2024 ROMA Presentations
PROGRAM proceedings
PROGRAM
Sunday, January 21
Zone Meetings 1-10- ROMA 2023- Board update
Concurrent Sessions: 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
1-Immigration to Rural Communities
Immigration to Rural Communities-Lisa Cook
County of Wellington-Diane Ballantyne and Jana Burns, Part 1
County of Wellington-Diane Ballantyne and Jana Burns, Part 2
2-Exploring Solutions to Increasing Housing in the Rural Context
CMHC housing solutions - Jeremy Tessier
Prince Edward County Housing Plan- Ellis Ziegler
Housing Supply and Affordability in Bruce County- Claire Dodds
3- Infrastructure
Plenary Programming
3:30 pm
ROMA Strategic Plan: 2024-2027
Monday, January 22
8:30- 8:45 am
ROMA Chair, Robin Jones
9:05-9:15am
The Hon. Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario
9:30-9:35am
IPE: Investing in Municipal Resiliency
Concurrent Sessions 10:15-11:30
1-Responding to Gender-Based Violence,
2-Economic Development in Local Communities
Belinda Wick-Graham, Part 1, Part 2
3-Risk Management and Reducing Liability
4-Addressing Municipal Staff Retention and Recruitment Challenges
Key Trends in Municipal Workforce Development
Learning Lunches 11:45-12:45pm
1-Nuclear's role in Powering Ontario's Growth, Sponsored by Bruce Power
2-Enbridge
3-OCWA = A network that is already close to home!
4-MPAC: Meeting the Evolving Needs of our Partners
5-IESO- How Ontario’s Energy Transformation Benefits Communities
Concurrent Sessions 1:15pm- 2:30 pm
1-Municipal Lessons Learned with Energy Projects
Michael Di Lullo and Tonja Leach
2-Indigenous Partners: Unlocking the Power of Collaboration
Heather Swan, Indigenous and Community Engagement
Tanya Hill-Montour - Indigenous Archaeological Perspectives and priorities for Land Use Planning
3-Legal Challenges to Ontario's Drainage Act: New Municipal Risks
3:00pm
Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition and NDP
Tuesday, January 23
Insight Breakfasts 7:30-8:15am
1-The profound demographic shift that’s underway and local solutions, sponsored by OLTCA
2-Energizing Life for People and Communities, sponsored by Hydro One
3-Risky Business: Reducing Cyber Threats, sponsored by LAS
8:30-8:40am
Bonnie Crombie, Leader, Ontario Liberal Party
8:50-9:00am
Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Green Party of Ontario
9:55am-10:15am
AMO’s Social and Economic Prosperity Review