​​​​Draft Agenda – Subject to Change

7:45am – 8:45am
Registration, Networking, Continental Breakfast

8:45am – 9:00am

Welcome Remarks
Emcees – CBN President Krista Barfoot (SLR Consulting), Conference Chair Andrew Macklin (WSP Canada)
CBN Executive Director – Meggen Janes

9:00am – 9:15am
details coming soon

9:15am – 10:15am

Prioritizing Brownfields: Are Brownfields the Solution for New Attainable Housing?
We’ll kick off our 2024 national conference with a targeted and timely discussion on the important role
of brownfields in solving our national housing crunch. We’ll provide a State of the Nation to understand
the incentives available and the progress that has been made, whether a property’s status as a
brownfield helps or hurts its chances for redevelopment as housing, and whether commercial buildings
have become the more viable brownfield investment.

• Meggen Janes, CBN Executive Director, moderator
• Chris DeSousa, Toronto Metropolitan University School of Urban and Regional Planning
  • Status of brownfield incentives across the country
• Tom Li, Parsons
  • A Comparison of Regulatory and Permitting Requirements of Various Canadian Jurisdictions in Converting Brownfield Sites into Residential Use.
• Nima Kia, RPP Director, Development, Housing Now, CreateTO and Mark Richardson, Technical Lead, Housing Now!
  • Public Land initiatives on brownfield sites and how to directly incentivize.

10:15am – 10:45am
Networking Break

10:45am - 11:45am

Brownfield Development: Finding Balance with Conflicting Needs
This discussion will look at how brownfields help solve community needs, and which needs they are best
suited to address. Are they best suited to help right-size employment lands? Prop up attainable
housing? Strengthen industrial land offerings? Or perhaps even a combination of needs via multiple use
development?

Our panel of experts will explore these issues and more to help us better understand how best to work
with municipal and developer partners on redevelopment projects.

• Suvish Melanta, Grounded Engineering, moderator
• Jeremy Dunn, Commercial Vice-President, HOPA
• Kyle Nicholls, Vice President, Environmental Health and Safety, Triovest
• Tunde Paczai, Urban and Planning Practice Lead, AECOM

11:45am – 1:15pm
Lunch, Networking, and Keynote Presentation

Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie is the City Councillor for Scarborough-Rouge Park and Chair of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee. Dr. Jennifer McKelvie was elected in 2018 as the Toronto City Councillor for Scarborough–Rouge Park. After being elected to her second term of office in 2022, Jennifer was appointed Deputy Mayor, and in this capacity, assumed the responsibilities of the Office of the Mayor during its vacancy from February to July of  2023.  Deputy Mayor McKelvie also serves as Chair of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee tasked with advancing Toronto's climate action, ravine and vision zero strategies.

1:15pm – 2:15pm

Brownfield Restoration: transforming traditional approaches with property solutions, AI and enhanced infrastructure.

• New Management Approach for Divesting Imperial Oil’s Surplus Sites
  • Maurice LeBlanc, Commercial Portfolio Manager, Environmental and Property Solutions, Imperial Oil.
  • Tammy Lomas-Jylha, President, Lomas-Jylha Consulting.
• AI and Brownfield Redevelopment: Options, Applications, and Outcomes
  • Kathryn Matheson, SLR Consulting (Canada) Limited​​
• Combining District Energy and In-situ Bioremediation
  • Dr. Magdelena Krol, York University

2:15pm – 2:45pm
Networking Break

2:45pm – 3:45pm

Integrated and Innovative Development Solutions

• Leandro Santo, Research Planner, Canadian Urban Institute (CUI): CUI's Office Conversion.

3:45pm – 5:00pm

Evolving Standard of Care
In this session, we will delve into key questions shaping the future of our practices:

• How have (and are) brownfield professionals adapted to changing standards?
• How do we leverage institutional knowledge and retain the intent of processes, regulations and guidelines?
• What role does technology play in facilitating or complicating our efforts?
• How do sustainability and resilience initiatives drive innovation in industry best practices?
• Is the Standard of Care evolving at the right pace to meet emerging challenges?
• Addressing legacy issues: navigating historical precedents in a changing environment.
• The impact of industry-wide labor shortages and retirements on Standard of Care expectations.
• Are new graduates adequately prepared to meet evolving demands and are we training them quickly enough with the right resources?
• Has the increase in staff mobility (remote workplace to frequent workplace transitions) changed the level of care and continuity we apply to projects?
• Harnessing AI to enhance efficiency without compromising the Standard of Care.

Join us as we navigate these critical topics, exploring the intersection of evolving standards, technological advancements, and emerging industry demands and how it is impacting or supporting Brownfield Redevelopment. Discover actionable insights to inform your approach and ensure your practices remain at the forefront of environmental stewardship and regulatory compliance for brownfield renewal

• Joanna Vince, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP, moderator.
• Janet Bobechko, WeirFoulds LLP
• George Boire

• Paul Bowen

5:00pm – 5:05pm
Closing Remarks

5:10pm – 5:30pm
Presentation of the HUB Awards