2024 OSUM Presentations

Thursday, May 2

9:00am - 9:20am	AMO’s Social and Economic Prosperity Review Lindsay Jones, Director of Policy and Government Relations, AMO
9:20am- 9:35 am	AMO Policy Paper Insight-Considerations on the Water and Wastewater Pressures Facing Municipalities Kenny Li Cheong Man, Senior Advisor, Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)
9:35am	Moose hide Campaign

10:30am- 11:30am	Revitalizing the Local Media Landscape John Hamill, Director of Advertising/ Regional Publisher , Village Media Inc. Brian Lambie, President, Redbrick Communications April Lindgren, Professor, School of Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University Will Pearson, Co-founder and Author, Peterborough Currents
11:30am	Matt Vines, Vice President of Growth, Hydro One
1:40pm - 2:25pm	The Year of the Strike - Preparing for a Labour Disruption Jamie Burns, Associate, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP Julia Nanos, Partner, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
2:25pm - 2:45pm	LAS: Supporting Ontario’s Small Urban Municipalities Shannon Devane, LAS Program Manager - Municipal Risk Management, Local Authority Services (LAS)
3:15pm - 4:00pm	Six Years with Premier Ford Steve Paikin, Host, TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Economic Development in Small Urban Municipalities Karen Fischer, Agriculture and Rural Economic Development Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs Carolyn Puterbough, Agriculture and Rural Economic Development Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs
Friday, May 3
8:30am - 9:10am	More Divided Than Ever? Exploring the Issue of Political Polarization Andrew Parkin, Executive Director, Environics Institute
9:10am - 9:20am	AMO's Healthy Democracy Project Stewart McDonough, Municipal Engagement Advisor, Lead, Healthy Democracy Project, Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)
9:20am - 9:45am	The Road to Municipal Politics: Barriers and Solutions to Consider for Healthy Local Democracies Zahra Ebrahim and Kofi Hope, Co-founders, Monumental Projects

11:00am - 12:00pm	Strategies to address the Big Issues: Homelessness, Employment, Accessible, Affordable and Sustainable Housing. Part 1 Part 2 Alex Bierk, Councillor, City of Peterborough Deb Doherty, Councillor, Town of Collingwood Fay Martin, Vice President, Haliburton Places for People Rebecca Morhan-Quinn, Social Services Director, City of Peterborough Marilyn Struthers, Facilitator for the Social Finance & Housing Group Institute of Southern Georgian Bay