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P3 2024 Program

PROGRAM STRUCTURE
We have a robust lineup of programming at P3 2024 with 80+ expert speakers, 14 panels, up to 6 Government Capital Plans/Market Soundings, 3 workshops & 3 keynotes over two days. To help our delegates navigate and select the sessions they can't miss, we’re focusing on four key themes:

  • Big Ideas
  • Business Development/Opportunities
  • Infrastructure Policy, and
  • Community Enabling Infrastructure

More content and speakers added weekly as we countdown to P3 2024.

7:00 am - 8:00 am
Registration & Breakfast
8:10 am - 8:30 am
Welcome & Opening Remarks
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Opening Keynote: A New Deal for Municipalities: Insights on Infrastructure and Growth from Canada’s Big City Mayors
9:00 am - 10:00 am
General Session 1: Solving the Risk Equation to Restart Canadian P3s
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Morning Networking Break
10:15 am - 11:15 am
General Session 2: The Great Debate: Alliance vs. P3
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Breakout Session 1A: P3s in Motion: A Case Study on Economic Development in the Windsor-Essex Region
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Workshop #1:Catalyzing Alternative Finance in Canadian Infrastructure
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Breakout Session 1C: The U.S. Election: What Will it Mean for Canada-U.S. Trade & Infrastructure?
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Breakout Session 1D: Enhancing the Role of Private Operators in Transit Projects
12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
Luncheon
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Luncheon Keynote: Bridging Perceptions and Policy: Keynote by David Coletto, Abacus Data on Canadian Public Opinion Trends 
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Breakout Session 2A: Bridging the First Nations’ Infrastructure Gap: Unlocking New Financing Models for Sustainable Growth
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Workshop #2: Expanding the P3 Umbrella: Adding Private Finance to Alliance and IPD
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Breakout Session 2C: Navigating Complex Infrastructure: Strategies to Prevent and Resolve Construction Claims
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Breakout Session 2D: Lightening the Capacity Load: Strategies for Supporting Community-Enabling Infrastructure and Asset Management
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Afternoon Networking Break
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Breakout Session 3A: The Forgotten Pipes Beneath our Feet: What’s Needed to Secure Our Water/Wastewater Infrastructure?
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Workshop #3: Techniques for Tackling the Municipal Infrastructure Funding Gap
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Breakout Session 3C: The Devil's in the Details: What's New, What's Different, What's Working in Contracting?
3:15 - 4:15
Breakout Session 3D: From Pain Points to Progress: How AI Can Revolutionize Canadian Procurement Practices
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Networking Break
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Breakout Session 4A: Government Capital Plans / Market Soundings (Infrastructure Ontario)
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Breakout Session 4B: Government Capital Plans / Market Soundings (Alberta Infrastructure)
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Breakout Session 4C: Government Capital Plans / Market Soundings (PSPC)
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
First Night Reception
8:00 p.m. -
The After-Party Party Hosted by the Young Leaders in Infrastructure (YLI) Elephant & Castle, 212 King St West
7:00 am - 7:50 am
Registration & Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:10 am
Welcome Remarks from CCPPP
8:10 am - 9:00 am
Opening Keynote
9:00 am - 10:00 am
General Session 1: Can We Do It? Canada’s Infrastructure Leaders Weigh in on Canada’s “Build, Baby, Build”
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Morning Networking Break: Montrose Environmental 
10:15 am - 11:15 am
General Session 2: Show Me the Money, Show Me the Projects: Changing the Status Quo for Investment in Canadian Infrastructure
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Breakout Session 1A: Infrastructure Delivery Best Practice — The Do’s and Don’ts of Sharing Precedents between Sectors
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Workshop #1: Expanding the P3 Umbrella in Canada
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Breakout Session 1C: Building Canada’s Trade Future — Port Infrastructure & Global Opportunity
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Breakout Session 1D: True North Strong and Free . . . Finally? Tapping Infrastructure Opportunities in the Northwest Territories
12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
Luncheon: Plenary
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Luncheon Keynote: Chief Economist Dawn Desjardins on Reading Between the Economic Numbers: What’s Happening Now and Looking Forward
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Breakout Session 2A: The Hub: How Toronto’s Union Station is Defining and Measuring Collaboration
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Workshop #2: Key Considerations for P3 Project Handback
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Breakout Session 2C: One Roof, Many Views: Cracking the Affordable Housing Code
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Breakout Session 2D: Is There a Doctor in the House? The Consequential Challenges Resulting from Canada’s Mega Hospital Boom
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Afternoon Networking Break: TYLin
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Breakout Session 3A: Lowering Indigenous Project Risks: FNII’s Collaborative Model for Infrastructure Success
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Breakout Session 3B
3:15 - 4:15
Breakout Session 3C: AI Across the Construction Stack
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Networking Break
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Breakout Session 4A: Bricks, Bridges & Budgets: The Municipal Infrastructure Balancing Act
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Workshop #3: Integrating AI and Digital Twins Across the Infrastructure Life Cycle
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Breakout Session 4C
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Breakout Session 4D
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
First Night Reception: Oh Canada!
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
The After-Party Party Hosted by the Young Leaders in Infrastructure (YLI)
7:00 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:45 am - 8:55 am
Opening Remarks: CCPPP Board of Directors Chair
8:55 am - 9:10 am
Day 2 Keynote: Ontario Premier Doug Ford: Infrastructure, Innovation & Partnership in Times of Change
9:15 am - 10:15 am
General Session 3: The Power Shift: Canada’s P3 Experts on Embracing & Influencing the Next Generation of Energy Contracts
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Morning Networking Break
10:30 am - 11:30 am
General Session 4: The Big Data Revolution – Creating a New Class of Canadian Infrastructure
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Marketplace & Networking
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Project Profiles: North Strong – Unlocking Canada’s Future Through the NWT’s Big Three
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Project Profiles: Alberta
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
P3 National Awards Luncheon
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
General Session 5: Ring-fenced O&M: The Protective Force Field for Long Lasting Assets
3:00 pm - 3:10 pm
Closing Remarks
3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Closing Network Reception & Marketplace Finale
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Opening Remarks
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Day 2 Keynote: Bridging Global Infrastructure Gaps: Private Capital and P3s in the Modern Era
9:40 am - 10:40 am
General Session 3: Getting Bendy with It: The Pressing Need for a New Agility in P3s
10:40 am - 11:00 am
Morning Networking Break
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
General Session 4: The Rise of Megaprojects: Ways to Bring Them Back Down to Earth
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Marketplace & Networking
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
P3 National Awards Gala Luncheon
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
General Session 5: Power of Collaboration: From Progressives to Traditional P3s
3:00 pm - 3:10 pm
Closing Remarks
3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Closing Network Reception & Marketplace Finale