The Buildings Show 2023 - Canada | Informa | 29 November 2023 | Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) South Building, 222 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, ON M5V 2T6, Canada

For 35 years, This events has delivered the most cutting edge, expert-led seminars, informative panels, thought provoking roundtables, and an electric tradeshow experience that can't be missed.

2023 Speakers

Hany Abdelmessih
Vice-President, HGS Limited

Glenn Ackerley
Partner, WeirFoulds LLP

Peter Adams
Senior Building Science Engineer, Morrison Hershfield

Shannon Adams
Director, Project & Development Services, Canderel

Mark Anderson
Director of Business Development, AECO Innovation Lab

Ashley Archer-Bereaux
Director, Residential Operations, QuadReal Property Group

Trisha Ashworth
Senior Code Consultant, Morrison Hershfield Limited

Simone Atungo
Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM), Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development (MLTSD)

Adam Auer
President and CEO, Cement Association of Canada

Langdon Baker
Principal, Smith + Andersen

Jim Bedrick
Senior Industry Advisor, Strategic Building Innovation

Daniel Bonia
Manager, Operations & Maintenance, Crown Property Management Inc.

Sarah Borde
Manager of Capital Project, YWCA Hamilton

Tyler Bowie
Building and Material Sciences Department, EllisDon

Jordan Bowman
Alison Brooks
Principal and Creative Director, Alison Brooks Architects

Duncan Bruce
Director of Sales, Blue Frontier

Kyle Bunte
General Manager, Brosz Technical Services

Todd Busch
Senior Associate, Veneklasen Associates, Inc.

Geoff Capelle
Director, Project Development and Collaborative Delivery, Bird Construction

Alex Carrick
Chief Economist, ConstructConnect

Jean Carrière
Independent Consultant

Maria Camila Castro Garrido
Specialist, Building and Material Sciences, EllisDon

Joanne Chan
Principal, SDI Design

Annie Chantelois
President, CEO, Dreeven Technologies

Rahim Charania
Program Manager, The Career Foundation

Monifa Charles-Dedier
Sessional Lecturer, University of Toronto - John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design

Robert Chlebowski
Co-Founder, NextGen Professional

Yannick Choquet
Building and Material Sciences Coordinator, EllisDon

Andrew Coates
Director of Energy and Solution Pursuits, Modern Niagara

Donna Colbourn
Senior Manager, Cushman and Wakefield

Eliseo Conciatori
Vice President Business Development, Vector Construction Ltd., B&CRAO Vice President

Marc Couture
Director of Sustainability and Energy Management, University of Toronto

Claudia Cozzitorto
Executive Director, buildingSMART Canada

Vincent Davenport
Director, Building and Material Sciences Department, EllisDon

Pranjal De
Vice President, IBT Development, Modern Niagara

Andrew Deamone
Business Development Representative, Canam

Kim-Marie Degenkolb
Project Manager, VETTA Building Technologies Inc

Ozzy Dervisoglu
Preconstruction and Pursuits Manager, PreCon Limited

Karima Dharssi
Director, TSCC 1579 (The French Quarter I, 120 Lombard Street)

Mahir Dheendsa
Digital Solutions Architect, Lafarge Canada

Joseph DiPinto
Lead Consultant and Sales Manager, Premier Financial Construction Software

Greg Dolenc
Technical Sales Representative, Sika Canada, B&CRAO Treasurer

Howard Doucette
Chief Estimator, Harrington and Associates Limited

Edward (Ted) Dreyer
Partner, Madorin, Snyder LLP

Patrick Drolet
CEO, Notarius

Darya Duma
Senior Trainer and Consultant, Procept Associates Ltd.

Soroush Ebadi
Principal, HVAC and Energy Management, Canadian Design and Construction Inc.

John Enns
CRO, The Net Effect Contractor Advisors Inc.

Anna Esposito
Partner and Mediator, Pallett Valo LLP

Stephen Fai
Director and Professor, Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS)

Mohammad Fakoor
Associate, RJC Engineers

Dorsa Fardaei
Acoustic Consultant, Aercoustics Engineering Limited

Ross Farris
Senior Development Manager, Windmill Developments

Greg Fealy
Building Science Engineer, Morrison Hershfield

Alfonso Femia
Founder, Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia

Simon Fenn
Senior Vice President, Fenn & Fenn Insurance Practice Inc., a HUB International Company

Jamie Fiegel
Managing Partner, Fiegel, Carr & Joyce Law Firm

Dan Finelli
Manager, Building Structures Burlington, MTE Consultants

Sam Flis
Senior Managing Consultant, Intelligent Buildings

Colin Flock
Senior Vice President, EllisDon Facilities Services

Annik Forristal
Partner, Construction and Infrastructure, McMillan LLP

Glen Furtado
Senior Director, Engineering, Cement Association of Canada

Mark Gaglione
Director, Construction Sciences, EllisDon

Olga Garcia
Sustainable Procurement – Industrial Engineering, SNC Lavalin Inc.

Ana Gascon
Senior Architect, Collaborative Architecture Inc.

Hillary Geer
Energy Specialist, EQ Building Performance

Gerald Genge
Owner, Genge Construction Adjudications

Jason Gilbert
Vice President, IT, Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT

John Godden
Publisher Better Builder Magazine and Technical Director of Canadian Residential Energy Services Network (CRESNET), Principal, Project FutureProof, Inc.

William Gold
Engineering Services Manager, Concrete Repair & Restoration, Master Builders Solutions

Katherine Gow
Regional Director, Crossbridge Condominium Services Ltd. (a First Service Residential company)

Michael Guckes
Senior Economist, ConstructConnect

Kripa Gyawali
Architect, Hatch

Walid Habis
Principal, Momentus Engineering Management, B&CRAO Board Member

Malcolm Hachborn
President, M. E. Hachborn Engineering LTD

Liao Haixue
Regional Manager, Vector Corrosion Technologies Ltd.

John Hale
BIM Lead, Department of National Defence

Daniel Hall
Director of Design, Collaborative Architecture Inc.

Tylor Hardy
Lead Engineer, Owner, ELK3D

Hesam Hedayati
Manager, Building Quality Assurance, McIntosh Perry

David Heska
Director, Southwestern Ontario Building Sciences, WSP

Ahmed Hirani
Vice President Of Global Strategic Partnerships, BrainBox AI

Alice Huang
Intermediate Computational Designer, Digital Practice, Turner Fleischer Architects

Dale Hume
CEO, Thermtest

Vusal Ibrahimli
Code Consultant, Morrison Hershfield Limited

Larissa Ide
Building Performance Consultant, RDH Building Science Inc.

Tony Irwin
President and CEO, Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario

Mosammat (Jebbie) Jabunnesa
Business Development Executive, Canadian Design and Construction Inc.

Farzad Jalaei
Research Officer, National Research Council Canada (NRC)

Tobias Janes
Chief Technical Officer, EcoPilot Canada

Murray Johnson
Vice President, Client Operations, Crossbridge Condominium Services Ltd.

Jad Joulji
Founder, BIMstudio Inc.

Jon Juffs
Director, Facility Assessment and Restoration, McIntosh Perry

Calvin Kam
Founder and CEO, Strategic Building Innovation

Bart Kanters
President, Concrete Ontario

Vinayak Kartha
Manager - Data and Analytics, Olsen Consulting

Kevin Katigbak
Principal, Strategy Director, Gensler

Ted Katsoris
Senior Project Manager, Morrison Hershfield Limited

David Katz
President, Sustainable Resources Management Inc.

Pat Keaney
Director, Product Management, Autodesk

Norm Keith
Partner, Employment and Labour Law, KPMG Law LLP

Alen Keri
Director of Technical Services, Concrete Ontario

Rob Koci
Director, NextLevel Renovators

Christopher Kodama
Labour Manager, Kenaidan Contracting Ltd.

Danny Kroll
Vice President Marketing, Envirospec

Howard Krupat
Partner, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

Jack Laken
CEO, Termobuild Canada

Kostika Lala
Principal Architect and Founding Partner, LALA Studio

Patrick Lalonde
Director, Virtual Design and Construction, EllisDon

Tara Landes
President, Bellrock Benchmarking

Capucine Lardinois
Project Manager, ArcelorMittal Dofasco

Lisa Laronde
President, RSG International

Andrea Lee
Partner, Glaholt Bowles LLP

Jamie Lee
Associate Principal, WZMH

Dominic Lemieux
Vice President, Peikko North America

Janna Levitt
Partner, LGA Architectural Partners

Josh Lewis
Vice President Energy Engineering, Nerva Energy Group Inc.

Kevin Lust
International Speaker & Trainer, Lust Development Group

Richard Lyall
President, Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON)

Debbie MacDonald
Director, Design Development, 59 Project Management Inc.

Fin MacDonald
Senior Consultant, Urban Equation (Windmill Development Group)

Lisa MacVicar
Managing Director, Lisa MacVicar Consulting & Coaching Inc.

Jelena Madzarevic
Building and Material Sciences Specialist, EllisDon

Daniele Magditsch
Manager, Sustainability, Operational Excellence, QuadReal Property Group

Swaroop Mahatme
Associate Vice President - USA and Canada, Neilsoft Private Limited

Ian Marlatt
Transportation Analyst / Modeller, Hatch

Chris Maskell
CEO, National Floor Covering Association

Bruce Matthews
Executive Director, Association of Consulting Engineering Companies - Ontario

Brent Mauti
Chief Technology Officer, Turner Fleischer Architects Inc.

Jenn McArthur
Associate Professor, Dept. Architectural Science, Toronto Metropolitan University

Peter McCabe
Assistant Vice President, Technology Practice, PROLINK

Shauna McKenzie-Onita
Manager, Economic and Workforce Development Strategies, The Career Foundation

Megan McMurray
General Manager, Billdr Renovations

Craig Miller
Senior Customer Operations Manager, Chem-Aqua Environmental

Kit Milnes
Vice President, Sustainability and Resilience, Kingsett Capital

Bill Moore
President, buildingSMART Canada

Andrea Mucciarone
Associate, RJC Engineers

Elmira NezamiFar
Professor, Chartered Construction manager, George Brown College

Edward Nicolucci
Architect, Edward Nicolucci Architect

Steve Nonis
Principal, Turner Fleischer Architects Inc.

Tim O’Brien
CEO, The Net Effect Contractor Advisors Inc.

Marcia O’Connor
President, AM FM Consulting Group Inc

Jon Olsen
Founder and CEO, Olsen Consulting

Oleksandra Onisko
Sector Lead - Building Performance, Pratus Group

Nigel Parker
Associate, RJC Engineers

Andrew Peel
Principal, Peel Passive House Consulting

Brett Perras
Structural Engineer, MTE Consultants

Aniruddha Phatak
Associate Vice President - Market Development, Neilsoft Private Limited

Simon Phillips
Senior Associate, Inhabit

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

Andrea Pietila
Associate, Senior Energy and Sustainability Engineer, RDH Building Science Inc.

Erik Poirier
Director, buildingSMART Canada

Neal Prabhu
Professor Faculty of Design, OCAD University

Lisa Prime
Chief Planner, City of Cambridge

Gord Rajewski
National Practice Leader, Building Science & Sustainability, Pinchin Ltd.

Christian Rinomato
Director of Sustainability, Country Homes

Cameron Ritchie
Associate, Structural Engineer, Dialog

Amanda Robinson
Vice President, Architectural Acoustics, Aercoustics Engineering Limited

Terry Runka
Senior Manager, Chem-Aqua Environmental

Anthony Ruscitti
Coordinator, Construction Sciences, EllisDon

Samantha Ryan
Principal, Accessible Built Environment (ABE) Factors Inc., ProHara Inc.

Stephen Ryan
Managing Principal, MMI Professional Services

Jack Sadler
CEO, Part3

Badr Salhia
Director of Product Development and Training, North America, Ciot

Pratap Sanap
Head - Research and Innovation, Neilsoft Private Limited

Marine Sanchez
Associate, Passive House Specialist, Service Lead, RDH Building Science Inc.

Robert Sannella
Senior Director, Cushman and Wakefield

Samantha Sannella
Managing Director, Cushman and Wakefield

Hossein Sarshar
Senior ML Architect, Microsoft

Artyom Savin
Digital Practice Lead, Digital Practice, Turner Fleischer Architects

Philip Sawoszczuk
Technical Sales Manager, BMQ - Member of Lafarge

Andy Schonberger
Vice President Client Services, Intelligent Buildings

Ouri Scott
Principal, Urban Arts Architecture Inc

Arash Shahi
Chief Executive Officer, AECO Innovation Lab

Vitorhya Shields
Principal, Shields + Associates Interior Design Consultants

Mike Shook
Manager, The Design Technology Department, J.L. Richards and Associates Ltd.

Lilit Simonyan
Manager, Projects and Programs, Colleges and Institutes Canada

Abhijeet Singh
Green Building Engineer, City of Vancouver

Ashley Singh
Architectural and Design Specification Representative, Upper Canada Forest Products

Jiri Skopek
Architect and Smart City Planner, Jiri Skopek Architect

Jane Sleeth
President and Senior Consultant, Optimal Performance Consultants

Derek Smith
Principal, Constructionlab Ltd.

Tatiana Soldatova
Principal, Strategic Design, Syllable Inc.

Kevin Spencer
Vice President of Energy Solutions, Modern Niagara

A.J. Stewart
Manager, Business Development (Supplier Diversity), Canada's LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce

John Straube
Principal, RDH Building Science

Yasir Sultan
Program Director for Construction Digitalization and Productivity, National Research Council of Canada

Val Sylaj
President, Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute

Anna Szczepaniak
Studio Director, Creative Services, FORREC

Clive Thurston
President, Thurston Consulting Services

Catherine Tourigny
Manager, Cushman and Wakefield

Tam Tran
Global Discipline Director, Architect, Hatch

Karl Truderung
Associate, Tower Engineering

Michael Upshall Jr.
Site Supervisor, Probuilt Design + Build

Michael Upshall
Founder, Probuilt Design + Build

Raymond van Groll
Manager, Building Structures Toronto, MTE Consultants

Kelsey VanYmeren
Technical Sales Representative, Stubbe’s Precast

Hasan Wahab
Manager, Architectural Services, Greater Toronto Airport Authority

Greg Walker
CEO, Association for Smarter Homes & Buildings (ASHB)

Andrew Wallace
General Counsel, PCL Constructors Inc.

Lena Wang
Partner, Glaholt Bowles LLP

Agnes Watkinson
Co-Founder, NextGen Professional

Mike Watkinson
Director, NextGen Professional

Douglas Webber
Principal, Purpose Building

Adele Weder
Architectural Writer, Critic, Curator

Anita Wiklem
CEO and Creative Director, The Wiklem Group of Companies

CK Dickson Wong
Senior Associate, Inhabit

Scott Wylie
Principal, Wytech Building Envelope Solutions Inc.

Anisa Yusuf
Vice President, Human Resources, Multiplex Construction Canada

Leslie Zabiuk
Practice Area Lead, Facility Assessment & Restoration, McIntosh Perry

Marzieh Zare
Lead Data Scientist, Dreeven Technologies

Sonia Zouari
BIM Strategic Initiative Manager, Public Services and Procurement Canada.

2023 Sponsors

TITLE SPONSORS:
• Yardi

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Masters Builders
• Multiplex
• Astkey Gilbert

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Autodesk Construction Cloud