder Culture in Your Local Economic Development Planning
11:10am PT & 2:10pm ET
Closing Remarks from the Chair & End of session
Registration
What’s included in your registration:
Virtual Presentations
Hear from public sector leaders about the latest trends and exploring how to instantly apply these insights and gaining unique perspectives
Interactivity
An opportunity to engage with the inspiring speaker panel and peers in the live Q&A and polling to discover answers to shared challenges
Leading Technology Solutions
Hear from solutions providers in the government space as they explore key technologies to improve citizen services
On-Demand
Receive on-demand access to session content after the conference on the complimentary Public Sector Network social learning platform
Complimentary for public sector employees only *
