Conference Agenda

DAY ONE - Wednesday, October 17, 2001

Concurrent Workshops:

Workshop #1: Sustainable Tourism and Eco-tourism in a Biosphere Reserve Context

Workshop #2: Stewardship & Community Efforts along Ontario's Niagara Escarpment

Workshop #3: The Great Arc in Ontario and the U.S. — A Transnational Approach

Welcome & Introductions:

Richard Murzin, Co-Chair, Leading Edge 2001

Conference Purpose and Overview:

Don Scott, Chair, Niagara Escarpment Commission

Dr. Roger E. Soles, Regional Portfolio Officer for Science and Technology Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere at the U.S. Department of State, and former Executive Director of the U.S. Man and the Biosphere Program for more than 18 years. Dr. Soles discusses Biosphere Reserves and their potential roles in sustaining the Earth's Ecosystems.

Up to 50 Paper Presentations featuring the most current research from a wide variety of experts.

Keynote Address:

The Honorable Gilbert Parent, Canada's Ambassador for the Environment, discusses the challenges and future of protecting the environment.

Learning from Canada's Biosphere Reserves featuring representatives from our country's biosphere reserves.

Paul Zorn, Regional Conservation Biologist with the Ontario Region of Parks Canada, concludes Leading Edge 2001 with a summary of the conference and a discussion of future actions.