| Time |
Event |
| 7:45 - 8:30 |
Registration & Continental Breakfast - Concourse |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Welcome Remarks:
Gail Krantzberg, Ph.D. (Director, ArcelorMittal Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy, McMaster University)
Nadine Miller, P.Eng. (Director, OSPE)
The Honourable Linda Jeffrey (Minister of Natural Resources) |
| 9:00 - 10:00 |
Keynote Address:
John Campbell, P.Eng. (President and Chief Executive Officer
of Waterfront Toronto) "Revitalization of the
Toronto Waterfront" |
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Coffee Break & Networking |
| 10:15 - 10:50 |
Janet
Holder (President, Enbridge Gas): "How energy
utilities can work to address climate change in the coming
decades" |
| 10:50 - 11:25 |
Allan Douglas (Program Manager, Climate Change Adaptation, Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and
Adaptation Resources): "A framework for assessing
and managing climate change vulnerability and risks in
Ontario communities – applications to Infrastructure"
|
| 11:25 - 12:00 |
Merril
Mascarenhas, CMC (Managing Partner, Arcus Consulting Group): "What
if we can’t get greenhouse gases under control?"
|
| 12:00
- 12:30 |
Buffet Lunch |
| 12:30 - 1:15 |
Keynote Address: George Smitherman (Toronto Mayoral Candidate) "Why I Want to be a Great Lakes Mayor" |
| 1:15 - 1:30 |
Coffee Break & Networking |
| 1:30 -
2:10 |
Mitigation
Lian Zhao, Ph.D., P.Eng and Jim Liovas, President (SouthPoint
Wind): "The intensive opportunities of great
lakes offshore wind energy" |
Resilience
Marc Rosen, Ph.D., P.Eng. (Professor, UOIT and President, Engineering Institute of Canada): "Using energy and thermodynamics to enhance
ecological and environmental understanding and stewardship" |
Adaptation
Gail Krantzberg, Ph.D. (Director, ArcelorMittal Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy, McMaster University) "Climate Change predictions relevant to Great Lakes water quality and quantity: examples of Adaptation Strategies" |
| 2:10 -
2:50 |
Resilience
Shafique Chowdhury, P.Eng, PMP (Gerdau Ameristeel, Whitby):
"Zero effluent discharge to Lake Ontario" |
Adaptation
Michael D’Andrea, P.Eng, Patric Chessie,
P,Eng and Grace Lin, P.Eng (City of Toronto): "A
climate change adaptation strategy to address urban flooding
in the City of Toronto" |
2:50 - 3:20 |
Coffee
Break &Networking |
| 3:20 -
4:00 |
Mitigation
Sunil Kumar, Iakov Gordon, Rick Brown, Luke Westfall,
Ian Cameron, Michael Freislich and Steve Gale (Hatch):
"Addressing climate change, a novel greenhouse
gas carbon abatement process (G-CAP) for the North American
iron and steel industry" |
Resilience
Michael Roth, Ph.D., P.Eng. (Project Director, RWDI Consulting Engineers and Scientists): "Practical
engineering approaches for assessing future climate conditions:
case studies" |
Adaptation
Richard St-Aubin, P.Eng (Director of New Product Development, Ipex Inc): "Energy
savings from using molecularly oriented pipe (PVCO) in
municipal water distribution systems" |
| 4:00 - 4:55 |
Keynote
Address: Ian Burton, Ph.D. (Scientist Emeritus with
the Impacts and Adaptation Research Group of the Meteorological
Service of Canada): "Ontario's Climate Change
Adaptation" |
| 4:55 - 5:00 |
Conference Wrap Up |