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Technical Workshop Issues & Opportunities for British Columbia

Technical Workshop Issues & Opportunities for British Columbia. Welcome!. Workshop purpose & context. Forum for exchange of ideas for PEM practitioners Issues, solutions Opportunities Provincial PEM business case Technical feedback Organizational & support issues

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Technical Workshop Issues & Opportunities for British Columbia

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  1. TechnicalWorkshopIssues &OpportunitiesforBritish Columbia Welcome!

  2. Workshop purpose & context • Forum for exchange of ideas for PEM practitioners • Issues, solutions • Opportunities • Provincial PEM business case • Technical feedback • Organizational & support issues • Implementation Framework & Plan • External perspectives on PEM program overall

  3. “PEM-the-Province” proposition — the business case • Present business case has raised some cautious interest • Business case can be broadened & strengthened for other SFM benefits • Need to determine nature of concerns • Need to undertake technical “due diligence” (this workshop as a start)

  4. Need to prepare an Implementation Framework (Go/Nogo) • Overarching strategy, key elements, principles, assumptions, uncertainties, linkages, etc. • Project management, performance, governance • Business drivers • Technical components • Infrastructure components • Schedule and resources • Training and extension • Cost • Options • Integration, etc.

  5. Implementation Workshop — late June (Go/Nogo) • Structured review of Framework by key clients, stakeholders, custodians, etc. • Prepare comprehensive Implementation Plan for Sept 2001 • Subject to…? concerted effort begins April 2002

  6. PEM is now officially on the radar screen • Relatively new ‘methodology’ operationally • High on the inventory agenda • Clients • Investors • PEM practitioners • Researchers • Presently under the looking glass

  7. High expectations building for PEM • For many — significant expectations for ecosystem-based inventory information at bargain basement prices! • Greater efficiencies and smarter approaches indeed hold promise • But, need to manage expectations with extreme care • History shows that oversold inventory systems come and go

  8. Ultimately PEM must show its value at the resources decision table • Like our management systems, PEM will be scrutinized closely for its — • relevance • quality • value for investment

  9. PEM not unique to BC • Predictive spatial and temporal ecological modeling techniques abound elsewhere too • A number warrant consideration with the BC circumstance • Some of these ideas will be advanced in this workshop as food for thought • Additional focus on ecosystem-landscape-hydrological processes • …address contemporary SFM questions regarding ecosystem-landscape function, integrity and conservation

  10. PEM challenges how we presently do things • We use inventories and classification systems in ways that were never originally intended • Raises strategic questions regarding rationalization of current inventory product portfolio & tool box • Topics that are of central interest to the FRIC, LUCO and LIICC

  11. PEM at crucial threshold • Need to think positively but critically • Learn from mistakes • Work collaboratively • Have open mind to better techniques • Not reinvent wheels • Ask for and seek help • Strive for excellence • Be realistic

  12. Workshop Agenda — Thursday AM

  13. Workshop Agenda — Thursday PM

  14. Workshop Agenda — Friday AM

  15. Workshop Agenda — Friday PM

  16. Logistics, other items, questions • Thursday night dinner • Transport • UVic directions, parking

  17. Logistics, other items, questions • … • Refreshments… • See you at UVic tomorrow 8:30 sharp

  18. Breakout 19 A/BRoom A129/A148 respectively

  19. Breakout 20 A/B Room A129/A148 respectively

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