Sunday, June 10th

Keynote Speaker - William Ruckelshaus -- first administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 

Plenary Session:  The Economic Importance of Outdoor Recreation in the West

Sally Jewell, President and CEO of REI
Bennett Morgan, President and COO of Polaris Industries, Inc.
Dustan McCoy, Chairman and CEO of the Brunswick Corporation
Mayor Michael Caldwell, Ogden, Utah

Report released: A Snapshot of the Impact of Outdoor Recreation

 Press release

Energy Policy Breakout Session
Progress and results to date of Western Rapid Response Teams for Transmission and industry actions to date on lowering costs to consumers of integrating wind and solar energy into the grid.

Monday , June 11th 

Roundtable:  Connecting Youth to the Outdoors

Todd Spaletto, President, the North Face - Americas
Palma Tiberi, Montana State Parks Ambassador

Report released: Connecting Kids and Families to the West’s Great Outdoors

Roundtable on Growing International Tourism Visits to the West

Jim Evans. Chief Executive Officer of Brand USA
Roger Dow, President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Travel Association

Report released: The West's Competitive Advantage: Landscapes:, Open Lands and Unique History

Breakout Sessions:

Responsible Energy Development

Governor Gary Herbert, Utah
Premier Selinger, Manitoba
Neal Kemkar, Deputy Associate Director for Energy and Climate Change, White House Council on Environmental Quality
Rich Halvey, WGA Energy Program Director

Managing Outdoor Recreation Assets and Infrastructure

Nancy Merrill, Idaho State Parks
Scott Carey, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
Megan Blackwelder, Dead Horse State Park
Bill Kuntz, Redding, California office of BLM

Report released: Managing The Region's Recreation Assets

Case Studies of Successfully Managing Recreation Assets

Tuesday, June 12th

Roundtable on Expanding Agricultural Trade Exports

Islam Siddiqui, Ambassador & Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Michael Scuse, Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services at USDA