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Canada’s cities are growing fast, and with that growth comes rising demand for efficient, connected, and sustainable infrastructure. This training session is designed for planners, consultants, and municipalities who want to use digital and data-driven approaches to shape the future of mobility and urban growth.

This session explores how digital twins, integrated data systems, and real-time analytics are transforming how planners plan, design, and manage transport infrastructure - from heavy and light rail networks to active mobility corridors that support walking, cycling, and micro-mobility. Participants will learn how digital tools are enabling smarter decision-making, better collaboration, and more inclusive, sustainable mobility outcomes for Canadian communities.

Through applied examples, case studies, and practical demonstrations, participants will gain an understanding of how to build and use digital capabilities — from data collection and simulation to visualization and analysis — to plan growth and mobility with confidence. 

The session will also feature a panel of local transportation planners, providing real-world perspectives. 

Key Takeaways

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Explore the role of digital twins in mobility and infrastructure planning
• Build core capabilities in digital urban and mobility planning
• Apply digital insights to the design and delivery of mobility infrastructure
• Strengthen organisational and professional readiness

 

Facilitator(s): 

Adam Beck | Co-Founder and Director, Digital Built Forum 

Adam is Managing Director at NEON.URBAN, a digital urban planning advisory helping shape high quality public places and spaces in the digital economy. He is an urbanist who has worked for private sector consultancies and leading global non-government organisations for almost 30 years.

Adam established the Smart Cities Academy while in his role as Founding Executive Director at Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand. He created the training program for the EcoDistricts Accredited Practitioner program in the United States, and before that led the education business at the Green Building Council of Australia in his capacity as Executive Director.

Gavin Cotterill | Co-Founder and Director, Digital Built Forum

Gavin is the founder and managing principal of GC3 Digital and is an acclaimed Digital Twin expert, who is trusted by public and private executives to develop world leading Digital Twin strategies and programs.

With a career spanning three decades and with diverse experience across the built and natural environment Gavin demonstrates a unique blend of policy, strategy, and business case experience. Gavin is a visionary leader committed to building a greener, more equitable world. He champions a better future through his leadership efforts in various industry groups. 

Colin MacKenzie, P.Eng | Team Lead, Transportation Planning & Traffic Engineering

Colin is a passionate transportation planning engineer with a focus on multi-modal transportation corridors and active transportation projects. An avid cyclist, jogger and transit user, Colin’s work focuses on balancing all modes of transportation to provide a safe and efficient journey for all road users. Colin has experience in the fields of transportation planning, traffic & transportation engineering, and project management, including work on the Stage 2 LRT Ottawa Light Rail Expansion project, the Building LeBreton Flats Master Concept and Site Plans, Keating Channel East Precinct Plan, and preliminary and detailed design for various freeway, highway, urban road and municipal infrastructure projects. Colin’s transportation planning work includes multiple projects where he was responsible for analysis of complex traffic corridors, traffic network modelling, transit priority studies, intersection and roundabout operations analysis, and parking studies. His projects have involved work in the City of Ottawa, the Greater Toronto Area, and numerous other communities and municipalities across Ontario and Atlantic Canada. He has extensive experience using transportation engineering planning and design software including Synchro, SimTraffic, HCS, SIDRA and Arcady.

Deborah Lightman | Program Manager, Transportation Policy and Networks

Deborah is a transportation planner and policy analyst with twelve years of experience in both the public and private sectors. She is passionate about sustainable transportation and city-building, and is currently the Program Manager of Transportation Policy and Networks at the City of Ottawa. Her team is responsible for the Transportation Master Plan, transportation modeling and data analysis, and transportation policy studies.