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In the era of electrification, remote working and e-commerce, what solutions will support the movement of people and goods in cities? How should urban mobility evolve in view of climate change, health and safety, and changing societal norms?
The Globe Drive Urban Mobility Summit will return on March 28, zeroing in on strategies for leaders to seize new opportunities to create safer, inclusive and sustainable transportation.
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Josipa Petrunić
President & C.E.O., Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium CUTRIC
Bem Case
Executive Director, Innovation and Sustainability Group, Toronto Transit Commission
Jordan Chittley
Editor, Globe Drive, The Globe and Mail
A spike in headlines surrounding safety on Canadian transit systems plays into potential ridership growth and municipal financial health. What can be done to ensure riders feel safer riding Canada's transit systems? Looking at the bigger picture, what are the most urgent priorities for public transit systems for a secure future?
Though fully self-driving technology has surged and stalled over the past several years, automakers and tech innovators are preparing for its eventual widespread adoption. Vehicle design is changing, and autonomous technology is maturing with regards to safety and reliability. Will consumers buy in? This discussion will explore where humans and A.I. might meet, and how autonomous vehicles stand to reshape city landscapes.
Jay Pitter
Award-Winning Placemaker, Author and Urban Planning Lecturer, Planner-In-Residence, University of Waterloo
Petrina Gentile
Contributing Writer, Globe Drive,
The Globe and Mail
Urban planners and transportation experts across Canada are integrating mobility when designing or upgrading neighbourhoods, avoiding the transit deserts and lack of walkability prevalent in many existing communities. This interview will explore how the approach is changing the ways we live, work and interact with our communities - and creating healthier, happier populations.
Since the introduction of the Prius in 1997, Toyota has led the auto industry’s electrification revolution. The company has sold more than 19 million electrified vehicles and remains the number one seller of electrified vehicles in Canada. Toyota is aggressively working toward making its North American plants carbon neutral by 2035.
Josipa Petrunic is the President and CEO of CUTRIC. She is leading the formulation of several national transportation technology trials related to zero-emissions transportation and “smart vehicles” innovation, including the Pan-Canadian Electric Bus Demonstration & Integration Trial, the Pan-Canadian Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstration & Integration Trial, and the National Smart Vehicle Demonstration Project.
Dr. Petrunic has built up CUTRIC’s consortium to include more than 130 private and public sector companies and organizations across Canada. Previously, she served as the lead researcher in electric vehicle policy studies at McMaster University, and as a senior research fellow in the history and philosophy of mathematics at University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom in Science and Technology Studies. Dr. Petrunic continues to lecture in Globalization Studies at McMaster University. In 2018, she was named as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 by Bloomberg News and Canada’s Top Clean 50. In 2019, she was named Aspioneer Top 10 Influential Women Leaders. In 2020, she received an award in WXN’s Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards for her role in the Science and Technology industry.
With over 20 years in public transit, Bem has held roles that span the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), including maintenance, engineering, capital program delivery, enterprise risk management and intergovernmental relations.
Currently, Bem is the Executive Director of TTC’s Innovation and Sustainability Program, the goal of which is to seek out and adopt the ideas that maximize the socio-economic, environmental, and health benefits of transit. Through this program, Bem is directly accountable for the stewardship of a 15-year, $10+ billion portfolio of capital programs, including the delivery of one of North America’s largest procurements of zero-emissions vehicles and related electrification infrastructure.
Jamie is a transportation consultant and policy advocate who has over a decade of experience working in the micromobility sector. During this time, she has collaborated on campaigns to fund hundreds of km of cycling infrastructure, increase walking and cycling to school, and shape policy decisions governing the use of electric bicycles and electric scooters. Jamie launched her independent consulting practice in 2020 where she supports organizations, municipalities, and companies across North America in their efforts to co-create sustainable, inclusive, and healthy communities. Jamie holds a Master’s in Geography from McMaster University and is an alumnus of the Maytree Policy School.
Brent Hartman is the Director of Fuels & Transportation Standards for CSA Group. Brent leads the development and implementation of the standards strategy for the fuels and transportation sectors in the United States and Canada. Technology areas in the sector include hydrogen, fuel cells, electric vehicles, connected and automated vehicles, biogas, and gas-fired appliances and equipment. Brent also supports research initiatives that investigate challenges and gaps related to standards development for emerging technologies.
Alec is the Manager of EV Infrastructure and Planning Development at BC Hydro. Since 2013, he has helped build BC Hydro’s EV fast charging network, which connects nearly every community across the province with EV drivable highways. His work includes site acquisitions for hosting charging stations plus technology and market assessments. Alec was also instrumental in conducting hydrogen and fuel cell demonstrations for telecom, backup power systems and fuel cell electric vehicles, most notably in 2005 with the Ford Focus fuel cell vehicle. Alec is a Professional Engineer in the Province of B.C. He has an MBA from the University of Victoria and a Bachelor of Applied Science and Bio-Resource Engineering from the University of British Columbia.
A serial entrepreneur who has successfully raised over $700M in financing and completed several acquisitions and sales transactions, including two IPOs and one management leveraged buyout (MLBO), Charles has over 35 years of experience in senior management positions in several sectors, especially in the high-tech sector, with listed and private companies. He has been a key player in carrying out complex financial deals as well as international marketing and commercialization strategies and joint ventures.
Charles became LeddarTech’s CEO in 2014 after being acting CEO for two years. Since 2011, he has also been President of Moody Management Inc., a private investment firm. Prior to LeddarTech, he was the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Unipex SAS as of 2008. He was President of the Active Ingredients and Specialty Chemicals Division of Atrium Innovations (TSX: ATB) from 2004 to 2008. Before joining Atrium, he was the Founder and President of Quebec International following a partnership with Phénix Capital.
Furthermore, Charles is active in the investment and entrepreneurship sectors with a direct investment portfolio of about 15 companies and his participation as a sponsor/investor in three separate investment funds. He is currently on the Board of Chimie ParaChem, Pieridae Energy and LeddarTech.
A graduate of Université Laval in mechanical engineering, he also holds a degree from the International Centre for Research and Studies in Management.
Jay Pitter, MES, is an award-winning placemaker whose practice mitigates growing divides in cities across North America. She spearheads institutional city- building projects specializing in public space design and policy, forgotten densities, mobility equity, gender-responsive design, inclusive public engagement and healing fraught sites.What distinguishes Ms. Pitter is her multidisciplinary approach, located at the nexus of urban design and social equity, which translates community insights and aspirations into the built environment. Ms. Pitter has used this urgent, evidence-based expertise to shape numerous projects in over 25 cities including; working with Westbank to preserve intangible cultural heritage and expand engagement during the Honest Ed’s redevelopment project in Toronto; leading the (RE)IMAGINING Cheapside Confederate monument placemaking process in Lexington; and applying a gender- responsive design lens to the redevelopment of Granville Bridge in Vancouver. She has developed an equitable planning certificate course with the University of Detroit’s Mercy School of Architecture, a women in city-building course with the University of Toronto, and an Engaging Black People and Power course spurred by the murder of George Floyd. Ms. Pitter has also presented at MIT, Harvard and Princeton universities, among many others. She was recently the John Bousfield Distinguished Visitor in Planning at the University of Toronto and shortlisted for the Margolese National Design for Living Prize. Among a diverse practice portfolio, Ms. Pitter is honoured to be leading the development of The Cultural Districts Program Proposal and The Little Jamaica Master Plan for the City of Toronto — two precedent setting projects within her home city. Her forthcoming books, Black Public Joy and Where We Live, will be published by McClelland & Stewart, Penguin Random House Canada.
Petrina Gentile is an award-winning automotive journalist -- one of the few women who cover cars in Canada. Petrina has been writing for The Globe and Mail’s Drive section since 2004. She also covers the automotive beat for CTV NewsChannel on her bi-weekly national segment called "Up to Speed" and has appeared on CP24, CBC, and BNN Bloomberg TV. She produced 18 seasons of the national TV show Car/Business with Jeremy Cato and Michael Vaughan, which was broadcast weekly on CTV and BNN. She has written several non-fiction books for kids including "Big Trucks, Big Wheels," "Dirt Movers," and "The Ballet School." Before focusing on cars, she was a news writer at CTV and a producer at BNN. She has a Master of Journalism (MJ) from Carleton University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Waterloo.
Oliver Moore is a reporter for The Globe and Mail. Oliver joined The Globe's newsroom in 2000 as a web editor and then moved into reporting. A native Torontonian, he served four years as Atlantic Bureau Chief and has worked also in Afghanistan, Grenada, France, Spain and the United States. In 2012, he was part of a team of Globe reporters nominated for a National Newspaper Award for coverage of a murder-suicide that rocked Alberta and Prince Edward Island.