Parks Professional Pathways 2025: Call for Presenters

The BC Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA) is seeking proposals to present at Parks Professional Pathways 2025 – a multi-day professional development conference in February 2025. We are seeking dynamic speakers and leaders to share knowledge, experience, and best practice techniques related to the work of parks. This year, we're hosting the conference at the Coast Langley Hotel & Conventions Center on February 26 & 27, 2025.

Parks Professional Pathways is BC’s exclusive conference for regional and municipal parks professionals. Parks professionals from local governments and from the private sector look to this conference as their sole professional development opportunity of the year, and the place to keep abreast of the latest products and cutting-edge trends.

Parks Professional Pathways traditionally reaches over 300+ parks professionals within BC. This year’s theme is Innovation and Resilience in Action and we're seeking presentations in the following topics: 

• Accessible park and trail design
• Adaptive play structures
• A.I., robotics, automation, and innovative tech in turf maintenance
• Tree canopy cover and its relation to heat island mitigation
• Successful retention and recruitment strategies
• Water conservation
• Multidiscipline parks projects (case studies)
• Invasive species management
• Plants as public art
• Fire mitigation strategies (e.g. prescribed burns)
• Maintaining wildlife features in parks and natural areas
• Pollinator meadows
• Intersection between landscape design and long-term maintenance

Who attends Parks Professional Pathways?

Our delegates consist of parks professionals throughout BC and beyond. This includes, but is not limited to:

1. Presenter(s) contact information, biography (100 words), and headshot
2. Session title and description  (100 words)
3. Three main takeaways from the session