Past Conference Proceedings
2009 Conference:
Click here for the final program, presentations, speaker bios, photos, and more.
2008 Conference Proceedings: Program and supplementary materials
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Final Conference Program | Brownfields Marketplace Kit (includes floorplan and | Speaker Profiles(listed alphabetically) | 2007 ProceedingsView materialfrom Canadian Brownfields 2007 in Montreal |
Presentations
Click on the presenter's name below to view their presentation (pdf)
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Brownfields 101, presented by the Canadian Brownfields Network | |
Moderator: Angus Ross, CBN Advisory Panel Chair | |
Tammy Lomas-Jylha, Executive Director, CBN | |
Pamela Kraft, Development Manager, Kilmer Brownfield Equity Fund | |
Michael Billowits, Technical Manager, Brownfields, Quantum Environmental Group | |
Innovations in Brownfields Technology, presented by Ontario Centres of Excellence | |
Moderator: Don Lewis, Director, Business Development, OCE | |
Dr. Kent Novakowski, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen's University | |
Jason Gerhard, University of Western Ontario | |
Eric van Nieuwkerk, Project Leader, Deltares | |
Michel Beaulieu, Contaminated Soil Department, Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks | |
Success Stories from Small Town Canada | |
Moderator: Glenn Miller, Director, Education and Research, Canadian Urban Institute | |
Paul Chapman, Director of Planning Services, City of St. Catharines | |
Alfred Von Mirbach, Consultant, EcoPerth | |
Jordan Grant, Alton Mill | |
Catherine Nasmith, President, Architectural Conservancy of Canada | |
One of Canada's Largest Contaminiated Sites - Is it a "Brownfield"? | |
Moderator: Cement Association of Canada | |
Wilfred Kaiser, Manager, Environmental Services, Sydney Tar Ponds Agency, N.S. | |
Owen Fitzgerald, Executive Director, Unama'ki Economic Benefits Office | |
Bruce Noble, Environmental Engineer, AECOM | |
Day 1: Thursday October 23 | |
Hot Properties - Generating economic re-investment across Canada | |
(no presentations) | |
The CBN's Annual Cross-Country Check-Up | |
Moderator: Harry Dahme, Senior Partner, Gowlings Lafluer Henderson, LLP | |
Alan McCammon, Ministry of Environment, British Columbia | |
Marcia Wallace, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Ontario | |
Michel Beaulieu, Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Quebec | |
Danny McInnis, Department of Environment, Energy and Forestry, P.E.I. | |
Luncheon Keynote, sponsored by FCM | |
Tom Murphy, Senior Resident Fellow, Urban Land Institute; Former Mayor of Pittsburgh | |
Leading by Example, presented by the National Executive Forum on Public Property | |
Moderator: Cathie Macdonald, Convenor, NEFPP | |
Scott Bailey, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, British Columbia | |
James McKellar, Professor and Academic Director, Real Estate and Infrastructure Program, Schulich School of Business, York University; NEFPP Advisor (no presentation) | |
Robert Howald, Vice President, Real Estate, Eastern Region, Canada Lands Company | |
Chris Ollenberger, President and CEO, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation | |
Bill Bosworth, Project Manager, Don Mount, Toronto Community Housing Corporation | |
Placemaking, Innovation and Value Creation | |
Moderator: Billie Bridgeman, Executive Vice President, Artscape | |
Granville Island: Norman Hotson, Principal, Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden Architects, Vancouver | |
Downtown Winnipeg: Garry Hilderman, Principal Emeritus, Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram, Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
Quebec City: Peter Murphy, Planner, City of Quebec | |
Halifax Seaport: Dean Bouchard, Halifax Port Authority | |
Day 2: Friday October 14 | |
Conversations with International Leaders, sponsored by Golder Associates | |
Moderator: Karen Clarke-Whistler, Leader, Global Sustainability Initiative, Golder Associates | |
Jane Forshaw, Head of Environmental Policy, English Partnerships, U.K. | |
Hans van Duijne, International Project Manager, Deltares, The Netherlands | |
Goteborg, Sweden | |
Peter Newton, Professor, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia | |
Anders Riel Muller, Baltic Sea Solutions, Denmark | |
Sustainable Remediation from the Ground-Up | |
Moderator: Brent Gilmour, Project Manager, Education & Research, Canadian Urban Institute | |
Lesley Reid, Group Leader, Environmental Site Assessment, Jacques Whitford | |
Regan Smith, Project Manager, Halsall Associates | |
Carla Guerrera, Planning and Design Project Manager, WATERFRONToronto | |
Corner Gas - Streamlined Solutions for a Common Problem, presented by OCETA | |
Moderator: David Harper, Managing Partner, Kilmer Brownfield Equity Fund | |
Luncheon Keynote, sponsored by the UK Consulate-General | |
Greg Clark, Lead Advisor, City & Regional Development, UK Government | |
Green Jobs for Brown Lands | |
Moderator: Mark Brickell, VP, Smart Growth and Partnerships, Niagara Economic Development Corporation | |
Antony Lorius, Associate Partner, Hemson Consulting | |
John Macintyre, VP, Stakeholder and Community Affairs, TEDCO | |
Mark Bartlett, Environmental Representative, CAW Local 444, Windsor, ON | |
MacMaster Innovation Park: Donald Schmitt, Principal, Diamond & Schmitt Architects Inc. | |
A Developer's Perspective of Risk and Liability, sponsored by Weir Foulds LLP | |
Moderator: Mitchell Fasken, President, Kimshaw Holdings Limited | |
Didier Lapointe, Business Unit Director, Central Region, Jacques Whitford | |
Robert Warren, Partner, Weir Foulds LLP | |
Christopher Robertson, Underwriting Manger, Environmental, Zurich | |
Sandy Menzies, VP. Land Development, Remington Development Corporation | |







