Oct 1 2026 | Toronto
Carbon Experts Summit Toronto
Join industry leaders at the Carbon Experts Summit Toronto to discover how EPDs and embodied carbon are shaping material selection and market opportunities for manufacturers.
Presenting companies and organizations
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Why attend the Carbon Experts Summit?
What do architects, building owners and project teams expect from construction product manufacturers — and where are those expectations headed?
Join Gensler, Moriyama Teshima, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, the Canada Green Building Council, Mantle Climate and other industry leaders for an exclusive afternoon focused on the forces reshaping material selection in Canada.
Learn why EPDs and embodied carbon data matter for specification, how leading AEC firms assess low-carbon materials, and what manufacturers can do now to protect and grow their position in the market.
Key information
Join industry peers for a half-day program followed by a networking drinks reception.
- Date : Thursday, Oct 1
- Time : 1:00 - 6:00 PM (networking from 5:00 to 6:00 PM)
- Location : Limberlost Place, 185 Queens Quay East, Toronto
- Registration: Free
Carbon Expert Summit Speakers
Philip Galway-Witham
Gensler
Rob Cooney
Cement Association of Canada
Mary O'Malley
Moriyama Teshima
Carol Cochrane
Moriyama Teshima
Ryan Zizzo
Mantle Climate
Brock O'Donell
Nordic Structures
Norah Lloyd-Ellis
CSA Group
Haroun Mansuar
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Raina Halabi
One Click LCA
Amarpreet Singh
One Click LCA
Agenda
| 1:00 - 1:25 | Registration check in & Networking coffee |
| 1:25 - 1:35 | Welcome — One Click LCA |
| 1:35 - 1:55 | Building the Future: The shift toward low carbon materials — CAGBC |
| 2:00 - 2:40 | Keynote: What manufacturers need to know about Canada's Building Code Update — Mantle Climate |
| 2:45 - 3:30 | Inside Limberlost Place: The post-contsruction LCA and low carbon material choices — Moriyama Teshima |
| 3:35 - 3:45 | Refreshment break |
| 3:45 - 4:05 | Canadian Manufacturing Landscape: Trends, challenges, and what's ahead — Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters |
| 4:05 - 5:00 | Lightning Round - Meeting AEC expectations: The challenges and opportunities of EPDs — Gensler, CSA Group, Nordic Structures, Cement Association of Canada |
| 5:00 - 6:00 | Networking happy hour |
Save your seat
Join us in Toronto for an afternoon focused on where the construction market is headed and what it means for manufacturers.
- Hear directly from AEC leaders about how embodied carbon and EPDs influence material selection.
- Gain insight into market trends, standards, and regulations that could affect your products.
- Connect with architects, manufacturers, industry associations, and carbon experts.
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| 11:30 - 12:30 | Networking lunch & delegate badge collection |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Opening Keynote: Industry outlook and building the next generation sustainability platform — Panu Pasanen, CEO & Founder of One Click LCA |
| 13:00 - 13:35 | Collaborating for change: Decarbonising steel from production to application — Sam Hopton, Firth Steel & Gary Matthews, SSAB Swedish Steel |
| 13:35 - 14:00 | From ambition to action: building the systems that deliver decarbonisation — Ida Namur, AECOM |
| 14:00 - 14:25 | Decarbonising aluminium at a global scale — Lucile Souyri, Hydro |
| 14:25 - 14:45 | What's new in the One Click LCA platform? — Alfred Gerum, One Click LCA |
| 14:45 - 15:05 | Refreshment break |
| 15:05 - 15:30 | Driving low-carbon construction: Tackling Scope 3 through collaboration and data — Allan Smith, Galliford Try |
| 15:30 - 15:55 | Life cycle assessment for sustainable technologies — Robert White, Johnson Matthey |
| 15:55 - 16:15 | Introduction to SimaPro, now part of One Click LCA — Gary Parker, SimaPro |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Panel discussion — From consultation to compliance: The roadmap for materials, makers & buildings — Envision, RICS, MPA, Firth Steels, UKGBC |
| 17:00 - 20:00 | Networking drinks — Rotunda Bar (within King's Place) |
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