AMO Annual Conference 2005 Creating a New Municipal Landscape   Conference Proceedings with links to presentations where available   Updated August 24, 2005

SUNDAY, August 14

3:30 p.m.

• Understanding the Latest in Municipal Law
  • Fred Dean, Barrister and Solicitor

MONDAY, AUGUST 15

8:15 - 8:30 a.m          The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Finance

Annual General Meeting

8:30 a.m.                  Roger Anderson, President, Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.          Keynote Speaker – Robert Fisher, Political Commentator

Robert Fisher is currently CBC’s afternoon news anchor, and can be heard on Radio One’s Here & Now. He is a regular contributor to TVO’s weekly Fourth Reading, and a political analyst for CBC Radio programs in Windsor and Sudbury.

10:30 – 12:00          Concurrent Sessions

• Investing in Infrastructure
  • Mark Mieto, CAO, City of Greater Sudbury
  • Richard Shannon, CAO, Prince Edward County
  • Marvin Stemeroff, Principal, Economics and Business Planning Group, Gartner Lee Limited
• Investing in Social Outcomes
  • Dr. James Dunn, Assistant professor, Department of geography, University of Toronto 
  • Rob Horne, Director of Housing, Region of Waterloo
  • Adelina Urbanski, Commissioner of Social Services, Region of Halton
• After the Flood – Peterborough and You 
  • Sue Cumming, MCIP RPP, Cumming & Company
    Trent Gervais, Deputy Fire Chief, City of Peterborough 
  • Brian Worsley, P.Eng. Senior Water resources Manager, UMA Engineering Ltd
  • Photo Gallery 
• Bringing 311 to Your Community
  • Terry Pearce, Manager, Citizen Services, City of Calgary
  • Nancy Plumridge, President and Secretary Treasurer, LAS and AMO Director of Administration and Business Development
  • Paul Slater, CEO, Local Government Finance Authority, Adelaide, South Australia
• Pension Reform
  • Dana Richardson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
  • Craig Rix, Partner, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
  • Roy Stuart, Managing Consultant, Hewitt Associates, Vancouver
• Planning Sustainable Communities
  • Louise Comeau, Project Director of the Sage Climate Project at the Sage Centre, International Institute for Sustainable Development
  • Paul Graham, Director of Engineering and Public Works, Town of the Blue Mountains
  • Cynthia Levesque, Manager, Environmetal Management, City of Ottawa

1:45 – 2:15 p.m.           John Tory, Opposition Leader - Progressive Conservative Party

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.         

• Alternative Waste Disposal Systems – A European Perspective
  • Gosta Gustavsson, Vice-Mayor and Commissioner for Municipal Initiatives, City of Linkoping, Sweden
    Ton B. Holtkamp, Director of Chemicals, Waste and Radiation Project, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Hague, Netherlands
  • Dr. Jurgen Vehlow, Divison of Thermal Chemistry, Institute of Technical Chemistry, Karlsruhe, Germany

Here is your chance to learn more about how others are dealing with energy and waste challenges in their communities.

3:45 – 4:15 p.m.       Howard Hampton, Opposition Leader - New Democratic Party

5:00 p.m.               Meet Your Caucus Candidates

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16

7:45 – 8:30 am          Early Morning Insight: Union Gas –  Underground Infrastructure Damage Prevention.... A Shared Responsibility (Presentations not available for these sessions)

• Ontario’s Disability Secretariat - A New Era of Accessibility
• Ontario Strategic Infrastructure Financing Authority (OSIFA)
• OMERS - Information Session and Dialogue on the Plan and More
• Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP - The Ethical Council:  Open Government, Protecting Reputation and Avoiding Pitfalls
• Ontario Medical Association - A Perspective on LHINs and Your Community
• Burlington Signs and the Town of Milton - Progressive Thinking and Acting in Public's Interest          

8: 30 – 9:45 a.m.  

• The Conservation Imperative
  • Linda Bertoldi and Mark Rodger, Partners, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • Steven Hall, Director, Corporate Energy Marnagement, Region of Peel
  • Peter Love, Chief Energy Conservation Officer, Ontario Power Authority
  • Nils Semmler, President, Rentec Renewable Energy Technologies

Join Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Ontario’s Chief Energy Conservation Officer and others as we explore the landscape of energy conservation and municipal leadership.

9:45 – 10:15 a.m.          The Fiscal Landscape – Municipalities in the Bigger Picture

• Harry Kitchen, Professor, Trent University

10:30 – 12:00          Concurrent Sessions:

• Municipal Finance Matters
  • Carl Isenburg, President and Chief Administrative Officer, MPAC
  • Nancy Kennedy, Director, Provincial Local Initiatives Branch, Ministry of Finance
  • Larrry Ryan, Chief Financial Officer, Region of Waterloo 
• Building Green
• • Marianne Berube, Ontario Executive Director, WoodWORKS!/Canadian Wood Council
  • Tye Farrow, Partner in Charge of Design, Farrow Partnership Inc.
  • Ken Noonan, Director of Facilities Management and Fleet Services, Region of Waterloo
  • Jiri Skopek, ECD Energy and Environment Canada Ltd.
• Service Delivery Review
  • Peter Lee, CAO, City of Barrie
  • John Livey, CAO, Town of Markham
  • Karen Maxwell, Director, Municipal Performance &Accountability Branch, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and housing
• Our Evolving Water World
  • Joan Andrew, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment
  • Edward J. Kent, Director of Watershed Programs, EarthTech Canada 
  • Jim Pine, CAO, County of Hastings and Member of MOE Source Water Protetction Implementation Committee and Member of Expert Panel on Water and Wastewater
• Planning Sustainable Communities (repeat)
  • Louise Comeau, Project Director of the Sage Climate Project at the Sage Centre, International Institute for Sustainable Development
  • Corwin Cambray, Commissioner of Planning and Development, Region of Niagara
  • Bill Fisch, AMO Regional and Single Tier Caucus, and Chair, Region of York
• Two Municipalities – One Waste Management Solution  (Combined presentation) 
  • David Braden, Councillor, City of Hamilton
  • Gary Burroughs, Mayor, Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
  • Beth Goodger, Director of Waste Management, City of Hamilton
  • Dave Merriman, Principal, MacViro Consultants Inc.
  • Steve Plaice, Environmental Assessment lead, Waste Trasnfer, Jacques Whitford

1:30 – 2:00 p.m.          Hon. John Godfrey

Minister of State (Infrastructure and Communities)

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.          Concurrent Sessions:

• Process Reform (EAs, Heritage and Building Code)
  • Terry Hewitson, Supervisor, Inspections and By-law Enforcement, City of Burlington and Vice-President, OBOA
  • Janine Ralph, Senior Environmental Planner, MacViro Consultants Inc.
  • George Rust-D'Eye, Solicitor, WeirFolds, LLP
• Pieces of the Puzzle – Ambulance and Public Health Services in the World of LHINs
  • Dr. Sheela Basrur, Chief Medical Officer of Health, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  • Dr. Chris Mazza, President and Ceo, Ontario Air Ambulance
  • Gail Paech, Lead, System Integration - LHIN, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Service Delivery Review  (repeat session)
• Our Evolving Water World (repeat session)
• Preparing for Pandemics
  • Allison Stuart, Director, Emergency Management Unit, Ministry of Health and long Term Care 
• Labouring through Change and Human Capital
  • Mark Mason and Craig Rix, Partners, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP

3:50 – 5:00 p.m.   The Ministers’ Forum

• Minister John Gerretsen, Municipal Affairs and Housing

• Minister Leona Dombrowsky, Agriculture and Food and Rural Affairs

• David Zimmer, Parliamentary Assistant, Ministry of the Attorney General

• Minister Mary Anne Chambers, Children and Youth Services

• Minister Sandra Pupatello, Community & Social Services

• Minister Monte Kwinter, Community Safety & Correctional Services
• Parliamentary Assistant Jennifer Mossop, Culture
• Minister Dwight Duncan, Energy
• Minister Laurel Broten, Environment
• Minister Greg Sorbara, Finance
• Parliamentary Assistant Ted McMeekin, Government Services
• Minister George Smitherman, Health & Long-Term Care

• Minister Jim Watson, Health Promotion

• Minister David Ramsay, Natural Resources

• Parliamentary Assistant Bill Mauro, Northern Development & Mines
• Minister David Caplan, Public Infrastructure Renewal

• Minster Jim Bradley, Tourism

• Minister Harinder Takhar, Transportation

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.   Crisis Management – Are you Ready?

Join Bell Security Solutions and explore the three most important characteristics of a crisis management plan.  If you would like a copy of Lloyd Ellam’s presentation, please email to bssievents@bell.ca.

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.    Hon. Dalton McGuinty -  Premier of Ontario

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.  Federal Gas Agreement – Next Steps in the Roll Out

• Understanding the Agreements and what you can expect for their implementation.
  • Andre Juneau, Deputy Head, Infrastructure Canada (presentation will be available shortly)
  • Pat Vanini, Executive Director, AMO (presentation will be available shortly)

10:30 a.m.    A Brief Retrospective on the New Municipal Landscape – How Far Did You Go? (Wrap up and the last draws)

Conference Adjourns