2024 SPEAKERS


Syed Abid
Director of Commercial Business
Mitsubishi Electric Sales Canada

Yasmin Abraham
President
Kambo Energy Group

Betsy Agar
Director – Buildings
Pembina Institute

Peter Amerongen
President
Retrofit Canada

Armstrong Scott Armstrong
Senior Principal, Buildings
WSP Canada Inc.

Gregory Balycky
Senior Director, Investments
Canada Infrastructure Bank

Aaron Berg
Director, Investments
Canada Infrastructure Bank

Bergen Terry Bergen
Managing Principal
RJC Engineers

Jérôme Bilodeau
Director, Buildings Division
Natural Resources Canada

Rick Buhr
Director of Design & Key Accounts
Bird Construction

James Burrow
Director, Sustainable Finance
BMO Capital Markets

Keith Burrows
Director, Low Carbon Buildings
The Atmospheric Fund

Jon Carrick
Senior Business Development Manager, Climate Finance
Vancity Community Investment Bank

Eliana Chia
Program Manager, Climate Change
Fraser Basin Council

Chris Chopik, M. Des.
Director, Resilient Homes Canada
Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Mathieu Côte
Executive Director
CIET

Sharon Coward
Executive Director
EnviroCentre

Moises de Alba
P.Eng, CEM, M.Eng., LEED AP BD+C Principal
First Light Energy Solutions

Jonathan De Luca
Project Officer, Capacity Development
Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Greg Dennis, P.Eng.
Project Engineer, Facilities
Township of Langley

Erin Desautels
Senior Energy & Climate Action MAnager
City of Abbotsford

Corey Diamond
Executive Director
Efficiency Canada

Natalie Douglas
ZEBx Program Manager
Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC)

Brent Downey
Corporate Environmental Specialist
The City of Calgary

Sara Fralin
Manager
AHMA

Stuart Galloway
Executive Vice President
SOFIAC

Belinda Gilbey
President
BONDI Energy

Robin Goldstein
Advisor, Capacity Development – Green Municipal Fund
Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Hannah Greinetz
Director of Customer Care
Atrius

Ehsan Haghi
Community Energy Specialist
Musqueam Indian Band

Richard Hall
Special Advisor, First Nation builder and Qualified building inspector
First Nation communities

Dylan Heerema
Senior Policy Advisor
Ecotrust Canada

Carla Heim
Director, Corporate Sustainability
BDC

Elyse Henderson
Policy Specialist, Market Transformation
BC Hydro

Sarah Herb
Program Manager, Residential
FortisBC

Kathleen Heymans
Lead, Community Efficiency Financing
Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Alex Hill
Partner
Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors

Ali Hoss
Chief Sustainability Officer
Triovest

Jade Hume
Division Manager - Housing Capital Maintenance and Development
Metro Vancouver Housing

Karen Jalon
Vice President, Sustainability, Energy & Smart Technology
Cadillac Fairview

Michael Jemtrud
Chair in Architecture, Energy, & Environment Associate Professor
McGill University

Xwechtaal Dennis Joseph
Elder Statesman
Squamish Nation

Abhilash Kantamneni
Director of Action Research
Efficiency Canada

Trina Kennedy
Senior Buildings Program Officer
Buildings Division of Office of Energy Efficiency Natural Resources Canada

Warren Knowles
Principal, Senior Building Science Specialist
RDH Building Science

Jim Kobialko
C&EM Manager, Innovative Technologies
FortisBC Energy Inc.

Sam Lane
Discipline Lead – Sustainability + Performance
Entuitive

Micah Lang
Team Lead – Large Existing Buildings, Sustainability Group
City of Vancouver

Andrea Linsky
Director, Emissions-Neutral Buildings
Alberta Ecotrust Foundation

Christy Love
Principal, Energy & Climate Specialist
RDH Building Science Inc.

Jessica Martin-Thompson
Senior Lead, Collaboration & Partnerships, Built Environment Service Area
Community Energy Association

Brendan McEwen
Managing Consultant
Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors

Mike Mellross
Vice President
Alberta Ecotrust Foundation

Gabriela Mercado
Sustainability and Resilience Advisor
BC Housing

Mariko Michasiw
Program Manager, Building to Electrification Coalition
Zero Emissions Innovation Centre

Ahsan Mirza
Partner
McMillan LLP

Al Mitchell
Building Scientist
Phius

Greg Moy
Manager, Government Relations, Pacific
Insurance Bureau of Canada

Thomas Mueller
President/CEO
Canada Green Building Council

S. Mwarigha
Vice President Housing and Homelessness Services
WoodGreen Community Services

Chelsea Nicholson
Technical Lead - Energy Specialist
BC Non-Profit Housing Association

Olaf Nielsen
Contract Project Manager
Construction Foundation of British Columbia

Trevor Norris
Project Manager
Aboriginal Housing Management Association

Osborne Hon. Josie Osborne
Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation
Government of British Columbia

Roberto Pecora
Director, Building Decarbonization
Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC)

Pedram Shahrzad Pedram
Associate, Senior Building Envelope Specialist
Entuitive

Matt Poirier
Director of Policy
Building Decarbonization Alliance (BDA)

George P.R. Benson
Senior Manager, Economic Development and Market Transformation
ZEIC

Stephane Pressault
Project Officer, Capacity Developmen
Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Lorrie Rand
Design Director
ReCover Initiative

Mike Reimer
P.Eng, LEED AP
First Light Energy Solutions

Marzieh Riahinezhad
Research Officer and Lead for Resilient Residential Retrofit
National Research Council Canada

Miranda Riou-Green
Senior Energy Efficiency Coordinator
BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation

Symon Rubens
CEO
Energy Conference Network

Josephine Schrott
Analyst
Ecotrust Canada

Sy Selick
Principal, Business Center Operations Leader
Stantec

Malcolm Shield
Vice President, Sustainability
Wesgroup Properties

Olivia Sieniewicz, P.Eng.
Conservation & Energy Management Program Manager, Commercial & Industrial
FortisBC Energy

Darla Simpson
Retrofit Program Manager
Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC)

Chanpreet Singh
Commercial Business Manager – BC & YT
Mitsubishi Electric Sales Canada

Sarah Smith
Principal, Sustainability
Prism Engineering

Colleen Sondermann
Digital Communications Advisor
FortisBC

Etienne St-Cyr
Supervisor - Emerging energy technologies
Hydro-Québec

Diana Stephenson
Senior Vice-President, Customer and Corporate Affairs
BC Hydro

Grace Suri
Sustainable Infrastructure Engineer
The City of Calgary

Shauna Sylvester
Lead Convenor
Urban Climate Leadership, a project of MakeWay

Elizabeth Tang
Specialist, Outreach and Project Development
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Stephen Uwazota
Director – Sustainable Finance Business Development
Scotiabank

Eric Visser
Director, Commercial Real Estate
Vancity Community Investment Bank

Tam Wagner
Director, Demand Side Management
Independent Electricity System Operator

Danielle Wensink
Director, Conservation & Energy Management
FortisBC Energy Inc.

Ross Yalung
Director of Capital Program Implementation for Asset Strategies
BC Housing