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B.C. Land summit
WhEn: May 14-16
WhERE: Sheraton Vancouver
Wall Centre
If Metro Vancouver's projections
are correct, the Lower Mainland
could run out of open industrial
land by the mid-2020s. The B.C.
Land Summit Society will examine
the pressures on the ever-short
supply of land in Vancouver at this
annual event sponsored by B.C.
Housing and B.C. Assessment
($759; bclandsummit.com).
WhEn: May 27
WhERE: Vancity Theatre, 1181
Seymour St., Vancouver
While there are plenty of
examples of female leaders
in B.C.'s technology sector—
from BroadbandTV CEO
Shahrzahd Rafati (pictured)
to Westport Innovations
president Nancy Gougarty—
when it comes to empower-
ing female tech entrepre-
neurs, there's room
for improvement. The
Vancouver Enterprise
Forum will talk gender
in the tech sector at its
monthly industry
roundtable ($50; vef.org).
Women in Tech
Let's Talk exports 2014
WhEn: May 13 WhERE : Pan Pacific Vancouver
The Vancouver Board of Trade hosts Peter Hall, chief economist
at Export Development Canada, talking about the global economy
in 2014-2015 and the risks and opportunities it presents for B.C.
companies of all sizes ($138; $69, members; boardoftrade.com).
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For more must-attend
events, go to
bcbusiness.ca/
Events-calendar
6 days in may
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surrey innovation Awards
WhEn: May 21
WhERE: Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel,
Surrey
Business Laureates of B.C. Gala
WhEn: May 22
WhERE: Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
Sponsored by Junior Achieve-
ment of B.C., the Business
Laureates Hall of Fame will
induct Boston Pizza owners Jim
Treliving and George Melville
and Ledcor
CEO David Lede at
this black-tie gala celebrating the
West Coast's most accomplished
entrepreneurs (business
laureatesbc.org).
Family Business
Symposium
WhEn: May 21-23
WhERE: Westin Bayshore Vancouver
Eighty per cent of Canadian firms
are family-owned, but fewer than
four in 10 family businesses have
succession plans in place. The
Canadian Association of Family
Enterprise's annual conference
will examine the issues facing
family-owned enterprises, from
training the next generation to un-
derstanding family dynamics and
keeping conflicts at bay ($1,795;
$1,595, members; cafecanada.ca).
The Surrey Innovation Awards
"celebrates, educates and connects
innovators across all industries" in
the fast-growing city. On this night,
two awards are being handed out:
an Excellence in Innovation prize
and the Young Innovator Award, for
one of the city's under-30 entrepre-
neurs ($80; businessinsurrey.com).
Peter hall, Chief
Economist, Export
Development
Canada
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