“I thought it was one of the best conferences I’ve ever attended.” –2024 Summit attendee
Summit 2024 Session Recordings, Summaries, and Slide Decks
The 2024 Gentle Density Leaders Summit gathered 120+ thought-leaders and key innovators from the worlds of housing, planning and related local government professions, design, construction, real estate, and finance. Participants explored emerging practices in policy and regulation, as well as proven approaches that encourage new development.
January 24th: Planners Workshops
Day 1 of the Gentle Density Leaders Summit was dedicated exclusively to First Nations, municipal, and regional government planners. Summaries and highlights of select sessions can be found below:
- Provincial Legislation & Policy Manual
- Strategies for Meeting Provincial Legislation Requirements (World Cafe, not recorded)
- Leading Practices Panel
- Heather Peters – Cross-Jurisdiction Collaboration
- Adam Weinstein – Kirkland’s Middle Housing Story
- James Moore – Kelowna’s Small Housing Journey
- Gentle Density Ideas Jam (not recorded)
Recommended Resources
January 25th: Cross-Sector Workshops
On Day 2, we opened the Summit to building industry representatives. Planners spent the morning touring gentle density developments in local neighbourhoods while Industry and Allied Professionals were brought up to speed on the new housing legislation.
- Provincial Initiative and Industry Opportunity
- Fireside chat with Heather Peters and Zachary May, hosted by Akua Schatz
- New Development Opportunities, Challenges, and Promising Practices
- Technical Updates – Short presentations
- Ken Kunka – Building Regulations Impacting Low-Density Housing
- Bertine Stelzer – Energy Efficiency
- Jeff Waters – Fire Protection & Life Safety
- Panel Discussion Recording (12:50)
- Achieving outcomes with Pre-reviewed Designs (Presentation and panel discussion)
- Hot Topics Breakout Groups and Sharing (not recorded)
Photo Gallery
Thank you to our Funding Partners
“The Gentle Density Leaders Summit was a component of the “Gentle Density Housing Accelerator” project, which received funding from the Housing Supply Challenge – Getting Started Round, however, the views expressed are the personal views of the author/presenter and CMHC accepts no responsibility for them.”
Thank you to our Sponsors
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Welcome Table Sponsor
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Breakfast Sponsor
LEGO Kit Sponsor
Wellness Break Sponsor
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