Buildex Vancouver 2023 | Informa Connect | 15 February 2023 | Vancouver Convention Centre West, Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC V6C 3G3, Canada

Industry professionals, experts and suppliers will return to Vancouver interact, learn and discover the newest innovations from a market in constant transformation. This summit is Western Canada's largest forum connecting the holistic building industry and bringing together industry leaders for learning, sourcing and networking opportunities.

2023 Speakers

Ryan Adamson
Director of Operations, MOSO North America

Peter Amoroso
Sales, Marketing Manager , SIS Panels by Nexxgen Building Systems

Julie Angus
CEO, Open Ocean Robotics

Chris Atchison
President , BC Construction Association

Neil Barman
Architect, Product Specialist, Vectorworks Inc.

Elisabeth Baudinaud
Founder, Principal, Carbon Wise

Martin Berryman
Director/Co-Owner, AWMAC/Wanes Custom Woodworks Inc.

Luiz Bezerra
Senior Manager, Passive House Canada

Rod Bianchini
Chief Strategy and Compliance Officer, SkilledTradesBC (formerly the ITA)

Sean Binns
Senior Project Manager , Kindred Construction Ltd.

Michael Blackman
Principal, RJC Engineers

Erik Blair
Senior Planner, Metro Vancouver

Greg Bloom
Manager of Industry Relations, Home Performance Stakeholder Council

Ian Bonsma
Senior Associate, Western Region Manager, HGC Engineering

Aziz Bootwala
Senior Principal, Kasian

Forest Borch
Building Energy and Carbon Analyst, ReLoad Sustainable Design

Mark Braidwood
Partner, Clyde & Co Canada LLP

Sarah Bramley
Vice President, Workplace Advisory, Colliers

Amy Brander
Sustainable Building Advisor, Perkins&Will

Megan Brooks
Associate, Leader of Design Technology, Dialog

Zosia Brown
Vice President of Sustainability, Nexii Building Solutions Inc.

Naomi Brunemeyer
Director, Regional Development, Lower Mainland, BC Housing

Caroline Butchart
Embodied Emissions Program Manager, Carbon Leadership Forum Vancouver

Cameron Carter
President, Normac Insurance Appraisals

Alex Chang
Associate, Lesperance Mendes Lawyers

Suzanne Checkryn
Director, Prairies, Revay

Felix Chen
Thermal Energy Manager, QuadReal Property Group

Chris Churchill
President, FirstService Residential

Carla Ciepliski
National Director, Lean Practice, Colliers Projects Leaders

Kevin Clark
Architect, ZGF Architects

Rosemary Cooper
Managing Director, Circular Innovation, Light House Sustainability Society

Tim Cormode
Founder, Power to Be Foundation

Adam Corneil
Founder, CEO, Unbuilders

Christine Craik
Senior Associate, Interior Designer, Kasian

Jerry Crawford
Principal Director, KGC Consulting Services Ltd.

Lynnell Crone
Vice President Alternative Contracts, Light Industrial, Bird Construction

Jennifer Cutbill
Principal, Lateral Agency

Valentina Dabic
Principal Engineer, Future Grid and Modernization, BC Hydro

William Dahl
Senior Interior Designer, HDR

Vincent Davenport
Director, Construction Sciences, EllisDon Construction

Simon Davie
Vice President, Lu'ma Development Management

Liam Davis
Associate, ZGF Architects

Greg Dekker
Vice President, Global Workplace Insights, Teknion Limited

Karina Delcourt
Strategic Initiatives Manager, ETRO Construction

Eric Della Ventura
Sales & Application Engineering, Big Ass Fans

Allison DenToom
Practice Advisor, Engineers and Geoscientists BC

Luke Dolan
CEO, Capital Home Energy Inc.

Phil Dougan
Citadel Law Corporation

John Dowse
Senior Managing Director, Ankura Consulting Group

Susan Drew
Market Segment Manager, Altro Americas

Darya Duma
Senior Trainer, Consultant, Procept Associates Ltd.

Patrick Enright
Senior Green Building Engineer, City of Vancouver

Katy Fairley
Industry Standard Practices Consultant, British Columbia Construction Association

Mohammad Fakoor
Associate, RJC Engineers

Ali Fard
Senior Managing Director, Ankura Consulting Group

Wayne Farey
President, Campbell Construction Ltd.

Joel Fariss
Regional Design Labs Leader, Gensler

Amy Fehr
Manager Professional Practice Advice Program, Engineers and Geoscientists BC

Scott Fehrenbacher
CEO, Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver

Steve Fetterly
Associate, Impact Engineering

Jeremy Field
Senior Sustainability Advisor, Introba

Veronica Franco
Partner, Clark Wilson LLP

Brent Frayne
Principal, Smith + Andersen

Eric Corey Freed
Principal, Director of Sustainability, CannonDesign

Mark Gaglione
Director, Construction Sciences, EllisDon Construction

David Garcia
Business Development Manager, Energy Solutions, Modern Niagara

Maura Gatensby
Lead Practice Advisor, Regulatory Liaison, Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC)

Joe Geluch
President, Naikoon Contracting Ltd.

Adam Gerber
Managing Principal, Aspect Structural Engineers

Farbod Ghanouni
Project Consultant, Norman Disney & Young

Sunny Ghataurah
President, AES Engineering

Troy Glasner
Principal, Fractional Chief Sustainability Officer, White Blue Green Consulting Inc.

Helen Goodland
Principal, Head of Research and Innovation, Scius Advisory Inc.

Netali Goren
Director of Design, C8studio, Collabo8 Architecture + Design

Johnny Graham
Canadian Sales, Design Manager, Big Ass Fans

Shelley Gray
CEO, SkilledTradesBC (formerly the ITA)

Sabine Grimes
Founder, Owner, Unison Group

Einar Halbig
Managing Partner, E3 Eco Group Inc.

Melissa Hamer
Project Leader, Zero Energy/Emissions Buildings Learning Centre, British Columbia Institute of Technology

Sean Hamilton
President / Chief Strategy Officer, First District Mechanical / Take Charge Learning

Alicia Haneine
Marketing & Sales Manager, MOSO Canada West

Rick Hansen
Founder, The Rick Hansen Foundation

Vance Harris
Partner, Dialog

Dylan Heerema
Senior Policy Advisor, Ecotrust Canada

Jason Heinrich
Building Performance Lead, HDR

Greg Hemminger
Harm Reduction Coordinator, Vancouver Island Construction Association (VICA)

Ben Hildebrandt
Principal Investigator, Building Science, SAIT Green Building Technologies

Maris Holmes
Associate, Clark Wilson LLP

Rebecca Holt
Senior Director, Sustainability, Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC)

Mohamed Imam
Designer, Lead Researcher, Perkins&Will

Kerri Jackson
Senior Vice President, Property Management, Concert Properties Ltd.

Adam James
Principal, Ryder Architecture

Adam Juck
Associate Principal, Smith + Andersen

Mohit Kant
Channel Manager, QEA Tech

Ivica Karas
Strategic Initiatives Manager for Construction and Infrastructure Standards, CSA Group

Mike Kasuya
Principal, The AME Consulting Group Ltd.

Al Kemp
President, A. G. Kemp & Associates Inc.

Steve Kemp
President, Owner, Kemp Construction

Nick Kendrick
Head of Western Canada Sales, Ecopilot AI

Scott Kennedy
Principal, Cornerstone Architecture

Justin Kim
VP of Growth, QEA Tech

Mark King
Product Manager, 3D Laser Scanning, Multivista Systems

Vicki Komisar
Technical Advisor, Codes Canada, National Research Council Canada

Lucya KowalewskiLucya Kowalewski
Partner, Clark Wilson LLP

Rory Kulmala
CEO, Vancouver Island Construction Association (VICA)

Michel Labrie
Principal, Local Practice Architecture + Design Ltd.

Tara LandesTara Landes
President, Bellrock

Doug Langford
Principal, JDL Homes Inc.

Charles Lankester
Project Manager, The AME Consulting Group Ltd.

Melvin Lau
Architect, Ryder Architecture

Meeta Lele
Project Manager, Dialog Design

Mona Lemoine
Senior Sustainability Consultant, Sustainability, Dialog Design

Dan Lever
Partner, Clyde & Co US LLP

Glyn Lewis
Founder, CEO, Renewal Home Development

Charling Li
Green Building Engineer, City of Vancouver

Christine Lintott
Architect, Christine Lintott Architects Inc.

Chris Liu
Principal, Smith + Andersen

Christy Love
Principal, Senior Project Manager, RDH Building Science

Oleg Lungu
Instructional Development Consultant, British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)

Thomas Lutes
Lawyer (Private Practice), General Counsel/Deputy CEO, Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC)

Iain MacFadyen
Principal, ZGF Architects

Lisa Mackie
Partner, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP

John Madden
Director, Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia

Jelena Madzarevic
Building and Material Sciences Specialist, EllisDon

Amanda McGee
Lawyer, Lesperance Mendes Lawyers

Robert Malczyk
Principal, Timber Engineering

Sofia Marmolejo
Energy Efficiency Engineer, Project Manager, FRESCo Building Efficiency

Mike Marshall
Partner, CEO, Kinsol Timber Systems

Brenda Martens
Principal, Aedify consulting

Karen Martin
Partner, KC, Dentons LLP

Elaine McCormack
Co-Founder, Wilson McCormack Law Group

Jolene Mclaughlin
Director, Corporate Sustainability, EllisDon Corporation

Paul Mendes
Partner, Lesperance Mendes Lawyers

Mariko Michasiw
B2E Program Manager, Zero Emissions Building Exchange

Joshua Millard
Co-Founder, Demolition: Impossible Contracting

Craig Mitchell
Principal, BlackBox Offsite Solutions Ltd.

Karel Moersalim
Solutions Engineer, OpenSpace Labs

Leslee Montgomery
Mental Wellness Architect, Humanology Partners

Daniel Murphy
VP of Preconstruction, EllisDon

Jennifer Neville
Partner, Hamilton & Company

Jeremy Nickel
Owner, Nickel Brothers Construction

Christy Nikel
President, Principal, LeanU Consulting

Eric Nikolaishvili
Offer Marketing Manager, Schneider Electric Canada

Brendon Ogmundson
Chief Economist, British Columbia Real Estate Association

Veronica Owens
Senior Advisor, Sustainability, WSP

Anthony Pak
Principal, Priopta

Jim Papadoulis
Manager, Future Grid & Modernization, BC Hydro

Roberto Pecora
Director, Zero Emissions Building Exchange

Shelley Penner
President, Interior Designers Institute of British Columbia (IDIBC)

Kerri Peyton
Founder, Principal, Peyton Licensed Interior Design

Dennis Picco
Partner, KC, Dentons LLP

Scott Pickles
Principal & Senior Vice President, Canada Consulting Leader, Consulting Canada, Avison Young

Tom Place
Structural Engineer, Equilibrium

Robert Poole
Senior Managing Director, Construction Solutions, FTI Consulting

Murtaza Poonawala
Director of 3D Rendering | 3D Visualization Services, Studio 5253 Canada

Kelly Raby
Property Manager, Dwell Property Management

Harshan Radhakrishnan
Manager, Climate Change and Sustainability Initiatives, Engineers and Geoscientists BC

Nitasha Rajora
President, Principal, Neev Development Ltd.

Christian Ramirez
Senior Vice President, Property Management, Growth, PoolPal Corp.

Dave Ramslie
Co-Founder, COO, Open Technologies

Zohreh (Zoe) Razavi
Senior Acoustical Engineer, Norman Disney & Young

Rory Richards
President, CEO, NUQO

Curtis Robertson
Owner, BentAir Mechanical

Ian Rolston
Design Optimist, Lead Decanthropist, Decanthrophy Inc.

Patrick Roppel
Principal, Evoke Buildings Engineering

Christopher Rowe
Principal, Low Hammond Rowe Architects

Linda Ryan
Provincial Manager, BCCA Apprenticeship Services

Tim Ryce
Chief Building Official, City of North Vancouver

Jason Santeford
Managing Director, Gensler

Yomna Santos
Application Engineer, FLO

Joanne Sawatzky
Managing Director, Light House Sustainability Society

Raj Sawh
Operations Manager, Ledcor Contractors Ltd.

Benjamin Scheidegger
Associate Lawyer, Hamilton & Company

Michael Sestito
Partner, Dentons LLP

Emily Sheard
Associate Lawyer, Wilson McCormack Law Group

Paul Shorthouse
Managing Director, Circular Economy Leadership Canada

Dan Shuffelton
Manager, Market Development, International WELL Building Institute

Dave Shumyla
Project Manager, Manager, Customer Service & Quality, Adera Development Corporation

Lahiru Silva
Instructor, School of Construction, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)

Jacob Simons
Regional Strategy Practice Leader, Gensler

William Siu
Managing Director, Ankura Consulting Group

Gagan Sivia
Co-Principal, CFO, AZURE Properties Group

Navi Sivia
Principal of Construction Management & Development, AZURE Properties Group

Shawn Smith
Lawyer, Cleveland Doan LLP

Martina Soderlund
Principal, Building Performance Specialist, reLoad Sustainable Design Inc.

Ariel Solose
Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Shaun St-Amour
Vice President Operations, Clay Construction Inc.

Sarah Stanford
Director, Workplace Strategy, CBRE Limited

Melanie Stefiuk
Account Executive, Real Estate Practice, HUB International Insurance Brokers

Dan Stern
Head of Sales and Marketing, BuildBase

Scott Stewart
Associate, The AME Consulting Group Ltd.

Steve Storrey
Managing Partner, BFL CANADA

Laura Sukorokoff
Chief Engagement Officer, Take Charge Learning

Joshua Swanson
Chair, IDIBC Emerging Professionals | Climate Action & Innovation Committee Member, Interior Designers Institute of British Columbia (IDIBC)

Zahra Teshnizi
Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Construction and Infrastructure, Mantle Developments

Ian Theaker
Technical Director, Pembina Institute

Jessica Toppazzini
Senior Vice President, Practice Leader, British Columbia, Valuation Advisory Services, Avison Young

Marc Trudeau
Principal, Building Performance Engineer, AME Consulting Group Ltd

Alycia Twigg
Co-Owner, Twigg Transformations

Kathrine Uppal
Associate, Bleay Both Uppal LLP

Parisa Vafaei
Director, Yardi Systems Inc.

Matt Vallis
Consultant, Telus Residential Smart Communities

Glenn Veigas
Sustainability Lead, HDR

David Volk
Partner, Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP

Deborah Wadsworth
Associate, Senior Project Architect, Kasian

Erin Walker
Director, Telus Residential Smart Communities, Telus Smart Building

Shijie Wang
Project Manager, Light House Sustainability Society

Danielle Waters Russell
Client Executive, Vice President, Partner, Acera Insurance

Cole Webber
President, Founder, Cole Webber Productions, Inc.

Craig Webber
CEO, Group2 Architecture

Vanessa Werden
Partner, Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP

Lisa Westerhoff
Principal, Introba

Connor Williams
Vice President, Ashton Mechanical Group

Nancy Wilson
Senior Project Architect, Associate, Kasian

Bill Woodhead
Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Matthew Woodruff
Principal, Local Practice Architecture + Design Ltd.

Donovan Woolard
CEO, Open Technologies

Greg Wooster
Senior Associate, Senior Interior Designer, Kasian Architecture, Interior Design & Planning

2023 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Flo
• ICBA

GOLD SPONSORS:
• A Fee Good Lads
• AG
• BC Construction Association
• BCIT
• Consentino
• Procore
• Yardi

GRAPHITE SPONSORS:
• Amenity Booking
• BCCWITT
• Big Ass Fans
• BMS Creations Inc.
• Brilliant Smart Home System
• BuildBase
• Canadian Standards Association
• Condominium Management Software Solutions
• Connect2Technologies
• Cosentino
• Ecopilot
• Inspec Consulting Service
• MOSO North America, Inc.
• Multivista
• Naturally Wood
• Openspace
• PoolPal
• PowerStrata Systems Inc.
• QEA
• Remdal Painting & Restoration Inc.
• RJS Stone Tops
• Ronita Technology Ltd.
• Schneider Electric
• SIS Panels by Nexxgen
• SkilledTradesBC
• Strata Reserve Planning
• Studio 523
• Telus
• Vectorworks
• WiseIngress
• WorkBC

ONLINE REGISTRATION SPONSOR:
• Procore

ICBA CEO BREAKFAST SPONSORS:
• ICBA
• Canadian Standards Association

TECHCENTRIC TITLE SPONSOR:
• Yardi

CONSTRUCT CAFE SPONSOR:
• BCIT

JOB BOARD SPONSOR:
• A Few Goods Lands