Dave Greenfield
CIO — Halifax Harbour Bridges
I am speaking at:
Panel Organizers:
- Roger Browne, Director, Congestion and Network Management, City of Toronto
- Yeatland Wong, Director of Smart Mobility, Transnomis Solutions Inc.
Moderators: Roger Browne, City of Toronto, and Yeatland Wong, Transnomis Solutions
Panelists:
- Dave Greenfield, Chief Information Officer, Halifax Harbour Bridges
- Ali Alou, Senior Engineer, Traffic Operations, City of Edmonton
- Asad Lesani, VP Smart Infrastructure Product, Ouster
- Sunny Petrujkic, Senior Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives, City of Toronto
- Ben Pisch, Vice President of Clients and Markets, Sensen AI
Keeping workers safe is as important as keeping drivers safe. Construction and maintenance workers are particularly vulnerable—especially during harsh weather, peak traffic, and day-to-day field work.
In this panel, we will be exploring the use of technology and improvements to processes to enhance safety in workzones. Our panelists will explore this topic from several different aspects including the risks and considerations, the newest technologies in workzone safety, the technology gaps, the projects that show the leading edge of workzone safety, and what’s in store for the future.
The panel will approach this from multiple perspectives, featuring case studies from bridge authorities, urban municipalities, and technology providers.
Traffic and operations experts will discuss how their agencies protect travellers, as well as the people who keep roads open and traffic moving. We’ll discuss topics including Halifax Harbour Bridges’ challenges with staff and public safety on bridges, Toronto’s challenges with construction workzones and accessibility for pedestrians with disabilities, and Esri Canada’s Transit Safety pilot project in Edmonton. Panelists will share how they design and plan safer work zones, optimize safety with technology, and adapt operations during severe weather so workers can do their jobs without critical risk.
Organized by ITS Canada Tech Hub Leadership: Jonathan Parent, Transport Canada, Bernard Tung, City of Coquitlam and Nelson Melendez, City of Toronto
Panelists:
- Simon Foo, Ph.D., P.Eng. Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Transnomis Solutions Inc.
- Dave Greenfield — Chief Information Officer, Halifax Harbour Bridges
- Douglas Gettman Ph.D. , Global Director of Smart Mobility and AV/CV Consulting Services
- Sameer Patil, Leader of Traffic Management Centre, City of Calgary
- Amir Ashena, PhD, Transportation Engineering, University of Calgary
Transportation agencies and cities are facing mounting pressure to deliver reliable, field-proven, sustainable, and cost-effective mobility services – often while operating under significant resource constraints. At the same time, rapid technological advancement creates new opportunities to rethink how transportation systems are planned, operated, and optimized. This panel will explore how agencies, municipalities, and technology providers can collaboratively unlock smarter mobility solutions by leveraging existing ITS assets, embracing new partnerships, and using data in more strategic ways. Through a discussion grounded in practical experience and emerging innovation, panelists will examine three core themes:
- Leveraging existing infrastructure to extend asset life and functionality, enhance performance, and integrate intelligent technologies without requiring large capital investments or costly reoccurring costs.
- Collaboration and partnerships between public agencies, private-sector innovators, and research organizations to accelerate deployment, share risk, and scale new mobility solutions
- Data-driven optimization as a pathway to improve system efficiency, allow inter-regional collaboration, inform investment decisions, and support real-time operations and on-demand decision making.
Together, these perspectives will highlight actionable strategies for delivering smarter, field-proven, cost effective and more resilient mobility systems – even when budgets are tight. Attendees will gain insight into replicable approaches, emerging best practices, lessons learned and collaborative models that can help shape the next generation of transportation services.