• Session 6: Design Tools and Guidelines

  Rethinking Rooftop Design: Moving from a One-Dimensional to a Three-Dimensional use of Rooftop Space

  • Valerie J. Amor, Founder | Drawing Conclusions LLC

  Nature Based Solutions - Commercial Roofing Case Study and Research Update

  • Sudhakar Moletti, Team Leader, Roofing Systems and Insulation Construction Research Center | National Research Council Canada

  Benefits and Uses of Landscape Performance Standards

  • Barbara Deutsch, Executive Director | Landscape Architecture Foundation

  Auditorium
  Design Track

• Session 7: Plant and Growing Medium Studies

  Native Prairie Seed Establishment

  • Dr. Bruce Dvorak, Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning | Texas A&M University

  • Dr. Thomas Woodfin, Executive Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning | Texas A&M University

  Accelerated Floral Phenology and Pollinators

  • Kyle Michael Ruszkowski, Graduate Student, Ecology | Colorado State University

  Container Production of Rocky Mountain Native Plants Using Peat-free Substrates

  • Allisa Zurbuchen, Graduate Student, Horticulture | Colorado State University

  Biochar-Plant Interactions on an Extensive Toronto Green Roof

  • Melanie Sifton, PhD Student, Forestry | University of Toronto

  Automation of Green Roof Plant Cover Measurement Using Machine Learning

  • Ronglan Cao, Graduate Student, Environmental Science | University of Toronto Scarborough

  Conference Room 2
  City of Toronto Track

• Session 8: Reimagining Toronto's Largest Redevelopment Project - Master Planning for Green Infrastructure in Downsview

  Updating Downsview: Planning for Nature in Toronto's Largest Redevelopment Opportunity

  • Alicia Rinaldi, Assistant Planner, City Planning Division | City of Toronto

  • Mijin Lee, Senior Engineer, Toronto Water | City of Toronto

  • Natasha Petzold, Project Officer, Parks, Forestry & Recreation | City of Toronto

  • Trajce Nikolov, P.Eng., Senior Manager, Engineering | Northcrest Development (invited)

  • Joshua Battiston, P.Eng., CET, Senior Engineer, Civil & Water | Arup (invited)

• Session 9: Innovative Products & Technologies

  SpongeBaseTM: Add SWM Capabilities Under Hardscape Rooftop Amenity Space

  • Karen Liu, PhD, Green Roof Specialist | Next Level Stormwater Management

  RoofBlue RETAIN™: a True “Cradle-to-Cradle” Solution for Enhanced Storm Water Capture

  • Kees Govers, Sales & Marketing | LiveRoof ON (Invited)

  SoiLiNQ - Connecting you to your Green Assets

  • Christian Mahlstedt, GRP, President | Gingko Sustainability

  Conference Room 3
  Systems Integration Track

• Session 10: Urban Forestry - Overcoming the Challenges of Inequity

  Panelists

  • Janet McKay, Executive Director | LEAF Path Toward Urban

  • Tooba Shakeel, Senior Coordinator, Sustainable Neighbourhoods | Credit Valley Conservation

  • Connie Pinto, Supervisor, Policy and Standards Forest Policy and Planning | City of Toronto

  • Erin Whittingham, Nature Network Organizer | Nature Canada

  Cafe
  Panel Discussion Track