CatIQ Connect 2025
February 4 - 5, 2025 | Metro Toronto Convention Centre
February 4, 2025 - All times Eastern Standard
8:00 am
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7:00 pm
Registration Opens
Say hello and pick up your badge at the registration desk.
8:00 am
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8:35 am
Breakfast
Fuel up for a day of catastrophe content!
Session Sponsor
8:35 am
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9:15 am
Welcome Address, Opening Remarks and 2024 CATs in Review
9:15 am
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10:15 am
Climate Attribution and Canadian Catastrophes
Research Scientist, Climate Research Division
Environment and Climate Change Canada / Government of Canada
10:15 am
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10:45 am
Networking Break
Session Sponsor
Morning Concurrent Session A
10:45 am
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11:45 am
Severe Convective Storm Trends in Canada
Speaker
Julian Brimelow
Executive Director
Northern Hail Project
Morning Concurrent Session B
10:45 am
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11:45 am
Equity-Driven Community Resilience
11:45 am
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1:15 pm
Buffet Lunch
12:15 pm
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1:15 pm
Keynote Address
Fireside Chat: Redefining the Wildfire Challenge & Aligning Insurance with Mitigations that Matter
Speaker
Ralph Bloemers
Director of Fire Safe Communities
Early Afternoon Concurrent Session A
1:30 pm
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2:15 pm
Canadian Climate & Data 101
Early Afternoon Concurrent Session B
1:30 pm
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2:15 pm
Wildfire Prevention
Late Afternoon Concurrent Session A
2:20 pm
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3:20 pm
Diverse Approaches to Resilient Action: An Interactive Game
Speaker
Janot Mendler de Suarez
Visiting Research Fellow
Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future
Speaker
David A. Dodd
CEcD/FM/HLM, Founding President/CEO
International Sustainable Resilience Center, Inc
Late Afternoon Concurrent Session B
2:20 pm
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3:20 pm
Inundated with CATs: A Claims Perspective
Panel To Be Announced
3:20 pm
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3:50 pm
Networking Break
Session Sponsor
3:50 pm
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4:50 pm
Navigating the Jasper Wildfires: Perspectives on Planning, Communications and the Role of NGOs
4:50 pm
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5:15 pm
Student Delegate Presentations
Session Sponsor
5:15 pm
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6:15 pm
Cocktail Reception
Mingle with your peers, view posters and chat with our student delegates, and try out this year’s signature cocktail as we wind down from a full day of catastrophe content.
Session Sponsor
February 5, 2025 - All times Eastern Standard
8:00 am
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4:45 pm
Registration Opens
8:00 am
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9:00 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
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10:00 am
Stress Testing Climate Risk
Moderator
Kathryn Bakos
Managing Director, Finance and Resilience
Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation
10:00 am
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10:30 am
Networking Break
Session Sponsor
Morning Concurrent Session A
10:30 am
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11:30 am
What’s New in Flood Models
Speaker
Alain Pietroniro
Professor and Chair in Sustainable Water System in a Changing Climate at University of Calgary
University of Calgary
Morning Concurrent Session B
10:30 am
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11:30 am
Decoding Building Codes in Canada
Speaker
Marianne Armstrong
Initiative Leader - Climate Resilient Built Environment Initiative
National Research Council Canada
Speaker
Stefanie Coleman
Sustainable and Resilient Housing Industry Lead
Natural Resources Canada
11:35 am
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12:35 pm
Communicating Flood Risk
12:30 pm
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1:50 pm
Buffet Lunch
1:10 pm
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1:50 pm
Keynote Address
Keynote Presentation
Afternoon Concurrent Session A
2:10 pm
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3:00 pm
2024 Flood Events
Afternoon Concurrent Session B
2:10 pm
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3:00 pm
Nature-Based Solutions: When and How Can They Be Insured?
Speaker
Joanna Eyquem
Managing Director, Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation
3:05 pm
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4:05 pm
Earthquake: Managing Capacity for “The Big One”
4:05 pm
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4:30 pm
2025 CATs: The Forecast Says?
4:30 pm
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4:45 pm
Closing Remarks
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