SCHEDULE

Wednesday, May 22

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Registration 
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

New Member and First Time Conference Attendees Meet and Greet (By invitation only) 
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Welcome Reception

Thursday, May 23

7:30 am- 8:45 am

Breakfast for Delegates and Companions.
9:00 am - 10:00 am

Session 1A - Chibougamau-Chapais and Rouyn-Noranda Air Terminals - Sami Tannoury, EVOQ
9:00 am - 10:00 am

Session 1B - Innovation in the Built-Environment Through Off-Site Construction and Prefabrication - Marcy Tyler, Tremco

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Session 1C - Introducing CCDC 2CcQ: Made for Québec - Gabriel Lefebvre, BLG
9:00 am - 10:00 am

Session 1D - en français -  Volumetric modular construction specified for circularity -  
A case study in the relocation, reuse and adaptability of hybrid modules combining wood and steel components - Carlo Carbone, UQAM
10:00 am - 10:30 am

Speed Networking Session
Take part in this 30 minute networking session and optimize your participation in the conference by meeting a number of professionals with whom you might not otherwise cross paths.  This is a great opportunity to expand your network with fellow delegates, speakers, and sponsors!
10:30 - 11:30 AM

Session 2A - Seismic vulnerability assessment of existing buildings in Eastern Canada - Ahmad Abo El Ezz, ETS
10:30 am - 11:30 am

Session 2B - Sound Absorption:  NRC, Sabins, and Array-NRC - Andrew Schmidt, USG Corporation
10:30 am - 11:30 am

Session 2C - Common Law vs. Civil Code: the main differences in construction law - Clémentine Sallée, CPCS / CPCS Infra Law Ltd.; Pascale Dionne, BLG
10:30 - 11:30 AM

Session 2D - en français - Habitat 67 - Retrofitting Modern Heritage, between Preservation and Adaptability - Ghislain Bélanger, CO12 Architecture
11:45 am - 1:30 pm

Keynote Luncheon 
Autonomous Everything: What AI Means For AEC - Greg Lindsay 
“Technology is the answer, but what was the question?” the British architect Cedric Price famously asked. Generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney may have taken the world by storm, but AEC professionals are grappling with how AI and automation will transform design and construction. Where AI should augment human creativity and where can it replace it? Which end of workflows will it eat first — the front or the back? How can AI extract latent value from firms’ expertise? And how will real-time simulation and prediction at massive scale transform how we perceive the built environment? Author and futurist Greg Lindsay explores how AI and autonomous systems are already upending AEC firms, and what they should do next.

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm

Session 3A - Climate Versus Heritage : The Battle Escalates (Windsor Station) - Jozef Zorko, DMA architectes
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm

Session 3B - Integrating Energy Efficiency Targets into the Passive House Design Process - Evelyne Bouchard et Bruno Verge, Tandem Architecture écologique et BOON Architecture
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm

Session 3C - Changes Relative to the Development, Harmonization and Adoption of Building Codes in Canada - Robert Jutras, UL
1:45 - 2:45 PM

Session 3D -  en français - Chibougamau-Chapais and Rouyn-Noranda Air Terminals - Sami Tannoury, EVOQ
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

Take part in this 30 minute networking session and optimize your participation in the conference by meeting a number of professionals with whom you might not otherwise cross paths.  This is a great opportunity to expand your network with fellow delegates, speakers, and sponsors!
3:15 pm - 4: 15 pm

Session 4A -  Lighting Intent in the New Historical : Evolving Technology in Adaptative Reuse - Conor Sampson, CS Design
3:15 pm - 4: 15 pm

Session 4B - Does Your Lab Building Measure Up? Labs2Zero is a new I2SL Program to Benchmark, Score, Improve, & Certify Lab Decarbonization Performance - Gordon Sharp, I2SL
3:15 pm - 4: 15 pm

Session 4C - Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Answering Call to Action 92 through Empathetic Design and Systems Thinking - Eric Wilson, RJC
3:15 - 4: 15 PM

Session  4D -  en français - Introducing CCDC 2CcQ: Made for Québec - Gabriel Lefebvre, BLG
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm

College of Fellows Induction Ceremony 
Join us to celebrate the elevation of new members to the College of Fellows
(open to all)
5:30 pm - 9:30 PM

Connections Café
This is your chance to network and mingle with a wide range of attendees from 
the local construction industry and from across the country.

Friday, May 24

7:30 - 8:45 am

Breakfast for Delegates and Companions
7:30-8:45 AM

Technical Representative Meeting
7:45 - 8:45 am

College of Fellows Breakfast (Fellows only)
9:00 - 10:00 am

Session 5A - Habitat 67 - Retrofitting Modern Heritage, between preservation and adaptability - Ghislain Bélanger, CO12 Architecture
9:00 - 10:00 am

Session 5B - The embodied carbon enigma of Passive Houses in Quebec - Christophe Jenkins et Camille Laflamme, Cima+
9:00 - 10:00 am

Session 5C - "Smart Building" - From concept to reality! - Charles Bélanger, Pageau Morel et associés inc. (PMA)
9:00-10:00 AM

Session 5D -  en français - REM (Light Rail Transit System) : From Conception to Operation - Natividad Garcia Mayor, CDPQ Infra
10:00 - 10:30 am

Speed Networking Session
Take part in this 30 minute networking session and optimize your participation in the conference by meeting a number of professionals with whom you might not otherwise cross paths.  This is a great opportunity to expand your network with fellow delegates, speakers, and sponsors!
10:30 - 11:30 am

 Session 6A - Adapting Canada’s Codes, Standards and Specifications for Climate change and Extreme Events - Marianne Armstrong and Priscilla Soares Santos, NRC
10:30 - 11:30 am

Session 6B  - To NAAWS or Not to NAAWS- Here is the Answer.  - Laurie Suikki et Marie-Hélène Lafleur, AWMAC
10:30 - 11:30 am

Session 6 C -  Canadian Nuclear Labs New Builds Project: A Case Study in Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - Justin S. Perdue - HDR and Steven Innes 
10:30 - 11:30 AM

Session 6D -  en français - Applied geotechnical engineering for major infrastructure projects - Simon Didone Arseneau et François Côté, GHD
11:45 am - 1:30 pm

Lunch
1:45- 2:45 pm

Session 7A - REM (Light Rail Transit System) : From Conception to Operation - Natividad Garcia Mayor, CDPQ Infra
1:45 - 2:45 pm

Session 7B - Applied geotechnical engineering for major infrastructure projects - Simon Didone Arseneau et François Côté, GHD
1:45 - 2:45 pm

Session 7C - Sharpen your political acumen for strategic action - Pierre Lainey, HEC Montreal
1:45 - 2:45 PM

Session 7D -  en français - Climate Versus Heritage : The Battle Escalates (Windsor Station) - Jozef Zorko, DMA  architectes
2:45 - 3:15 pm

Speed Networking Session
Take part in this 30 minute networking session and optimize your participation in the conference by meeting a number of professionals with whom you might not otherwise cross paths.  This is a great opportunity to expand your network with fellow delegates, speakers, and sponsors!
3:15 - 4: 15 pm

Session 8A - Electrification solutions for resilient, sustainable communities - Ursula Eicker, Concordia University

3:15 - 4: 15 PM

Session 8B - Maximizing a pathway to sustainability through building facades & avoiding 5 common mistakes - Jeff Ker, Engineered Assemblies, Inc
3:15 - 4: 15 PM

Session 8C - The Brave New World of Artificial Intelligence - Cam Featherstonhaugh and Mark Dorsey, CSI
3:15 - 4: 15 PM

Session 8D -  en français - The embodied carbon enigma of Passive Houses in Quebec - Christophe Jenkins et Camille Laflamme, Cima+
4:30-5:15PM

Specification Writer/Construction Contract Administrators 
6:00 pm - 12:00 pm

CSC FUN NIGHT 2024 - SPECtacular

The only drive you will need for the SPECtacular Fun Night is the one to have a great time!
The Montreal - flavoured evening will include attendees working in teams and challenging each other physically and mentally.  There will be plenty of team activities to challenge your mind, game play and food stations that will offer local flavours and the chance to rekindle friendships and create new ones.
Get ready to have a SPECtacular time!!!

Saturday, May 25

7:30 am - 8:45 am

Breakfast for Delegates and Companions
9:00 am - 10:15 am

CSC Members’ Forum
This is your opportunity to ask questions of the Executive Council.

10:15 am - 10:30 am

BREAK
10:30 am - 12:00 am

CSC Annual General Meeting
Members only. 
Meeting includes chapter-by-chapter roll call.


12:00 - 1:30 pm

Annual Awards Luncheon

Recognize and congratulate your fellow CSC members for their dedication
and commitment to CSC and the construction industry.
6:00 pm - 7:00 PM

President’s Reception
Please note: formal attire is recommended for The President’s Reception and Ball
Must be 16 years of age or older to attend.
7:00 PM - 1:00AM

President’s Ball
Please note: Formal attire is recommended for The President’s Reception and Ball
Must be 16 years of age or older to attend 

Sunday, May 26

7:30 am - 10:30 am

Travelers’ Breakfast Buffet for Delegates and Companions
Safe travels home and we look forward to hosting you again in 2025!