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OPENING PLENARY
Kit Grant has delivered more than 3,000 keynote presentations. His dynamic style combined with humor has positively influenced thousands of people to implement strategies that impact both personal and professional success. Kit specializes in “pushing people” outside their comfort zones to get the “even better results” they deserve.
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THE BUSINESS OF REAL ESTATE
Craig Hennigar, AACI, CFA, is an appraiser and consultant in the commercial real estate field in Canada. He is also contributing author for a number of courses including reserve fund planning and real estate business management of the University of British Columbia, Real Estate Division. His background includes work in appraisal, consulting, and brokerage across Canada and has worked with international firms including Colliers, PWC, and Altus as well as having run his own consulting firm. Currently Director of Market Intelligence (Research) for Colliers International in Canada.
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GOOGLE EARTH – INTRODUCTION
Jeff Godfrey is a fee appraiser in Nelson, BC. He’s held the AACI designation since 2000 and has been an AIC member since 1989. As a small town and rural practitioner, his work type is quite varied. Appraisal quality and efficiency of the valuation process interest him greatly. He has watched as technology has evolved and delivered on many of its promises. Jeff has written about some of this in the CPV magazine and for some Sauder School of Business course material. He is a director on AIC-BC provincial board, member of the Peer Review Committee AIC and a past member of the Admissions and Accreditation Committee. Jeff currently mentors two candidates.
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UNIQUE PROPERTIES CASE STUDY
Dan Wilson is owner and principal of Jackson & Associates Ltd., a large appraisal and consulting firm on Vancouver Island. Dan and his team provide valuation and consulting services in both the commercial and residential sectors throughout the southwest coast of BC. Past President of AIC-BC and AIC.
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UNIQUE PROPERTIES CASE STUDY
Dave Osland currently at Cunningham & Rivard (Victoria) – Dave brings over 47 years of appraisal experience, 5 years real property and business tax assessment & 42 years fee appraising all forms of real property including forestry use lands up to a half million acres, submerged lands, aviation use properties involving purpose built improvements, First Nation specific claims, treaty lands and expropriations. Former member of the BC Assessment Appeal Board and a Past President of AICBC.
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UNIQUE PROPERTIES CASE STUDY
Tim Down remains active in all aspects of investment, commercial and industrial real estate sales and consulting since starting his career as a fee appraiser in 1988. He has worked throughout BC in public and private industry as an appraiser, assessor, real estate consultant and realtor. He currently resides in Kelowna.
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CONTEMPORARY PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Michael Stefanovic is a Senior Consultant for World Class Productivity (WCP) Inc. Michael is the author of a number of popular project management courses including Project Contracting and Procurement Management and Managing Stakeholder Expectations. Michael is currently a Visiting Professor at SFU, School for Public Policy where he is teaching a graduate course in project management. He has also taught undergraduate courses in project management at the Ryerson Polytechnic University. Michael has over 25 years of "hands-on" project management experience. He has extensive international experience, and has been delivering WCP project management courses for over 15 years.
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GOOGLE EARTH – ADVANCED
Jeff Godfrey is a fee appraiser in Nelson, BC. He’s held the AACI designation since 2000 and has been an AIC member since 1989. As a small town and rural practitioner, his work type is quite varied. Appraisal quality and efficiency of the valuation process interest him greatly. He has watched as technology has evolved and delivered on many of its promises. Jeff has written about some of this in the CPV magazine and for some Sauder School of Business course material. He is a director on AIC=-BC provincial board, member of the Peer Review Committee AIC and a past member of the Admissions and Accreditation Committee. Jeff currently mentors two candidates.
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KOACHES CORNER (MENTORING)
Dr. William Gray taught at UBC for 15 years, where he began researching Mentoring Programs (e.g., design, matching and training partners, incentives, structure); he left academia in 1986. Dr. Gray has trained over 20,000 mentoring partners to engage in Situational Mentoring®, using his Mentoring Style Indicator, Mentoring Action Plan, and Protégé Needs Inventory. He has helped over 150 organizations to define, design and deliver situationally appropriate Mentoring Programs, described in two eBooks available at www.amazon.com: Situational Mentoring and Mentoring Relationships that Work.
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KOACHES CORNER (MENTORING)
Gary Nakagawa – Regional Manager, Valuation Program at Public Works and Government Services Canada. (14 years) Previously with Colliers International Realty Advisors Inc., CB Richard Ellis Ltd, Richard Ellis (Canada).
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KOACHES CORNER (MENTORING)
Tanya Truong began her career in 2007 working for her family’s real estate company where she specialized in commercial property management and leasing. She pursued different private sector opportunities before landing in her roles in government agencies, at Port Metro Vancouver, and presently at Metro Vancouver where she is a Property Negotiator.
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PROFESSIONALISM - Rethinking The Real Estate Professional
Brian Gay is currently a senior appraiser at BC Assessment within the Property Assessment division at the Uptown, Victoria office. He has over 15 years of multi-country work experience in different sectors within the built environment, military and academia.
He is an avid advocate on the promotion of professional designation and personal development, blogging on emerging issues and speaking at conferences and seminars. He sits on the AIC BC Provincial Marketing and Communications Committee as well as the Professional Development Committee. He is also a mentor with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and is a member of the RICS BC Chapter board.
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LAND FACING THE SEA – THE TSAWWASSEN DEVELOPMENT STORY
Tom McCarthy has been serving Tsawwassen First Nation as Chief Administrative Officer since 2013. Tom has been working for TFN since 2007. He initially managed TFN’s treaty pre-implementation workplan - a comprehensive suite of projects designed to prepare TFN for the Effective Date of the Tsawwassen Final Agreement. Since the Effective Date of the TFN Treaty in 2009, Tom has been Manager of Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs and Director of Public Services. Prior to his work at TFN, Tom worked for the Government of Canada in the Privy Council Office, Department of Finance, Treasury Board Secretariat, and Department of Transport. Tom is a graduate of Carleton University (Ottawa) and of Simon Fraser University’s Masters of Public Policy program. He has spoken at numerous conferences and published work on the topic of challenges facing First Nation self-government financing.
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RISK MANAGEMENT
Mandy Hansen is the Principal of Insight Specialty Consulting, a boutique consulting firm specializing in real estate strategy and project management. She proudly carries her RI, as well as the PMP, project management designation. She has earned her DULE, a Bachelor of Business in Real Estate, and an MSc in Public Administration and Development.
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MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Keith Lancastle commenced as the Chief Executive Officer of the Appraisal Institute of Canada in September 2011. In that capacity he is responsible for developing the Institute’s strategic direction, and managing its day-to-day business. Keith was born in Edmonton, Alberta and has over 25 years’ experience in the not for profit sector working in, and on behalf of, a variety of professions and industries.
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IMPACT OF DEPRECIATION REPORTS
Scott Russell has served as a Director at the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver where he was President in 2009-2010 and a BCREA Director in the past. Active in the profession since 1980, he is a broker and owner of Sutton Group – Seafair Realty (Richmond, Ladner and Tsawwassen). Scott has served on numerous BCREA committees including as Chair of the Nominating Committee.
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IMPACT OF DEPRECIATION REPORTS
Dan Wilson is owner and principal of Jackson & Associates Ltd., a large appraisal and consulting firm on Vancouver Island. Dan and his team provide valuation and consulting services in both the commercial and residential sectors throughout the southwest coast of BC. Past President of AIC-BC and AIC.
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STRATA GOVERNANCE
Lita Powell entered the real estate industry in 1983 working with a property management firm located in Fort. St. John, B.C. In 1990, Lita obtained her Agent’s license and together with Carol, her partner, opened Licar Management Group. After graduating from UBC urban Land Economics Program, Lita became involved with the REIBC and has enjoyed sitting as a Governor for two separate periods. She has also participated in the Strata Management Advisory Committee under the Real Estate Council, sat as a Director for SPA BC and continues to participate in committee work for REIBC.
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STRATA GOVERNANCE
Brenda Southam is the Executive Officer of the Real Estate Institute of British Columbia. She has a passion for governance and provides governance training to boards of directors and senior staff on behalf of Association Management Consultants. Over the last year Brenda worked with a small committee and a curriculum writer to complete the REIBC Strata Governance Program; a non-dues stream of revenue for the Real Estate Institute.
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SUCCESSION PLANNING
John Peebles is widely known in the appraisal and real estate academic community having practiced property valuation and consulting throughout British Columbia since 1977.
John worked in the public sector from 1977 to 1995 in the planning, administration and sale of Crown land in the BC Interior, was a land use and valuation consultant from 1995 to 2000, Manager of Valuation Policy of BC Assessment from 2000 to 2007 and is currently a valuation contractor with D.R. Coell & Associates in Victoria. He specializes in First Nation specific land claims, forest and resource lands, litigation matters, marinas, institutional properties, and more complex commercial properties and development projects. John is a Past President of AIC-BC.
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HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES & PROPERTY VALUES
Daniel Doucet appointed as AIC’s President in June, 2015 has 33 years’ experience as a real estate appraiser and is currently a Senior Director with Altus Group. Daniel has spoken at a number of industry conferences on the subject of land valuation techniques such as the Subdivision Development Approach.
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INFRASTRUCTURE AND VALUE
Bruce Turner is president of Heuristic Consulting Associates, providing property assessment, policy and technical advisory services. Previously, he was a vice president with BC Assessment. Bruce works with UBC in developing senior level course materials for their Bachelor of Business in Real Estate program.
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INFRASTRUCTURE AND VALUE
Bill MacGougan is the Director, Property Assessment at BC Assessment. With over 20 years’ experience in real estate valuation, his current responsibilities at BCA centre on assessment policy, standards and practices as well as central valuation support and appraisal training.
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CLOSING PLENARY
Ryan Berlin - Economist, Demographer & Director, Urban Futures. Ryan provides expert insight into established and emerging economic, demographic, and real estate trends. Key questions addressed in his presentations include: Is housing affordable? What role do BC's resource regions play within the provincial economy? As a leading researcher in BC's Lower Mainland, Ryan answers these questions —and many more— as part of this presentations and assesses their implications for government and businesses.
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