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
  • Dave Gordon, Senior Advisor, Waste & John Watson, Environmental Manager, Municipality of Dysart Et Al
• Indigenous Relations
• Data-Driven Decision Making for Rural Ontario
  • Martin Lefebvre, Senior Researcher, Northern Policy Institute & Danielle Letang, System Data Analyst, Rural Ontario Institute, & Neemarie Alam, Data Strategy Manager, Ontario Nonprofit Network
• 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
  • Shannon Devane, Project Manager, Municipal Risk Management, AMO-LAS, Earl Dumitru, Counsel, Ministry of the Attorney General Ontario, & Ann Gergen, Executive Director, Association of Government Risk Pools
• 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
  • Julia McNally, Director, Planning Projects & Sustainability, Cara-Lynne Wade, Director, Energy Transition Planning, Enbridge, & Michael DiLullo, CAO, Municipality of Middlesex County

Tuesday, January 24

• John Fraser, Interim Leader, Ontario Liberal Party

• Mike Schreiner, Leader, Green Party of Ontario