Conference Chair:

Manley McLachlan, President and CEO of B.C. Construction Association

Keynotes

Bonnie Prior, Executive Committee Chair, Canadian Brownfields Network & General Manager, Commercial Council

Mayor Lois Jackson, Chair, Metro Vancouver Board of Directors; Mayor of Delta, BC

Alan Boniface, Vice Chair, Urban Land Institute (Vancouver Chapter); Chair, Vancouver City Planning Commission; Principal, Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden

Chris Ollenberger, President & CEO, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation-- "Leadership in Land Development: Calgary's East Village"

Geoff Cape, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Evergreen-- "Delivering on Vision: How Evergreen's Unique Value Proposition Propelled it to the Forefront of Environmental NGOs"

Sessions:

Day 1- Monday, October 26, 2009

 

Plenary Session: Passing the Torch - Learning from Progress

Moderator: Bruce Mohun, Science journalist and award-winning director and film writer

Speakers:

Harry Dahme, Senior Partner, Gowlings LLP -- "Cross-Country Check Up"

Scott Bailey, Manager of Brownfields and Program Development, BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands-- "BC Brownfield Renewal Strategy: Addressing Uncertainty and Encouraging Brownfield Redevlopment"

Rhona Martin, Chair, Environment committee of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM)

Michel Beaulieu, Expert Scientific advisor Ministère du développement durable, de l'environnement et des parcs, Québec-- "Passing the Torch-Learning form Progress: Quebec"

Breakout Session: Qualified Persons-Who Will Do the Work?

Moderator: Michael Kerford, Vice-President, Eco-Canada

Speakers:

David Lloyd, CEO and Registrar, Alberta Institute of Agrologists-- "Qualified Persons: Who Will Do the Work?"

Alan Walker, Contaminated Sites Approved Professionals of BC and Senior Project Manager, SNC-Lavalin Environment Inc.-- "Qualified Persons- Who Will Do the Work?"

Steve Finn, Program Head, BC Institute of Technology's Brownfield Redevelopment Program--"BCIT's Experience with its Brownfield Redevelopment Program" 

Joanne Sawatzky, Senior Green Building Program Manager, Light House Green Construction Training Program-- "Green Construction Training Program: An Introduction to Green Building for Anyone Working on Green Sites"

Breakout Session: Wanted! No New Brownfields

Moderator: David Crocker, Partner, Davis LLP

Speakers:

Dave Flynn, Senior Environmental Engineer, Stantec--"Is Ontario Serious About No New Brownfields"

Eric Pringle, Vice President, Operations,  Hemmera-- "Wanted! No New Brownfields"

Janet Bobechko, Certified Specialist, Environmental Law, Blaney McMurty LLP-- "Positive Impact of Corporate Change"

Randy Hall, Asset Manager, Network Planning and Real Estate, Imperial Oil, Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI)-- "Modern Service Station Constructin and Operations"

Michel Beaulieu, Expert Scientific advisor Ministère du développement durable, de l'environnement et des parcs, Québec-- "Wanted! No New Brownfield- Quebec Approaches"

Plenary Session: The Upside of Brown- Economic Renewal in Uncertain Times

Moderator: Cheeying Ho, Executive Director, Whistler Center for Sustainability

Speakers:

Kim Fowler, Director of Sustainability, City of Victoria-- "Triple Bottom Line for Brownfields"

Luciano Piccioni, President, RCI Consulting-- "Niagara's Top Redevelopment Opportunities- More Than an Inventory"

Lew Bowers, Central City Division Manager, Portland Development Commission-- "The Pearl District: From Brownfield to Goldmine"

Day 2- Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Breakout Session: Show Me the Money- Maximizing your Investment

Moderator: Onno Kremers, Director, National Programs, Federation of Canadian Municipalities-- "Show Me the Money: Maximizing Your Investment With FCM's Green Municipal Fund"

Speakers:

Tami Fur, Manager, Brownfield Implementation, BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands-- "Overview: British Columbia Brownfield Renewal Funding Program"

Andy Panko, Associated Brownfields Inc.--"Heavy Industrial to Residential Conversion-Recycling an Entire Abrasives Plant"

Pamela Kraft, Development Manager, Kilmer Brownfield Equity Fund LP-- "Realty Taxes: The Brownfield Challenge"

Jessica Wooliams, BC Co-Director, Cascadia Green Building Council

Breakout Session: Transformation and Preservation- Creatively Using Heritage Resources

Moderator: Gordon Price, Urban Land Institute (Vancouver Chapter) and Director, City Program, Simon Fraser University

Speakers:

Don Loucks, IBI Group, The John Street Roundhouse in Toronto--"John Street Roundhouse"

Paul Chapman, Director of Planning Services, City of St. Catharines--"Brownfields and Heritage-Building From Our Past To a Better Tomorrow"

Hal Kalman, Commonwealth Historic Resource Management Ltd.-- "Southeast False Creek, Vancouver, and the Re-Use of the Salt Building"

Breakout Session: Financing-The Next Generation

Moderator: Kellie Trotman, Assistant Vice President, Environmental, CHARTISa division of AIU Holdings--"Pollution Legal Liability as a Tool for Managing Risk in Brownfield Transactions"

Speakers:

Don Thorpe, General Manager, Planning and Development Serives, Coproation of the City of Welland--"Financing: The Next Generation-Part 2"

Wes Funk, Director, EconomicsT Canada, WorleyParsons Canada Ltd.

Andrew Himel, Managing Partner, Kilmer Brownfield Equity Fund LP-- "Managing Financial Risk in Brownfield Transactions"

Breakout Session: The Role of Clean Technology in Remediation

Moderator:  Kevin Jones, President, OCETA

Speakers:

Carlos Pachon, U.S. EPA, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response-- "Green Remediation: Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Contaminated Site Cleanups"

Israel Dunmade, Chair, Sustinable Remediation Technologies Initiatve (SRTI); Associate Professor, Environmental Engineer, Mount Royal University, Calgary-- "The Role of SRTI in the Promotion of Clean Remediation Technology"

Al Durand, Petroleum Indsutry Consultant, Ontario Centres of Excellence-- "The Role of Clean Technology in Remediation"

John Scholte, Geotechnical Engineer and Contracts Manager, Golder Associates Innovative Applications (GAIA) Inc.-- "Case Study: Vancouver Island Conference Centre"

Closing Plenary: "Magnets for Sustainability and Investment"- International Insights for Canadian Cities 

Moderator:  Jeanette Southwood, Global and Canadian Brownfields Initiatives Leader, Golder Associates Ltd.--  "Opening Remarks"

Speakers:

Eric Turcotte, Urban Strategies Inc., Cork Atlantic Quarter, Ireland-- "Brownfield Development in Tumultuous Economic Times"

Bastiaan Lammers, Project Develoment Manager, Boskalis Dolman-- "Soil and Sediment Management"

David R. Lloyd, Director, Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization (OBLR), U.S. EPA-- "Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization"

Alan McCammon, Manager, Brownfields & Remediation Assurance, BC Ministry of Environment-- "Olympic-Catalyzed Brownfield Redevelopment"

 

Workshops

Workshop #1: Brainstorming on Brownfields- Dispelling Myths and Building Confidence

Led By: Marguerite Ceschi-Smith, City Councillor, Brantford

Speakers:

Elizabeth Peace, Senior Project Manager, CH2M HILL-- "Critical Success Factors at Brownfield Sites"

Dana Westermark, Oris Development-- "Managing Risk By Developing a Comprehensive Vision for Your Brownfield Site"

Mark Holland, HB Lanarc-- "Brownfields LEED ND, Southeast False Creek, and the Future of Cities"

Cheryl McLay, Regional Manager Vancouver Island/ Coast Region, Rural BC Secretariat, Ministry of Community Development-- "Rural BC Secretariat"

Workshop#2: Collaboration and Partnership- How to Engage with First Nations Enterprises and Revive Economic Potential

Led By: Rahul Lakhote, Founder, Partner and COO of Gunina Partners, BC

Ray Sr. Elder, Sumas First Nation

Ray Silver, COO and Member, Sumas First Nation

Brad Boyes, Partner and CEO, Gunina Partners

Workshop #3: Big Ideas from Small Towns

Led By: Marguerite Ceschi-Smith, City Councillor, Brantford-- "FCM Green Munipal Fund"

Speakers:

Luciano Piccioni, President, RCI Consulting-- "Big Ideas from Small Towns"

Ruth Malli, City Manager, Town of Ladysmith

Robert Hutchins, Mayor, Town of Ladysmith-- "The Town of Ladysmith Waterfront Redevelopment"

Marie Sturman, Manager, Crown Land Opportunities, Ministry of Lands and Agriculture

Don Lidstone, Q.C., Ratcliffe & Company, LLP