Scott Vaughan | President and CEO | The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Main Plenary Panel 1: Climate Risks and Liabilities: Framing the Research Issues and Defining the Priorities
Patricia Koval | Partner | Torys LLP
Peter Clarke | Sustainability Analyst, Sustainability and Corporate Citizenship | The Co-operators Group Limited
Dawn Conway | Executive Director | Canadian Climate Forum
Moderator: Barry Steinberg | Chief Executive Officer | Consulting Engineers of Ontario
Main Plenary Panel 2: A Model for Collaboration: Research and Practice Canada’s Leading Climate Consortia
Alain Bourque | Director, Impacts and Adaptation | Ouranos Consortium
Dr. Francis Zwiers | President and CEO | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)
Dr. David Bidwell | Great Lakes Integrated Science Assessment (GLISA)
Marjorie F. Shepherd | Director, Climate Research Division, Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate, Science and Technology Branch | Environment Canada
Dr. Horia Hangan | Faculty of Engineering, Western University | Founding Director of the Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment (WindEEE) Research Institute
Dr. Saidur Rahman | Senior Project Leader – Infrastructure, Engineering and Construction | Town of Oakville
Monica Vaswani | Graduate Program in Geography | York University
Moderator: Atif Kubursi |Professor Emeritus | McMaster University
Afternoon Panel 2 | Climate Prognosis: Human Health and Climate Change
Stephen Parker | Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CFEZID) | Public Health Agency of Canada
Dr. David Fisman | Associate Professor of Epidemiology | Dalla Lana School of Public Health | University of Toronto
Dr. Jacek Kaminski | York University
Heather Auld | Principal Climate Scientist | Risk Science International (RSI)
Moderator: Louise Aubin | Environmental Health Manager | Peel Public Health
Afternoon Panel 3 | Canada is Climate: Parks and Natural Heritage
Paul Gray | Senior Advisor, Climate Control & Natural Heritage | Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Dr. Daniel Scott | Professor and Director | University of Waterloo’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Climate Change (IC3)
Christine Tu | Senior Ecologist | Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)
Moderator: Ryan Ness | Manager, Research and Development | Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)
Afternoon Panel 4 | Climate Landscape: Water and Natural Resources
Dr. Ioannis K. Tsanis | Professor | McMaster University, Department of Civil Engineering, Water and Environmental Engineering
Frank Seglenieks | Water Resources Engineer | Environment Canada
Allan G. Douglas | Director | Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources (OCCIAR)
Dr. Jan Ciborowski | Professor of Biological Science | The University of Windsor
Moderator: Dr. Lynda McCarthy | Professor | Ryerson University
Afternoon Panel 5 | Climate Change: Eat, Drink and be Merry?
Dr. Ralph C. Martin | Professor, Loblaw Chair in Sustainable Food Production | University of Guelph
Dr. Raul Ponce-Hernandez | Professor | Trent University
Dr. Gary Pickering | Research Scientist, Cool Climate Oenology & Viticulture Institute | Brock University
Fabio Tonto, P.Eng, MEPP | Project Manager, Research and Development Section | Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
Afternoon Panel 6 | The Climate-Energy-Economy Nexus: Power for the Future
Dr. Mark Winfield | Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies | York University
Dr. Dan McGillivray | Executive Director of the Centre for Urban Energy| Ryerson University
Masaō Ashtine | Graduate Program in Geography | York University
Moderator: David Short, P.Eng. |Manager, Market Forecasts and Integration | Ontario IESO
