Events

Walk21 TORONTO 2007 - PUTTING PEDESTRIANS FIRST

8th Annual International Conference on Walking and Liveable Communities
October 1st to 4th, 2007

2007 sees Toronto as the host city for the Walk21 Conference.

Walk21 looks forward to visiting Toronto to meet with international member delegates. Involving visionary and influential planners, practitioners, politicians and advocates for sustainable, strong and healthy communities where people can and do choose to walk.

Leading speakers and delegates from around the world and a diversity of sectors including recreation, community development, urban and transport planning, environmental protection, safety, health, education, tourism, design and business areas are converging on Toronto for this landmark event.

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The website http://www.worldrecordwalk.ca/ contains all you need to know about the World Record Walk 2007 and Ontario’s challenge to break the Guinness World Record for the largest number of people walking one kilometer at the same time! The World Record Walk will be held on October 3, 2007, 12:30 PM EST.

The World Record Walk is being organized by Green Communities Canada (www.greencommunitiescanada.org) with support from the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion (www.mhp.gov.on.ca).

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How Value Analysis Improves Sustainability

An informative evening session on how Value Analysis can improve project sustainability in different sectors. Presenters will highlight how the VA job plan can be used to focus on sustainability. The VA process use of teamwork & multi-lateral thinking, the ability to generate new ideas and the need to champion new ideas are some of the keys to successfully improving sustainability on real projects.

Meeting Location: Ontario Ministry of Transportation, 301 St. Paul St. (Niagara Room), St. Catharines
Time: 6:00 P.M.
Date: September 25, 2007

Hosted by the Canadian Society of Value Analysis (CSVA)