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virtual conference | Sep 23, Sep 30, Oct 7 & Oct 14

Finding a Place in
Evolving Communities

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#OPPI2020

Beyond 25 Banner

virtual conference
Sep 23, Sep 30, Oct 7 & Oct 14

Finding a Place
in Evolving Communities

Register Now

#OPPI2020

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Day 1 - September 23

Please see our Day 1 program outline below. Members will be able to select programming from four streams. OPPI is finalizing OPPI20 programming, but visit this page regularly for updates to our Day 1 program. To register for OPPI20, please click here.

Day 1 Partners: 

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Housing Stream Sponsored by:
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10:45 AM

Introduction

11:00 AM
Keynote - Jay Pitter
12:00 PM

Break

Take this time to check out the platform and see what is happening for the day! Update your profile, network with other attendees and visit the exhibitor/ partner profiles.
12:30 PM
Stream 1
12:30PM - 1:30PM
100 - Responding to school closures: A discussion on the shifting paradigm
Stream 2
12:30PM - 1:30PM
200 - Where and what type of housing completions are happening in Ontario’s major populations centres?
Stream 3
12:30PM - 1:30PM
300 - A new Schedule 3: Planning for the next horizon of growth in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
Stream 4
12:30PM - 1:30PM
400 - Affordable housing vs. housing affordability: Have we lost focus?
1:30 PM

Break

This break is sponsored by: StrategyCorp Inc. + Sajecki Planning Inc.
1:45 PM
Stream 1
1:45PM - 2:45PM
101 - Spatial Justice on Turtle Island: Indigenous, Black, and newcomer perspectives
Stream 2
1:45pm - 2:15PM
201A: Built not Shelved: Effectively Managing the Politics in Planning to Make Proposals a Reality
2:15PM - 2:45PM
201B: Why Bringing Back Main Streets is critical to Covid recovery
Stream 3
1:45PM - 2:45PM
301 - Planning decolonization
Stream 4
1:45PM - 2:45PM
401 - Making places for seniors in our communities
2:45 PM

Break - We’re #AlwaysON the GO!

Through the lenses of OPPI members we’re going to take you on a virtual tour of Ontario. Can you spot your district? Join us on this break for a stroll in a familiar community, or an adventure through a new one. You might just spot a community you had a hand in shaping!
 
3:00 PM
Stream 1
3:00PM - 4:00PM
102 - Midland: Enjoying life at every age
Stream 2
3:00PM - 3:30PM
202A - Tools to encourage the development of affordable housing
3:30PM - 4:00PM
202B - Greater Sudbury’s Affordable Housing Strategy
Stream 3
3:00PM - 3:30PM
302A - Child-focused planning: Advancing play and mobility to make already great cities even greater, more inclusive, and joyful
3:30PM - 4:00PM
302B - Challenges and opportunities for child-friendly public open spaces in downtown Toronto
Stream 4
3:00PM - 4:00PM
402 - The impacts of land use planning on housing affordability: An economic analysis
4:00 PM

Break - Namaste Home

During this break we’re going to help you reduce stress, recharge, and refocus. #namaste with us and relieve tension from your upper body with some chair yoga. No mat required!
4:15 PM
Stream 1
4:15PM - 4:30PM
103A - Coordination and collaboration: Key factors in the success of the Brock District Plan
4:35PM - 4:55PM
103B - Who wants to live in a floodplain?
4:55PM - 5:15PM
103C - The Road to Your RPP and Beyond: Becoming a Certified Planner and Volunteering with the PSB
Stream 2
4:15PM - 5:15PM
203 - No easy answers: A frank discussion about wins, challenges, and opportunities in affordable housing
Stream 3
4:15PM - 5:15PM
303 - Introduction to the Housing Supply Challenge
Stream 4
4:15PM - 4:45PM
403A - A Solutions Lab Approach to Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing
4:45PM - 5:15PM
403B - Your community has a goal of ending homelessness
5:30 PM
Virtual Networking Reception - OPPI Swag Night

OPPI Conference SWAG Night

​Welcome to the first-ever virtual networking reception! Join us for the OPPI Opening Networking Reception from 5:30PM - 6:30PM and a watch a bartender create the drink of the night. We’ll be sharing the recipe so you can be a professional mixologist too!

Don't forget to bring your previous OPPI Conference swag, whether you pull out the funky socks (holes and all) or drink a cocktail out of your favourite OPPI mug, we want to go down memory lane with you!

Sponsored by: City of London