> Program at a Glance

Wednesday, November 25 & Thursday, November 26, 2009
Best Western Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre, London, ON

The information below is subject to change.

WEDNESDAY

9:00 am

• REGISTRATION - MAIN HALL
• WELCOME COFFEE - REGENCY & ATRIUM
• INFORMATION FAIR & NETWORKING – REGENCY & SPONSORS HALL

10:30 am

• WELCOMING REMARKS - CRYSTAL BALLROOM
  • Micheline Riopelle, Director, Municipal Services Office -West
  • Deputy Minister Fareed Amin, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing

11:00 am

• MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER - CRYSTAL BALLROOM
  • David Chernushenko , “Finding Our Power - Community Renewal through Better Approaches to Energy”

12:00 pm

• LUNCH - CRYSTAL BALLROOM
  • Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best   - Greetings from the City of London
• INFORMATION FAIR & NETWORKING: Regency & Sponsors Hall

1:00 pm

• Can We Talk? Liability for Negligent Misrepresentation - Canterbury Room
• Let’s Focus on the Economy - Part 1 - Chelsea
• Energy Efficient Housing – The  EQuilibrum Demonstration - Oak Room
• Moving Toward Zero Waste - Cambridge
• A Primer on Rural Economic Development - Royal Palm

2:15 pm

• AFTERNOON BREAK - REGENCY & SPONSORS HALL
• INFORMATION FAIR & NETWORKING: Regency & Sponsors Hall

2:45 pm

• Can We Talk? Liability for Negligent Misrepresentation - Canterbury
• Let’s Focus on the Economy - Part 2- Chelsea
• Air Quality – Not Just a Bunch of Hot Air - Oak Room
• Energy Efficiency in New Construction – the Future of Green Buildings - Cambridge
• Solar Power Session – why solar, and why now? - Royal Palm

4:00 pm

• AFTERNOON KEYNOTE SPEAKER - CRYSTAL BALLROOM
  • Paul Gray, Climate Change Program Co-ordinator, Ministry of Natural Resources

5:00 pm

• INFORMATION FAIR SHOWCASE & NETWORKING
• COCKTAIL RECEPTION

6:00 pm

• DINNER SPEAKER - CRYSTAL BALLROOM
  • The Honourable Jim Watson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
  • Presentation of Long-Standing Service Awards

THURSDAY

7:45 am

• CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST - CRYSTAL BALLROOM

8:45 am

• WELCOMING REMARKS - CRYSTAL BALLROOM
  • Luanne Phair & Dwayne Evans 2009 Conference Co-chairs
  • Doug Reycraft , AMO Past President and Mayor, Municipality of Southwest Middlesex

9:00 am

• Latest News on the Housing Economic Stimulus Package - Cambridge
• What does the Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 Mean for Municipalities? - Royal Palm
• Energy Conservation – Every Kilowatt Counts - Oak Room
• Sustainable Rural Communities - Chelsea
• The Dollars and Sense of Natural Heritage Areas - Canterbury

10:15 am

• MORNING BREAK – ATRIUM

10:30 am

• MORNING PLENARY SPEAKER - CRYSTAL BALLROOM
  • Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario

11:45 am

• LUNCH - CRYSTAL BALLROOM

12:45 pm

• AFTERNOON PLENARY SPEAKER - CRYSTAL BALLROOM
  • Dr. Bruce Archibald, President FED DEV Ontario

1:45 pm

• CLOSING REMARKS & PASSPORT DRAW - CRYSTAL BALLROOM