Each year, CCPPP awards up to 12 talented post-secondary students from across Canada the opportunity to attend Canada's Infrastructure Conference, happening in 2025 on Monday, October 27 and Tuesday, October 28.
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Our Next Generation Talent delegates take part in a special student pre-conference orientation and networking session, as well as attend keynote speeches and provocative panel discussions from notable Canadian and global infrastructure leaders with deep experience in construction, law, engineering, consulting, government policy and procurement.
Who is Eligible to Apply?
Graduate students and upper-year college and undergraduate university students who are studying in a relevant field (e.g., finance, engineering, business, law, public administration, political science, economics, planning, and construction management).
Successful students will receive one complimentary ticket (worth $3,100), including:
Special Next Generation Talent workshop on Sunday, October 26
2 days of sessions, keynotes & networking on Monday, October 27 and Tuesday, October 28
All on-site meals, snacks and beverages
Access to discounted hotel reservations at conference hotel while inventory lasts
First Night and Closing receptions & Young Leaders in Infrastructure (YLI) after-party
Interested?
Please download and fill out the application form and submit it no later than Wednesday, August 20, 2025 to [email protected]. Successful candidates will be notified via email by September 26, 2025.
In 2019, we caught up with past Next Generation Talent student delegates from the class of 2014 for their perspectives on attending the Annual Conference, thanks to Operis.
In 2014, Adam was an MBA student keen to explore the private-sector side of the fence, after encountering the P3 mechanism when working as a program officer with the Government of Alberta.
Daniel Herscovitch was likewise studying for an MBA, after a first degree in civil engineering, when he attended in 2014. He had had some P3 experience, working on the 407 Highway project, at SNC-Lavalin. But after attending the CCPPP conference he knew he wanted to specialize in project finance.
“Being there in person allowed me, as a young engineer, to see how much was really going on. It helped me see the financial side of things,” he recalled.
Harrison Clark, now a lawyer specializing in real estate, said his advice to student attendees is to be undaunted and make the most of this window on the P3 sector: “Come prepared. Be open-minded. You may be meeting with industry leaders. See what interests them and focus on that.”
