Previous Presentations

Past Conference Presentations
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2025:  

1. Andrew J. Henry – Incorporating Integrated Management Systems with Business Processes to Achieve Long-Term Sustainability
2. Kevin Nelson & Djordje Dobric Nelson – Data-Driven Growth: How Guelph Utilizes BI Dashboards for Asset Management Infrastructure Planning
3. Marcy McKillop – Lake Huron Primary Water Supply System Connection to Oneida Nation of the Thames
4. Shelley Hazen – Building Sustainable Infrastructure Through Climate Informed Asset Management
5. Aaron Rozentals – Springbank Reservoir #2 Replacement and Expansion
6. Jeff Hachey, Dr. Francine Kelly-Hooper & Ian Collins – City of London Guidance Document for Schedule F CLI/ECA SWM Pond Sediment and Excess Soil Beneficial Reuse Evaluations
7. Kevin Brown – People Don’t Use Water… Residential Units Do! Re-Thinking How We Assess System Use
8. Bill Trenouth & Laurence Murray – Operationalization of the CLI-ECA for Stormwater Management: Inherent Challenges and Potential Solutions
9. Caitlin Corcoran & Amna Tariq – Harnessing the Power of LiDAR – Next-Gen Overland Flow Mapping for the City of London
10. Rishabh Sharma, Steven Forte & Amanda Rodek – OPS Specialty Committee Updates 2025
11. Anton Skorobogatov – Pond-Wetland-Park Continuum: Integrating Ecological Function and Amenity into Stormwater Management Guidelines
12. Colin Baker – St. David St. N. Road Reconstruction Project
13. Mohsin Talpur – Innovative Injection Methods for Sustainable Stormwater Management: A Forward-Thinking Approach for Growing Cities
14. Jean Hao – Bridging the Gap: From Strategic Planning to Capital Delivery in Sanitary Infrastructure – Insights from the Integrated Sanitary Master Plan
15. Samantha Archibald & Marjorie MacDonald – Cooksville Creek Stormwater Management Facilities – Urban Retrofit Flood Control in Action
16. Nathan Bokma – Yarmouth Yards Industrial Park – Supporting Large Scale Industrial Development
17. Pruthvi Desai, Brian Worsley, Daniel Twigger & Jacob Macdonald – Townwide Drainage Master Plan
18. Patrick Kelly – Innovative Solutions for a Sustainable Future – Mapleton’s Journey to Establishing a Municipal Service Corporation (MSC)
19. Daniel Hall – Enabling Active and Vibrant Communities in the Suburbs
20. Robert Jackson – Modular Bridges for Low Volume Roads: A Case Study of the Hill Road Bridge Replacement
21. Stephanie Page – The Thames Valley Parkway – North Branch Connection
22. Raly Chakarova – Sustainable, High-Performing, and Cost-Effective: Use of Recycled Crushed Aggregates for Municipal Infrastructure
23. Jennie Dann, Ardian Spahiu & Taylor Eckert – Constructing London’s First Rapid Transit System: The Challenges and Successes
24. Jennifer Volpato, Paul MacLatchy, Sean Anderson & Paula Schuster – Managing Contaminated Sites – Insider’s Scoop on the Municipal Perspective
25. Jackie Kay – Emma to Earl Active Transportation Bridge
26. Sam Ghosn – Resilient Infrastructure: Managing Water Assets for the Long Term
27. Arup Mukherjee – Ontario Provincial Standards Training Updates
28. Reg Russwurm – Municipal Class EA / Municipal Project Assessment Process Update to Delegates
29. Monica McVicar – Reimagining Climate Resilience: Transforming Harris Park with Innovation and Natural Design
30. Mary Alikakos, Andrew Sercombe & Taylor Martins – Let’s Talk About Engagement: Building Better Connections in City Projects
31. Kirby Oudekerk – Climate Change Resilience: Protecting London’s Wastewater Treatment Plants from Flooding
32. Gary Pritchard & Dania Chehab – Rights, Worldviews, and Perspectives – Understanding the Differences to Improve Relationships Between Indigenous Communities and Municipalities
33. Hadiseh Bolkhari – Building Climate Resilience: Updating Historical and Projected IDF Curves for Town of Caledon
34. Chris Phippen – Getting to Know Your CLI-ECA
35. Dan Cozzi – MEA Update to Delegates

2024:

1. David Van Vliet - Utilizing Regional Climate Models to Estimate Future Susceptibility to Stream Erosion
2. Stephen Goodman & Steven Crombie - Bridging the Gap: Fostering Collaboration Between Road Builders and Municipal Engineers for Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure in Ontario
3. Amanda Froese - Fluid Futures: Navigating Water Infrastructure Challenges
4. Andrew Miller - Innovative Procurement for a High-Risk Reconstruction Project: The Construction Review Panel
5. Mariette Pushkar and Adrienne Sones- Natural Channel Design Solutions and Municipal Infrastructure Solutions: They Can Co-exist
6. Rick Tolkunow - Construction Dispute Resolution Challenges? Is Utilizing a Project Referee the Answer?
7. Amna Tariq - Balancing Level of Service and Flood Risk: Are we bound to oversize municipal stormwater infrastructure?
8. Michael Catalano - Strategic Capital Coordination
9. Connor Renouf and Barbara Minor - The Rain Ready Ottawa Program
10. Rishabh Sharma & Mohan Toor - OPS General Conditions Committee Update
11. Brian Simpson - Ottawa Hydrant Fountain Program
12. Adam Hortop - Protected Intersection Design Guidelines
13. Andy Lee & Rebecca Turbitt - Underground Stormwater Management: Lessons Learned Through the Development of Policy, Procedure, and Standards for Non-Conventional Municipally Assumed Stormwater Management Facilities
14. Jeremy Kearns - Streets for People: Integrating Active Transportation and Traffic Calming
15. Julia Howett and Amy Nicoll - Creek Erosion Inventory Data Collection and Management for Municipal Asset Management Programs
16. Roslyn Lusk and Barry Cronkite - New Complete Streets Concepts and Impacts to Operations and Maintenance - Let’s Ensure Complete Streets rather than Compete Streets
17. Mohan Toor and Kyle Haley - Black Creek Renewal Project at the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre
18. Stephen Goodman - The Tire Stops Here - Pavement Friction Management to Reduce Accidents and Avoid Litigation
19. Jim Lethbridge - City of Ottawa Spring Freshet Task Force Operations
20. Lorne Franklin and Cody Newton - The Ontario Drainage Act and the Municipal Engineers Use of the Latest Technology
21. Erin O’Neill - Excess Soils Management: Challenges and Opportunities for Municipalities
22. Meagan Wheeler Cuddihy - Are You an Asset Manager?
23. Mary-Ellen Gleeson and Bruno Pigeon - Ottawa Parkway LRT Tunnel Construction
24. Chris Gerrits - Private Servicing Solutions to Address the Housing Crisis
25. Daniel Villeneuve - Going Electric: Transforming Ottawa Transit
26. Paul Hussar - Adisoke Library Project – Ottawa
27. Paul Swioklo - The Complexities of a Green Fleet Strategy for Mid-Size Municipalities
28. Reg Russwurm - Municipal Class EA/Municipal Project Assessment Process Update to Delegates
29. Arup Mukherjee - Ontario Provincial Standards Training Updates
30. Chris Gerrits and Katherine Rentsch - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Troubleshoot Well and Pump Issues in a Municipal Setting
31. Paul Montgomery - Ottawa Fleet Street Presentation
32. Scott Gray and Kyle Dedo - Water Production Electrical Savings and Capacity Maximization
33. Megan Farnel - From Rake to Riches: Composting Yard Waste into Topsoil Gold
34. Tye Rusnak - Comparative Study of UAV, LiDAR, and RTK-derived Geospatial Survey Information for a Partially Wooded Stream Corridor
35. Jim Seeley - The Effect of Real Time Control (RTC) and the Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel (CSST) in managing Ottawa’s CSP’s during Heavy Rainfall
36. Matthew Miedema, Sabina Taylor, Amanda Froese, Bryan Stanton - MEA/ACEC-Ontario Standard Engineering Agreement Update
37. Dan Cozzi - MEA Update to Delegates

2023:

1. Concast Presentation Video
2. Dana Thorne - Over the Waters - History of the Blue Water Bridge
3. Joe de Koning - Use of Light Weight Cellular Concrete to extend roadway service life and level of service
4. Inderjit Hans - Bridges over the Grand River Brantford’s Connected Future
5. Ryan Hunt - Sewer Upgrade Project
6. Farshad Salehzadeh - Thermistor
7. Jackie Kay - Howitt Creek Sanitary Encasement and Erosion Protection
8. MEA Awards Luncheon Slides 2023
9. Doubra Ambaiowei - Pushing Forward Environmental Stewardship and Better Quality Asphalt in Ontario
10. Lucas Bromerchenkel & James Smith - Unintended Consequences of Seasonal Load Restrictions
11. Reg Russwurm - MCEA Update to MEA Conference 2023
12. Nathan Bokma - Overview of St. Thomas Battery Plant Project
13. Adamou Saidou - Designing for the Future - Standards for Climate Resilient Municipal Infrastructure
14. Paul Marsh - Is the Drainage Act past it's Best Before?
15. Lyle Johnson - OLC Project
16. Adam Gilmore - Braking Boundaries
17. Dan Cozzi - MEA Bylaw Presentation at Conference
18. MEA Presidents Gala 2023
19. Erin Dee-Richard - Oil Heritage in Lambton County
20. Bradley Dufour - Long Point Causeway Bridge Replacement - LEA
21. Dan Cozzi - MEA UPDATE Presentation at 2023 Conference
22. Clayton Watters - Ajudication
23. George Elliott - FBCL Bridge Hierarchy Nov 2023

2022:

1. ​Managing Utility Coordination at the Program Level - A York Region Case Study_Steve Murphy
2. PEO's Role in Engineers Canada's 30 by 30 Initiative_Helen Wojcinski
3. Soil Contamination Design Implications & Lessons Learned_Evan Cassidy
4. Innovative modelling methodology of Finch West LRT corridor SWM model_Julian Li
5. Mitigating contractor risk premium_Reg Russwurm
6. Strategies for Capital Delivery in a World of Uncertainty_Terry Gayman
7. Remote-controlled self-inspections_Bassem Khalil
8. Closed but not forgotten managing the City of Torontos closed landfills_Sumantra Datta-Ray
9. Kingston Third Crossing Bridge - Integrated Project Delivery_Mark Van Buren
10. Planning and Building the Largest Outfall_Kevin Waher
11. Leveraging Technology & Data Capture through Telematics_Kong Seto
12. Snow Storage & Disposal Facility_Roslyn Lusk
13. Reducing Chloride Impacts on Waterways from Municipal Salt_Jim Hartman
14. Results of a Pilot Test_Abe Mouaket
15. YongeTOmorrow building the future of downtown Yonge Street_Violetta Savage
16. Marrying Grade Separations with Complete Streets Design to Support Transit-oriented Communities_Hilda Esedebe
17. Integrating Active Transportation Projects into State of Good Repair_Ellen Bennett
18. Contaminated Right-of-Way Management Program (CROWMP) and System (CROWMS)_Stephen Li
19. Ontario Reduced Load Period Determination of onset and removal dates_Alain Beaulieu
20. City of Mississauga's Integrated Road Program_Jeffrey Reid
21. City of Torontos Net Zero Existing Buildings Strategy_Devon Stopps
22. Unlocking the Potential of Municipal Engineers in the Circular Economy Transition_Meaghan Davis
23. Advancing with top notch asset management (Part I)_Saidur Rahman
24. Advancing with top notch asset management (Part II)_Arnold Yuan
25. Preventative Maintenance in Asset Management_Arup Mukherjee
26. Use of RCM at CoT_Robert Klimas
27. Update of OPS 101_Arup Mukherjee
28. Progress on the Development and Implementation of Improved Asphalt Acceptance Specifications for Ontario Municipalities_Simon Hesp
29. Asphalt Mix Performance Checklist for Municipalities_Sina Varamini
30. Municipal Class EA Updates_Dave Thompson
31. Wheatley Gas Well Investigation Update_Ryan Brown
32. A Revolution in Public Works Permitting_Benjamin de Haan
33. Transforming Toronto The Transit Expansion Office_Derrick Toigo
34. General MEA Presentation_Dan Cozzi