CIQS Congress 2024 Program

Industry experts share valuable insights into what's next in construction economics at CIQS Congress 2024. Join us in Toronto and learn from the industry's best.

THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2024

Registration Open
5:00pm - 8:00pm

 

Welcome Reception
Kensington Ballroom
6:30pm - 9:00pm

DAY ONE - FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2024

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Registration Open
 3rd Floor
7:00am -5:00pm

Delegate Breakfast
 SOCO Ballroom Foyer
7:00am - 8:00am

Networking Reception
 SOCO Ballroom Foyer
5:45pm - 7:30pm

EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS

7:45am - 8:00am
Opening Ceremony
8:00am - 8:30am
 KEYNOTE: Danna Donald, Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
8:30am - 8:45am
 CEO's Welcome Remarks
8:45am - 9:45am
 "Legislation begins! Meaasuring and Managing GHG in Construction Supply Chains: The Role of ESG Reporting and the QS Opportunity"
Speaker: Ross Huartt, MBC Group
9:45am - 11:00am
 "Construction Law Developments and Issues"
Panelists: Sandra Astolfo, WeirFoulds LLP | Andrea Lee, Glaholt Bowles LLP | Catherine Gleason-Mercier, Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP | Patricia Morrison, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

11:00am - 11:30am
 REFRESHMENT BREAK - sponsored by

11:30am - 12:30pm
 "Mass Timber - Tunneling Through the Barriers"
Speaker: Angela Denice Lai, Core Two

12:30pm - 1:30pm
 LUNCH - sponsored by

1:30pm - 2:30pm
 "AI in the Construction Industry - Insights, Advantages & Risks"
Panelists: Andrew Wong, Matthew Burgoyne, and Sam Ip, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
2:30pm - 3:15pm
 "Maximizing Collaboration in Construction Projects"
Speaker: Manish Mehta, BTY Group

3:15pm - 3:45pm
 REFRESHMENT BREAK - sponsored by

3:45pm - 5:00pm
 "Collaborative Procurement - Panacea or Problems"
Panelists: Wasiu Omotoso, Dentons Canada LLP | Paul Hughes, Altus Group | Dr. Diana Nada, Turner & Townsend |

Vincent Denommée-Gravel, Kiewit

5:00pm - 5:45pm
 "The Real Public Private Partnership: Alliancing"
Speaker: Joshua Strub, Margie Strub Construction Law

 

DAY TWO - SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2024

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Registration Open
 3rd Floor
7:00am -3:45pm

Delegate Breakfast
 SOCO Ballroom Foyer
7:00am -8:00am

Chair's Dinner and 65th Anniversary Celebration

Dinner Registration
 SOCO Ballroom Foyer
6:15pm - 7:30pm

Dinner & Awards
 SOCO Ballroom
7:30pm - 9:00pm

Dinner Reception
 SOCO Ballroom Foyer
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Local Flavour Night
9:00pm - midnight

EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS

8:00am - 9:15am
"The Path to the Future of Decarbonization"
Panelists: Peter Van Dyck, Turner & Townsend | Gordon Bourque, Akonovia | Kyle Goehring, Turner & Townsend | Kathy Seli, Green Standards
9:15am - 10:00am
 "Artificial Intelligence and Construction Quantities and Pricing - the Opportunity"
Panelists: Amir Kia, RONI Group | Layal Ebrahimi, SKYGRiD Construction Inc | Mark Pelletier, KingSett Capital | Sajjad Siraty, Ledcor | Shahram Heidari, Tarra Engineering & Structural Consultants Inc.
10:00am - 10:45am
 "Human Capital Deficit & Canadian Construction: Rethinking Foreign Talent Strategies"
Speaker: Naumaan Hameed, Greenberg Hameed PC
10:45am - 11:15am
 REFRESHMENT BREAK - sponsored by

 

11:15am - 12:00pm
 "Blueprint to Byte: the Digital Lifecycle of Data Centre Construction"
Speakers: Saad Minhas, Equinix | Crystal Eggers, Microsoft
12:00pm - 1:00pm
 "Schedule and Cost in Progressive Design Build Projects - Prevailing Realities"
Panelists: Taha Syed, Stantec Consulting | Elisa Brandts, Stantec Consulting | Mel Yungblut, Lakeland Consulting Inc. | Shoaib Munir, Metrolinx
1:00pm - 2:15pm
 LUNCH - sponsored by

Annual General Meeting begins at 1:15pm - closed session: CIQS members with voting rights only
 Lunch will be served in the SOCO Ballroom Foyer. Tables will be set up in the Parkdale Ballroom for Non-voting members and non-CIQS members
2:15pm - 3:15pm
 "The Canadian Project Conundrum"
Panelists: Gary Williams, IEDG | Ray Seker, IEDG | Nermina Harambasic | Krishan Mittal
3:15pm - 3:45pm
 REFRESHMENT BREAK - sponsored by
3:45pm - 5:00pm
 "Adjudication as a Service Industry"
Panelists: Robert Kennaley, Kennaley Construction Law | Chad Kopach, Blaney McMurtry LLP | Sahil Shoor, Gowling WLG | Jerry Crawford, KGC Consulting Services Ltd