Speakers

Alastair Lawrie

Executive Director, Centre of Expertise for Real Property, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Erika Wagner

Director General, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)

Jérémie Emond

RPIC President and Director General, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

Speakers

Dale MacMillan

RPIC Assistant Deputy Minister Champion, National Research Council Canada

Speakers

Roch Huppé

Comptroller General of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Speakers

Mark Chivers

Director General, Office of Government Property, UK Cabinet Office

Speakers

Stéphan Déry

President and CEO, Canada Lands Company

Speakers

Andrew Reeves

Architect, Founder, Principal Partner, Linebox

Diane Orange

Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Public Services and Procurement Canada

Jennifer Barrett

Managing Director, Programs, Planning and Policy, Canadian Urban Institute

Jérémie Emond

RPIC President and Director General, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

Wade Grififn

National Director for Indigenous Engagement, BGIS

Sessions Description

With the increasing attention on the availability and affordability of housing, there has been a corresponding interest in examining the potential for leveraging the Government of Canada (GC) portfolio of real property assets to support rapidly growing housing and other community needs. One of the key opportunities for leveraging the portfolio is through adaptive reuse of assets (the repurposing of existing buildings or lands for alternate uses). The success of adaptive reuse activities is rooted in careful planning, stakeholder engagement, coordination, and collaboration across multiple organizations and levels of government.While the GC is facing a period of fiscal restraint, real …