Join us to Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of CitiesAlive!

CitiesAlive 2024 is celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2024, promising to be an exceptional experience! This multi-disciplinary conference will be held in the vibrant city of Toronto, spotlighting pioneering green roof designs, groundbreaking policies, and groundbreaking products and services within the green infrastructure industry.

CitiesAlive offers plenty of opportunities for participants to connect and interact with experts and design professionals in the field. The event serves as a unique platform to foster Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer transactions, networking. Our tailored programming is geared toward engaging architects, landscape architects, and other design professionals, specifiers, researchers, policymakers, and students who represent the future.

Our call for proposals and call for research papers are now open, click the button below to find out more.

3. Meadow.jpg

Agenda at a glance

November 6

  • GRIMP & GRP Training Sessions

  • Biophilic Design / Biodiversity Workshops

  • Opening Keynote Address

  • Trade Show Set Up

November 7 - 8

  • Morning Keynote Address (Nov. 7)

  • Trade Show & Lunch on Trade Show Floor (Nov. 7-8)

  • Expert Presentations & Panels (Nov. 7-8)

  • Cocktail Reception on Trade Show Floor (Nov. 7)

  • Awards of Excellence Ceremony (Nov. 7)

  • Closing Keynote (Nov. 8)

  • Trade Show Tear Down (Nov. 8)

November 9

  • Tours, Workshops & Green Infrastructure Charrette

IMG_0269.JPG

Toronto at a glance

  • Toronto is the largest city in Canada, and the 4th largest in North America

  • The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) has a population of approximately 6,300,000

  • The GTA has an annual population growth rate of ~60,000 people

  • 18% of Toronto’s surface area is dedicated to parks

  • As of 2009, Toronto was the first city in North America to implement a bylaw requiring green roofs on new construction

  • Toronto has installed approximately 10 million sq. ft. of green roofs

  • Toronto has over 10 million trees

  • Toronto has 160 skyscrapers with 112 currently under construction

  • Citizens represent over 200 distinct ethnic origins

  • Average Toronto temperature in November is around 50 degrees Fahrenheit, with little to no snowfall

Hedgegate House - Jonnu Singleton-8762.jpg

Marketing and Promotional Opportunities

CitiesAlive 2024 offers a unique set of marketing and promotional opportunities for your firm. CitiesAlive 2024 will attract attendees from around North America, with an estimated attendee count of 750. Your marketing and promotional investment allows us to continue to grow the market through policy and education. Custom packages are also available!

EnercareCentre2017_Emma5.JPG
 

Thank you to our sponsors

CitiesAlive is proudly presented by: