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Past Conference Information

2009 Serbia Stevan Ilincic (Vode Vojvodine) Paskovic (Danube Propeller) David Edwards-May
2008 Mr. Irv Mazurkiewicz, Director of Operations  and
Ms. Pam Buell, Manager of Communicaions
2007 Liverpool, England  U.K
2006 2006 World Canal Conference Industry to Recreation: Greening the Coal Canals Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA September 12 - 14, 2006
2005 Claes-Goran Osterlund, Director
AB Göta kanalbolag
Box 3, S-591 21 Motala, Sweden
Tel +46 (0)141-20 20 50
WCC2005@gotakanal.se
2004 Jan Bechard Conference Coordinator Tel: 905-688-5601 ext. 1508
Mailing Address: 50 Church Street L2R-7C2 St. Catharines, Ontario
 
2003 James Stirling, Director
British Waterways Scotland Canal House
1 Applecross Street
Glascow, Scotland G4 95P
0141-332-6936
2003 Conference Agenda
www.scottishcanals.co.uk
2002 Ms. Julie Talbot 
200 Rene-Levesque Boulevard West,
West Tower, 6th Floor
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Z 1X4
(514) 283-6054 Julie.Talbot@pc.gc.ca
Montreal 2002 World Canals Conference
2001 Mr. John Martin Waterways Ireland 20 Darling Street Enneskillen Co Fermanagh BT 74 7EW Northern Ireland +44 2866 323 004 john.martin@waterways-ireland.org Dublin and Belfast Ireland
2000 Ms. Kristen Hanifin, Director of Marketing New York State Canal Corporation 200 Southern Blvd. Albany, NY, 12201-0189 USA (518) 471-4304 kristen_hanifin@canals.state.ny.us Mr. Thomas Grasso, President Canal Society of New York State 18 Summit Oaks Pittsford, NY 14534 USA (585) 387-0099 tgrasso1@rochester.rr.com NY State Canal System Rochester, New York USA
1999 Ms. Valerie Grimbert Comite Regional de Tourisme Nord-Pas De Calais 6 Place Mendes France 59800 Lille, France 3303 2014 5772 vgrimbert@crt-nordpasdecalais.fr lille, France and La Louviere, Belgium
1998 Mr. Kent Haag Illinois Historic Preservation Agency 3323 North Kenmore Avenue Chicago, IL, 60657 USA (773) 472-6079 heraclius_60657@yahoo.com Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
1997 Dr. Robert Billington, President Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Blackstone Valley Visitor Center 175 Main St Pawtucket, RI, 02860 800 454 2882 bvri@aol.com
 
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor (Agenda from 1997 Conference)
1996 Mr. Tom Brock Scottish Seabird Center The Harbor North Berwick EH39 4SS 01620 890202 info@seabird.org Birmingham, England Note: Name changed to World Canals Conference (Mr. Brock was with British Waterways at the time of conference)
1995 Ms. Jeanie Allen Augusta Canal Authority 3042 Pine Needle Rd. Augusta, GA, 30909 USA (706) 729-2116, fax (706) 733-2635 jallen@gpb.org  
1994 Mr. David MacDougall Mgr., Marketing and External Relations Trent-Severn Waterway P.O. Box 567 Ashburnham Dr. Peterborough,  ONT, Canada K9J 6Z6 (705) 750-4900 dave.macdougall@pc.gc.ca Trent-Severn Waterway
1993 Mr. Keith Manchester 34 Fletcher Dr. Falls River, Nova Scotia, Canada B2T1J2 (902) 861-3509 k.manchester@ns.sympatico.ca Shubenacadie Canal
1992 Mr. David Johnson C & O Canal Association Inc 9211 Wadsworth Drive Bethesda, MD, 20817 USA (301) 530-7473 Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park
1991 Mr. Rory Robinson National Park Service Rivers Trails, and Conservation Assistance 15610 Vaughn Road Brecksville, Ohio, 44141 USA (330) 657-2951 rory_robinson@nps.gov Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor Cuyahoga Valley National Park
1990 Mr. David Ballinger Director, Canal Operations Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada 34A Beckwith Street South Smith Falls, ONT, Canada K7AZA8 (613) 283 5170 Dave.Ballinger@pc.gc.ca Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada Note: Name changed to International Conference on Historic Canals

1990 Conference Agenda

1989 National Canal Museum 30 Centre Square Easton, PA 18042 USA (610) 559-6619 ncm@canals.org Delaware & Lehigh Canal National Heritage Corridor Hugh Moore Park
1988 Mr. David Carr, Region 2 Land Manager Illinois Dept. of National Resources 1100 James Road Spring Grove, Illinois 60081 USA (815) 675-2385 dcarr@dnrmail.state.IL.US Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor 1st National Conference on Historic Canals