ROMA 2023 Presentations
Sunday, January 22 - Tuesday, January 24
Sunday, January 22
Concurrent Sessions
- Addressing Building Code Challenges in Your Community
- Chetan Mistry, Manager, Building Services Transformation Unit, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
- Asset Management for Better Outcomes: Strengthening Council Decision-Making
- Short-Term Accommodations
- Robert Lamb, Chief Administrative Officer, Township of Tiny
- Terry Rees, Executive Director, Federation of Ontario Cottagers' Associations (FOCA)
- Marcia Wallace, Chief Administrative Officer, County of Prince Edward
- Welcoming Newcomers to Rural Ontario
- Wayne Caldwell, Professor, School of Environmental Design & Rural Development, University of Guelph
- Deepikaa Gupta, Coordinator, Grey - Bruce Local Immigration Partnership & Mark Nonkes, Manager, Huron County Immigration Partnership
- Michelle Suchiu, Vice-President of Strategic Partnerships, Workforce Windsor Essex
Monday, January 23
Plenary Programming
- Chief Stacey Laforme, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and Allan Thompson, Former Mayor, Town of Caledon
- Robin Jones, Chair, ROMA
- The Hon. Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario
- Marit Stiles, Leader Elect of the Official Opposition
Concurrent Sessions
- Blue Box Transition and the Circular Economy
- Indigenous Relations
- Data-Driven Decision Making for Rural Ontario
- Innovative Practices to Attract and Retain Talented Staff to Rural Municipalities
- Jane Parr, Education Committee Chair, Ontario Municipal Human Resource Association
- Solutions for Healthy Rural Communities
- Amanda Mongeon, PhD Candidate, University of Guelph
- Dr. Jeff Golisky, Physician, Rural Ontario Medical Program
- Mark Graham, CEO, CMHA Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge
- Rosslyn Bentley, Executive Director, Woolwich Community Health Centre
- Supporting Seniors in Rural Communities
- Jane Sinclair, General Manager, Health and Emergency Services, County of Simcoe
- Noelle Reeve, Planner, Tay Valley Township
- Lisa Levin, CEO, AdvantAge Ontario
- Madison Brydges, Health Policy Researcher, National Institute of Ageing
- Perennial Emergencies: Planning for Tomorrow’s Challenges
- Nicholas Rhone, Emergency Operations Manager, Independent First Nations Alliance
- Wilbert Wesley, Emergency Management Services Manager, Mushkegowuk Council
- Managing Risk in a Complex World: Municipalities, Insurance and Liability
- Attracting Housing Development to Rural Ontario
- Christine MacDonald, Director, Human Services Bruce County
- Derek Lobo, CEO, Broker of Record, SVN Rock Advisors Inc.
- Iain Storosko, Program Development Specialist, Rural Ontario Institute
- Decarbonizing the Ontario Energy System
Tuesday, January 24
- John Fraser, Interim Leader, Ontario Liberal Party
- Mike Schreiner, Leader, Green Party of Ontario