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, Infrastructure Alberta)
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Breakout Session 4B: Government Capital Plans / Market Soundings (Newfoundland & Labrador & The HFR Project
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
