We invited marine scientist Dr Richard Beamish to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the next step forward in understanding where our beloved salmon go and what we can do to help ensure their survival.

We invited venture capitalist Sean Bromley to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the remarkable potential that is waiting to be unleashed in Vancouver, if only the business development climate was warmer.

We invited Executive Coach Ron Bremner to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the role of leadership in building and sustaining a corporate culture for the 21st century.

We invited Justin Woodward to join us for a Conversation That Matters about transforming economies that until now lived with intermittent and unreliable electricity.

We invited Max Reimer, the past artist and managing director of the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the experience of live theatre and why it will never die – why it must never die.

We invited Corey Nislow, who did just that, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about giving the gift of life.

We invited Dr Boyd to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the facts and myths of heart disease and women and where we go from here.

We invited distinguished scientist Marco Marra, the Director of Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at the BC Cancer Agency, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the remarkable legacy of Dr. Michael Smith.

We invited BC’s Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the role of the Queen’s representative in British Columbia and the objectives she has set for her term.

We invited Maria Dobrinskaya to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the case for changing how we vote to one of proportional representation.

We invited Bill Tieleman to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the case for No when it comes to proportional representation.

We invited both Nicolee Ambrose, the newly elected Republican National Committeewoman, and Marc Hetherington, a political scientist at the University of North Carolina, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the issues they say will play important roles in how Americans cast their ballots this November.

We invited Andrew Trites to join us for a Conversation That Matters about what is happening with the Southern Resident Orca Whale population.

We invited research scholar Bruce Blair to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the rising risk nuclear weapons and response protocols pose.

We invited one of LRT's strongest local advocates, urban designer, planner and professor Patrick Condon of the UBC School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture to join us for a Conversation That Matters about why it's time to turn our attention away from SkyTrain and back to LRT.

We invited John Neate of JJ Bean to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the amazingly complex world of owning, operating and succeeding in the competitive world of coffee.

We invited Anne McMullin of the Urban Development Institute to join us for a Conversation That Matters about strategies she says could go a long way to relieve the pressure on the Greater Vancouver housing market.

We invited Joe Dion, the CEO of the Frog Lake First Nation Energy Corporation, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about his plan to unlocking the log jam of court cases and open a path to reconciliation.

We invited Lynn Mueller of SHARC Energy Systems to join us for a Conversation That Matters about how wastewater helps reduce our carbon footprint, reduces the massive volume of warm water that spills back into oceans and saves consumers money.

We invited Abeer Yusuf to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the myriad challenges of feeling truly at home in Vancouver.