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Spark the Fire – Realizing the Untapped Potential of Ontario’s North

Ontario’s Ring of Fire represents a $60-billion multi-generational economic opportunity, arguably the world’s most promising mineral development project in more than a century. However, this potential is shrouded by both technical and societal challenges, multi-level political decision-making, dynamic risks, and palpable uncertainty.

The scale and complexity of these challenges makes the Ring of Fire a mega-project. As born problem solvers, it is time that Ontario’s engineers ask themselves:

How can engineers spark the fire and help realize the untapped potential of Ontario’s north?

Join engineering, industry, government, academic, and First Nations leaders for an important discussion on the future of Ontario’s north. On innovation, energy, infrastructure, environmental stewardship, and relations with First Nations Communities—our broad spectrum of presenters will be answering tough questions and charting the future development of Ontario’s north.

Don’t miss out on the northern development thought-leadership event of 2017! Register now!

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Time Session

8:15 am – 9:00 am

Registration and Opening Remarks

8:15 Registration – Coffee, meet and greet

8:45 Opening Remarks – Sandro Perruzza, OSPE CEO & 

 Lindsay Keats, P.Eng., Chair, PEO North Bay Chapter

9:00 am – 11:50 pm

Morning Session

Moderator: David Wood, MSc., P.Eng., President, David F. Wood Consulting Ltd. 

9:00 Building Ontario’s North: Where Are We Now?

David de Launay, Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) 

9:30 Mining Innovation & Sustainability in Northern Ontario

Vic Pakalnis, P.Eng., Associate Vice-President, Laurentian University Mining Innovation and 

Technology (LMIT)

10:10 Power & Money: Alternative Energy and Mining 

Roy Slack, P.Eng., President, Cementation Canada Inc.

10:40 Break, Networking & Booths

10:55 Infrastructure Demands of Ontario’s North

 Joe Gaboury, Director – Aboriginal Affairs, Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO)

11:25 Complex Problems Demand Diverse Teams

Christina Visser, P.Eng., General Manager, Black Rock Engineering

11:45 pm – 1:00 pm 

Luncheon

Host: Patrick Sackville, Lead, Policy & Government Relations, Ontario Society of Professional Engineers

Welcoming Remarks

• Sandro Perruzza, Chief Executive Officer, OSPE

• Chief Isadore Day, Ontario Region, Chiefs of Ontario

• Al McDonald, Mayor of North Bay

• Vic Fedeli, MPP (Nipissing)

• Anthony Rota, MP (Nipissing – Timiskaming)

Keynote Speaker

The Honourable Bob Rae

Former Interim Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada;

21st Premier of Ontario

Agenda

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