CSC/DCC Conference 2007 - Keynote Speakers
 
Cassie Campbell

2002 Winter Olympic Women's Hockey Gold Medalist
Breakfast Speaker - Opening Day

GOING FOR GOLD

One of Canada's most popular female athletes and Captain of Team Canada for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, Cassie Campbell has had a stellar rise to the top ranks of women's hockey. Campbell led her team to Canada’s first Gold medal in hockey in 50 years, at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Her athletic credentials are exceptional; she's been a member of the National Team since 1994 and she helped her team earn gold five times at World Championship tournaments. She was also part of the silver medal-winning team at the Nagano Olympics in 1998. Campbell has been included on All-Star teams in the National Women's Hockey League and the Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and has shown uncompromising grit and versatility while playing forward and defense at different times in her career.
She holds an Honors Sociology Degree from the University of Guelph and in 2000 & 2001 did colour commentating for TSN and Headline Sports. Most recently, Cassie was the first woman to do colour commentary on a Hockey Night In Canada broadcast. Her focus on determination and teamwork shines as she speaks of her gold medal performances and those of her team who "didn't stop believing in one another.”

Recent Headlines
Former Canadian Olympian Cassie Campbell made history Saturday night as a colour analyst alongside legendary broadcaster Bob Cole at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
    The 32-year-old Brampton, Ont., native is the third woman to be part of CBC's Hockey Night in Canada team, but the first to do colour during a broadcast.

Rave Reviews
"The performance and sportsmanship of Cassie and the Canadian team in Salt Lake City reflected the best of Canada."
                  MasterCard Canada

“Campbell has proven to be an excellent role model for just about anyone…”
                  Chevrolet
 
CSC/DCC Conference 2007 - Keynote Speakers
 
Dan Doyle

Executive Vice President, Construction
Luncheon Speaker - Thursday

TOPIC TBA

Dan Doyle measures his accomplishments by the calibre of his project teams. “Above all, I’m a manager of people. Success is built by great teams, and I’ve had the privilege of working with some phenomenal ones, present VANOC team included.”

Doyle’s leadership and problem-solving prowess provide a perfect foundation for his current undertaking. As VANOC’s executive vice president, construction, Doyle is responsible for the $580 million development and construction of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games venues.
Large complex building projects are second nature to Doyle. With more than 35 years of experience with BC’s Ministry of Transportation, most recently as deputy minister, he has overseen some of the province’s landmark construction initiatives. Highlights include the rehabilitation of Vancouver’s Lions Gate Bridge and the development of the Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement project. He is also particularly proud of a small but significant project in Grand Forks to create safer sidewalks for school children.

A civil engineer by training, Doyle began his career as a trainee with the province’s transportation ministry. He worked his way up to deputy minister, a post he held until his retirement from government in 2005. Doyle also served as chairman for Rapid Transit 2000, the company responsible for building the Millennium Line extension to Vancouver’s rapid transit system.

Doyle’s lengthy career has been recognized with many accolades, among them the Canadian Transportation Person of the Year (2005) and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers. In addition, he was awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Silver Medal for Excellence in Public Administration (2002).

Born in Quebec City, Doyle was raised “in or near almost every community in BC.” He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a bachelor of applied science (civil engineering) and received his professional engineer designation in 1971. He subsequently pursued executive studies at Queen’s University and UBC.

Now a self-professed armchair athlete, Doyle previously enjoyed a long run as a coach for his children’s soccer teams. Whenever possible, he indulges in his longtime woodworking hobby. Travel is also a passion: Doyle, his two sons and his daughter are planning a trip to the Cape of South America and Antarctica.

Doyle and his wife make their home in Victoria.
 
CSC/DCC Conference 2007 - Keynote Speakers
 
Jean-Michel Cousteau

Explorer, environmentalist, Educator, Film Producer
Luncheon Speaker - Friday

A LIFE FOR THE WATER PLANET

Explorer, environmentalist, educator, film producer--- for more than four decades Jean-Michel Cousteau has used his vast experiences to communicate to people of all nations and generations his love and concern for our water planet.

Since first being 'thrown overboard' by his father at the age of seven with newly invented SCUBA gear on his back, Jean-Michel has been exploring the ocean realm. The son of ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, Jean-Michel spent much of his life with his family exploring the world's oceans aboard Calypso and Alcyone. After his mother's death in 1990 and his father's in 1997, Jean-Michel founded Ocean Futures Society in 1999 to carry on this pioneering work.
Responding to his father's call to 'carry forward the flame of his faith,' Jean-Michel's Ocean Futures Society, a non-profit marine conservation and education organization, serves as a 'Voice for the Ocean' by fostering a conservation ethic, conducting research, and developing marine education programs. Jean-Michel serves as an impassioned spokesman and diplomat for the environment, reaching out to the public through a variety of media. He has produced over 70 films, and been awarded the Emmy, the Peabody Award, the 7 d'Or - the French equivalent of the Emmy, and the Cable Ace Award.

Today, as President of Ocean Futures Society, Jean-Michel travels the globe, meeting with world leaders and policymakers, both at the grassroots level and the highest echelons of government and business, educating young people, documenting stories of change and hope, and lending his reputation and support to help energize alliances for positive change.

Through Ocean Futures Society, Jean-Michel continues to produce environmentally oriented programs and television specials, public service announcements, multi-media programs for schools, web-based marine content, books, articles for magazines and newspaper columns, and public lectures, reaching millions of people all over the world.

In February 2002, Jean-Michel became the first person to represent the environment in the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. Jean-Michel joined seven other highly esteemed individuals who represented the five continents symbolized in the Olympic Rings and the three tenets of the Olympics, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Africa),John Glenn (The Americas), Kazuyoshi Funaki (Asia), Lech Walesa (Europe),and Cathy Freeman (Oceania) Jean-Claude Killy (Sport), Steven Spielberg (Culture), and Jean-Michel Cousteau (Environment). Jean-Michel has also been recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Athens Environmental Foundation for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

In 1997 on Earth Day, Jean-Michel led the first undersea live, interactive, video chat on Microsoft Internet, from the coral reefs of Fiji, celebrating the International Year of the Reef and answering questions from 'armchair divers' throughout the world. In April 1998, highlighting the International Year of the Ocean, Jean-Michel participated in a live downlink from the Space Shuttle Columbia to CNN New York, discussing NASA's contribution to ocean awareness with astronaut marine biologist, Rick Linnehan. Also in 1998, he was a spokesperson for the United States Pavilion at Expo '98 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Acting on a childhood dream to build cities under the sea, Jean-Michel pursued a degree in architecture, graduating from the Paris School of Architecture in 1964. He remains a member of the Ordre National des Architectes, the French counterpart of the American Institute of Architects. Artificial floating islands, schools, and the headquarters of an advanced marine studies center in Marseilles, France are among his projects. More recently he has been involved with the Jean-Michel Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort, designed to demonstrate an environmentally responsible and culturally appropriate, ocean-oriented resort.