2024 Speakers

2024 Conference Co-Chairs

Barbara Capes

Assistant General Counsel
Kiewit

Graham Brown

Partner
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Government and Associations

Chris Bittle

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Member of Parliament
Government of Canada

Mark Van Buren

Deputy Commissioner
City of Kingston

Giovanni Cautillo

President
Ontario General Contractors Association

Bill Ferreira

Director
BuildForce Canada

Enzo Garritano

President and CEO
Infrastructure Health & Safety Association

Shaun Hashim

Solicitor
Toronto Transit Commission

David Ho

Chief Procurement Officer
Infrastructure Ontario

Fahreen Kurji

Vice President, OnCorr Commercial Management
Metrolinx

Robert Pattison, BA, JD

Senior Vice President, Commercial Resolutions
Infrastructure Ontario

Esteemed Speakers

Amir Azhari, Ph.D

Co-founder | Chief Commercial Officer
Brickeye

Faren Bogach

Founder
Construct Legal

Jennifer Brusse

Lawyer
Jennifer Brusse Law

Jennifer Burstein

Vice President of Construction
Collecdev

Erika Carrasco

Partner
Field Law LLP

Lynnell Crone, PMP, MBA

Vice President, Alternative Contracts & Light Industrial
Bird Construction

Bill Deley

Assistant General Counsel
GHD

Paul Dipede

General Counsel
Corebuild Construction

Matthew Gardner

Partner | Environmental Law Specialist, Certified by The Law Society of Ontario
Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP

Venus Garg

Vice President, Major Pursuits
AECOM

Aaron Hamill

Health and Safety Manager
Acquicon Construction

James Little

Partner
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP

John Illingworth

Partner
Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP

Chad Kopach

Partner and ODACC Adjudicator
Blaney McMurtry LLP

Howard Krupat

Partner
DLA Piper

Mark Mallett

Area Manager, Ontario
Kiewit

Zachary McGain

Bridge Engineer
Systra International Bridge Technologies

Jamie McMillan

Ironworker | Freelance
Iron Workers International | Made In the Trades

Christopher P. Moran

General Counsel
Maple Reinders Group

Philip Murray

Senior Vice President
Hatch Corporation

Lauren O’Malley, ENV SP

Sustainability Specialist
Aecon Group Inc.

Leanna Olson

Senior Legal Counsel
Graham

Lindsay Reynolds

Principal Project Manager & ODACC Adjudicator
Hancock & MacArthur Inc.

Paul Ryzuk

Partner
Dentons

Preet Saini

Partner
McMillan LLP

Megan Sanford

Legal Counsel
CML Construction Services Limited

Sahil Shoor

Partner
Gowling WLG

Joshua Strub

Partner
Margie Strub Construction Law LLP

Jamie West

President
Peninsula Construction

Maria Williams

Project Director
Chandos Construction

Bill Woodhead

Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP