BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20241009T120000Z DTEND:20241009T210000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Ottawa Climate-Economy Opportunities Summit DESCRIPTION:2 Crises | 2 Opportunities | 1 Day\n\nCHALLENGE ACCEPTED\n \n\nClimate change is the crisis of our lifetimes. Solving it?and getting the solutions right?is an unparalleled opportunity for our community to thrive and businesses to prosper.\n\n \n\nAffordable housing is the crisis of the moment. Solving it?while leaving no one behind?is a huge opportunity to innovate\, collaborate\, and build community cohesion and trust.\n\n \n\nWhat if the quickest\, best way to solve both of these tough challenges is to solve them together?\n\n \n\nON OCTOBER 9 AT BAYVIEW YARDS\, WE?RE GOING TO FIND OUT.\n\n \n\nThe Ottawa Climate Action Fund (OCAF) is hosting the Ottawa Climate-Economy Opportunities Summit as a catalyst for the ambitious\, achievable initiatives that will help our community solve housing supply and affordability through a climate lens\n\n \n\nThrough the spring and summer\, OCAF convened three sector sounding boards on buildings & energy\, infill & neighbourhoods\, and technology & entrepreneurship.\n\n\n\nWith their help\, we?ve come up with five action opportunities that will help Ottawa move quickly and decisively on decarbonization\, local resilience\, and housing supply and affordability\, at the scale we need to make a difference.\n\n\n Public Land for New Housing: Identifying parcels of surplus land that can be deployed quickly to deliver more affordable\, low-carbon/net-zero new housing\n Reno-Protection: Public-private collaboration to acquire older apartment buildings for deep energy retrofits while permanently protecting their affordability\n Gentle Density Accelerator: Discovering how to house more people on under-utilized residential lots (secondary suites\, coach/ADUs\, duplexes\, multiplexes...) while tackling neighbourhoods? carbon footprint\n Energy Resilience Districts: Looking beyond the building at how technology can deliver deep energy efficiency\, onsite renewable power\, energy storage\, and district energy solutions in new developments\n Green Pipeline: Bringing together the investment opportunities (companies\, projects)\, investors\, finance mechanisms\, and matchmaking services to accelerate the delivery of low-carbon\, more affordable housing supply\n\n\nWe know we can only get this done with a whole-of-community approach\, with businesses\, governments and public agencies\, and community groups all doing their part. By the end of this event\, we?ll have a clear picture of how to turn a creative\, complex discussion into action and results.\n\n\n\nThis event will succeed by bringing together a diverse group of experts\, innovators\, thinkers\, and doers who are determined to make a difference. To complete the picture\, we need you at the table. Register today\, or contact us for more information.\n\n\n\n\n\nSummit Leads\n\n \n\nOCAF Executive Director Steve Winkelman has 30 years of experience in climate change\, sustainable transportation\, urban planning\, clean energy\, clean air\, infrastructure resilience\, and climate finance. He has worked on policy and project development\, finance\, implementation\, evaluation\, and capacity building in more than 25 countries. He thrives in bridging silos and building partnerships across sectors\, agencies\, and organizations to unlock economic\, environmental\, and community benefits and advance holistic\, lasting solutions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary W. Rowe is President and CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute\, and was instrumental in the development of the Downtown Ottawa Action Agenda. A leading urban advocate and civil society trailblazer\, she is a frequent contributor to national and international city-building programs\, including UN Habitat\, the Massey City Summit\, The Art of City Building\, and the World Urban Forum\, and is a Senior Fellow with Shorefast\, a national charity focused on building community economies.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Henderson is a Canadian eco-entrepreneur and environmental innovator. He is among the country?s foremost energy transition commentators. Chris has held a spectrum of prominent leadership positions at the intersection of clean energy\, cleantech\, climate change\, and sustainable prosperity for over four decades. He offers transformative analysis to accelerate Canada and the world?s transition to a clean energy future.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Today!\n\n\n\nParticipation in this event is limited to 100 people\, so please register today! Please note that registration is capped at two participants per organization. Contact OCAF if you would like to participate more extensively in this process. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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2 Crises | \;2 Opportunities | \;1 Day
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Climate change \;is the crisis of our lifetimes. Solving it?and getting the solutions right?is an unparalleled opportunity for our community to thrive and businesses to prosper.
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\nAffordable housing \;is the crisis of the moment. Solving it?while leaving no one behind?is a huge opportunity to innovate\, collaborate\, and build community cohesion and trust.
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\nWhat if the quickest\, best way to solve both of these tough challenges is to solve them together?
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ON OCTOBER 9 AT BAYVIEW YARDS\, WE?RE GOING TO FIND OUT.

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\nThe Ottawa Climate Action Fund (OCAF) is hosting the Ottawa Climate-Economy Opportunities Summit as a catalyst for the \;ambitious\, achievable initiatives \;that will help our community \;solve housing supply and affordability through a climate lens
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\nThrough the spring and summer\, OCAF convened three sector sounding boards on \;buildings &\; energy\, infill &\; neighbourhoods\, \;and \;technology &\; entrepreneurship.
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\nWith their help\, we?ve come up with five action opportunities that will help Ottawa move quickly and decisively on decarbonization\, local resilience\, and housing supply and affordability\, \;at the scale we need to make a difference.

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  1. Public Land for New Housing: Identifying parcels of surplus land that can be deployed quickly to deliver more affordable\, low-carbon/net-zero new housing
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  2. Reno-Protection: Public-private collaboration to acquire older apartment buildings for deep energy retrofits while permanently protecting their affordability
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  3. Gentle Density Accelerator: Discovering how to house more people on under-utilized residential lots (secondary suites\, coach/ADUs\, duplexes\, multiplexes...) while tackling neighbourhoods? carbon footprint
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  4. ​\;Energy Resilience Districts: Looking beyond the building at how technology can deliver deep energy efficiency\, onsite renewable power\, energy storage\, and district energy solutions in new developments
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  5. Green Pipeline: Bringing together the investment opportunities (companies\, projects)\, investors\, finance mechanisms\, and matchmaking services to accelerate the delivery of low-carbon\, more affordable housing supply
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We know we can only get this done with a whole-of-community approach\, with businesses\, governments and public agencies\, and community groups all doing their part. By the end of this event\, we?ll have a clear picture of how to \;turn a creative\, complex \;discussion into action and results.
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\nThis event will succeed by bringing together a diverse group of experts\, innovators\, thinkers\, and doers who are determined to make a difference. \;To complete the picture\, we need \;you \;at the table. \;Register today\, or \;contact us \;for more information.
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\nA person in a suit and tieDescription automatically generatedOCAF Executive Director \;Steve Winkelman \;has 30 years of experience in climate change\, sustainable transportation\, urban planning\, clean energy\, clean air\, infrastructure resilience\, and climate finance. He has worked on policy and project development\, finance\, implementation\, evaluation\, and capacity building in more than 25 countries. He thrives in bridging silos and building partnerships across sectors\, agencies\, and organizations to unlock economic\, environmental\, and community benefits and advance holistic\, lasting solutions.
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\nA person in a suit and tieDescription automatically generatedMary W. Rowe \;is President and CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute\, and was instrumental in the development of the Downtown Ottawa Action Agenda. A leading urban advocate and civil society trailblazer\, she is a frequent contributor to national and international city-building programs\, including UN Habitat\, the Massey City Summit\, The Art of City Building\, and the World Urban Forum\, and is a Senior Fellow with \;Shorefast\, \;a national charity focused on building community economies.
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\nA person in a suit and tieDescription automatically generatedChris Henderson \;is a Canadian eco-entrepreneur and environmental innovator. He is among the country?s foremost energy transition commentators. Chris has held a spectrum of prominent leadership positions at the intersection of clean energy\, cleantech\, climate change\, and sustainable prosperity for over four decades. He offers transformative analysis to accelerate Canada and the world?s transition to a clean energy future.
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\n LOCATION:Bayview Yards 7 Bayview Station Rd.\, Ottawa UID:e.3330.4348 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260515T174109Z URL:https://business.ottawabot.ca/events/details/ottawa-climate-economy-opportunities-summit-4348 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR