Agenda 2025 - Human/Nature Climate Conference

Keynote: David Fortin, Architect

An architect and professor at the University of Waterloo, David Fortin leads a boutique design practice primarily working with First Nations and Métis communities across...

10:00-11:00

The Future(s) of Interiors

How can interiors contribute to climate adaptation? This panel includes firms reimagining the potential of material reuse – and how it contributes to exciting new...

11:00-11:30

Morning Coffee Break

Featuring a special presentation on the installation Redoux Passager by Creative Matters, with remarks by Ana Cunningham (Creative Matters) and Johan Brunel (Loma Studio).

11:30-12:30

Where Mobility Meets the Curb

City projects that tackle mobility, animate the curb and promote sustainable commuting, from master plans to smaller feats of tactical urbanism....

11:30-12:30

Micro to Macro – From Sustainable Interiors to Resilience

Three leading Toronto firms discuss sustainable approaches to interior design, from adaptive reuse workspaces and high-end hospitality to residential solutions....

11:30-12:30

Nature, Place, and Care: Designing the Future of Healthcare

Unique, biophilic healthcare settings that create new possibilities for treating and caring for patients undergoing mental health issues and serious injury....

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12:30-1:30

Networking Lunch

1:30-2:30

Product Design, from Local to Global

2:30-3:00

Afternoon Coffee Break

3:00-4:00

New Materials in Product Design

A panel discussion with global designers and manufacturers exploring ecological alternatives to petroleum-based products, from bio-based foams to PVC alternatives....

3:00-4:00

Beyond the Drawing Board: Landscape Architecture’s Call to Stewardship

Through place-based design and ecological care, three firms share how they steward landscapes toward greater health –balancing natural systems with cultural and social change....

3:00-4:00

Renovate! Reuse! Reinterpret!

Exciting, beautiful new adaptive reuse projects that showcase the potential of the existing built fabric....

4:00-4:30

Coffee Break

4:30-5:30

Keynote: Pearson Lloyd

5:30-5:35

Day 1 Closing Remarks

5:30-7:00

Social Cocktail

Mix and mingle with your industry peers!

October 30

8:00-8:45

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Keynote 3: WORKac

10:00-11:15

Climate Intersections – Housing, Education and Public Infrastructure

11:15-11:45

Morning Coffee Break

11:45-12:45

Building for the 99%: Missing Middle Housing in a Time of Crisis

Four Canadian metropolises, four approaches to housing, from missing middle buildings and the housing catalogue to housing for the 99% and self development....

11:45-12:45

From Insight to Impact: Technical Tools for Climate-Resilient Design

Explore how integrating climate risk analysis into the design process can elevate low-carbon strategies to create buildings that are both sustainable and resilient. These practical...

11:45-12:45

Respectful Process, Resilient Results: Indigenous Partnerships in Architecture

How to create equitable partnerships with Indigenous architecture firms and communities across a spectrum of projects, from consultation and strategy to collaborative execution....

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12:45-1:45

Networking Lunch

1:45-3:00

Toronto: Mega-Development City

Across Toronto, unprecedented mega-developments are re-shaping entire districts. This panel features the firms behind such projects as The Well, Beltline Yards and Mirvish Village –...

3:00-4:00