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DAY ONE: Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

8:00 AM

REGISTRATION & SPONSOR EXHIBITS OPEN – CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:30 AM

OPENING ADDRESS FROM THE CHAIRPERSON

Special Presentation

8:45 AM

Benchmarking Intelligent Buildings Using the Intelligent Building Index: Global Practices that will Change the Way You View the Building Industry

Concepts and ideas that seem light years away in North America are being integrated now into buildings in Asia. This is the future of next-generation buildings.

• Learn best practices from the authorities on intelligent buildings
• Hear the latest trends sweeping the Asian buildings market
• Benchmark your project against the world leaders in innovative building

Come away with the knowledge you need to take your building into the next century!

Prof. Andrew Leung, President, ASIAN INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS (Hong Kong)

Case Study: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

9:30 AM

What’s New in Energy Management: Improving Cost Performance and Reducing Waste Through Updated Technologies

Automated control systems can help you manage energy more efficiently and bring your costs down.

• Learn new ways to integrate energy controls and how they can improve your bottom line
• New strategies in managing lighting, electronics, and water systems to increase your building’s efficiency

Identify strategies to reduce your energy costs and begin saving money through innovative methods.

Rusty Hodapp, Vice-President, Energy and Transportation Management, DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

10:15 AM

SPONSOR EXHIBIT AREA – NETWORKING BREAK

Case Study: Department of Homeland Security

10:45 AM

Safety and Security: Strategies to Provide a Flexible and Cost-effective Approach to Ensure your Building is Secure and to Protect Yourself from Liability

Learn how fully integrated functionality and new technologies will enhance your building’s security.

• Monitor access and movement within the building
• Determine the best method of access control for your building
• Assess the cost of implementation

Take away a strategy to ensure the safety of your building and its inhabitants.

Tom Woods, Deputy Director, Security and Law Enforcement, FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Pre-Luncheon Keynote Address

11:30 AM

Integrated Building Automation Systems: Your Green Building Business System

Building Automation Systems have the potential to be as important to green buildings as integrated business systems are to business processes.

• How do we get from buildings integration to green buildings?
• What are intelligent, integrated buildings, how do they work, what makes them so valuable within a green building design?
• Typical integration scenarios of green buildings, examples and case studies will also be discussed

Explore how Green Buildings are the next logical step in building technology integration.

Claude Boudriau, P. Eng., LEED AP, Business Development Consultant, HONEYWELL BUILDING SOLUTIONS

12:15 PM

EXHIBITION AREA – NETWORKING LUNCHEON

Join the conference speakers and your peers for a relaxing luncheon.

Industry Expert

1:30 PM

Ensuring Continuity in the Design Build Process to Successfully Integrate Intelligent Technology

Once an intelligent building is designed, the first challenge is to make sure the team remains committed to keeping it intelligent throughout the construction phase.

• Better managing your design build process and defining value engineering for your project
• Develop a project management scheme that works for you
• Overcome the challenges of budgeting and scheduling

Learn how to ensure that your project stays on track so you can build effectively and create a truly intelligent building.

Gunars Robeznieks, Senior Vice President, GIFFELS DESIGN-BUILD INC.

Case Study: Stratus Vineyards

2:15 PM

Environmentally Sustainable Building: Integrating Design and Construction into the Landscape

Sustainable development is a process of developing that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

• Promote integrated, whole-building design practices
• Raise consumer awareness of green building benefits

Discover innovations in building processes that protect the environment while still delivering state-of-the-art structures.

Charles Baker, Director of Marketing and Sales, STRATUS VINEYARDS

3:00 PM

SPONSOR EXHIBIT AREA – NETWORKING BREAK

Enjoy a light snack as we head into the final two sessions for the day.

Industry Expert

3:30 PM

New Approaches to Improving Employee Productivity by Making Intelligent Buildings More Comfortable and User Friendly

Part of a facility’s function is to provide a supportive environment for the work that needs to be done.

• Examine how the physical environment affects individual employee productivity
• Determine the best methods of involving occupants in workplace design and personal control decisions
• Communicate building functions, and flexible work space alternatives to occupants

Understand how to design flexible systems that can adapt to changing needs and ensure that your system is used to its fullest potential.

Sholem Prasow, LEED Accredited Professional, Vice-President, Business Development and Strategic Planning, TEKNION FURNITURE SYSTEMS

Industry Expert

4:15 PM

Improving Building Operation Performance Through the Integration of an Interoperable Automated Infrastructure System

• Maximize your revenue potential by offering your tenants a comprehensive network infrastructure
• Increase your appeal by providing a reliable network for your tenants
• Integrate new technologies to generate additional income from your building

Come away with strategies to simplify your network infrastructure maintenance by making your systems interoperable.

Tracey De Leeuw, CEO and Strategist, SMARTSPEED

5:00 PM

Conference Adjourns to Day Two

DAY TWO: Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

8:15 AM

REGISTRATION & SPONSOR EXHIBITS OPEN – CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

Keynote Address

9:00 AM

Building for the 21st Century: Integrating Technology as the Driver of Change to Improve Functionality and Manage Costs

Intelligent buildings apply technologies to improve the building environment and functionality for occupants or tenants.

• Optimize building use with new and innovative techniques
• Determine what features improve the commercial viability of a building

Come away with a greater understanding of how emerging technologies will improve your building functionality and reduce your costs.

Ron Zimmer, President & CEO, CONTINENTAL AUTOMATED BUILDINGS ASSOCIATION (CABA)

Case Study: Natural Resources Canada

9:45 AM

Monitoring Building Performance with Automated Data Systems to Ensure Your Technology is Operating to its Fullest Potential

Distributed monitoring and control systems enable engineers to take advantage of the processing power of all available resources to make efficient use of the entire system.

• Incorporate analysis into building monitoring and control systems
• Extract data and use it to form actionable plans
• Increase the efficiency of your intelligent systems

Learn how to better utilize operational data to benefit your enterprise.

Daniel Choiniere, Technology Expert, CANMET ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, Varennes, NRCAN

10:30 AM

SPONSOR EXHIBIT AREA – NETWORKING BREAK

Industry Expert

11:00 AM

Develop an Elevator Management System to Optimize Performance, Incorporate Security Measures, and Simplify Maintenance

Modern elevators are the crucial element that makes it practical to live and work dozens of stories above ground.

• Monitor equipment status, performance, and traffic patterns
• Integrate your elevator system with security and restrict floor accessibility
• Improve operating conditions in times of emergency

Keith Jenkins, Consulting Engineer, KJA CONSULTANTS, INC.

Case Study: Metro Toronto Convention Centre

11:45 AM

Using Digital Signage in Buildings to Inform, Advise, Educate, and Create New Revenue Possibilities

Digital signage receives 10 times the eye contact of static signage and is creating cost-effective opportunities for safety, way-finding, education, and communication, as well as providing new revenue models.

• Make money by selling advertising time
• Enhance your way-finding ability and educate building occupants
• Achieve more effective public communication

Develop a broader understanding of how to use digital signage as a new revenue stream.

Bill McDonald, Director of Technology, METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE

12:15 PM

NETWORKING LUNCHEON

Case Study: West Edmonton Mall

1:45 PM

USING WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY THROUGH INCREASED MOBILITY

Hear how pervasive 802.11 wireless coverage has enabled one of the world's largest shopping malls to extend new services where traditional wired solutions couldn't go.

• Deploy cost effective and secure wireless solutions
• Replace existing wiring in older buildings
• Embed wireless technology in new construction
• Deploy innovative mobility services over wireless

Hear how wireless technologies can enhance building operations.

Joseph Schuldhaus, Vice-President, Information Technology, WEST EDMONTON MALL

Industry Expert

2:30 PM

Realizing the Value of an Integrated Telecommunications Systems to Attract Tenants and Reduce Reconfiguration Time

Smart building technology creates a distinct advantage over traditional space by offering the ability to integrate reliable communication capabilities.

• Design the optimal telecommunications network for your building
• Maintain reliable access and reconfiguring for tenant turnover
• Integrate building communications while maintaining user privacy

Take away a better understanding of how an integrated telecommunications system can save you time and money and enhance your value to tenants.

Oscar Thomas, CCRE Marketing Manager, CISCO SYSTEMS INC.
Dr. Rick Huijbregts, CCRE Marketing Manager, CISCO SYSTEMS INC.

3:15 PM

SPONSOR EXHIBIT – NETWORKING BREAK

Industry Expert

3:45 PM

Innovative Approaches to Lighting Design that will Improve Your Profitability and Reduce your Energy Costs

Lighting accounts for 35–45% of an office building’s energy use! New advances in lamps, luminaires, controls, and lighting design can offer high-efficiency alternatives for nearly every building.

• Learn strategies to improve your facility’s profitability and cut your energy costs while enhancing the reliability of lighting systems
• Successfully integrate new advances in lighting technology to enhance light levels, improve comfort and safety, and reduce routine maintenance costs

Take away a better understanding of new methods to improve your lighting efficiency and reduce your energy costs.

Gerry Cornwell, LC, GERRY CORNWELL LIGHTING/ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING DESIGN
Terry Mocherniak, CEO, ENCELIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.

4:30 PM

Building Assessment Tools: Updating the Technology Roadmap to Determine the Value of Intelligent Building

Don’t miss this closing session on the development of a new ranking system for intelligent buildings.

• Learn what you need to know to evaluate the newest building technologies and quantify your investments
• Receive a CABA Technology Roadmap and Best Practices Guide for your reference

Ensure that you are on top of the intelligent buildings game and get the most out of your building automation dollars.

David Katz, SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT INC. Building Intelligence Quotient Consortium

5:15 PM

Conference Adjourns