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!