Join our distinguished speakers for presentations and a panel discussion on their organization’s digital experiences in asset management.

The panelists will explore current trends in the asset management digital space.

Following the panel discussion there will be at least one hour for networking opportunities over cocktails.

IAM Members will be able to attend this branch event for free.

If someone signs up for IAM Membership during registration they can also attend the event for free.

For anyone wanting to just attend the event itself, the cost will be $60 CAD.

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Agenda: 

1. We are pleased to announce our four presenters joining us for the Event. Each presenter will have 20-25 minutes to deliver their talk followed by 5 minutes for Q&A. 

    Our presenters are :- 

• Arash Farajian – City of Toronto – The presentation will focus on Toronto Water's investment in augmented reality and building our sensor network in the linear infrastructure.

• Sandra Boyle – City of Hamilton – *Presentation outline to come.

• Dr. Soliman Abusamra – VIA Rail – presentation outline below:

Coordination and Optimization Framework for Managing Municipal Infrastructure

Infrastructure has a key role in determining the quality of people's lives and is an instrumental ingredient to achieve economic growth. Over the past decade, aging infrastructure systems have been placing tremendous pressure on governments through steeply growing budget deficits and urgent need for replacement. According to Canadian Infrastructure Report Card released in 2019, one-third of Canada’s municipal infrastructure are in fair, poor and failing condition states, increasing the risk of service disruption, and leaving the decision-makers with no choice but undertake immediate interventions. Furthermore, recent studies estimated Canada’s infrastructure deficit at a range between $110 billion to $270 billion.

In addition, the massive number of infrastructure intervention activities occurring in cities leads to detrimental social, environmental, and economic impacts on the community. Have you even experienced the situation when the same road has been closed more than once in a very short time span? The lack of coordination results in increased service disruption for the users, less efficient expenditures’ utilization for the taxpayers’ money, higher cost of maintenance for municipalities with limited budget, etc. Thus, coordinating the interventions of the co-located assets (i.e. roads, water, and sewer) is progressively becoming paramount to cope with those tough challenges and enhance the infrastructure spending to derive the best value of money.

On May 18, Dr. Abusamra will present a framework for developing an integrated asset management solution; share some case studies to quantify the coordination planning benefits over conventional (silo) planning; and discuss the role of digital technology on condition assessment and decision-making.

• Fortunato Monaco – Toronto Transit Commission – The presentation will cover the TTC’s experience in their Infrastructure & Engineering division with the following digital technology:

- implementation of MAXIMO LAM into the Subway Track workgroup;

- implementation of Samsung tablets into the maintenance divisions; and

- options under consideration for a GIS solution- ESRI vs GTech.

   2. Following the individual presentations, Rob Corazzola from Arcadis Gen will facilitate a panel discussion on Digital Trends in Asset Management.

   3. Following the panel discussion, there will then be time for networking over cocktails.