The Professional Engineers Ontario, Oakville Chapter, and the Oakville Chamber of Commerce present this one-day symposium focused on the challenges and opportunities in planning for sustainability.
 

4 Key Topics with 8 Keynote Speakers:

• Planning & Infrastructure
• Transportation
• Sustainable Buildings
• Water & Waste Management   

 Featuring:

 Keynote Speaker: Senator Art Eggleton

 former Mayor of Toronto, currently serves asDeputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology and is a member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications. In 2012, he was appointed as Chair of the Board of Global City Indicators Facility (GCIF). He will discuss Why Cities, Why Metrics

Planning & Infrastructure

 Willfried Wienholt, VP City Planning, Siemens Worldwide  

Willfried Wienholt's assignment is to manage Siemens city account managers worldwide. This community supports decision makers in cities to master future challenges. His key topic is to connect sustainable development of urban

infrastructure with green and efficient products and solutions  

Sammy Ayoub, senior project director, Public Infrastructure Development, Ellis Don

He started as a Project Manager working on the first Public Private Partnership "P3" project in Ontario, the Brampton Civic Hospital, and is now the Senior Project Director and the Consortium Representative for Ontario's biggest P3 project, the New Oakville Hospital which is now under construction. He has been involved in nine P3 projects to date including light rail, healthcare, education and justice projects.

Transportation

Mohammed Ali, regional manager, Sustainability-Life Cycle specialist, Environmental Services Group, Hatch & Jim Berry, senior director, Hatch Mott MacDonald

Mohammed Ali has managed and conducted several sustainable development related projects, particularly involved in life cycle studies. He is currently leading one of the largest LCA studies done for the manganese industry ever.

  Jim Berry is a consultant with Hatch Mott MacDonald, specialising in the development of urban, rail based transit projects.

Bruce McCuaig, CEO, Metrolinx 

 As President & CEO of Metrolinx, Bruce is building a team that is committed to transforming transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, by building a customer service emphasis throughout the organization, delivering quality transportation services on time and on budget, and working collaboratively with our partners.

 

 

  Sustainable Buildings

Braden Kurczak, Green Design Group lead, Enermodal Engineering

Braden Kurczak, P.Eng, LEED AP BD+C, is the Division Head for Enermodal Engineering's Green Buildings Group, which has certified 175 LEED Canada buildings - more than any other green building firm. He is recognized as a sustainable building expert in North America, having been named to two 'top 40 under 40' lists for the building and construction industry. 

 

 

 

Steve Foster, ICT Director, Ellis Don & Donna Gray, Real Estate Operations Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

 

Water & Waste Management

 

 

 Michael Hribljan, Regional VP, Water & Process Technology, GE Canada

Mike Hribljan is the Regional Vice President for Canada with GE Water and Process Technologies. In his role Mike is responsible for all GE Water's municipal and industrial commercial activity across Canada. Prior to joining GE in January 2005, Mike had 11 years of experience as a senior manager and company director for a Canadian based consulting engineering firm in Toronto specializing in wastewater and water treatment. 

 

 

 

Rob Rivers, director, Waste Management Services, Region of Halton

 

 

Questions? Contact

carina@oakvillechamber.com

 

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