Mr. Albert de Luca,
President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada

• Prof. Nicola Mazzocca,
  Minister of Scientific Research, Innovation and Universities
  Region of Campania
• Prof. Paolo Gasparini,
  President of AMRA
• Dr. Yves Beauchamp,
  Director General of ETS
• Dr. Ruben Sacerdoti,
  Director, International Relations for Emilia-Romagna Region
• Mr. Yves Lafortune,
  Director, Europe
  Ministère du Développement économique, Innovation et Exportation du Québec

• Prof. Luigi Nicolais,
  Professor of materials engineering
  University of Naples Federico II

Mr. Jean Lacroix, PDG,
Association québécoise pour la maîtrise de l'énergie (AQME)

Theme 1

Objectives
Present some of the best practices in managing sustainable built environment

Moderator:
Dr. Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
Vice-president Risk and Sustainable development, CIRANO

Presenters:

• Mr. Wayne S. Trusty
  President, Athena Sustainable Materials Institute
  Best practices for the sustainable built environment (global perspective)
• Mrs. Susan Rowley
  President, Green Building Council (Quebec Chapter) 
  The growth of LEED: is it a success story?
• Mr. Guy Favreau
  Vice-President, Architecture and sustainable design Aedifica
  Québec experience in sustainable buildings
• Mr. Carmine Pascale
  Research Cconsortium for Building Rehabilitation
  ITACA practices in ITALY
• Prof. Mauro Dolce
  Director of Seismic Risk and Post-Emergency Office, Italy's National Civil Protection Department;
  Professor of Earthquake Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Naples Federico II
  Creating a sustainable built environment in the post-seismic Abruzzi disaster area (Project C.A.S.E)

Mr. Christian Yaccarini
President and CEO - Technopôle Angus
Integrated approach to the sustainable built environment

Theme 2

Objectives
Present the criteria required for a new approach for sustainable development addressing the technical, economic, and social and environment aspects

Moderator:
Dr. Isabelle Deschamps
Full Professor, Coordinator of Graduate programs in Innovation Management
école de Technologie Supérieure

Presenters:

• Prof. Gaetano Manfredi
  Full professor of Construction Design and Head of Department of Structural Analysis and Design at the University of Naples Federico II in Naples, Italy.
  New integrated approach to the sustainability of the built environment

• M André Bourassa
  President of the Ordre des Architectes du Québec
  A comprehensive approach as a sustainable built framework

• Mr. Michel Cyr
  First Vice-president, Development, SITQ
  Sustainable Development: An Investor Perspective

• Dr. Paul Lanoie
  Professor, Institute of Applied Economics;
  Associate Director, Academic Affairs and Strategic Planning, HEC Montreal
  Green bills for Green Buildings?

• Dr. Cécile Bulle
  Research officer,
  Interuniversity Research Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG)
  What is a green building? The life cycle thinking....

Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks

Mrs. Johanne Gélinas,
Partner, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Enterprise Risk, Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche

Theme 3

Objectives
Present the latest materials and technologies that can work towards the sustainability of the built environment

Part 1: The materials and technologies

Moderator:
Dr. Radu Zmeureanu
Associate Dean, Professor Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering Concordia and director of the Center for Building Studies

Presenters:

• M. Marc A. Bovet
  President, Bone Structure
  Bone Structure meeting environmental requirements : energy efficiency, steel and zero waste
• Mr. Pierre Lapointe, President and CEO
  Mr. Richard Desjardins, Technical director FP Innovations
  Technologies for a sustainable building
• Mr. John Archer
  Director, Sustainable Development, Cement Association of Canada
  Cement, concrete and Sustainable Development
• Mr. Pierre Hébert
  Technical Department Director, Mapei Canada
  Innovation in coating systems
• Ing. Umberto Arena
  Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples
  Environmental assessment tools for sustainable building

Part 2: Projects, Systems and Engineering

Moderator:
M. Gildas Poissonnier,
Consultant, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Enterprise Risk, Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche

Presenters:

• Mr. Jean-François Fay, Eng.
  Project Manager, Transport, Infrastructure and Buildings Division, SNC Lavalin
  Sustainable Municipality Infarastructure : The global approach
• Mr. Doug Conroy
  Manager - Technical Center. Axim Italcementi Group
  ITC Laboratory – A case study in Sustainable Construction and LEED certification; Bergamo Italy
• Ing. Marino Capelli
  Manager, BolognaFiere S.p.A.
  International Technical showcases : Promoting sustainable development innovation for the built environment
• Dr. Daniel Forgues, Ph. D.
  Professor, Department of Construction Engineering École de Technologie Supérieure
  Challenges of the integrated design approach for teaching and practices of engineering

Dr. Giovanni De Paoli, Ph.D., dr. arch.
Full professor, Dean of the Faculté de l'aménagement, Université de Montréal

Theme 4

Objectives
Present the challenges and opportunities and the road ahead to sustainable buildings

Moderator:
Dr. Corinne Gendron
Professor, Department of Organization and Human Resource Management
School of Management Sciences, UQAM

Presenters:

• Dr. Isabelle Deschamps
  Full Professor, Coordinator of Graduate programs in Innovation Management école de Technologie Supérieure
  Bringing "Clean" Technology from Discovery to Global Innovation: Requirements and Challenges

• Mrs. Yolaine Savignac
  Associate institutional affairs and sustainable development, École de Technologie Supérieure
  Building a sustainable environment with engineering

• Prof. Marco Savoia
  Full Professor of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna
  Sustainability of the construction process: from materials to the final construction

• Arch. Francesca Pisi
  Unieco
  To build a sustainable future; innovation, research, sustainability, poetry

• Mr. Martin Roy
  President and founder of Martin Roy & Associates
  Sustainable building in Québec, current situation and future prospects