Media Advisory: Connect With Over 800 Community Planners From Across Ontario-October 6-8th


TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Oct. 5, 2015) -

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This year's conference will focus on four important learning topics:

Economics & Finance - Political Administrative Interface - Fundamentals of Community Design - Trends in Zoning

Keynotes

Dr. Arlene King
Former Chief Medical Officer of Health, Province of Ontario
Jennifer Hurley
President and CEO, Congress for the New Urbanism
Dan Burden
Director of Innovation and Implementation, Blue Zones, LLC
Jennifer Keesmaat
Chief Planner, City of Toronto
Steve Paikin
Anchor & Senior Editor, The Agenda with Steve Paikin

Program Highlights

  • Planning for Resilient Main Streets
  • Take the Politics out of Transit Planning
  • Heritage Conservation and Urban design - Challenges, Success and Balance
  • High Density Sustainable Neighbourhoods
  • Toronto's Waterfront - Vision to Implementation
  • Eight Ingredients to making Complete Streets a Reality: A Planner's Role
  • Building New Neighbourhoods - City of Toronto
  • Planning Act Section 37 Community Benefits
  • Full day Design Charrette in partnership with the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) Ontario

Detailed conference information is posted at www.ontarioplanners.ca/conference.

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Contact Information:

Ontario Professional Planners Institute
Loretta Ryan, MCIP, RPP, CAE
Director, Public Affairs
416-668-8469
policy@ontarioplanners.ca
www.ontarioplanners.ca/conference

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