Annual Conference
2022 MEA CONFERENCE & AGM
November 15 - 18 2022
The 2022 MEA Conference will be hosted by the City of Toronto and will be held at the Chelsea Hotel in downtown Toronto. This will be the MEA's 62nd installment of the annual conference and the first time it will be held in downtown Toronto!
2022 Conference Theme:
Untapped | Re-engineering & Realizing Opportunities To Meet Future Demands
Stay tuned for more details on the conference program and sponsorship opportunities!
Hotel Information
Chelsea Hotel - 33 Gerrard Street West,
Toronto, ON M5G 1Z4
More information on reservations will be posted soon!
The Chelsea Hotel is holding a block of rooms for the MEA at $189.00 per night (plus taxes). Hotel rooms can be reserved via the following link:
MEA Conference & AGM - Chelsea Hotel Toronto
Sponosorship
Stay tuned for more information on the conference sponsorship program and how your company can be a sponsor.
Bridge Building Challenge:
The annual Bridge Building Challenge is held each year during the Workshop.
Submitted bridges get tested to failure. Challenge is open to MEA members and
students.
Download Bridge Challenge Rules
Annual Steve Carroll Memorial East-West Hockey Classic:
The annual hockey classic is also held each year during the Conference.
Annual East/West Steve Carroll Memorial Hockey Classic
Download Hockey Classic Rules
Past Conference Presentations
2021:
1. Amma Wakefield - The State of North American Asphlat Binder Specifications
2. Devin Sauer - The new Canadian Infrastructure Benchmarking Initiative
3. Enrico Stradiotto - Minimizing Excess Soils with the Use of Rigid Pipe
5. Mike Aurilio - Review of FHWA-NJ-2015-1010: Performance Testing for HMA Quality Assurance
6. Ray Wilcock - Spiral Rib Pipe for Storm Sewers - Sustainable, Resilient & Durable
8. David Di Pietro - Locomotive 6167 Relocation
9. Arup Mukherjee - Update on OPS 101 Course
11. Jesse Hopkins - Is Road Safety Infrastructure Part of Your Asset Management Plan?
12. Roy Tal - Automated Road Based Incident Detection Using Artificial Intelligence
13. Karan Jandoo - Excess Soil Management in Ontario
14. Dan Cozzi - Municipal Engineer's Assocation - What we've been up to in 2021
15. Amin Mneina - OPS General Conditions of Contract - What's Coming!
16. Catherine Morreson - MEA/ACEC Standard Form of Agreement
17. Chris Chen - Integrating Climate Change & Asset Management Planning - Sector-wide Considerations
18. David Campbell - Nuclear Innovation Institute - Green Energy Initiatives
19. Paul Knowles - Municipal Class EA
20. Prasoon Adhikari - City of Guelph Snow Disposal Facility
21. John Tarantino - Asset Management Level of Service
22. Nick Larson - Asset Management at OCWA
2019:
2. George Weider - History of BMR
3. Andrea Wilson - South Georgian Bay All Season Heritage
4. Brian Wickenheiser - Bridge Rehabilitation
5. Fred Dobbs - Natural Channel Restoration
6. Eric Chassard - Bruce Power's Major Component Replacement Program
7. Mansoor Mahmood - National Harmonization of Construction Codes
8. Aziz Ahmed - Area-Wide Linear Infrastructure ECAs
9. Aziz Ahmed Updates to the MECP's Watermain Disinfection Procedure
10. Colin Baker - Downtown Infrastructure Renewal in Elora
11. Daniel Twigger - City of Barrie Drainage System Models
12. Angela Carley - West Gormley External Sanitary Sewer
13. Edgar Tovilla - Wastewater Regulatory Tools Improvements
14. Michele Grenier - Emerging Water Issues in Ontario
15. Ed Graham - Smart City Solutions
16. Ray Wilcock - Environmental Impact of CSP
17. Chris Thompson - Introduction to Cold In-Place Recycling
18. Andrea Boddy - Specifying Certifications
19. Sam Sidawi - Asset Management Planning for Municipal Infrastructure
20. Joe Tiernay - Challenges of Creating Asset Management Plans
21. Saidur Rahman - Climate Change Adaptive Design
22. 7 Acres
23. Mark Buchanan - Emergency Management Planning Using a Hydraulic Water Model
24. Duane Lindner - Envisioning a Sustainable Future
25. Reg Russwurm - MCEA Amendments
26. Walter Kenedi & Andrew Turnbull - MTO Bridge Inspection Update