Schedule at a Glance
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Monday, October 24, 2022
11:00 am – 4:30 pm
Exhibitor set-up
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Networking Reception in the Tradeshow Area
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
7:30 am – 8:15 am
Continental Breakfast in the Tradeshow Area
8:15 am – 8:30 am
Welcoming Remarks
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Keynote Presentation: Indigenous Inclusion is the New Normal
Kear Porttris, Owner and Founder, Portriss Consulting Group
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Keynote Presentation: Labs2Zero: Accelerating the Global Transition to Net Zero Carbon Laboratories
Gordon Sharp, President, I2SL
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Refreshment Break in the Tradeshow Area
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Concurrent Breakouts + Q&A Sessions
Stream 1A: Environmental Planning
1 - Developing Laboratories Canada’s First Environmental Strategy
2 - Climate Change Resiliency
Stream 2A: Facility Renewal/Upgrades
1 - Master Planning for Science Facility Renewal and GHG Emissions Reduction
2 - McGill University Lyman Duff Building - A Major Upgrade of a Mid-Century Laboratory Complex
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Lunch
12:45 pm – 1:15 pm
Dessert Break in the Tradeshow Area
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm
Concurrent Breakouts + Q&A Sessions
Stream 1B: Facility Resilience
1 - Warmer, Wetter, and Windier: Future Proofing Your Building Enclosure for Extreme Weather
2 - Lab Resiliency: Case Study of the NRC Brookside Facility
Stream 2B: Carbon Reduction
1 - High Performance Laboratory Facilities: A Pathway to Zero Carbon Design
2 - Achieving Big Carbon Savings in Private Pharma Manufacturing
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Refreshment Break in the Tradeshow Area
3:15 pm – 4:45 pm
Concurrent Breakouts + Q&A Sessions
Stream 1C: Energy Conservation
1 - Energy and Safety Upgrade in SFU's LEED Gold Chemistry Building
2 - Decentralized Demand Controlled Ventilation in Vivarium Spaces
Stream 2C: From Offices to Labs
1 - RETHINKING OFFICES: How the Sciences Can Breathe New Life into Commercial Space
2 - Exhaust and Intake Considerations for Converting Offices to Labs
4:45 pm – 9:00 pm
Dinner Event
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
7:30 am – 8:15 am
Continental Breakfast in the Tradeshow Area
7:30 am – 8:15 am
SLCan Annual General Meeting
8:15 am – 8:30 am
Welcoming Remarks
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Keynote Presentation: My Green Labs
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Panel Discussion: Case Studies and Lesson's Learned on the Zero Carbon Journey
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Refreshment Break in the Tradeshow Area
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Concurrent Breakouts + Q&A Sessions
Stream 3A: More than Just Labs
1 - More for Less - Lab Upgrades and Energy Retrofits
2 - UBC Campus Living Labs: An Innovative Approach to the Collaborative Research
Stream 4A: Acoustics and Vibration
1 - Acoustics for the Resilient Lab
2 - A Performance-Based Design Approach for Balancing Risks and Construction Cost in Vibration-Sensitive Labs
Stream 5A: Sustainable Design Considerations
1 - Efficiency First and the New Normal for Sustainable Lab Design
2 - Wind Engineering: More Than Just Wind Turbines
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch
12:45 pm – 1:15 pm
Tour Presentation
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Closing Remarks
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Site Tour
Tour the University of British Columbia's Renewed Biological Sciences Complex