Agenda Now Live!

• 4 Keynotes
• More than 30 hours of educational, dynamic and engaging content

• Held over 4 partial days to allow you to stay productive

• Unlimited networking and Virtual Trade Show in the Summit App
• Annual Auction
• BCEDA After Hours featuring BC entertainers
• Chance to win prizes!

New Daily Community Sponsorship

Use this great opportunity to virtually host a day of the BC Economic Summit. Showcase your community’s economic advantages and share the initiatives and successful partnerships that helped you to get there. Only 4 opportunities available.

 

INVESTMENT :

Sponsorship with 1 registration: $1,500.00 + GST

Sponsorship with group registration: $2,000.00 + GST

 

 

BENEFITS:

• 15 MINUTE SESSION at the beginning of the day to showcase your community.
• COMMUNITY LOGO added to list of Summit sponsors
• WEBSITE PROFILE on BCEDA’s Investment Ready Communities webpage
• ENTERTAINMENT Highlight local talent by hosting after-hours virtual social event (optional)
• VIRTUAL TRADE SHOW BOOTH - Fuel your virtual booth traffic through a customized exhibitor webpage. Generate leads from online interactions and promotional offers. Summit delegates have been using the app for the last 3 years. Over 85% of our delegates download the app, and many use it weeks in advance of event for networking.

REQUESTS:

• Recognition of and welcome to Traditional Territory
• Mayor, Chief or local elected official to provide opening comments
• Auction prize donation

Speaker Spotlight: Deb Brown

SaveYour.Town

 

Deb grew up on a farm outside of Geneva, Iowa, population 141. Her first entrepreneurial venture was raising a hog. You’d find her either with her nose in a history book or out exploring abandoned houses and buildings. Funny, things haven’t changed much, she’s still working on filling empty buildings in small towns.

 

A wealth of experience includes leading a small town chamber of commerce, foreign casualty insurance underwriting, bartending, managing internet stores and luggage stores, selling knives, and working with small towns. Deb has lived in tiny towns, small towns, small cities and a major metro city. Yet, she’s come home to a small town and travels to many others to help. Deb is a relentless optimist and knows how to build possibility in your small town. Better yet, she inspires you to take small steps towards a brighter future for your community.

Catch Deb Brown on Wednesday, March 10th at the 2021 BC Economic Summit

Registration 

 

BCEDA Member Individual Registration $325

 

Non Member Individual Registration $425

 

Group Rate BCEDA Organizational Member Communities $1,250

Discounted group rate for BCEDA Organizational Member communities for up to 8 delegates. Available to local governments, regional districts and Indigenous communities. See website for more details.

 

Group Rate for Non BCEDA Members    $1,750

Discounted group rate for up to 8 delegates. Available to local governments, regional districts and Indigenous communities. See website for more details. Please note: The price of a 2021 BCEDA Organizational Membership and the Summit Member Group Rate is only slightly higher at $1,845.

2021 BC Economic Development Awards

 

The BC Economic Development Association’s BC Economic Development Awards recognizes the Province’s best economic development marketing materials; programs and partnerships.

 

These prestigious awards honor organizations and/or individuals for their efforts in creating positive change in urban, suburban, and rural communities. Two awards will be given in each category – based on population. One award for population under 20,000 and one award for population over 20,000.

 

Online Application - BCEDA Members
Online Application - Non-Members

View the Nomination Guidelines

 

Timeline & Entry Fees
Call for Entries Begins:  November 9, 2020

Final Deadline:  February 1, 2021

Awards Presented:  March 8-11th, 2021

Fees (per entry):

BCEDA Members $30.00 + GST

Non Members $100 + GST

 

Categories:

 

Marketing Innovation 
These awards recognize innovative and effective marketing materials used for attracting, retaining and fostering business as well as communication vehicles used by economic development organizations.

 

Community Project 
This award recognizes a community or regional partnership that works together in on-going economic development work and activities.

Economic Recovery & Resiliency

This category includes submissions for programs, activities, and projects that represent a successful recovery initiative from natural and man-made disasters, including COVID-19, as well as submissions that represent replicable measures undertaken to promote long term resiliency and/or sustainability from future disasters.   

Items Needed for Online Auction

2020 has been a busy year for BCEDA's Economic Disaster Recovery and Resiliency Program (EDRRP) Proceeds from the annual auction are what allows us to implement various initiatives related to Economic Disaster Recovery. 

 

This year's action will be held online! Please take the time to arrange an auction item to help support the EDRRP. 

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Sponsorship & Virtual Trade Show

Now is the time to support community-based efforts to rebuild strong and resilient economies. The BC Economic Summit is the place to network with key community players who influence new business start-ups, community development, workforce development, business retention and expansion, and new business attraction throughout BC

 

Our Summit App has a download rate of over 85% and our delegates have been using it for over 3 years. They know their way around and many use it weeks in advance of the event for networking. Watch why events that use Whova (like the Summit!) offer so much more

 

Virtual Trade Show Booth - Fuel your virtual booth traffic through a customized exhibitor webpage. Generate leads from online interactions and promotional offers.

• Add video, upload documents marketing content & photos
• Interact with attendees over chat
• Collect and Export Leads
• Access Attendee List & Profiles
• View match-matching recommendations based on location, industry, education, etc.
• Set up a promotional offer to attract attendees. The attendees who claim your offer will be added to your leads list.
• Upload a product video or setup a showcase. Besides being displayed on your exhibitor profile, the videos and streams will also be compiled in a pinned Community Board topic.

Sponsorship Opportunities - BCEDA Sponsorships are annual partnerships which include advertising packages, year-round complimentary event registration & much more.

• Stream Sponsor
• Keynote Sponsor
• Live Session Sponsor
• Pre-Recorded Session Sponsor
• Intro Sponsor

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