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GET IT DONE B.C. 2026
GET IT DONE B.C. 2026
Building the Province That Works for Everyone
September 14 @ 7:15 am – 7:00 pm
Where municipal B.C. and resource B.C. sit at the same table.
On the eve of UBCM, GET IT DONE B.C. returns for its second year — one day in Vancouver bringing together mayors, ministers, First Nations leaders, and the CEOs building the province’s energy, mining, and forestry future, around a single question: how do we build the province that works for everyone?
The 2025 forum in Victoria sold out. This year’s room is capped at 200—and it will fill faster.
On the program
- Keynote: Hon. Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions — with moderated Q&A
- From City Hall to Parliament Hill — Brad West, Emily Lowan, and Ellis Ross on policy alignment across all three orders of government
- Exclusive release of new B.C. polling from Fairview Strategy and Avatar Innovations
- Panels on Indigenous partnership, local benefits, wildfire and forestry, mineral exploration, and AI data centres
- A mayors’ panel spanning the natural gas value chain — Fort St. John, Kitimat, Coquitlam
- Fireside: Barry Penner, KC and Michelle Mungall — Electrify Everything, At What Cost?
- Networking breakfast, salmon lunch, and an evening reception at Rogue Kitchen & Wetbar with hosted bar and appetizers
The full agenda—every session, speaker, and time—is below.
Any questions? Email [email protected]
Agenda
07:15 AM – 08:00 AM
Registration + Networking BreakfastThe Vancouver Club Ballroom.
08:00 AM – 08:10 AM
Welcome + Opening Remarks
Richard Prokopanko, Chair; Stewart Muir, President & CEO
Introduction from Resource Works Society Chair and President & CEO.
08:10 AM – 08:15 AM
Opening Introductions
Kermit Dahl, Mayor of Campbell River
Brief addresses to open the forum and frame the day — economic growth, municipal partnership, and resource development. Led by Kermit Dahl, Mayor of Campbell River and Chair of the Alliance of Resource Communities.
08:15 AM – 08:25 AM
Setting the Scene: Why These Conversations Matter
Karen Graham, Chair, Resource Works Advisory Council
A look at the day ahead and why these conversations matter.
08:25 AM – 08:35 AM
The Proof is in the Numbers
Mike Witherly, Fairview Strategy
Exclusive release of new BC polling numbers from Fairview Strategy and Avatar Innovations — the data behind why these conversations matter, setting the tone for the day.
08:35 AM – 09:20 AM
Resource Projects and the Path to Partnership
Á’a:líya Warbus, MLA, Malcolm Macpherson, Moderator: Margareta Dovgal
With UNDRIP uncertainty shaping every major resource and infrastructure decision in the province, how do proponents, Nations, and governments ensure project certainty, partnerships and prosperity? Panel + Q&A.
09:20 AM – 10:00 AM
The Power of Yes: Local Benefits and Community Voices
Shannon Joseph, Energy for a Secure Future
What do British Columbians know about the local benefits of major projects? What do resource communities stand to lose when projects stall or are cancelled? A data-driven presentation on the local economic stakes — jobs, revenues, community services and projected benefits — followed by a discussion with leaders who have been on the front lines of campaigns against development in their own backyards and worked with their communities and partners to deliver success.
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM
Networking Break
10:20 AM – 10:55 AM
Forestry Panel TBC
TBC
10:55 AM – 11:45 AM
Minerals For Tomorrow
Moderator: Jack Middleton, Vice President Policy and Advocacy, AME, Greg Bury, Director of Business Development, Finning, Angela Brand Danuser, Mayor, District of Stewart, Chuck Downie, President & CEO, Eagle Plains Resources
Long before a mine is built, exploration is already at work in rural B.C., anchoring hundreds of jobs in communities. This panel examines what exploration really delivers, and what local leaders can do to capture the opportunity before them. Presented with the Association for Mineral Exploration. Panel + Q&A.
11:45 AM – 12:10 PM
Lunch Buffet
Salmon lunch generously provided by the BC Salmon Farmers Association.
12:20 PM – 12:30 PM
Lunch Address: TBA
12:30 PM – 01:15 PM
From City Hall to Parliament Hill: Policy Alignment for Resource B.C.
Brad West, Mayor, Port Coquitlam, Emily Lowan, Leader, B.C. Green Party, Ellis Ross, MP, Skeena–Bulkley Valley, Moderator: Jason Pires, Global News
Three levels of government. Three parties. One question: who is actually building the policy framework that lets resource communities succeed? Municipal, provincial, and federal voices map where alignment exists, where it breaks down, and what it takes to get all three orders of government pulling in the same direction on resource development. Panel + Q&A.
01:15 PM – 01:35 PM
Networking Break
01:35 PM – 01:40 PM
Remarks: Michelle Carr, BC Energy Regulator
Michelle Carr, CEO & Commissioner, BC Energy Regulator
01:40 PM – 02:25 PM
Keynote: Hon. Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions
Hon. Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy & Climate Solutions, Moderator: Tristan Goodman, CEO, EPAC
One of B.C.’s most senior cabinet ministers addresses the forum on energy policy, climate solutions, and the province’s path forward. Presented in partnership with EPAC (Explorers and Producers Association of Canada). Followed by moderated Q&A.
02:25 PM – 03:10 PM
AI Data Centres: Sovereignty, Energy & Community
Keely Hilario, AI Commercialization, TELUS, Mike Klassen, Vancouver City Councillor, Shani Gwin, Founder & CEO, wâsikan kisewâtisiwin, Moderator: Alex Mitchell, CEO, Abbotsford Chamber
Sovereignty is the cornerstone of Canada’s AI future; as AI workloads multiply, the question becomes how to power them responsibly, reshaping how the province fuels its digital transformation and how Canada builds the next generation of industry while delivering community-focused outcomes. What does that mean for the communities, Nations and municipalities asked to host these facilities? A frank exchange about data sovereignty, the real-world environmental performance of AI data centres, and the tangible benefits they can bring to BC’s people and ecosystems.
03:10 PM – 03:20 PM
Networking Break
03:20 PM – 04:10 PM
From Wellhead to Home Cooking: A Mayors’ Panel
Lilia Hansen, Mayor, City of Fort St. John, Phil Germuth, Mayor, District of Kitimat, Moderator: Stewart Muir, Resource Works
One value chain, three communities. From the wellhead in the Northeast, to the export terminal at tidewater, to the furnace in a Lower Mainland living room — the mayors whose communities produce, ship, and consume British Columbia’s natural gas on what each of them needs from the province, and where municipal interests align and where they pull apart. Panel + Q&A.
04:10 PM – 04:45 PM
How the Politics of Energy Must Meet the Times
Two former Ministers — one from each side of the aisle — take the closing slot to reflect on what they’ve heard during the day, how much has changed since they sat at the cabinet table, and why the politics of energy now has to catch up to the province’s realities rather than expecting the realities to wait.
04:45 PM – 04:50 PM
Final Remarks & Close of Daytime Program
Wrap-up and closing reflections from Resource Works leadership.
05:00 PM – 07:00 PM
GET IT DONE B.C. Networking Reception
Hosted bar and appetizers at Rogue Kitchen & Wetbar, Vancouver. Sponsored by TELUS.
Fortifying Canada’s relationship with our natural resources.
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