To address some of the latest ideas and predictions, the Toronto Chapter of Urban Land Institute (ULI) is bringing together prominent voices from across different sectors in Canada and the United States, to share insights and expertise at ULI Toronto’s inaugural Fall Symposium, Emerging Trends and City Building. Discussions with real estate, development, technology, business, and academic professionals will focus on how buildings, mobility options and digital technologies are shaping mixed-use intensification and quality of life in both urban and suburban centres.

Leveraging ULI’s robust network of global thought leaders, some of the influential guest panelists and keynote speakers include:

● Andrew Warren, Director, Real Estate Research at PricewaterhouseCoopers who will present key findings from their recently released annual report Emerging Trends in Real Estate
● Ellen Dunham-Jones, Professor, School of Architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology, TED Talk speaker and author of Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs
● Ian Black, General Manager of Uber Canada
● New futurist on the scene, Aseem Inam, Founder and Director of TRULAB: Laboratory for Designing Urban Transformation and a distinguished visiting Professor at the University of Toronto
● Richard Florida, Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, and Co-Founder and Editor-at-large at The Atlantic’s CityLab
● Jennifer Keesmaat, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City of Toronto

“Every so often a city region needs a big conversation. That was the thinking that drove the creation of ULI Toronto’s first major Symposium. Let’s get the best thinkers and practitioners together to take stock of where our global-leading region is today, or more importantly, what it needs to do to fully embrace the future,” says Richard Joy, Executive Director of ULI Toronto.

“We are very excited to be leveraging ULI’s global network of industry thought leaders to introduce new voices to Toronto’s evolving dialogue on intensification. Our Emerging Trends and City Building conference is going to be a valuable experience for anyone who wants to be inspired on how to further advance our region’s communities in the 21st century,” says ULI Toronto Chair Rob Spanier.

ULI TORONTO PRESENTS:
EMERGING TRENDS AND CITY BUILDING
Monday, November 2nd and Tuesday, November 3rd
Metro Toronto Convention Centre – South Building
222 Bremner Blvd, Toronto
Click here to view program or to register visit www.toronto.uli.org

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Alexandra Rybak [email protected]

About Urban Land Institute (ULI)

ULI’s mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. ULI Toronto carries forth that mission by serving the Greater Toronto Area’s public and private sectors with pragmatic land-use expertise and education. As a nonpartisan organization, ULI has long been recognized as one of the most respected and widely quoted sources of objective information on urban planning, growth and development. Members form a spectrum of land-use and development disciplines, including developers, builders, investors, designers, public officials, planners, architects, real estate brokers, lawyers, engineers, lenders, academics and students.