Agenda
Day 1 — Main Conference
March 3, 2027
8:00 am
Registration
9:00 am
Opening Remarks from the Conference Co-Chairs
9:15 am
Ontario’s Construction Act: Practical Lessons and Impact from the Latest Reforms
10:15 am
Networking Refreshment Break
10:30 am
Choosing the Right Delivery Model: Matching Project Complexity, Market Capacity and Contractor Appetite
11:30 am
Understanding the Economics of Collaborative Delivery: Target Price, Margins, Incentives and Risk Sharing
12:30 pm
Networking Lunch
1:30 pm
Collaborative Delivery and Team Psychology: Building Teams That Actually Work
2:15 pm
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
The Human Side of Collaboration — What Really Makes Teams Work
2:45 pm
Networking Refreshment Break
3:00 pm
AI and Digital Risk: Managing AI‑Generated Evidence, Estimates, Schedules and Designs
3:45 pm
Connecting Sustainability to Contractual Performance
4:30 pm
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Shifting Markets, Shifting Talent — What Contractor Migration Means for Your Projects
5:00 pm
Co-Chair’s Closing Remarks and End of Day One
Day 2 — Main Conference
March 4, 2027
8:00 am
Registration
9:00 am
Opening Remarks from the Conference Co-Chairs
9:15 am
Addressing Insurance and Liability Gaps: Allocating Coverage Under Alliance, IPD and Progressive Delivery Models
10:00 am
Networking Break
10:15 am
Building Stronger Construction Claims: Project Controls for Delay, Productivity Loss and Change Orders
11:15 am
CASE STUDY
Lessons from Large-Scale & Mega Projects: What Transit, Healthcare and Public Infrastructure Can Teach Us About Delivery
12:00 pm
Commissioning, Handover & Operational Readiness: Reducing Risk at Project Closeout
1:00 pm
Networking Lunch
2:00 pm
Strengthening Ontario‑Made Procurement: Navigating the Buy Ontario Act Directives for Construction and Infrastructure Projects
3:15 pm
Implementing the Updated CCDC Documents: Practical Implications, Market Reaction and Early Lessons Learned
4:00 pm