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OPPI CONFERENCE 2019

toronto | october 1–3

Facing change and guiding Ontario into the next quarter century

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Day 2 - October 2

8:15 AM
Light Breakfast Prior to the day’s keynote speaker, join OPPI for a light breakfast of refreshments and pastries on-site at the Beanfield Centre where it will be served in the PKE area.
Tech Demo Alley
8:15AM -4:45PM
TECH100: YorkTrax (York) and DATS (Halton) Application Review Software Demo
8:15AM - 4:45PM
TECH200: UrbanBlocks – Creating Positive and Informed Dialogue Through a Jumbo-Size Urban Development Board Game
8:15AM - 4:45PM
TECH300: Bringing “Planners in Public Spaces” to Amplify Unheard Voices in the City of Toronto
8:15AM - 4:45PM
TECH500: Beyond Boards – Crash Testing Visualization Tools for Planners
8:15AM - 4:45PM
TECH600: Virtual Reality – The Digital Frontier of Participatory City Building
8:15AM - 4:45PM
TECH700: Transformative Transportation Planning in the Smartphone Era
8:15AM - 4:45PM
TECH800: Demonstrating Design Principles Through Technology in the City of Kitchener
9:00 AM

Greetings and Welcome

9:30 AM
Keynote: Ramona Pringle Surviving and Thriving in an Era of Disruption
10:30 AM

Refreshment Break

Come explore the table displays, the tech alley and the OPPI Hub in the PKE Area while enjoying refreshments.
11:00 AM

Concurrent Sessions (500)

Interactive 60
11:00AM - 12:00PM
500: Integrating Assessment Processes to Achieve Social License for Climate Change Transformations
11:00AM - 12:00PM
501: Planning for High-Density Liveability in Midtown Toronto
11:00AM - 12:00PM
502: Technology and Planning: A Panel Discussion
11:00AM - 12:00PM
503: Shaping Built Form Through A Liveability Lens
11:00AM - 12:00PM
504: Solving Today’s Wicked Problems with Creativity
11:00AM - 12:00PM
505: Planning for Complete Communities – Exploring the Redevelopment of Celestica’s Industrial Lands
11:00AM - 12:00PM
507: The Wet Weather Wiki
11:00AM - 12:00PM
506: Planning for 21st Century Ontario
12:00 PM
Awards Luncheon
1:00 PM
OPPI Annual General Meeting
2:15 PM

Concurrent Sessions (600)

Interactive 30
2:15PM - 2:45PM
604A: The Toronto 2030 Platform – Improving Building Performance in Downtown Toronto Through Better Data and Collaboration
2:45PM - 3:15PM
604B: Navigating Change Beyond 2036 in Ottawa
2:15PM - 2:45PM
603A: The Road to Your RPP Designation
2:45PM - 3:15PM
603B: Volunteer Roles with the PSB: Mentorship, Sponsorship, Site Visits and More
Interactive 60
2:15PM - 3:15PM
600: A Panel Discussion on Community Energy Planning: Bridging the Gap Between Land Use Planning and Energy
2:15PM - 3:15PM
606: Prospering with a Stable of Declining Population
2:15PM - 3:15PM
605: Gentle Intensification: Strategies for Historic Neighbourhoods
Lightning Sessions
2:15PM - 2:30PM
601A: Section 37 - A Mid-Sized City Reflection
2:35PM - 2:50PM
601B: How to Gain Buy-In and Link Climate Change Planning with Other Municipal Priorities
2:55PM - 3:10PM
601C: Toronto Green Standard: Incorporating Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Into the Development Review and Approvals Process
2:15PM - 2:30PM
602A: Place-making and Planning in the Age of AI
2:35PM - 2:50PM
602B: Being ”Smart” is Easier Than We Think
2:55PM - 3:10PM
602C: TLAB - "The 'New' Kid on the Block - Pitfalls and Pratfalls."
Mobile Workshops
2:30PM - 4:30PM
MW6: The Evolution and Transformation of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Twenty Years Later
2:30PM - 4:30PM
MW7: Revitalizing the Alexandra Park Community in the Heart of the City
2:30PM - 4:30PM
MW8: Creating Community Assets by Reimaging and Reusing Transportation Corridors In and Around the Gardiner Expressway and Fort York
2:15PM - 5:15PM
MW9: Tour the King-Spadina District
2:15PM - 5:15PM
MW10: Placemaking on Lake Shore – Hotel X and Trillium Park, Entertainment at the Waterfront
2:30PM - 4:30PM
MW16: Exhibition Place Environmental Initiatives Walking Tour
3:15 PM

Refreshment Break

Come explore the table displays, the tech alley and the OPPI Hub in the PKE Area while enjoying refreshments.
3:45 PM

Concurrent Sessions (700)

Interactive 30
3:45PM - 4:15PM
704A: Learning From a City Built for Mice – Deploying Art and Storytelling as a Public Engagement Process for Children and Youth
4:15PM - 4:45PM
704B: Digital Engagement – Is it Always the Answer?
Interactive 60
3:45PM - 4:45PM
700: Evaluating the Quality of Municipal Climate Change Plans in Canada
3:45PM - 4:45PM
701: Making Room – New Approaches to Plan for a Diversity of Housing
3:45PM - 4:45PM
703: Backyards and Bistros: Designing Suburbs for City-Loving Millennials
3:45PM - 4:45PM
705: ‘Urbs and Spices – Three Recipes for Planning Studies in High, Medium and Low-Growth Areas in Toronto’s Inner Suburbs
3:45PM - 4:45PM
707: York University Student Centre
3:45PM - 4:45PM
706: A Host of Challenges – How Technology Has Changed Short-Term Rentals
Lightning Sessions
4:05PM - 4:20PM
702B: Climate Action Through Collective Impact in Urban Forest Renewal
4:25PM - 4:40PM
702C: Green Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation – How Visualization and Economic Analysis Can Build the Case
3:45PM - 4:00PM
702A: Major Research Paper Proposal: “Travel Behaviour of Immigrant & Demographic Groups in the GTHA"