Conference
Full Schedule
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Morning Sessions: Main Stage
Time | Title | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
9:00 am to 9:30 am | Opening Remarks | Mark Salsberg and Paul Murphy (TRACCS) |
9:30 am to 9:45 am | Address from the Minister of Transportation | Hon. Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria |
9:45 am to 10:15 am | Keynote Address | Special Guests |
10:20 am to 11:00 am | Stephanie Davies (Chief Capital Officer at Toronto Transit Commission) | |
11:00 am to 11:40 am | Progressive Contracting | Chris Phillips - Senior Vice President- Project Delivery (LRTs) at Infrastructure Ontario
Meghan Mulligan (Executive Vice President of Commercial Management at Metrolinx) |
11:40 am to 12:20 pm | Quebec Cite Tram | Daniel Farina (CDPQi) |
12:20 pm to 1:00 pm | Gatineau Tramway | Jean François Mahe (STO) |
Afternoon Sessions (three stages)
Time | Title | Speakers | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
2:15 pm to 3:00 pm | Montreal's Blue Line extension | Maha Clour (STM) | B |
3:00 pm to 3:40 pm | Thomas Casselman (VP of signalling at Metrolinx) | B | |
3:40 pm to 4:20 pm | Contracting models in action | Joshua Strub (Partner at Margie Strub Construction Law LLP) + Tim Sheppard (Kiewit) + Corina Moore (WSP) | B |
4:20 pm to 5:00 pm | TRACCS powered by Achilles | Katie Ferrier (Achilles) | B |
2:15 to 3:00 | Metrolinx Heavy Rail Emissions Strategy: Advancing Sustainable Transit Solutions | Rob Sherrin (Vice President of Electrification and Fleet (Engineering and Asset Management), Metrolinx) | C |
3:00 to 3:40 | Writing Better Contract Requirements |
Dale Brown (Director of Systems Engineering at Hatch Rail & Transit ) | C |
3:40 to 4:20 | Compliance to Code- NFPA based design for Metro projects | Masoud Rezaei (Egis) | C |
4:20 to 5:00 | Digital Twin and Smart Solutions for Transit Projects | Lucy Casascia (Arcadis) | C |
1:45 pm to 2:45 pm | Cybersecurity Panel | Goran Novkovic (Director of Industrial Cybersecurity at TTC) | Technology showcase |
2:50 pm to 3:30 pm | Hatch Enhanced Track Assessment
(HETA) | Technology showcase |
Wednesday May 14, 2025
All Day, Two Rooms
Time | Title | Speakers | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
9:30 am to 9:45 am | Day 2 Opening Remarks | TRACCS Board Directors | B |
9:45 am to 10:15 am | B | ||
10:20 am to 11:00 am | Fireside Chat | Mario Peloquin (President & CEO at VIA Rail) and Mark Salsberg (Chairperson at TRACCS) | B |
11:00 am to 11:40 am | Rashid Dorj (Rail Cantech Inc.) | B | |
11:40 am to 12:20 pm | Bloor-Yonge Station Capacity Improvements Project | Chris Duyvestin (Project Director- Major Projects Department at TTC) | B |
12:20 pm to 1:00pm | B | ||
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Women Leading Transit and Rail Operations: Challenges and Opportunities | Panellists:
- Kirsten Watson
- Josee-France Poxon
- Ellen Stassen
- Tracy MacPhee
Moderated by Sonia Rahman | B |
2:00 pm to 2:30 pm | TRACCS +CSA - Standards Next Steps | Ana-Maria Tomlinson (CSA) and Mark Salsberg (TRACCS) | B |
2:30 pm to 3:10 pm | Putting Standardization to Work: Improving Efficiency in Canada’s Transit Rail System | Pierre Bilodeau (VP Standardization Services at Standards Council of Canada) | B |
3:10 pm to 4:20 pm | Fireside Chat: the Standards initiative | > Ian Hodgkinson (Alstom)
> Jonathan English
> Stephen Wickens
> Tony Kearns (K2C Rail) | B |
11:00 am to 11:40 am | Health and Safety for Transit Rail Project Delivery | CCOHS
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety | C |
11:40 am to 12:20 pm | Systems Engineering for Rail | Mike Markoulakis (WGD Consulting) | C |
12:20 pm to 1:00 pm | Farrukh Zaman (Metrolinx) | C | |
1:00 pm to 1:40 pm | Innovative Drone Survey Technology to overcome Barriers to Survey | Darryl Conway (Stantec) | C |
1:40 pm to 2:00 pm | Health and Safety in Transit Rail Projects | Wayne Warren (Chief Safety Officer at ONxpress) | C |
1:50 pm to 2:30 pm | Transforming Canadian Transportation with Mobility as a Service (MaaS) | Alex Wehmeyer: Head of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) at Siemens Mobility North America | C |
2:30 pm to 3:10 pm | Progressive design: Cities and Transit Rail | Darshpreet Bhatti | C |
Confirmed Speakers
Rail Day 2025
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Stephanie Davies
Chief Capital Officer
TTC
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Meghan Mulligan Executive Vice President, Commercial Management,
Metrolinx
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Alex Wehmeyer, Head of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) at Siemens Mobility North America
Transforming Canadian Transportation with Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
Ian Hodkinson
Alstom
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Joshua Strub
Margie Strub Construction Law LLC
Contracting models in practice.
Dale Brown
Director of Systems Engineering
Hatch Rail & Transit
Writing Better Contract Requirements
Thomas Casselman
VP of signalling at Metrolinx
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Mario Peloquin
President and CEO
VIA Rail Canada
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Jean François Mahe, STO
Gatineau Tramway project
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Rob Sherrin
Vice President of Electrification and Fleet (Engineering and Asset Management), Metrolinx
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Chris Nelson
LRT operations, Edmonton Transit Service
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Tim Shepherd
Alliance Director
Kiewit
Contracting models in practice.
Maha Clour
Montreal's Blue Line extension STM
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Lucy Casacia
Arcadis
Digital Twin and Smart Solutions for Transit Projects
Martin Gallagher
COO & Chief Safety & Security Officer
Metrolinx
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Pierre Bilodeau
VP Standardization Services, Standards Council of Canada
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TRACCS
Standards Development for Canadian Transit Rail
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Fay Pittman
Chief Engineer Asset Management & Maintenance, Metrolinx
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Corina Moore
Executive VP Transportation & Infrastructure, WSP
Contracting models in practice.
Katie Ferrier
Achilles
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Cybersecurity Panel with OC Transpo, Metrolinx and TTC
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Chris Phillips
Senior Vice President, Project Delivery (LRTs), Infrastructure Ontario
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Rashid Dorj
Engineering Manager
Rail Cantech
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Stephen Wickens
Transit Rail Standards in Canada
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Wayne Warren
Chief Safety Officer, ONxpress
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Jonathan English
Infrastructure and Transportation Policy
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Masoud Rezaei
RAMS Engineer - Montréal metro blue line extension
Egis
Compliance to Code- NFPA based design for Metro projects
Women in Transit Rail Panel
with Kirsten Watson, Josee-France Poxon and Ellen Stassen, moderated by Sonia Rahman.
Women Leading Transit and Rail Operations: Challenges and Opportunities
