2024 Strategic Speakers

Adam McAllister

National Chair

UN-ARISE Canada

Ben Kerr

Chief Executive Officer

Foundry Spatial

Bernie Derible

Deputy Minister and Commissioner Emergency Management Ontario

Ontario Public Service Leadership

Beth Gooding

Director of Public Safety Service

City of Ottawa

Brittany Seibert

Regional Emergency Manager

City of Kelowna

Caitlin Buxton-Carr

Manager Health Emergency Management

First Nations Health Authority

Danielle Trudeau

Founder and Executive Director

TopShelf Emergency Management

Derek Sutherland

General Manager, Community and Protective Services

Columbia Shuswap Regional District

Dr. Jeff Donaldson

Principal Researcher

Preparedness Labs Incorporated

Dylan Hemmings

Vice President, Regional Leader Ontario

Stantec

Elise Paré

National Practice Lead, Climate Risk & Resilience

WSP Canada

Erica Fleck

Director of Emergency Management

City of Halifax

Eustace (Sam) Roberts

President

The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)

Henry Seywerd

Program Manager, Earthquake Early Warning

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

Jasneet Mander

Social Emergency Manager

Anishinaabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council

Jason Wigton

Director, Technical & Emergency Services

Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council

Jodi Manz-Henezi

President

Canadian Risk & Hazards Network

Josh Bowen

Vice President

Team Rubicon

Kathryn Bakos

Managing Director, Finance and Resilience, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation

University of Waterloo

Kerry-Ann Charles

Environment Partnership Co-ordinator

Cambium Indigenous Professional Services

Lisa MacTavish

Project Lead – Resilience

City of Toronto

Michael Higgins

Director, Climate Readiness and Community Recovery

Colliers Project Leaders

Michel Doré

Professor, Risk Management

Université du Québec à Montréal

Account Executive

Founder and CEO

Chief of the Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Nick Sealy-Thompson

General Manager

ATCO Frontec USA

Rahul Singh

Founder and Executive Director

GlobalMedic

Rebecca Zenter-Barrett

Director

ESG Global Advisors

Ron Hoffmann

Vice President, Business Development and Public Relations

Alexander Chemical Ltd

Ryan Ness

Director, Adaptation

Canadian Climate Institute

Sean Strang

Director of Recovery and Mitigation

City of Merritt

Susan Henry

Chief

Calgary Emergency Management Agency (CEMA)

Syzan Talo

Managing Director

Guy Carpenter

Tim Conrad

President

Butterfly Effect Communications Inc.

Tyson Dyck

Partner

Torys LLP

Valérie Tremblay-Gravel

Head of the Riverbanks Section, Nature-Parks Management, Biodiversity and Riverbank Division

City of Montreal

Shaw Centre | Ottawa, Ontario

September 24, 2024 - Invite-only Workshops
September 25-26, 2024 - Conference and Exhibition

Shaw Centre | Ottawa, Ontario

September 24, 2024 - Invite-only Workshops
September 25-26, 2024 - Conference and Exhibition

Canadian Emergency Preparedness and
Climate Adaptation Convention

2024 Strategic Speakers

2024 Strategic Speakers