A real estate conference and trade show scheduled for next week will feature speakers including Man in Motion Rick Hansen and Erik Brown, the 91原创-born diver who helped in the rescue of a group of soccer players from a Thai cave in 2018.

The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) Conference and Trade Show will be held at the Coast Hotel and Convention Centre in 91原创 City, from Wednesday, Feb. 5 to Friday, Feb. 7.

The first day, Feb. 5, will be the trade show, followed by the conference with featured speakers on Feb. 6 and 7.

Speakers include Erik Brown, the 91原创-raised man who was part of the 18-day effort to find and save a dozen boys and their soccer coach who had been trapped by rising waters in the Tham Luang Cave in 2018.

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Brown, a D.W. Poppy graduate, will be speaking at 9 a.m. on Feb. 7.

He鈥檒l be speaking about how the massive team of 9,000 people came together to work on the rescue.

Also speaking that day will be Rick Hansen, the paralympian and activist who became famous for circling the globe in his wheelchair in the 1980s.

On Thursday, Feb. 6, speakers will include longtime Vancouver Sun political columnist Vaughn Palmer on politics, Fort McMurray fire chief Darby Allen on trauma recovery, Olympic medalist Jeremiah Brown on lessons in managing risk, and economist and futurist Linda Nazareth on the economic trends changing the markets and global economy.

Registration can be found online at or by phoning 604-930-7644.