Clean Air Partnership - Smog Summit 2009

Smog Summit 2009

The 10th Smog Summit will take place on June 3rd, 2009 at Toronto City Hall Council Chambers. Join us to hear about the clean air and climate change actions being undertaken across the GTA. The 2009 Smog Summit will be followed by a Best Practices Exchange on the theme of ReDevelopment – Actions and Plans aimed at enhancing quality of life via economic growth that is based on the renewal of our natural, built and socioeconomic assets.

Each year, the GTA Clean Air Council makes progress on research, capacity building and the implementation of clean air and climate change actions. The 10th annual Smog Summit invites you to:

• Hear about the clean air and climate change actions being undertaken by GTA-CAC jurisdictions;
• Hear a keynote presentation from Storm Cunningham, author of ReWealth – Stake Your Claim to the $2 Trillion Development Trend that’s Renewing the World and CEO of Resolution Fund, LLC in Washington, DC. Resolution Fund helps communities, counties, tribes, regions, and nations ignite rapid, resilient renewal of their economy, their natural resources, and their quality of life; and a keynote from Peter Victor, author of Managing Without Growth-Slower by Design, not Disaster; and
• Receive an update on 2008 Inter-governmental Declaration on Clean Air action items and learn more about the 2009 Inter-governmental Declaration on Clean Air action items and targets.

Click here to register for the 2009 Smog Summit and Best Practices Exchange.

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June 3rd, 2009

Smog Summit and Best Practices Exchange

AGENDA

9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Toronto City Hall, Council Chambers
100 Queen Street West, Toronto

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8:30 – 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast in Member’s Lounge

9:00 City of Toronto Welcome, Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone

9:10 Provincial Announcements: Minister of the Environment: John Gerretsen; and Minister of Transportation, Jim Bradley

9:35 Enbridge Gas Distribution Welcome, Janet Holder, President

9:50 Toronto Hydro Welcome, David O’Brien, President and Chief Executive Officer

10:00 Keynote by Storm Cunningham – author of ReWealth –Stake Your Claim to the $2 Trillion Development Trend that’s Renewing the World

10:50 Smog Summit Memorial for Brenda Sakauye

10:55 GTA-CAC Declaration Presentation, Eva Ligeti, Executive Director, Clean Air Partnership

11:10 GTA-CAC Municipal Announcements

11:40 Municipal Q & A

12:00 Media Scrum and Declaration Signing in Member’s Lounge

12:00 Lunch in Members Lounge

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2009 Best Practices Exchange

Theme: ReDevelopment – the enhancement of a populace’s quality of life via economic growth that’s based primarily on the renewal of a region’s natural, built and socioeconomic assets.

1:15 Keynote: Peter Victor – Author of Managing Without Growth, Slower By Design, Not Disaster

2:00 City of Hamilton - Environmental Remediation and Site Enhancement (ERASE) Community Improvement Project: Brian Morris (Economic Development)

2:25 Break

2:45 York Region - Sustainability Strategy and Transportation Planning, Dawn Seetaram (York Sustainability Office) and Loy Cheah (Transportation Planning)

3:15 City of Toronto - Tower Renewal Project: Eleanor McAteer (City of Toronto) and Roslyn Brown (Kipling Pilot Site Manager)

3:45 Next Steps and Closing Remarks