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Summit Registration Opens July 28th!

Early Bird pricing in effect until August 28th for the annual Vancouver Island Economic Summit at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre, October 28, 29 and 30, 2025.

 
VIEA Strategic Plan Launched!

VIEA is excited to share our new strategic plan! With six goals and objectives the plan aims to enhance VIEA’s role in fostering a thriving and sustainable economy in the region through collaboration, visibility, and impactful initiatives. Thank you to all our members and community partners that supported the development of VIEA’s Strategic Plan!

Explore the Economic Dashboard

The Economic Dashboard is Now Live!

Available for public access for a limited time – visit the interactive Dashboard via our Economic Report page – click through below for both the current report access, as well as historical data.

Island Good is Great!

We’ve licensed Island Good with expanding numbers of producers and retailers and built islandgood.ca to serve licensees and aid consumers.

Vision 2050

Vision 2050 is an exciting project aimed at building a diverse, sustainable, and self-reliant economy for Vancouver Island and the rural islands by 2050. 

Vancouver Island Regional Supply Chain Study

The Vancouver Island Regional Supply Chain Study is out!  It highlights the challenges businesses face—from infrastructure gaps to high costs—and lays out a clear path forward.

VIEA Supports
A balanced economy that is resilient, diverse, evolving, competitive, integrated, inclusive, equitable, urban and rural, wealth retentive, and export rich.
Vibrant, efficient, wasteless, regenerative use of natural resources, broad use of circular economic principles, disciplined, conservationist land use management.
Goods production capacity with coordinated supply chains sufficient to sustain the Island region population in case of emergency.
Development of a stronger ecosystem through advocacy and collaboration to address upstream challenges that prevent innovation from getting to market and contributing to the vitality of our economy.

Browse VIEA’s Latest Economic Report for Vancouver Island.

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Latest News

The State of the Island Economic Summit Returns…

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08/07/2025
  Registration for the 19th Annual State of the Island Economic Summit will open later this month.     The 2025 Summit Kicks Off with Entrepreneurial Inspiration Summit 2025 is Expanding—Three Days of Big Ideas and Real Impact October...
  Registration for the 19th Annual State of the Island Economic Summit will open...
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VIEA AGM Recap, New Board & What’s Ahead…

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24/06/2025
At our 2025 AGM, President & CEO Julie Sperber shared key highlights from a year shaped by VIEA’s new Strategic Plan. With Vision 2050 underway, Island Good evolving, and regional partnerships growing, VIEA is advancing long-term, place-based prosperity. Read...
At our 2025 AGM, President & CEO Julie Sperber shared key highlights from a...
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Connecting Vancouver Island: VIEA News + Island Good…

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27/05/2025
Island Good is Everywhere This Month! We’re turning up the volume on Island Good — and for good reason! With Island Good Days taking place across the region from May 30 to June 6, there’s never been a better...
Island Good is Everywhere This Month! We’re turning up the volume on Island Good...
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