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Welcome to the 2011 RPIC Real Property National Workshop!

On behalf of the organizing committee, we would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Ottawa and, in particular, the new Ottawa Convention Centre for RPIC’s signature event.

The theme this year of Engage | Collaborate: Effective Relationships Throughout the Real Property Life Cycle was chosen to highlight the importance of engaging and collaborating with others in order to achieve success. This is often a critical component regardless of whether you are planning, acquiring, occupying or disposing of real property assets as well as being necessary on many different levels - within your team, within your organization, among departments, among other public and private sector organizations and with the public. The four streams of concurrent sessions draw attention to engagement and collaboration in various contexts: Achieving Successful Projects; Collaborative Approaches to Facilities Management and Space Accommodation; i-Tools & e-Methods; and Rural Lands and Small Communities: Partnering for Program Delivery.

We have the ever-popular ADM Champion Armchair Discussion once again in the program and, this year, a second ADM Panel discussion has been added that focuses on Workplace 2.0. Ask the Experts is also back this year to ensure your questions are answered. We are very excited about a new addition to the National Workshop program – the RPIC i-Lounge – a place where you can relax and learn about the latest technology.

We trust that you will find this year’s National Workshop engaging and informative. Please take the time to meet up with your fellow real property professionals to exchange ideas and information as that is what this forum is all about.

Tara Dinsmore Canada Lands CompanyChair

Gary Lacey Health CanadaCo-Chair

24th Annual Real Property National Workshop

Exhibitor List

Exhibitor Booth

CIMA+ .................................................................................................................................................................................114

CORCAN ........................................................................................................................................................................214

Department of National Defence UXO and Legacy Sites Program .............................................205

Esper Consulting Inc . ..................................................................................................................................................115

ESRI Canada .....................................................................................................................................................................209

Health Canada ...............................................................................................................................................................213

Honeywell ........................................................................................................................................................................107

Horizant .............................................................................................................................................................................116

Informatique EBR .........................................................................................................................................................103

Infrared Imaging Solutions Inc. ..............................................................................................................................202

MHPM Project Leaders .............................................................................................................................................203

National Aboriginal Lands Managers Association ......................................................................................204

Natural Resources Canada .....................................................................................................................................108

Public Works and Government Services Canada, Real Property Business and Systems Transformation Project .............................................................206

Public Works and Government Services Canada, Workplace 2.0 .........................................104/106

Regulvar .............................................................................................................................................................................113

RPIC iLounge ..................................................................................................................................................................100

SKE Inc . ...............................................................................................................................................................................105

Siemens Canada Limited .........................................................................................................................................112

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Procurement, Materiel Management and Real Property Community Management Office ..............................................215

24th Annual RPIC Real Property National Workshop

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Professional Development Day

7:30 am – 8:30 am 2nd floor Foyer

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 am – 8:40 am Room 206/208

Welcoming RemarksTara Dinsmore, Chair, 2011 RPIC Real Property National Workshop and Director, Strategic Acquisitions, Canada Lands Company

8:40 am – 9:00 am Room 206/208

Opening Address – The Power of SpaceÉlise Boisjoly, Director General, Functional Communities, Authority Delegation and Orientation, Canada School of Public Service

9:00 am – 4:15 pm

Professional Development Sessions

Partnering Tools for Successful Engagement and Collaboration Room 201•RobertCzernyandMichaelMarta,AgoraManagement

Engagement and collaboration are attractive so long as benefits exceed costs and risks can be managed. Best partnering practices allow that to be the case. This workshop will put two main tools in participants’ hands: a list of ten key decision factors for partnering; and a schematic model that clarifies the relationship between partners, the results expected from their collaboration, and the elements that need to be monitored. These tools apply to all types of partnering that a real property manager might encounter. Construction and building operations are only part of the picture. Among other forms are shared services and facilities, engagement with the surrounding community, participation in events, and corporate sponsorship of facilities and programs. This workshop will allow participants to share their experience and challenges and to apply the partnering tools to the types of engagement and collaboration that are of greatest interest to them.


Professional Development Sessions (Continued)

Intentional Leadership Room 202•FranklinHoltforster,PresidentandCEO,MHPMProjectManagersInc.

MHPM’s President and CEO Franklin Holtforster believes clients are looking for more than an effective project manager. They want a leader. Luckily leadership skills can be taught. During this workshop, Franklin will show attendees how to be an intentional leader. He will provide tangible skills that participants can incorporate into their job. He will cover presentation skills, communication skills – including email, leading teams and meetings intentionally and effectively, and more. But more importantly this is a hands-on workshop where everyone will have an opportunity to try and get valuable feedback. Communicating intentionally contributes significantly to being seen as an effective leader in any organization, regardless of role or function.

Understanding and Identifying P3 Potential Room 203•NareshDebidin,Director,BusinessDevelopment,PPPCanada•CarolBeaulieu,Director,Investment,PPPCanada

Does your project have the potential to be a public-private partnership (P3)? First off, what is a P3?

With the Government’s creation of a P3 Screen in Budget 2011, understanding P3s has become a necessary part of every capital planner’s tool kit. This one-day course will provide an introduction to the world of P3s with a goal of the participants leaving the course with an understanding of what defines a P3 and how to go about identifying whether your project might make a viable P3. Potential topics include:

• What is (and what isn’t) a P3;• Differences between a P3 approach and traditional procurement;• Understanding the characteristics and benefits of P3 procurement;• How do P3s fit within the existing policy environment; and,• Applying knowledge through a case study approach - CSEC & IO Corrections Project.

Professional Development Day - Tuesday,November15,2011


Conflict Management Room 204•DavidJones,PerformanceManagementConsultants

Conflict is a part of life. But well-managed conflict can produce benefits and positive changes, both in productivity and relationships. Communication skills, specifically the ability to communicate assertively, are among the best skills to acquire for dealing effectively with the demands of people in conflict with us, whether they are employees, colleagues, our managers or our clients.

In the workplace, whether we are in a position of authority or not, we need to manage our interactions with people. We need to know what power is and how to use it: to negotiate, to express our ideas clearly so people will listen to us, even if they don’t agree with us; to stand up for our convictions, even when they are unpopular ; and to deal with the emotions created by situations of conflict.

10:00 am – 10:30 am Room 206/208

Refreshment Break

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Room 206/208

Lunch

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm Room 206/208

Refreshment Break

Professional Development Day - Tuesday,November15,2011

Who is leading your next project to success?

Qui dirige votre prochain projet vers la réussite?

Managing Risk. Maximizing Opportunity. Minimiser les risques. Maximiser les bénéfices.


9:00 am – 10:00 am Room 206/208

RPIC ADM Champion Armchair Discussion: Managing Real Property During Fiscal Restraint•AlainSéguin,2011RPICADMChampionandChiefFinancialandAdministrativeOfficer,RoyalCanadianMountedPolice

•ScottStevenson,2010RPICADMChampionandAssistantDeputyMinister(InfrastructureandEnvironment),DepartmentofNationalDefence

•GordonMcIvor,2009RPICADMChampionandVicePresident,StrategicAcquisitions,PublicandGovernmentAffairs,CanadaLandsCompany

•JohnMcBain,2008RPICADMChampionandAssistantDeputyMinister,RealPropertyBranch,PublicWorksandGovernmentServicesCanada

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Symposium

7:30 am – 4:15 pm 2nd floor Foyer

Registration

7:30 am – 8:30 am Room 206/208

Welcome Breakfast

8:30 am – 8:45 am Room 206/208


8:45 am – 9:00 am Room 206/208

RPIC ADM Champion Address

•AlainSéguin,ChiefFinancialandAdministrativeOfficer,RoyalCanadianMountedPolice


Symposium - Wednesday,November16,2011

10:00 am – 10:30 am Room 205/207

Refreshment Break in Trade Show Area

10:30 am – 11:15 am Room 206/208

Demographic Workforce Analysis of the Federal Real Property Community•MarkFeatherstone,SeniorRealPropertyAdvisor,Procurement,MaterialManagement,RealPropertyCommunitiesManagementOffice,TreasuryBoardofCanadaSecretariat

•RobertKopersiewich,ProgramManager,CentreforWorkforceAnalysisandForecasting,HumanResourcesInfrastructureDivision,StatisticsCanada

In partnership with Statistics Canada, the Procurement, Materiel Management and Real Property Communities Management Office at Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat is leading a ground-breaking demographic workforce analysis of the Real Property community. In addition to providing you with insights regarding the methodologies used to identify the members of this community, the presenters will reveal preliminary findings about the functions, demographics and mobility trends of the members of this vibrant and essential community.

11:15 am – 12:30 pm

Concurrent Breakouts PMBOK View of Engagement and Collaboration for Successful Project Delivery Room 201•TedDobbie,PMP,NationalServiceLineLeader,DefenceConstructionCanada•PeterRapin,M.A.Sc,P.Eng,RegionalManager,ConstructionServices,DefenceConstructionCanada

This presentation will highlight the engagement and collaboration aspects for the lifecycle of a large construction project in the typical Government of Canada (GoC) environment model of a Owner’s Project Manager, a GoC contracting authority, an end user and industry design consultant and construction contractor stakeholders. Associated with this process is the need for excellent communications and facilitation skills, stakeholder management and an attitude that the complex relationship model is a win-win situation. The presentation will refer to the PMBOK lifecycles and anecdotal experiences within DCC.



Concurrent Breakouts (Continued)

Transformation and Modernization: A Collaborative Approach to Portfolio Management Room 202•DanielLeclair,DirectorGeneral,RealProperty,SafetyandSecurity,FisheriesandOceansCanada

This session will outline how the DFO is engaging and collaborating with external and internal stakeholders in transforming, modernizing and aligning its real property portfolio and management activities. The presentation will touch on common challenges of the real property community such as prioritizing the need to invest in the reduction of the Government of Canada footprint.

Attendees will be led through the Department’s real property transformation agenda and focus on ways to achieve modern, innovative, and collaborative approaches to facilities management and space accommodation.

Social Media Concepts Room 203

Part 1 – Stakeholder Engagement•ManonLapensée,Director,ExternalCommunications,CanadaLandsCompany

Highlighting CLC’s foray into social media, Manon Lapensée will walk you through the implementation of CLC’s program and how the company now uses these tools to reach out to its various stakeholders.

Part 2 - A Virtual Engagement Methodology for Government: Moving Beyond “Build it and They Will Come”•BlaiseHébert,CommunicationsandEngagementSpecialist,PolicyHorizonsCanada

Getting work done online involves three parts: tools, engaged participants and process design. There has been a lot of focus on the tools component, but the effort put in to engaging one’s participants and in designing an online process that generates useful work has been much lighter.

This presentation will give substantive advice on the two neglected parts of online work. Opening with a discussion of the nature of online work as a power law, we help calibrate project managers’ expectations for online work, to avoid the disappointing “why don’t they do anything” feeling. We will elaborate our model of successful virtual engagements as consisting of a good mix of community, activities, content and process.

We will finish with a detailed walkthrough of Policy Horizons Canada’s engagement strategy, which is based on current research in psychology and social trends. This will give practitioners a template for running a productive online process that can deliver results today.


Planning Built Improvements on Federal Real Property in Rural, Small or Remote Communities Room 204

Part 1 – Approaches to Planning and Building Facilities in Rural and Remote Communities: An RCMP Perspective on Local Collaboration and Engagement•HollyHerald,RegionalManager,EnvironmentandSustainableDevelopment,RoyalCanadianMountedPolice

For nearly 140 years, the RCMP have been building policing infrastructure in rural and remote communities across the country. The ability and opportunity to directly engage at the local level has successfully led to a collaborative planning and design process for many major projects. Demonstrated through RCMP experience, active engagement with communities on federal projects has translated to numerous benefits and can transform the way a community operates. Long-term results can include: improved cultural value; lower environmental impacts; cost reduction; strengthened partnerships; and, service and technology innovation. From Fort MacLeod in 1874 to Iqaluit Headquarters in 2010, the reflection of needs and values and the ultimate legacy for communities served remains an important aspect of the RCMP decision-making process.

Part 2 – Polar Continental Shelf Program Facilities: Collaboration and Engagement Through Canada’s Northern Strategy•ChantalAudet,ProgramDevelopmentOfficer,PolarContinentalShelfProgram,NaturalResourcesCanada

In 1958, NRCan’s Polar Continental Shelf Project (PCSP), as it was called then, was established to do Arctic research. In 1960 PCSP established its first base at Resolute, Cornwallis Island, which consisted of a plywood shack. The PCSP facility in Resolute has changed considerably since then, but the challenges of working in the North and the importance of local and international partnerships have increased. From a Real Property perspective, supporting the Northern facilities is challenging due to logistics and seasonal limitations, heavy reliance on the limited local resources, arms-length control and monitoring, and pressures of expansion. NRCan Real Property has developed a unique partnership of centralized Real Property and regional Sector involvement to carry out the ongoing facility and management needs for the Northerners, Northern facilities, and the Arctic scientific community. 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Room 206/208

Lunch



1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Room 206/208

Luncheon Address

Parks Canada – 100 Years of Engagement and Collaboration•MelanieKwong,ActingChiefAdministrativeOfficer,ParksCanadaAgency

Parks Canada’s mandate is, on behalf of the people of Canada, to protect and present nationally significant examples of Canada’s natural and cultural heritage, and foster public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative integrity for present and future generations. The presentation, Parks Canada – 100 Years of Engagement and Collaboration, will provide an overview of Parks Canada and its programs, together with background information on the Agency’s real property operations and activities. Parks Canada is responsible for the management of a wide array of culturally and environmentally significant assets of national importance, as well as vehicle and marine fleets, land use agreements, townsites, and waterpower rights and issues on federal waterways. The presentation will also provide information on Parks Canada’s centennial celebrations commemorating its establishment in 1911 as the world’s first national parks service.

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Room 205/207

Dessert Break in Trade Show Area

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Concurrent Breakouts

Client Driven Global Solutions – Government of Canada Operations Abroad ¡Bienvenidos a México! Room 201•StephenMcFaul,Director,PropertyProgram,DepartmentofForeignAffairsandInternationalTradeCanada

•ChristopherCosgrove,PortfolioManager,PropertyStrategySection,DepartmentofForeignAffairsandInternationalTradeCanada

In 2009, Canada imposed a visa restriction on Mexican nationals visiting Canada. During thirteen months (from lease signing in February 2010 until March 2011 move-in) DFAIT worked closely with Citizenship and Immigration Canada officials in Ottawa to deliver a 3,800 m2 facility for 90 employees in Mexico City. This project is a clear and timely example of the importance of growing and maintaining strong working relationships with clients and stakeholders in delivering a successful real property solution for a new government requirement overseas.




P3s: Driving Collaboration Room 202•NareshDebidin,Director,BusinessDevelopment,PPPCanada•LenKozachuk,P.Eng.,VicePresidentProjectDevelopment,InfrastructureOntario•SteveKelly,Director,P3DevelopmentandAdvisoryServices,PublicWorksandGovernmentServicesCanada

A discussion of Public-Private Partnerships and how the analytical processes that underpin them can drive collaboration between real property managers and their clients.

The NOVUS Solution - An Integrated Approach to Managing Real Property Room 203•JohnPaul(JP)Lamberti,SeniorProjectDirector,RealPropertyBusinessandSystemsTransformationProject,PublicWorksandGovernmentServicesCanada

The Real Property Business and Systems Transformation (RPBST) Project Team has been working in conjunction with its consulting team to develop a preliminary configuration of NOVUS – a combined business process and integrated information technology solution aimed at supporting the ever-changing and increasingly complex world of corporate real estate management. Equally important to the characteristics and functionality of the solution itself is the process followed to ensure end-user and management buy-in to its implementation. There are many considerations to determine how best to deploy a new solution and extensive preparations to ensure the organization is ready to receive it.

Natural Hazard and Resource Management Involving Federal Real Property and Neighbouring Communities Room 204

Part 1 – Earthquakes and Floods – Too Much Shaking and Too Much Water•Dr.GregBrooks,GeologicalSurveyofCanada,NaturalResourcesCanada

Canada experiences a wide range of natural hazards, but exposure to these hazards varies widely because of the very large and physiographically-diverse Canadian landmass. This talk will provide a review of the mechanisms, characteristics, and key concepts of two significant natural hazards in Canada: earthquakes and floods. Aspects of hazard mitigation and management will be highlighted as well as sources for obtaining additional hazard information.

Part 2 - Slave Lake Wildfires: Perspectives on Coordinated Planning and Emergency Response•Cpl.ClintVair,M.Sc.,B.Ed.,B.Sc.,OperationalReadinessandResponse,RoyalCanadianMountedPolice

From the recent events of the Slave Lake wildfires and other emergency events, there are many lessons learned with respect to coordinated planning and response efforts, not only to ensure public safety but to keep critical infrastructure, transportation routes and housing in-tact and operational. Through a review of events, the role of integrated continuity planning and coordinated response planning is discussed.



3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Room 205/207


3:45 pm – 5:00 pm


Postal Transformation: Real Property Challenges and Solutions Room 201•MikeBryson,Director–RealEstateProjectDelivery,CanadaPostCorporation•FranklinHoltforster,B.Sc.,P.Eng,PMP,LEEDAP,PresidentandCEO,MHPMProjectManagersInc.

CPC is determined to remain competitive within a rapidly changing business environment. Responding to that challenge, the Postal Transformation Program changes the way mail is collected, sorted and delivered. Realizing these transformative changes in mail handling demanded transformation of the mail processing and distribution facilities. That work is well underway. CPC’s plan to deliver a $735 million real property program across a vast geography and over a tight timeline will be presented as well as the successful process of collaboration and engagement with multiple stakeholders – both those driving for change and those who or are expected to accommodate that change.

Working with Stakeholders to Meet Sustainability Objectives Room 202•SusanBuchanan,LEEDAP,ProjectDirector,ProfessionalServices,VFAInc.

Real property professionals today are challenged to meet sustainability objectives and mandates within severely constrained budgets. Overall success hinges on their ability to collaborate with all organizational stakeholders, taking into account their competing needs, and smartly evaluate and prioritize sustainability investments to achieve the greatest impact. When all stakeholders are engaged, you are assured that decisions will be made within the context of overall business objectives. In this session, we will discuss how organizations with a shared vision can evaluate the sustainability of their existing facilities, plan to reduce their environmental impact, and promote a healthier built environment.

Technology Showcase Room 203

Part 1 – RCMP SAFE (School Action for Emergencies) Plan •Cpl.StuLeach,NationalSAFEPlanCoordinator,ContractandAboriginalPolicing,RoyalCanadianMountedPolice

•SimonBaldwin,UseofForceAnalyst/SAFEPlanDatabaseManager,NationalUseofForce,CAP,RoyalCanadianMountedPolice

The RCMP’s SAFE Plan is a police tool that delivers site-specific emergency response plans to help front-line members respond efficiently and effectively to critical incidents in schools. This presentation will explore how e-Tools can be used to communicate crucial information when time is of the essence as well as the importance of partnerships and collaboration in emergency planning.


Part 2 – Ontario Geo Portal•JamesStorozuk,VP,BuildingandEnergyManagement,InfrastructureOntario•DarkoPoletto,President,SpatialKnowledgeEngineeringInc.

Ontario GeoPortal is a hosted, cloud-based service of the Ontario Government that gives over 1600 users from throughout the Ontario Public Service secure access to vital program information through a map-based interface. One key application, the “IO Customer Portal”, enables facility managers to maintain their ministry’s facility information, while accessing the corporate information managed by Infrastructure Ontario along with property title services from Teranet, and more. Winner of over 14 awards including “Best Public Sector GIS” in 2011 from URISA-OC, the Ontario GeoPortal service is now available to the Federal government from Infrastructure Ontario.

Part 3 – Web-based Projects•WayneLiko,BusinessDevelopment,Horizant

Leveraging hundreds of user implementations and 20 years within the real property and facilities management industries, Wayne Liko from Horizant will showcase valuable examples/approaches of successful web-based projects. These business solutions leverage web technology to bridge the functional domains that typically fall within the realm to the real property user, providing intuitive and timely access to key corporate data.

Sustainable Environmental Management on Federal Real Property Room 204Part 1 – Service Delivery Collaboration•GillesBrasseur,Manager,EnvironmentalRegulationsandAssessments,EnvironmentalServicesDirectorate,RealPropertyBranch,PublicWorksandGovernmentServicesCanada

PWGSC assists departments and agencies across Canada in meeting their environmental responsibilities, which are present for both rural lands and in small communities. Federal activities and programs that have been developed and implemented to address environmental compliance will be discussed. While PWGSC is available to provide these services to its clients, all property managers and project managers are responsible to ensure they understand and meet environmental legislative requirements. PWGSC will discuss how environmental programs are delivered in collaboration with client departments, other levels of government and in some cases the private sector.

Part 2 – Greening Government Operations•JeanFrancoisMercier,Director,EnvironmentalManagementServices,RealPropertyandFacilitiesManagementDivision,HealthCanada

HC’s leading approach to Greening Government Operations (GGO) has established four key areas for planning, policy and program development. They include: green buildings; energy and greenhouse gas reduction; waste management; and green procurement. The Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS) has also set new and mandatory GGO targets. This presentation will focus on the HC Environmental Framework and explain how the Department is incorporating the FSDS targets into its operations. The objective is to identify key environmental activities and how they are being managed with an emphasis on new initiatives that have resulted in huge benefits to the department in the areas of cost savings, reduction in GHG emissions, safety and enhanced energy efficiency.



Her comedy has a sharp edge while maintaining a playful, happy air and her persona is one of the best developed of any comic working today. Couple that with a hilarious act that is so personal everyone can relate and you see why Debra is so popular. Her humor and charm lies in her unflinching honesty and openness.

Debra has been voted as Canada’s Best Female Comedian at the Canadian Comedy Awards three times (2007, 2009 and 2011) and she also won in 2003 for Best New Comic.

She’s also been voted by the city of Toronto as their ‘Favourite Local Comedian’ two years running! A favourite at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, Debra taped her first Gala in 2007 and her second in 2009. She’s taped two comedy specials for CTV/Comedy network and she was a finalist on the 5th season of NBC’s hit show Last Comic Standing, making it to the Top 8.

In 2009, she taped her first Comedy Central special, ‘Live at Gotham’. Debra was honoured to win a Gemini award for best-televised individual comedy performance of 2009.


Gala Evening EntertainmentDebra DiGiovanni, Award Winning Comic & Much Music Personality


Part 3 – Environmental Management Objectives and Unique Properties•IgnacioDuque,SeniorEnvironmentalAssessmentAdvisor,EnvironmentalPrograms,TransportCanada

TC manages a number of airports across Canada, while others are run under local Airport Authorities. TC retains responsibility to ensure their environmental management objectives are met at the airports they operate, while relying on collaboration with the Airport Authorities and others to meet obligations at other airports. TC will discuss their collaborative approach to meeting their sustainable environmental management objectives across Canada, at airports they operate and on the vast land holdings under their jurisdiction. The role of property managers and their environmental responsibilities will be presented and discussed in areas such as species at risk; fisheries; water, soil and air quality.

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Fountain Room

Gala Evening Reception at the National Arts Centre

6:30 pm – 10:00 pm Panorama Room

Gala Evening and Awards Ceremony at the National Arts Centre


7:30 am – 9:00 am 2nd floor Foyer

Registration

7:30 am – 8:30 am Room 205/207

Continental Breakfast in Trade Show Area

7:45 am – 8:15 am Room 206/208

RPIC Annual General Meeting

8:30 am – 8:45 am Room 206/208


8:45 am – 10:15 am Room 206/208

Ask the ExpertsASK THE EXPERTS is an interactive session which encourages participants to informally meet and discuss relevant real property issues and/or concerns with real property experts. This allows participants to quickly focus on topics and issues of interest to them. The session is organized to allow for participants to meet various experts over a series of short “sessions”.

10:15 am – 10:45 am Room 205/207


Thursday, November 17, 2011

Symposium


Symposium - Thursday,November17,2011

10:45 am – 12:00 pm


Successful Collaborative Approaches to Design/Build Header House and Greenhouse Projects Room 201•ScottMaynard,M.Eng.,P.Eng.,RegionalEngineer,AgricultureandAgri-FoodCanada

AAFC recently completed a design/build contract for the construction of a $6.7 million, 790 sq.m., header house greenhouse facility at the Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre (SPARC) in Swift Current, SK, and a $5.8 million, 750 sq.m., Harrington PEI Header House Greenhouse facility that was developed concurrently with the SPARC facility. The SPARC and Harrington greenhouses were funded through the Federal Government’s Economic Action Plan. Both projects were substantially completed in March 2011

The focus of this presentation will be on how AAFC successfully delivered these two projects under a tight schedule while working in a large collaborative team environment.

Workplace 2.0 – A Discussion on Health Canada’s National Accommodation Strategy (NAS) Room 202•PaulBortolotti,ExecutiveDirector,RealPropertyandFacilitiesManagementDivision,HealthCanada

•GaryLacey,DirectorGeneral,FacilitiesandSecurityDirectorate,CorporateServicesBranch,HealthCanada

•JohnBalazic,P.Eng.,AccountExecutive,ClientConsultancyServicesDirectorate,RealPropertyBranch,PublicWorksandGovernmentServicesCanada

•CarolBlotniuk,Director,Workplace2.0,RealPropertyBranch,PublicWorksandGovernmentServicesCanada

There is a new culture at HC which consists of affordable office accommodation solutions that are cost-efficient and respond to the Government of Canada initiatives of reducing costs and renewing the workplace.

HC has developed a NAS that ensures support and alignment with corporate priorities such as the HC Strategic Review Cost Reduction Strategy, the Clerk’s 2010-2011 Public Service Renewal – Creating a Workplace of Choice and Enterprise Real Property. The presentation will outline the NAS and how it reduces the cost of office accommodations at HC and the engagement and collaboration that was undertaken with PWGSC to implement/develop the strategy. The presentation will also address long-term office accommodation needs of HC, how the NAS will allow HC, in collaboration with PWGSC, to divest of high real estate cost from the downtown core in favour of more cost-efficient locations in the periphery and optimize existing office space to allow “grow within” in its current space envelope. In addition, HC will continue to implement it own fit-up standards based on Workplace 2.0, a PWGSC led initiative.



New Ideas and Implementing Change Room 203

Part 1 – Collaboration – Space and Style•PeterStoyko,CanadaSchoolofPublicService

This presentation will be focused on: (a) the physical setting of work, in particular how collaboration degrades with physical distance and socio-physical barriers (and how technology is and is not changing matters); and, (b) people’s preferred work styles and varied needs, in particular, how the physical work environment and technologies need to accommodate individuals in a flexible (“real time” / “on the fly”) way. An overarching theme will present the importance of aesthetic taste in creating the humane “livable workplace”. This will be a very new, forward thinking and visually exciting presentation. Part 2 – Relationships, Possibilities, Action•PhilippeDauphin,ActingDirectorGeneral,CanmetENERGY,NaturalResourcesCanada

New policies, new structure, new directions, change is all around us: you have all gone through or had to implement more than one change initiative recently. Given the amount of change occurring around us, we may ask ourselves why change is still so difficult to implement. The key is getting the new vision off the boardroom walls and into people’s heads and hearts. This presentation will explain the approaches and tools used by Learning Organization Practitioners, leading to stronger relationships, a thorough exploration of possibilities and a commitment to action.

Access to Federal Real Property by the Public and Third Parties Room 204

Part 1 – Collaboration Involving Access to Federal Real Property•ScottRoy,Manager,WesternServiceCentre,AgricultureandAgri-FoodCanada•JohnDyer,RealPropertyAdvisor(AirForce),DirectorateRealPropertyManagement,DepartmentofNationalDefence

•MatsStriegler,RealPropertyAdvisor,DepartmentofNationalDefence

The Natural Resource Transfer Agreements were attached to the Constitution Act (1930). These Agreements transferred ownership, jurisdiction and responsibility of all natural resources, not previously dealt with by the B.N.A. Act, from the federal Crown to the provincial Crown. As a result, the provincial jurisdictions are able to make these resources available to the open market by sale or lease. Should these resources be located beneath federal Crown land, then there is an obligation to provide access to these resources. In order to accommodate these requests for access and, out of necessity, AAFC has developed policies and procedures governing the process. It includes, but is not limited to, required compliance with all Federal, Provincial and Municipal legislation, particularly related to the environment, mitigation proposals, respect for AAFC operational requirements and the provision of various guidance documents. Open communication and coordination with other government departments, both Federal and Provincial, is absolutely essential. Overall, this is certainly not a simple challenge, but a daunting one.




DND is one of the largest landowners of federal real property. Due to the unique and specialized nature of our own numerous programmed land uses and the geographic breadth and diversity of our rural locations, we have a number of specific dynamic operational, legislative, regulatory and policy considerations we must address before granting surface access rights to third parties in rural settings. Our challenges in addressing these considerations to be highlighted include the determination of market value for agricultural use, the implementation of the Species at Risk Act (SARA) and capacity issues to respond to requirements, the impact of provincial drainage acts and riparian water rights, the impact of sensitive and high risk military installations on security considerations and for users, and the duty to consult and accommodate First Nation Inuit and Metis interests and any risk to those interests.

Part 2 – Collaboration to Manage Access to Federal Lands in Rural Areas and on the Urban Fringe•CrawfordKilpatrick,Chief-RealtyServices,ParksCanadaAgency•MarieBoulet,Director–GatineauParkandGreenbelt,NationalCapitalCommission

The PCA system of protected areas and sites continues to expand, and is currently comprised of 42 national parks, 167 national historic sites (administered by the PCA), and four national marine conservation areas. In total, the PCA holds approximately 36 million hectares of land, equating to 90% of all federally held Crown land. The PCA welcomes approximately 20 million visitors per year to its locations and, as you can imagine, it can be difficult to manage authorized and illegal use of its lands. The PCA’s portion of this presentation will illustrate how the Agency manages use of its lands, from authorized use by the general public (visitation, recreation, leasing and licensing of public land for private use) to managing and preventing unauthorized use (poaching, illegal dumping, squatting, etc.). Following the recent Government of Canada announcement regarding the establishment of a national urban park in the Rouge Valley east of Toronto, prevention of unauthorized use could become a more complex challenge due to the urban nature of this location.

From a more urban perspective, the NCC manages 10% of the lands in the National Capital Region. Two of the main rural/urban areas are the Greenbelt (21,495 hectares or 215 sq. km) and Gatineau Park (36,131 hectares or 361 sq. km) and they attract over five million visits per year due to their proximity to the urban core. These protected natural areas contribute to an exceptional quality of life in Canada’s Capital Region by offering a rich diversity of recreational offerings and also numerous ecological services and functions. The NCC portion of the presentation will focus mainly on the Greenbelt: presenting the challenges, lessons learned and opportunities for planning and managing these rural lands in an urban environment. It will also present a number of opportunities for partnership with community, academic, public and private organizations. These partnerships have contributed to the NCC in a number of ways: they have helped improve the conservation of highly valued ecosystems, further enhanced the recreational offerings, continued progress toward a more sustainable agriculture, and addressed impacts from adjacent urbanization.



12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Room 206/208

Lunch

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Room 206/208

Luncheon Address: Ottawa Convention Centre: Catalyst for Positive Change•PatrickKelly,President,OttawaConventionCentre

Canada’s Meeting Place opened on time and on budget to much acclaim in April 2011. The new facility heralds a new era in Ottawa’s Meeting and Convention sector, and will bring incremental economic impact to Ottawa, Ontario and Canada. Triple in size to the former Congress Centre, Ottawa Convention Centre (OCC) is already making a difference to Ottawa’s ability to accommodate large events. The NHL All Star Weekend, confirmed for Ottawa in January 2012, could not have taken place in Ottawa without the OCC. Ottawa was unable to pursue the international convention market in the past since we did not have the space or facilities to accommodate their needs; only six months after opening OCC has already confirmed more than ten international conventions and 70 national conventions in its first five years of operation. Funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario and the City of Ottawa, OCC represents the optimal outcome of a multi-level collaboration, and will act as a catalyst for positive change in Ottawa’s downtown core.

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Room 205/207

Dessert Break in Trade Show Area

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm Room 206/208

Workplace 2.0 ADM Panel DiscussionPanellists:•KinChoi,AssistantDeputyMinister,HealthCanada•JohnMcBain,AssistantDeputyMinister,RealPropertyBranch,PublicWorksandGovernmentServicesCanada

•SusanneLaperle,SeniorVicePresidentHumanResourcesandCorporateServices,ExportDevelopmentCanada

Moderator: •PaulLedwell,ExecutiveVice-President,PublicPolicyForum

As a PWGSC led initiative, Workplace 2.0 is a proposal that aligns to the Clerk of the Privy Council’s Public Service (PS) Renewal pillar, Renewing the Workplace. Workplace 2.0 has several objectives including: creating a modern workplace that will attract, retain, and enable public servants to be responsive, innovative and efficient in serving Canadians; and, to renew outdated office space to re-brand government as a modern place to work.



HC, in collaboration with PWGSC, has incorporated Workplace 2.0 at several of its facilities and laboratories which has generated between 15% to 25% reduction in accommodation costs for the Department. HC’s Kanata Centre of Innovation is a prime example of Workplace 2.0. PWGSC and HC have designed a future oriented workplace enabled by technology at Kanata which has succeeded in reducing space requirements by creating collaborative work environments and delivers a secure wireless work environment throughout the structure. EDC recently moved its head office to a new building at 150 Slater Street. The process of designing a new physical structure naturally provided an impetus to examine how the performance of work is evolving. The concept of mobility became a key theme for EDC. Processes and technology were put in place to enable employees to be productive both in the office and outside of the office and the provision of laptops, secure wireless connectivity and smart phones have enabled this. Greater communication, learning and collaboration was fostered through workstations with lower panel heights. All three presenters will discuss the benefits and impacts of these new modern workplaces and how each organization was able to successfully implement this major change in the way space is occupied. They will also look at how working in partnership with the employees and engaging them in the process significantly contributed to the success of these new workplaces.

2:45 pm – 3:30 pm Room 206/208

Closing Keynote

Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Fail – And Why We Believe Them Anyway•DanGardner,Journalist,Author,Lecturer

Dan Gardner’s latest book is Future Babble, a critical look at expert predictions and the psychology that explains why people believe them even though they consistently fail. Renowned Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker says Future Babble “should be required reading” and Philip Tetlock, a leading researcher on decision-making and forecasting at the University of California, describes it as “a rare mix of superb scholarship and zesty prose”.

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm Room 206/208

Closing Remarks•JPSt-Amand,RPICPresident,ExecutiveDirector,CanadianFoodInspectionAgency



3:45 pm – 4:30 pm Site Tour

Behind the Scenes at the Ottawa Convention CentreAs a follow up to the keynote address by the Ottawa Convention Centre President, Patrick Kelly, please join the Centre’s Director of Facilities, Valerie Roux, FMA, C.Tech, LEED AP, for an in-depth tour behind the scenes.

Although re-built into the existing footprint of the former Ottawa Congress Centre, Canada’s Meeting Place, the Ottawa Convention Centre shines as one of the most functional buildings of its kind in Canada. Valerie will discuss some of the challenges and exciting wins of the re-build project as well as highlight some of the fantastic architectural, technological and environmental elements built into the new “LEED” Convention Centre.

CLC manages, redevelops and/or sells strategic Government of Canada properties that are no longer required for program purposes. The company strives to create innovative and sustainable projects that leave a lasting legacy for Canadians.

La SIC gère, réaménage et/ou vend des biens immobiliers stratégiques dont le gouvernement du Canada n’a plus besoin pour ses programmes. La Société s’efforce de bâtir des projets novateurs et durables, afin de créer un patrimoine durable pour les Canadiens.

www.clc.ca


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