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Conference
Highlights
February 9-11, 2016
DAY 1
February 9
Full-Day Training Session
Implementing Community-Wide
Green Stormwater Infrastructure
This workshop provided
strategic insights into policy
and program tools for
community-wide
implementation of green
stormwater infrastructure
(GSI), to reduce stormwater
runoff volumes and achieve
water quality and quantity
targets.
2
Full-Day Training Session
The F-Word: Intelligent Failure
for a Sustainable Future
This interactive session
helped build participants'
skills for dealing with failure,
explored the reasons some
sustainability initiatives fail
and identified best practices
for building an organization
where innovation, learning
and sustainability thrive.
3
Full-Day Training Session
Asset Management for Sustainability:
Enabling Integrated Planning and
Development Decisions
This workshop focused on building an understanding
of how asset management is a powerful tool that can be
used to embed social, environmental and economic
considerations into municipal decision-making.
4
Full-Day Training Session
Envision® Training: Unleashing
the Power of Life Cycle Management
This session equipped participants with the principles
of Envision®, a system for decision making that helps
municipalities answer tough questions like
“what is the best infrastructure project to pursue?”
and “how do we pursue it?”
5
Full-Day Training Session/Study Tour Combo
Complete Streets in Action:
Sustainable Streets for All Road Users
This fast-paced session
featured Dutch traffic
engineer, architect, public
space designer and former
city councillor Dick van
Veen. Participants learned
from Dutch inspiration how
to analyze roads in their
community according to
function, speed and user
behaviour.
6
Full-Day Training Session/Study Tour Combo
Best Practice in Wastewater Treatment:
Lessons from the Green Municipal Fund
and the City of Ottawa
This workshop provided an opportunity for participants
to share barriers and opportunities in planning their new
wastewater treatment systems.
The site visit to the Robert O. Pickard Environmental
Centre showcased leading practices from the City of Ottawa
in wastewater treatment and management.
7
Full-Day Training Session/Study Tour Combo
Cost-Effective and Sustainable Approaches
to Brownfield Redevelopment
This interactive workshop for municipal practitioners
and other stakeholders involved in site revitalization
and redevelopment focused on integrating cost-effective,
sustainable approaches during the brownfield redevelopment
process.
The workshop included a tour of the proposed Zibi
development; a 37-acre riverfront redevelopment project that
straddles two cities and provincial borders and is rich
in history.
8
Half-Day Training Session
Applying Tools to Build Resilience
in Local Communities
This training session provided
an opportunity for sustainability
professionals to discuss major
adaptation challenges.
Participants were guided
through resources to better
mitigate local climate impacts.
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DAY 2
February 10
Opening Ceremony and Plenary
Wednesday morning
Workshops
• Delegates learned how continued professional
development can help build more sustainable
communities.
• They also learned how to use social capital to build
greater sustainability and resilience.
• And they learned how a standardized approach to
energy benchmarking simplifies policy development
and implementation.
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Wednesday afternoon
Lunch Keynote Address
The Honourable Catherine McKenna,
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Wednesday afternoon
Workshops
• In the afternoon, delegates heard about how FCM’s
Green Municipal Fund works to enable local leadership
in sustainability.
• They discussed how communities can improve their
human and tree canopy health through knowledge,
innovation and best urban forest practices.
• And they examined opportunities and best-practices for
building, operating, renewing and decommissioning
buildings to meet their climate change obligations.
Wednesday afternoon
Workshops
• Also on Wednesday afternoon, delegates learned about
collaboration between municipalities
and neighbouring First Nations communities.
• They heard different perspectives on eliminating
carbon-based energy systems.
• And they heard how municipalities around the world are
adopting LED and connected lighting technology to
make communities safer and accelerate energy plans.
Wednesday afternoon
Study Tours
• Delegates wanting to learn more about leading-edge
wastewater and drinking water infrastructure in rural
communities visited Chelsea, QC, where Council recently
implemented an innovative approach to wastewater
management that addresses the community's challenge
of a lack of space for traditional lagoons.
• Delegates looking to diversify their rural community
visited Chelsea, QC, and learned about innovative
approaches to densification, local food production,
social connections, and smart growth.
Wednesday evening
Sustainable Communities Awards
and PCP Milestone Recognition Ceremony
DAY 3
February 11
Thursday morning
Plenary Panel:
My Hometown in 2050
Thursday morning
Workshops
• On Thursday morning, delegates looked at how small and
rural communities have increased their economic
vitality, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and saved
money.
• Delegates heard from leading municipalities that are
measuring the value of natural assets and incorporating
them into their core financial processes and infrastructure
design.
• And they learned how comprehensive mapping data
can be used to determine flood risks, including costs,
risks, and what Canadians can do to protect themselves.
Thursday afternoon
Workshops
• In the afternoon, delegates explored a range of innovative
sustainability approaches that are ready for the mainstream.
• Delegates learned how open data and social media can
achieve concrete environmental results in a community
context.
• They also heard insights on new ways of thinking when it
comes to building safer and healthier communities.
Thursday
Study Tours
• In the morning, delegates had the opportunity to join the
Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation in a visit to its
greenest building—Beaver Barracks—to explore the property’s
innovative resident engagement program.
• In the afternoon, delegates learned about the evolution
of rapid transit in Ottawa, from the successful bus-based
Transitway system to Light Rail Transit.
Thursday afternoon
Closing Plenary and Keynote
Wednesday and Thursday
Trade Show