2013-2017 Ottawa Chapter Events
Date/Time
Date(s) - 1 September 2013
All Day
CILTNA 2017 Transport Workshop and Annual Dinner
Monday, November 20, 2017 at the Sheraton Hotel, Ottawa
12:00 – 4:30 pm Lunch and Workshop, followed by Reception and Dinner
Topics: Carbon Taxes and Trade
Final Agenda here.
Workshop speakers: Walter Spracklin – Equity Research; Dr. Joe Rogers – Senior Director, Delphi Group; John Lawson – Consultant and Transport Economics Researcher; Dr. Meredith Lili – Norman Patterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University; Ryan Greer, Director, Transportation & Infrastructure Policy, Canadian Chamber of Commerce; Louis-Paul Tardif, Director Multimodal Transportation Performance & Capacity Analysis, Transport Canada.
Dinner speaker: Michael Keenan, Deputy Minister, Transport
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Ottawa Chapter) & Carleton University, October 4, 2017
Joint Luncheon & Lecture on “Infrastructure Investment – Steady as She Goes?” (Final Program can be dowloaded here)
Presenters: Rob Hilton, Carleton School of Public Policy “Holding P3s feet to the fire: Accountability for Public Private Partnerships”
Elizabeth Drake, CPCS: “Getting more bang for buck from infrastructure investment through the use of new technologies”. Presentation available for download here.
June 20, 2017 Luncheon
Speaker: Wendy Zatylny, President Association of Canadian Port Authorities
Title: Canada’s Port Authorities: Ports in Transition. Available for download here.
May 10, 2017 Luncheon
Speaker: Mark Laroche, President & CEO, Ottawa International Airport Authority
Title: Airport Privatization – Is it worth the risk? Presentation available for download here.
January 2017 CILTNA Luncheon
Speaker: Drew Fagan, Senior Fellow Public Policy Forum Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto and C.D. Howe Institute (Former Ontario Deputy Minister of Infrastructure)
Theme: “The Infrastructure Comeback: How to Spend More and Spend Smarter”
Reference Paper: “Building the Future: Strategic Infrastructure for Long-Term Growth”, Public Policy Forum, October 2016. Download report here.
October 2016 CILTNA (Ottawa Chapter) and Carleton University Joint Luncheon & Lecture
Theme: Urban Transportation at the Crossroads: Moving People and Goods Sustainably and Safely
Guest Speakers:
Dr genericforgreece.com. Chris Stoney, Carleton University, “Challenges for Smart Growth: Governing from the Periphery”, download presentation here.
Tobi Nussbaum, City Councillor/City of Ottawa and Miranda Spessot, City of Ottawa, “Fixing the 5 ‘i’s of Planning Failure”, download presentation here.
June 2016 AGM and Luncheon
Guest Speaker: Duncan Wilson, Port of Vancouver
“Corporate Social Responsibility” at the Port of Vancouver
Download presentation here
April 2016 Luncheon
Guest Speaker: Dr. Mark Davis, Senior Policy Analys, Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA)
“Changing Course: Commercializing Canadian Airports, Ports and Rail Governance 1975 to 2000”
Download presentation here
February 2016 Luncheon
Guest Speakers: Marc-Andre Roy, Partner and VP North America, CPCS
Topic: “Alternative Funding and Financing Mechanisms for Passenger and Freight Rail Projects” Presentation of TRB NCRRP Report 1
Download presentation here
October 2015 Luncheon
Speaker: Robert Taylor, Assistant Vice-President, North American Advocacy, Canadian Pacific Railway and CILTNA (Ottawa Chapter) Board Member
Topic: Issues facing Canadian Pacific and the Canadian rail sector
Download presentation here
June 2015 Luncheon
Guest Speaker: John Coleman, Senior Fellow at Carleton University’s Regulatory Governance Initiative in the School of Public Policy & Administration
Topic: “Railway Technology and Innovation in a Post-Lac-Megantic World”
Download presentation here
April 2015 Luncheon
Guest Speakers: Lt. Col Gordon Hagar & Master Warrant Officer Sherri Forward, Canadian Armed Forces
Topic: “Logistical Challenges for the Canadian Armed Forces”
Download presentation here
September 11, 2014
Bill C-52 and Bill C-30 New Rail Provisions
Nina Frid
Canadian Transportation Agency
May 26, 2014 Luncheon Speaker Series
Luncheon Topic: Global Shippers Forum Issues and Trends
Presenter: Bob Ballantyne, President of Global Shippers Forum
Presentation (PDF file): Global Shippers Forum – A World-Wide Voice for Shipper
May 6, 2014 Luncheon Speaker Series
Luncheon Topic: Canada’s Port Authorities: Supply Chain Systems in Transition
Presenters: Wendy Zatylny, Executive Director, Association of Canadian Port Authorities
Presentation (PDF file): Canada’s Port Authorities: Supply Chain Systems in Transition
February 25 Luncheon Speaker Series
Luncheon Topic: Issues Facing the Trucking Industry in Canada
Presenters: Jennifer Fox, VP Trade and Security, Ontario Trucking Association and Canadian Trucking Alliance; Geoffrey Wood, VP Safety and Operations, Ontario Trucking Association and Canadian Trucking Alliance
National CILTNA Transport Workshop, Annual General Meeting and Dinner Reception (November 18, 2013)
Thank you to those who joined us in Ottawa on November 18, 2013 for a succesful half-day event at the Ottawa Sheraton Hotel, including a Transport Workshop and Luncheon (11:30 am – 4:20pm), CILTNA Annual General Meeting (5pm), and Drinks and Dinner Reception (6pm onwards).
The Transport Workshop Agenda highlights the interesting range of speakers and topics, including transportation outlooks from the perpsective of industry, and an update on upcoming review of the Canadian Transportation Act.
September 2013 Luncheon Speaker Series
Luncheon Topic: Marine Transportation in the Arctic
Speaker: John Higginbottom, Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and Senior Fellow at Carleton University
Presentation (PDF File): “North America and the New Arctic“
Last modified: 15 March 2018