IMPACT Sustainability Travel and Tourism Conference 2026

Alistair Howes

Project and Corporate Relations Manager at FED Urban Agriculture Society

Amber Berard-Althouse

Founder of The Land Heals

Bob (Gyala’gameh) Chamberlin

Chamberlin and Associates Consulting

Bob Sandford

Senior Government Liaison, Global Climate Emergency Response, United Nations University Institute for Water Environment & Health

Brad Parsell

CEO of Kootenay Rockies Tourism (formerly Tourism Tofino)

Brett Soberg

Co-owner and Captain at Eagle Wing Tours

Celes Davar

President, Earth Rhythms

Christie Pashby

Director, Public Affairs at Banff & Lake Louise Tourism

Cindy Conti

HR Consultant, Vancouver, Coast & Mountains at go2HR

Cody Chomiak

Vice President of Marketing for Travel Manitoba

Cyril (weqʷaqʷələq) Morris

eyʔ steɫŋəxʷ Guide at Songhees Tours

Dame Pania Tyson-Nathan

Chief Executive of New Zealand Māori Tourism

Daniel Raab

ReSurf Program Manager at Surfrider Foundation Canada

David Roberts

Senior Director, Cruise and Transportation Services at SSA Marine

Deirdre Campbell

President, tartanbond Communications

Dr. Mikhail Klassen

Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Planet

Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon

Award-Winning Author | Public Intellectual

Elizabeth Brown

President & CEO of the Victoria Airport Authority

Elwyn Thom

Owner of Recertified Furniture

Fanny Beaulieu Cormier

Senior Sustainability Consultant at Tourism Montreal

Greg Takehara

CEO of Tourism Cares

Gwendal Castellan

Manager, Sustainable Destination Development at Destination Vancouver

Ian Stone

Owner of Gros Morne Inn & Tour Gros Morne

Isabella Lai

Sustainability Manager, SSA Marine Canada Cruise

Jared Qwustenuxun Williams

Chef and Storyteller at the Ministry of Agriculture

Jean-François Archambault

Founder and CEO of La Tablée des Chefs

Jessica Harcombe Fleming

VP, Public Relations and Communications, Pursuit

Jill Doucette

CEO & Founder, Synergy Enterprises & Synergy Foundation

Kevin Seesequasis

Director of Community and Tourism Development, Beardy's & Okemasis' Cree Nation

Kirsten Ovstaas

Director of Marketing & Growth at Re:BC

Kyle Bouwknecht

Technical Lead, Synergy Enterprises

Laura Griffith-Cochrane

Executive Director of Ucluelet Aquarium Society

Laura Lynch

Journalist and Host of What On Earth

Leigh Barnes

President of Americas at Intrepid Travel

Malia Asfour

Former Managing Director, Jordan Tourism Board North America

Mat Woods

Chief Executive at Destination Queenstown & Lake Wānaka Tourism

Mayor Marianne Alto

Mayor, Victoria, BC

Melissa Jean Barnhard-McClurg / Nawhea’mowhah

Multiple Roles within Songhees Nation

Mikey Sadowski

Vice President, Communications, Intrepid Travel

Natalie Slawinski

Professor of Sustainability and Strategy and Director of the Centre for Regenerative Futures

Paul Nursey

President & CEO, Destination Greater Victoria

Pauline Grafos

Manager, ESG & Sustainability Programs at the Edmonton International Airport

Peter de Rama

Sr. Executive Director, Technology and Digital Transformation at Destination Canada

Raj Behari

Founder of Shellter Bio-Material Upcycling Inc.

Robin Russell

Strategic Consultant at Robin Russell Communications

Sébastien Benedict

President & CEO of Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC)

Shelley Luce

Associate Director & Campaigns Director of the Sierra Club BC

Stan Cook

Founder of Rock+Water Travel

Starr McMichael

Founder of Starrboard Enterprises Ltd.

Tam Andersen

Horticulturalist and Farmer at Prairie Gardens

Teresa Ryder

Director of Partnerships, Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC)

Trina White

General Manager, The Parkside Hotel & Spa 

Walt Judas

CEO, Tourism Industry Association of BC