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The Ecocity World Summit program is packed with cutting-edge content that highlights good practices and research from around the world on topics ranging from transforming suburbia to ecological and healthy infrastructure in informal settlements, participatory democracy, urban agriculture in unlikely places, shared and active transportation, and climate change and the economy.

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Preliminary Program - Summary

Ecocity World Summit 2011 Montréal
	Special Activities	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Monday August 22	ICLEI PARALLEL EVENT (Cont'd from Sunday) Liveable Cities Forum: Designing Biodiversity Friendly Communities	TRAINING WORKSHOP	TRAINING WORKSHOPS	WELCOME CEREMONY and COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Tuesday August 23	ECOCITY EXPO all day MOBILE WORKSHOPS (check the schedule)	OPENING KEYNOTE With Jan Gehl and Janice Perlman CONCURRENT SESSIONS	CONCURRENT SESSIONS	PUBLIC KEYNOTE The Right to the City. Citizen Participation and Urban Planning
Wednesday August 24	ECOCITY EXPO all day MOBILE WORKSHOPS (check the schedule)	PUBLIC KEYNOTE with Michel Labrecque, President, Montréal Public Transit Authority (STM) KEYNOTE Panel on Municipal Government Climate Change Engagement KEYNOTE Economics of Ecocities CONCURRENT SESSIONS	CONCURRENT SESSIONS	PUBLIC KEYNOTE Ecocity Smatterings
Thursday August 25	ECOCITY EXPO open to all DESIGN CHARRETTES (check the schedule)	TD SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE The Right to the Ecocity KEYNOTE Health and the Built Environment of Ecocities CONCURRENT SESSIONS	CONCURRENT SESSIONS	LOCAL FOOD FEST
Friday August 26		KEYNOTE Biodiversity and Urban Agriculture in Ecocities KEYNOTE Ecomobility and Urban Planning in Ecocities MAYORS PANEL Implementing Ecocities: Opportunities and Challenges CLOSING KEYNOTE What Future for Ecocities? Panel with Richard Register, Debra Efroymson and other Ecocity leaders	POST-CONFERENCE EVENT Montréal Today and Tomorrow

Preliminary program - detailed

Ecocity World Summit 2011 Montréal
Sunday August 21	All day	ICLEI PARALLEL EVENT Liveable Cities Forum: Designing Biodiversity Friendly Communities	Biosphere
Monday August 22	All day	ICLEI PARALLEL EVENT Liveable Cities Forum: Designing Biodiversity Friendly Communities	Biosphere
	8:30 am – 12:00 pm	TRAINING WORKSHOP The Natural Step Sustainability Bootcamp – How to make sustainable decisions Organized by The Natural Step Canada (reserved for Ecocity 2011 Charrette participants)	524 A
	8:30 am – 12:00 pm	TRAINING WORKSHOP Creating Health-Promoting Eco-Cities: How do we measure our progress? Organized by Public Health Agency of Canada and the Heart and Stroke Foundation	519 B
	1:00 – 5:00 pm	TRAINING WORKSHOP Creating physically active ecocities: health, transportation and sustainability join forces for change Organized by Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (open to all participants)	519 B
	1:00 – 5:00 pm	TRAINING WORKSHOP Strategic Sustainable Development – From theory to action Organized by The Natural Step Canada (open to all participants)	524 A
	1:00 – 5:00 pm	TRAINING WORKSHOP Adapting urban patterns with an integrated, participatory design process Organized by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (open to all participants)	524 B
	1:00 – 5:00 pm	TRAINING WORKSHOP Integrated Community Energy Planning: A Practitioners Approach to Applying Energy Mapping Organized by Canadian Urban Institute (open to all participants)	519 A
	1:00 – 5:00 pm	TRAINING WORKSHOP Negotiating Environmental Issues Workshop Organized by the City of Montréal (open to all participants)	518 ABC
	5:30 pm - 7:30 pm	WELCOME CEREMONY and COCKTAIL RECEPTION	517 D
Tuesday August 23	8:30 – 9:45 am	OPENING KEYNOTE With Jan Gehl and Janice Perlman	517 D
	9:45 – 10:15 am	Break
	10:15 – 11:45 am	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
	11:45 am – 1:15 pm	Lunch Time
	1:00 – 5:00 pm	MOBILE WORSHOP Bikeable Montréal Organized by Vélo Québec (“Québec Cycling”) and the City of Montréal (open to all participants)	Viger Hall
	1:00 – 5:00 pm	MOBILE WORKSHOP Megaprojects and the Right to the City Organized by L’Autre Montréal (“the Other Montréal”) (open to all participants)	Viger Hall
	1:00 – 5:00 pm	MOBILE WORKSHOP Tour of the Centre for Sustainable Development Organized by Équiterre (open to all participants)	Viger Hall
	1:00 – 5:00 pm	MOBILE WORKSHOP Tour of Mount Royal (“The Mountain”) Organized by the City of Montréal (open to all participants)	Viger Hall
	1:15 – 2:45 pm	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
	2:45 – 3:15 pm	Break
	3:15 – 4:45 pm	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
	4:45 – 5:00 pm	Break
	5:00 – 6:30 pm	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
	7:00 pm - 8:30 pm	PUBLIC KEYNOTE The Right to the City. Citizen Participation and Urban Planning: inspiring examples for Montréal? Organized by Collectif Quartier in collaboration with Montréal Urban Ecology Centre and Ecocity World Summit 2011	517 D
	6:30 pm
Wednesday August 24	7:45 – 8:20 am	STM PUBLIC KEYNOTE Breathing Easy in the City: the STM’s Green Strategy with Michel Labrecque, President, Montréal Public Transit Authority (STM)	516 ABC
	8:30 – 9:45 am	KEYNOTE Panel on Municipal Government Climate Change Engagement	517 D
	8:30 – 9:45 am	KEYNOTE Economics of Ecocities	520 bc
	9:45 – 10:15 am	Break
	10:15 – 11:45 am	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
	11:45 am – 1:15 pm	Lunch Time
	1:00 – 5:00 pm	MOBILE WORKSHOP Green or Grey Montréal? Environmental issues in the city Organized by L’Autre Montréal (“the Other Montréal”) (open to all participants)	Viger Hall
	1:00 – 5:00 pm	MOBILE WORKSHOP Tour of the Saint-Michel Environmental Complex Organized by the City of Montréal (open to all participants)	Viger Hall
	1:00 – 5:00 pm	MOBILE WORKSHOP Milton-Parc Sustainable Development Laboratory Organized by the Montréal Urban Ecology Centre (open to all participants)	Viger Hall
	1:00 – 5:00 pm	MOBILE WORKSHOP Greening the city with urban agriculture Organized by Jour de la Terre Québec (Earth Day Québec) (open to all participants)	Viger Hall
	1:00 – 5:00 pm	MOBILE WORKSHOP Walkabout Quarters Downtown Montréal Organized by Quartier international and Quartier des spectacles de Montréal (Montréal’s International Quarter and Festival Quarter) (open to all participants)	Viger Hall
	1:15 – 2:45 pm	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
	2:45 – 3:15 pm	Break
	3:15 – 4:45 pm	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
	4:45 – 5:00 pm	Break
	5:00 – 6:30 pm	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
	7:00 pm - 8:30 pm	PUBLIC KEYNOTE ECOCITY SMATTERINGS: Ideas, images and inspirations from around the world	517 D
Thursday August 25	7:30 – 8:30 am	TD SYMPOSIUM - Climate Change-Related Risks and Opportunities in the Insurance Sector TD Insurance, in association with Deloitte, ClimateWise and the Insurance Board of Canada, is pleased to invite you to “Climate Change-Related Risks and Opportunities in the Insurance Sector” Breakfast Symposium. This Symposium will be a unique opportunity to be front and centre at this discussion on the future of the insurance sector in a context of climate change. PROGRAM OVERVIEW »»»	516 ABC
	8:30 - 9:30 am	TD SYMPOSIUM - Setting up a collaborative model on Climate Change in North America (by invitation only) Following the panelists’ presentations, ClimateWise will discuss issues with the insurance industry practitioners and leaders. ClimateWise is the collaborative insurance initiative through which members aim to work together to respond to the myriad risks and opportunities of climate change. The objective will be to assess the insurance industry’s needs in order to set up a long-term collaborative learning model on climate change in the North American context.	516 ABC
	8:30 – 9:45 am	KEYNOTE The Right to the Ecocity	517 D
	8:30 – 9:45 am	KEYNOTE Health and the Built Environment of Ecocities	520 BC
	9:45 – 10:15 am	Break
	10:15 am – 6:30 pm	DESIGN CHARRETTE Ecocity 2011 Charrette Organized by the Canada Green Building Council-Québec Section	520 A
	10:15 am – 6:30 pm	DESIGN CHARRETTE Designing streets for people – making our city greener Organized by the City of Montréal	525 AB
	10:15 – 11:45 am	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
	11:45 am – 1:15 pm	Lunch Time
	1:00 pm	DESIGN CHARRETTE Developing the heart of Technopôle Angus Organized by the Société de développement Angus (Angus Development Corporation)	Technopôle Angus
	1:15 – 2:45 pm	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
	2:45 – 3:15 pm	Break
	3:15 – 4:45 pm	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
	4:45 – 5:00 pm	Break
	5:00 – 6:30 pm	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
	6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	LOCAL FOOD FEST	Palais Terrace
Friday August 26	8:30 – 9:45 am	KEYNOTE Biodiversity and Urban Agriculture in Ecocities	517 D
	8:30 – 9:45 am	KEYNOTE Ecomobility and Urban Planning in Ecocities	520 BC
	9:45 – 10:15 am	Break
	10:15 – 11:15 am	MAYORS PANEL Implementing Ecocities: Opportunities and Challenges	517 D
	11:15 – 11:30 am	Break
	11:30 am – 12:45 pm	CLOSING KEYNOTE What Future for Ecocities? Panel with Richard Register, Debra Efroymson and other Ecocity leaders	517 D
	12:45 – 1:45 pm	Break
	1:45 – 3:30 pm	POST-CONFERENCE EVENT Montréal Today and Tomorrow	517 D

ICLEI PARALLEL EVENT
Liveable Cities Forum: Designing Biodiversity Friendly Communities
August 21 – 22, 2011
Cost: $150 CAD
Available spaces: 150
Location: The Biosphère, Environment Museum

Elected officials, municipal staff, and others working towards biodiversity management and conservation are invited to gather and exchange experiences at the Liveable Cities Forum: Designing Biodiversity Friendly Communities.

The Forum will offer an opportunity to receive the latest information on urban biodiversity and also to attend workshops related to tools and resources. The Liveable Cities Forum is an opportunity to explore the ways to apply biodiversity conservation measures in local practices. Sessions hosted by leading experts will give delegates the opportunity to examine the importance of urban biodiversity protection and engage in workshops and discussions.

As an official side event to Ecocity, the Forum will compliment and contribute to delegates’ overall experience and involvement in the Ecocity World Summit 2011. Register Now!

If you wish to register to Liveable Cities Forum, you have two choices:
1) Register via the Ecocity World Summit on-line registration system. Registration to the Ecocity World Summit is mandatory if you choose this option. The Forum registration fee is not included in the Summit registration package. Extra fees apply.
2) Register via the ICLEI Forum website.

To register or for more information, please visit http://www.iclei.org/biodiversityincanada