Summit 2024
This event was held on Friday, November 22, 2024, at the Kemptville Municipal Centre.
A day focused on Economic Development and Leadership, this event is in partnership with Michael Barrett, M.P., Hon. Steve Clark, M.P.P., the 1000 Islands, Grenville and Valley Heartland Community Futures Development Corporations and the Eastern Workforce Innovation Board.
Agenda & Speaker announcements
- Keynote Speaker: Hon. Stephen Lecce, Minister of Energy and Electrification - Oct. 10
- Keynote Speaker: Pierre Cléroux, BDC - Oct. 25
- Advanced Agenda, Additional Speakers - Nov. 7
- Speaker Bios
- Participant List
- Agenda
#LGEcDevSummit * invest.leedsgrenville.com/summit2024
Presentations & Slides
- Growth from Within: The Maitland Chemistry Park
- Combined Video
- Evonik slides
- Invista Maitland slides
- VOLTARI: Leading a Revolution
- Keynote: Hon. Stephen Lecce, Minister of Energy and Electrification - Ontario's Affordable Energy Future: The Pressing Case for More Power
- Break: Rideau Lakes Advantage Promo video)
- Largest Battery Energy Storage in Canada: Potentia Renewables Inc.
- Bill Thake Memorial Economic Development Leadership Award
- Video
- Video profile of Winner: Dave Brown of Brown's Marina
- Keynote: Pierre Cléroux, BDC Economic Outlook - Canada in the Midst of a Soft Landing
- Leeds Grenville / 1000 Islands Rideau Canal Waterways
- video * slides
- Learn more about the 1000 Islands Rideau Canal Waterway Adventures
Bill Thake Memorial Economic Development Leadership Award
Introduced in 2011, this annual award, also called the Warden's Award, recognizes and celebrates a volunteer who has shown outstanding commitment and leadership resulting in the growth and vitality of the Leeds Grenville economy.
Congratulations to award winner:
Thake Award Presentation: From left: Leeds Grenville Economic Development Manager Ann Weir, Leeds Grenville Warden Corinna Smith-Gatcke (Mayor of Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands), Dave Brown - recipient of this year’s Bill Thake Memorial Award for Economic Development Leadership, MP Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands & Rideau Lakes Steve Clark, and Arie Hoogenboom, Mayor, Township of Rideau Lakes.
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