Jonathan Hamel-Nunes

Organized by Meghan Holcomb, Derq

Panelists:

• Karl Jeabart, Co-Founder & COO, Derq Inc.
• Gil Marques, President, Tacel Ltd
• Jonathan Hamel-Nunes, Department Head, City of Montreal

As cities across Canada and North America seek practical, scalable, and inclusive ITS solutions, Montreal’s approach illustrates how to make smart moves in lean times through strategic investment, cross-sector collaboration, and forward-thinking innovation that delivers real-world impact.

Moderated by Tacel, this session brings together representatives from the City of Montreal and Derq to share the story of Montreal’s city wide (over 100 intersection) Safety and Mobility Analysis System (SASMI) project. Panelists will explore the approach taken, technologies evaluated and selected, and the city’s overarching goals: to proactively monitor and analyze road safety and traffic performance in real time, identify near-miss patterns, and improve VRU safety across a dense, multimodal network.

Attendees will receive actionable takeaways on:

• Building a connected, future-ready, large-scale intelligent transportation system.
• Integrating AI and digital infrastructure with new and existing camera networks to create smart intersections that generate real-time safety insights into near-misses, crashes, illegal crossings, and more.
• Establishing cross-sector partnerships and collaboration strategies across public and private organizations.
• Prioritizing intersections and defining phase I deployment criteria.
• Future-proofing investments to support V2X, V2N, connected vehicles, and other emerging technologies.
• Lessons learned on what worked, what didn’t, and how the team adapted in response.
• Planning, testing, and identifying critical needs and capabilities such as near-miss detection, AI model accuracy, dashboard and reporting requirements, Edge processing performance, and more.

Panel Organizers:

• Janis Chow, General Supervisor of Signals & Street Lighting, City of Edmonton
• Yeatland Wong, Director of Smart Mobility, Transnomis Solutions Inc.

Moderators: Arif Rafiq, Esri Canada, and Janis Chow, City of Edmonton

Panelists:

• Jonathan Hamel-Nunes, Division Manager, Innovation and Travel Management, City of Montreal
• Sharath Mysore Narasimhamurthy, Postdoctoral Associate, University of Calgary
• Michael Vaudan, Sr. Operations Engineer, City of Edmonton
• Peter Short, Sales and Operations Manager, Velociti Innovations
• Raphael Dumas Team Lead, Data Operations, City of Toronto 

Traffic monitoring has evolved well beyond traditional loop detectors and tube counts. Today, agencies have access to radar and lidar sensors, AI-powered video analytics, connected vehicle data, probe data from navigation apps, and crowdsourced information—each offering different strengths, coverage, and costs.

This panel takes a practical look at emerging traffic monitoring technologies and how Canadian agencies are putting them to work. Panelists from public, academic, and private sectors will discuss the need for traffic monitoring, the challenges, solutions, and real-world deployments, comparing the accuracy, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of different approaches. They’ll explore how agencies integrate multiple data sources to build a more complete picture of network conditions—and the challenges of managing, fusing, and making sense of all that data.

ITS Anybody’s Guess!

Join us for lunch. Stay for the glory. ITS Anybody’s Guess is a high-stakes showdown of wit, instinct, and nerve — and absolutely anyone could walk away a champion. Think you have what it takes? Compete for fabulous prizes and the eternal glory of being crowned the ITS Anybody’s Guess Champion. The questions are unexpected. The competition is fierce. And the winner? Could be anyone in the room.

Do you have what it takes? Prove it.

The session will also feature an exciting preview of ITS Canada 2027, offering a warm welcome to Montréal and a glimpse into what awaits at our next national gathering presented by ITSC 2027 Conference co-chair Jonathan Hamel-Nunes and Georgiana Marinus, Ville de Montréal.

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:

• Mary Ann Bent, Manager, Accessible Navigation & Wayfinding Solutions, CNIB Access Labs
• Sunny Petrujkic, Senior Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives, City of Toronto
• Mara Bullock, Director, Smart Sustainable Mobility, WSP
• Michael Vaudan, Sr. Operations Engineer, City of Edmonton
• Jonathan Hamel-Nunes, Division Manager, Innovation and Travel Management, City of Montreal

Across Canada, sidewalk closures, detours, and work zones can quickly turn into barriers for people with disabilities, older adults, and others who rely on clear and accessible information or direction to travel safely.

This panel brings together municipalities, transportation agencies, accessibility advocacy representatives, and technology experts to discuss how they can remove barriers through the use of technology and devices, and what’s still needed in the future to make sidewalks and sidewalk detours accessible to support safer, more independent travel for all. We’ll explore challenges, policies, and solutions.

Organized by Dr. Asad Lesani, CEO, Ouster

Moderator: Melissa Erkic, Ouster

Panelists,  

• Dr Asad Lesani, VP of Smart Infrastructure Product, Ouster 
• Roger Browne, Director Traffic Management at City of Toronto 
• Jonathan Hamel-Nunes, Chief de Division, City of Montreal •
• Pranav Dave, Chief Engineer, Operations Planning – Toronto Transit Commission 

This session moves beyond theoretical digital infrastructure to examine the successful operationalization of Physical AI within key Canadian cities, highlighting how AI-driven lidar digital twins can be used as real-time detection for the next generation of traffic management. Featuring expert panelists from the City of Montreal, City of Toronto, Toronto Transit Commission and Ouster, this panel will detail the critical, pragmatic steps required to successfully deploy lidar-powered Physical AI solutions on roadways and intersections at scale. The panelists will focus on the proven strategies necessary to integrate this technology into existing municipal systems, processes and budgets, with operational lessons learned so far.

Key discussion points will focus on the challenges and solutions for scaling intelligent systems:

• Data governance & validation: Defining and validating digital multi-modal data for actuation and safety analytics, including spec development necessary for successful large-scale adoption across a city-wide digital program.
• Integration & training: Practical steps for operationalizing Physical AI from sensor, connectivity, and edge computing assets to virtual loops and traffic controller integration.
• Metrics & resiliency: Analyzing metrics for operational efficiencies in high-traffic corridors to optimize infrastructure investment and factors to consider when selecting AI models for resiliency and reliability.

This is a valuable session for agencies ready to take the first step with a pilot or to understand how to scale from a small pilot to integrated, city-wide digital infrastructure programs.