THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
Create value for your assets and enhance your knowledge and skills on current, cutting edge industry trends and technologies through our exceptional Education Series.
Education Session 1 Education Session 2 Education Session 3 Education Session 4
Education Session 1
10:00 AM – 11: 00 AM

Creating asset value for your smart building: Myths, threats & opportunities
By demystifying some of the most common myths associated with today’s smart buildings, this session will identify current threats and opportunities every CRE professional needs to be aware of in order to effectively create and maintain asset value.
Moderator: Demitrius Marshall
Vice President of Technology and Professional Services at RYCOM Corporation
Stephen Adams
GM, 20 Vic Management Inc.
Scott Beneteau
GM, Enercare Commercial Services – Enercare
David Silva
VP, Technologies, Allied REIT
Bill McGowan
Director, Smart Connected Real Estate, Cisco
Laura Towsley
Building Systems Engineer, RYCOM Inc.

How to leverage data analytics: The future of high-performance buildings
In an era where we now gather more information than ever to control our building systems and manage rising energy costs, data analytics have become vital in making sense of it all. Drawing from insights at real buildings and portfolios, this session presents a robust overview of data analytics and its role in a successful energy management process.
Moderator: Jennifer Grado
Lead, CDM Business Development, Toronto Hydro
Eric Chisholm P.Eng., CEM, LEED AP
Technical Lead, Sustainability and Energy, WSP Canada Inc.
Kevin McSweeney
Regional Sales Director – Strategic Alliances, EnerNOC Inc.
Adrien Deveau
Principal, Vice President, Energy Profiles Limited

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities of today’s buildings
With today’s buildings enabled by systems and technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), and connected and shared networks, the use and operation of the built environment is fundamentally changing. This discussion will highlight the key aspects of cybersecurity that every CRE professional needs to be aware of, and prepared for.
Moderator: Luciano Cedrone
VP, National Security, Brookfield Office Properties
Joseph Lau
Communications Security Establishment Manager, Cyber Security Partnerships
Neal Jardine
Loss Adjuster, Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc
Jennifer Drake
Vice President and Legal Consultant at Aon Canada in the Financial Services Group

The humanity in Property Management: Personality mapping in the physio-behavioural environment
With the Property Management (PM) team interacting with more people than HR within an organization, the way they work is critical to the business’ success. This presentation explores the importance of understanding personality types in PM to achieve success in your own career, as well as being able to motivate others in theirs to achieve optimal performance.
Keynote speaker: Alex K. Lam, MRAIC, IFMA Fellow
Director, Global Development, AVIEMORE | STIRLING
Education Session 2
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Creating a cyber safety culture: Why technology alone is not enough
Cybersecurity is not new, but it continues to be vitally important to protecting our assets and people. This panel will address how we can leverage existing systems by looking outside our industry. Hear from panelists who are currently implementing or have implemented security strategies that make this simple to understand and implement.
Moderator: Janet Cloud
COO, Smashblock
Gene McLean
Managing Director, Investigations, Cytelligence
Alex Foord
VP, Information Technology, BGIS
Greg Markell
CEO, Ridge Canada

Improving building efficiency and occupant comfort through real-time indoor air quality monitoring
The intersection of professional-grade building sensors and integrated software solutions have made it possible to measure and visualize building performance indicators that directly impact occupant health and well-being. Learn how real-time monitoring can successfully be deployed to guide healthy material specifications, optimize building operations, and increase stakeholder engagement and satisfaction.
Keynote speaker: Raefer Wallis
Co-Founder and CEO, Global Innovations Green Algorithms (GIGA)

A legal review: What is trending now
Join us as our CRE experts, moderated by Sandra Hardy, Executive Vice President & General Counsel and Secretary, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, engage in a lively and informative discussion on industry trending legal issues including Indemnifiers and Letters of Credit; Smart buildings: Technology and Sustainability; Audit rights; and Expansion and Contraction Rights.
Moderator: Sandra Hardy
EVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited
Ellen Williamson
VP, Legal and Assistant General Counsel, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited
François Viau
Partner at Gowling
Joseph Grignano
Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Change leader: Building and fostering a culture for optimum performance
Understand the skills, attitudes and knowledge that come with being a change leader. This session will give you tangible tools on what creates momentum and creativity and what doesn’t. Learn the core skills and mindsets of innovators and momentum builders – the key to the best and most valuable employees in any organization.
Keynote speaker: John Zettler
Director, Talent Strategy & Development, Dale Carnegie Training
Education Session 3
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

How the Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing Property Management
This presentation explores the gap between minimally code-compliant designs and performance of today’s “best design practice” using leading edge technologies as well as offering you a peek at future potentials. Reviewing these requirements is critical to ensuring building facades can reliably deliver energy performance and comfort to building owners and occupants.
Keynote speaker: Stephen Selkowitz
Senior Advisor, Building Science, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Building Technology and Urban Systems Division

Moving from stranded asset to revenue generation: How to leverage your stand-by generators
Join this session to learn about site specific challenges for onsite generation use, permitting requirements including utility interconnection, technologies available to meet environmental regulatory requirements and the economics of implementing a load reduction strategy using onsite generation.
Keynote speaker: Robert Desnoyers
Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Safety Power Inc.

Weathering the storm: De-risking your building for extreme weather events
Frequency and severity of extreme weather events are on the rise. This, combined with issues all building owners now face such as having more discerning tenants and a reduced market tolerance to interruption, makes resilience planning critical. We have a unique opportunity to reduce operating costs and risk, while enhancing our confidence of operational survival in a catastrophic event. Be part of the discussion; be part of the solution.
Moderator: Geoff Cape
CEO, Evergreen
Alec Hay
Risk, Resilience & Security Planning Consultant, Southern Harbour / UofT
Dana Decent
Manager, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, Faculty of
Environment, University of Waterloo
Glenn McGillvray
Managing Director at Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR)

Maximizing your ROI: The economic value of training your building management staff
The requirement for training is more critical today than ever, with rapid technological advancements, modern corporate and social expectations, and stringent regulatory constraints continuously changing the work environment. Learn from our CRE leaders how we can, as an industry, invest more in people to operate and manage our buildings and service our tenants, to the benefit of your bottom line.
Moderator: Norm Sabapathy
EVP, People, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited
David Giddings
Director, National Programs, Oxford Properties Group
David Hoffman
GM, TD Centre, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited
Ron Shory
Senior Vice President, Human Resources at BGIS
Education Session 4
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Education and change management: The people side of smart buildings
The IoT has introduced a layer of complexity to the Property Manager role. With every new system that improves energy usage, propels sustainability efforts, or enhances security, comes new appliances, hardware, and software that must be maintained, managed, and accounted for. Be part of the conversation as industry and technology experts discuss aspects we often miss when retrofitting and modernizing our buildings.
Moderator: Ian Khan
Technology Futurist
Bill McGowan
Director, Smart Connected Real Estate, Cisco
Lorri Rowlandson
SVP, Strategic Solutions, BGIS
Casey Witkowicz
Founder and CEO of RYCOM

Expert panel review of the latest in performance-enhancing technologies
With greater availability and accessibility to smart technologies, how do you decide what is best for your building(s) to help you achieve your operational and tenant service KPIs? Our panel of building systems experts will discuss the latest IoT research, building technology trends, success indicators, and how to optimize performance through these technologies.
Moderator: Rob Murchison
Principal and Co-Founder, Intelligent Buildings, LLC, Professor,
Harvard University, Intelligent Buildings
Murray Gamble
President of The C3 Group of Companies
Ron Zimmer
President & CEO at Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA)
Stephen Brown
Director, Innovation, CSA Group
Victor Settino
Senior Vice President, Development & Construction at First Gulf Corporation

Asset value optimization through BOMA BEST®
The last decade has witnessed a remarkable insurgence of attention among stakeholders to green building rating systems. While BOMA BEST® continues to lead the Canadian landscape, what sets this certification apart from the rest? Join us and hear first-hand from the experts on the distinguishing factors of BOMA BEST®, awards, and how it can maximize your asset’s value.
Moderator: Nichole A. Bonner
Senior Manager, Sustainability Services, CD SONTER, Environmental Consultants
Ari Dimitraklas
National Director, Technical Services, Retail Services, Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP
Jon Douglas
Director of Sustainability at Menkes Developments Ltd.
Sante Esposito
Colliers International, Vice President, Portfolio Management
Jamie Gray-Donald
VP Sustainability, QuadReal Property Group

Emotional intelligence & productivity: Getting the most out of your team
Emotionally intelligent organizations engage customers, prospects and employees to build strong relationships and drive loyalty. Emotional Intelligence Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach and Author of Ego vs EQ, Jennifer Shirkani, teaches you how to leverage the power of highly emotional intelligence to improve your self-management skills, gain more interpersonal effectiveness and build stronger influence with others.
Keynote speaker: Jennifer Shirkani
Executive Coach, Author of EGO vs EQ, Penumbra Group Inc.