Canadian – Netherlands Resilient Cities Summit Program
Friday, May 29, 2015
7:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Registration & Breakfast
8:30 a.m. to 8:40 a.m.
8:40 a.m. to 8:50 a.m.
9:00 a.m. to 9:10 a.m.
9:10 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.
9:20 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Welcome message by Emmy Scholten, Deputy Consul General of the Netherlands and
Lisa Prime, Master of Ceremonies and Director of Sustainability, Waterfront Toronto
Opening remarks by the Honourable Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and
Development Cooperation of the Netherlands, and the Honourable Glen Murray, Ontario
Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
Keynote speech by John Campbell, CEO Waterfront Toronto:
“Revitalizing Toronto’s Waterfront”
Keynote speech by Geoffrey Cape, CEO Evergreen: “From Here to There”
Keynote speech by Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs for the
Kingdom of the Netherlands:
“Reform by Design - the Transformative Capacity of Coalitions”
10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Break & Networking (Young Welcome Centre)
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Blakes Room - Workshop 1 - Showcasing Technical Challenges for Urban Flood Protection: Lower Don River Case Study
BMO Atrium - Workshop 2 - Re-Use of Soil and Sediment: New Ways to Proceed
Fido Room - Workshop 3 - Exploring Vertical Community Resilience: Integrating Retrofit, Water, Energy, Infrastructure, and Social Systems
Meeting Room 2 - Workshop 4 - Designing a Regional Resilience Strategy
12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Please proceed to the BMO Atrium for afternoon plenary sessions.
2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
In attendance of Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the
Netherlands:
Summary Panel moderated by Henk Ovink with workshop coordinators Dirk Sijmons, Hans
van Duijne, Paul Dowsett, Nina-Marie Lister, and design charrette coordinator Liat Margolis
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion on the Economics of Infrastructure: Governance, Risk & Financing,
moderated by Jennifer Keesmaat, Chief Planner, City of Toronto
Panel participants:
Alec Hay, University of Toronto: Centre for Resilience of Critical Infrastructure
Enid Slack, University of Toronto: Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance
Matthijs Bouw, One Architecture/Penn Design
2:30 p.m. to 2:40 p.m.
Speech by His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Plenary Workshop Discussion moderated by Henk Ovink with Laurian Farrell, Dirk Sijmons,
Tom Kaszas, Hans van Duijne, Lisa King with Paul Dowsett, Andy van den Dobbelsteen,
Nina-Marie Lister, Nico Tillie, Liat Margolis and Rob Roggema
Presentation: Results Workshops and Design Charrette
Wrap-up: Call to Action
4:15 p.m.
Closing remarks by Emmy Scholten, Deputy Consul General of the Netherlands
Networking Reception to follow Closing Remarks
