NABOC Tour Returns to NK’MIP and Spirit Ridge for 4th Year From September 11th – 13th the Osoyoos Indian Band’s NK’MIP Resort will once again host a stop on the National Aboriginal Business Opportunities Conference (NABOC) Series Tour. Two hundred and fifty delegates are expected at this year’s event from across Canada, USA, Europe and Asia, with over 100 First Nations and Metis communities typically represented. This will be the 4th year that a stop on the NABOC tour has been hosted at the NK’MIP Resort’s Spirit Ridge Hotel. Chief Clarence Louie will be the host and the conference will be co-facilitated by Tewanee Joseph, CEO of Tewanee Consulting Group and Brenda Baptiste, SAO of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. Major Sponsors for the event are Britco, Stuart Olson Dominion Construction, and Valard; with RBC Group, Kinder Morgan, Graham Group, BC Hydro, High Velocity Equipment
Training, Corix, Urban Systems and Fortis all taking significant sponsor positions as well. The format for this year’s NABOC Osoyoos will include plenaries on days 1 and 2, hospitality events on both nights, a banquet dinner with live music and a comedian on night 2; and a charity golf tournament and wine tour on day 3. There will be over 30 presenters covering topics such as: How to Structure P3 Partnerships, How to Access Investment Capital for Equity Buy-Ins on Major Projects, How to Successfully Develop Real-Estate On-Reserve, Community Biomass Systems, Update on the Federal Environmental Assessment Changes, as well as six Business Pitches. The ‘Business Pitches’ are a new addition for 2012 and will see Chase Office Interiors, Eagle West Cranes, Domcor Health - Safety & Security, Spirit Works, Scuka Enterprises and
Lots of Chiefs attend NABOC Osoyoos - Chief Clarence Louie greets Chief Bernie Elkins 16 Aboriginal Marketplace / July - August 2012
Samara Networks each giving 30 minute presentations on business opportunities that have relevance to the entire audience. ‘Best Practice’ sessions from Sts’ailes Development Corporation, Embark Engineering and the Transcanada Corporation will round out the agenda by sharing innovative models of excellence with the crowd. As usual with NABOC events there will be lots of time allocated in the agenda for networking breaks allowing delegates to get to know each other and see if they are a good fit for potential joint ventures, partnerships and/or supplier opportunities. Tens of millions of dollars in business deals have been concluded as a direct result of NABOC events and the 2012 Osoyoos stop is expected to continue that trend. The diversity of the delegates seems to increase year-on-year with NABOC events and the organizers are expecting to see a lot