SESSION SUMMARIES

You can find the speaker summaries and recordings of sessions below.

STTPA 2019

Speaker Summaries & Key Learnings

Plenary and Sub-Plenary Sessions Recordings

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16, 2019

Opening Ceremony and Plenary Session | Chaired by: Kent Moore

Welcome by: Amrita Daniere, Saher Fazilat, and Shashi Kant
Keynotes: Fatima and Amna Sultan and John Holmberg

Sub-Plenary Concurrent Panel Sessions

P1: Enhancing Sustainability of Public Transportation through Design Excellence

P2: Opportunities, Risks, and Challenges developing RNG Projects in North America

P3: Committed to GHG Targets: Walking the Talk at U of T

P4: Designing Sustainable Lifelong Learning Communities to Nurture SMART City Ecosystems

THURSDAY OCTOBER 17, 2019

Plenary Session | Chaired by: Soo Min Toh

Keynotes: Ersilia Serafini and Gregory Cajete

Sub-Plenary Concurrent Panel Sessions

P1: Consuming Sustainability

P2: Sustainability Reporting –Trends, Best Practices and New Directions

P3: Whose Water Is It? A Panel Discussion on Nestlé’s Water Extraction in Ontario

P4: Sustainability and IT

P5: Small Scale Mining and the SGD’s in Sub-Saharan Africa

Plenary Session | Chaired by Shashi Kant

Keynote: Dr. David Suzuki (via webcast)

FRIDAY OCTOBER 18, 2019

Plenary Session | Chaired by: Joan Simalchik

Keynotes: Scott Frickel and John Cartwright

Panel Session

CA1: Connecting Spirituality and Sustainability