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 Canada
Mira Shenker, Editor
ReNew Canada

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Mira Shenker is executive editor at Actual Media Inc. She has been editor of ReNew Canada magazine since 2007. As the editor of the infrastructure industry’s only comprehensive news source, Mira writes on topics ranging from green building and sustainable development to public-private partnerships and stock investments. She is a member of several industry associations including the American Public Works Association and the Canadian Green Building Council. She also sits on the editorial advisory panel for the Journal of Urban and Environmental Infrastructure Management.

Andrew Bowerbank,
WGBC



Andrew Bowerbank is the Executive Director of the World Green Building Council, and honorary board member of the Canada Green Building Council –Toronto Chapter. Mr. Bowerbank regularly draws from his diverse background in his efforts to engage community leaders and encourage energy & environmental conservation, and the adoption of climate change mitigation strategies. He has extensive entrepreneurial experience in business start-up including not-for-profit initiatives. As a published author, Mr. Bowerbank has had two of his books on Canada’s “best selling authors” list. In 2007, He received the Leader of the Year award by EnerQuality Corporation and the Ontario Home Builders Association for his contributions to sustainable community development and green home design.

Mr. Bowerbank’s direct support for Green Building Councils began in 2001 while working as the Senior Manager of Sustainable Development with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA). The TRCA is a leading Canadian organization with over 300 staff that oversees urban development surrounding the primary watersheds throughout the Greater Toronto Area.

Mr. Bowerbank has been responsible for the development of high profile projects in Canada including:
• the Archetype Sustainable House National Design/Build Competition.
• the Municipal Green Building Tool Kit Project,
• the City of Vaughan Block 39 Green Community Project
• the Toronto Green Building Festival,
• the WorldGBC International Congress
• the Ontario Green Building Development Strategy.
• Mr. Bowerbank has also acted as the green design consultant for a number of leading construction projects in Canada.

In addition to his expertise in green building and sustainable community development, Mr. Bowerbank is a professor of design certified by the Ontario Ministry of Education; a member of the Ontario College of Teachers; a respected authority of Japanese martial arts and culture; and a national certified sports coach where he has trained elite athletes to compete at the Pan American Games. He also holds an honors diploma in Industrial Design with a focus in ergonomic science, materials and manufacturing processes, transportation design, and perspective illustration. Mr. Bowerbank operated his own Toronto based design firm from 1994 to 2000 where his team specialized in green strategies for commercial interiors and custom furniture design. Prior to 1993, Mr. Bowerbank worked in the manufacturing sector as an engineering supervisor.

Mr. Bowerbank was recently voted Best Speaker of the 2008 New Zealand National Green Building Conference. Mr. Bowerbank’s energetic style combined with his use of high resolution graphics, photographs and animations make his presentations an event not to be missed.

 Canada
Isabel Tardif,
CERIU

 United States
Hendrikus de Waart, Representative
AEB Waste and Energy Company

www.afvalenergiebedrijf.nl

Mr. Harry de Waart is a Senior Consultant with the Waste and Energy Company of Amsterdam and in charge of the development of new projects. Prior to this Harry was the President & CEO of the US operations of German Babcock, based in Tampa Florida, following assignments in the early 90’ties as Managing Director of their Indian operations headquartered in Bangalore India and as Vice President International Operations based in Ratingen, Germany.

Harry spent more than 20 years of his carrier with ABB Lummus Global in senior management positions with activities in the Oil & Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Industries. Assignments included the position of Sr. VP. In charge of the marketing and sales activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, based in Bloomfield NJ, Deputy President of ABB Lummus Nederland based in The Hague, Managing Director of the Saudi Arabian subsidiary Lummus Alireza in Riyadh, which he started.

Activities as an independent consultant in sales, marketing, mergers & acquisitions, start-ups have taken him to most industrialized and many developing nations in recent years. He started his carrier with Dorr-Oliver; a Stamford CT based company with activities in environmental controls, fertilizers and mining.

Harry studied chemical engineering at Delft University in The Netherlands and attended NYU’s graduate business school. Harry and his wife Nancy live in New York City.

 Canada
Mira Shenker, Editor
ReNew Canada

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Mira Shenker is executive editor at Actual Media Inc. She has been editor of ReNew Canada magazine since 2007. As the editor of the infrastructure industry’s only comprehensive news source, Mira writes on topics ranging from green building and sustainable development to public-private partnerships and stock investments. She is a member of several industry associations including the American Public Works Association and the Canadian Green Building Council. She also sits on the editorial advisory panel for the Journal of Urban and Environmental Infrastructure Management.

 Canada
David Lapp, Manager, Professional Practice
Engineers Canada



David graduated with a bachelor’s degree in geological engineering from the University of Toronto in 1978. He is presently Manager, Professional Practice with Engineers Canada and has been part of the Secretariat to the Canadian Engineering Qualifications Board since 1997.

His current work focuses on environment and sustainability issues as they relate to the practice of engineering. Responsibilities include the implementation of a national action plan on climate change impact and adaptation, including a long-term project to evaluate the engineering vulnerability of public infrastructure to the impacts of climate change. David also provides the Secretariat for the World Federation of Engineering Organizations Standing Committee on Engineering and the Environment, chaired by Engineers Canada.

 Canada
Donna Querengesser, Principal Consultant
GHD Inc.

www.ghd.com

Donna Querengesser is a qualified professional engineer and management consultant with 25 years experience in engineering, asset management, and business planning for government. She has hands on experience with a range of asset management and asset accounting solutions.

Donna has been a major contributor on development of asset management strategies and plans for a number of municipalities, some of which are whole of government assignments. Donna’s work has also included developing asset management models and preparing practice guides for water & wastewater and roads services based on international asset management best practices. Donna has facilitated risk assessment workshops and developed risk management plans for a number of clients. and has conducted PSAB awareness training and developed PSAB compliance procedures and plans.

 Canada
Mira Shenker, Editor
ReNew Canada

renewcanada.net

Mira Shenker is executive editor at Actual Media Inc. She has been editor of ReNew Canada magazine since 2007. As the editor of the infrastructure industry’s only comprehensive news source, Mira writes on topics ranging from green building and sustainable development to public-private partnerships and stock investments. She is a member of several industry associations including the American Public Works Association and the Canadian Green Building Council. She also sits on the editorial advisory panel for the Journal of Urban and Environmental Infrastructure Management.

 Canada
Guy Y. Félio, Consultant
Infrastructure Strategies & Research



Guy is a civil engineer with a PhD from Texas A&M University. He has more than 25 years of experience in the field as a university professor (UCLA), researcher (NRC, Carleton University), consultant and policy advisor (NRC, Infrastructure Canada).

He was the driver that led to the creation of the InfraGuide, a project that between 2001 and 2006 produced more than 55 best practices to help municipalities with the operations, maintenance and management of their infrastructure. The Guide was also a network of more than 300 volunteers nationwide that were actively involved in the production of the best practices.

During his career, Guy has been key in defining a number of National infrastructure initiatives such as the creation of the CERIU (Montreal) and CATT (Waterloo), the Civil Infrastructure Systems Technology Road Map released in 2003, or the creation of the NRCC Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Research in Regina the same year.

In recent years, he spent close to three years at Infrastructure Canada, working on the definition and delivery of infrastructure programs and on policy/research development as an Advisor to the ADM-Program Operations.

Guy has always been very active in the infrastructure community, participating on professional and technical associations' committees and conferences. He is an educator, teaching Infrastructure Assets Management at Carleton University and the co-author of a youth historical novel entitled The Young Civil Engineer: the Quebec Bridge.