10th Annual Urban Transit Infrastructure Symposium 2024 - Eastern Canada | American Conference Institute | 29 May 2024 | Novotel Toronto North York, 3 Park Home Ave, Toronto, ON M2N 6L3, Canada

Managing a Changing Ridership, Finding Efficiencies for Transit Development, and Strategies for Cost-Effective Planning

This Symposium will bring together transit leaders from across the country to share their expertise and provide you with important and timely discussions on current trends in transit delivery, progress on nationwide LRT and BRT projects, and strategies to transition to a new era of transit planning.

This is your opportunity to meet face-to-face with senior leaders from government agencies, transit authorities, municipalities, engineering and construction companies, and legal and consulting firms at this industry-leading event. Gain insight and knowledge from the experts and join the conversation to ensure you are planning and building for a rapidly transforming sector.

• Redesigning from the Ground Up: How the ONxpress Consortium is Leading Ontario’s Largest Infrastructure Project
• Battling Inflation: How to Increase Funding for Transit Projects with Declining Dollar
• Accelerating Transit System Design in Eastern Canada Using AI
• Achieving Transit and Land Use Planning Synergy in Rapidly Urbanizing Areas
• Fare Integration: Building Synergy Across Eastern Canada’s Transit Systems

2024 Speaker

CO-CHAIR:

Magda Sabat
Vice President Pre-Construction, Pomerleau Inc.

Marlon Merraro
Director of Diversity and Culture, TTC

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Andy Byford
Vice President of Operations, Amtrak

SPEAKERS:

Travis Allan
Chief Legal & Public Affairs Officer, FLO EV Charging

Compton Bobb
Senior Project Engineer, City of Brampton

Lee Caragiale
Transportation Equity Lead, HDR

Ryan R. Chambers
Partner, Aird & Berlis LLP

Ray Cherrey
Safety and Regulatory Affairs Strategist, Motor Coach Canada

Josh Colle
Vice-Chair of Integrated Mobility, CUTA

David Cooper
Principal & Founder, Leading Mobility

Naina Dewan
Manager Innovation & Sustainability, TTC

Brendon Hemily
Senior Advisor Transit Analytics, Lab (TAL)

Keziche Ikeka LLB, LLM
Senior Manager Procurement, Royal Canadian Bank

Kyle M. Lambert
Partner, McMillian Law

Stephan Miller
Policy Lead, Transit App

Simon Minelli
Director Research, Technical Services & Industry Programs, CUTA

Councillor Jamaal Myers
Scarborough North, Chair of the TCC

Kirk Johnston
President, Eco-Efficiency Consulting

Uzay Ozince
Senior Vice President, Transit-Oriented Development, Infrastructure Ontario

Dr. Frederick Peters
York University

Josipa Petrunić
President & CEO, CUTRIC

Christine Seabrooke
Vice President, Commercial Management, Metrolinx

Tyler Seed
Transit Electrification Lead, PowerON Energy Solutions

Anshul Srivastava
Chief Information Security Officer, Toronto Transit Commission

Alyssa Shivji
Partner, Blakes Law

Matthew Slade
Vice President, EllisDon

Julia Stefanishina
Partner and Senior Vice President, Ernst & Young LLP

John Stepovy
Director of Partnerships North America, BusBud

Joshua Strub
Partner, Margie Strub Construction Law

Matthew Di Taranto
Public Transit Partnerships, Uber

Jeff Walter
Digital Consulting Lead- Canada, AECOM

Lena Wang
Partner, Glaholt Bowles LLP

Nicole Wang
Partner, Infrastructure Advisory, Deloitte

Infrastructure Canada Speaker

Transport Canada Speaker