OECA Symposium 2.0
Accelerating Collaboration
Cambridge Conference Centre 700 Hespeler Rd, Cambridge, ON
Moving from shared understanding to coordinated action.
Location: Cambridge Conference Centre, 700 Hespeler Rd, Cambridge, ON
Registration & Pricing
| Registration | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| General registration | $85 per person | One event registration |
| OECA members | Complimentary | Up to two complimentary registrations per verified OECA member organization |
| Platinum Collaborator | $10,000 | 5 complimentary registrations |
| Gold Collaborator | $5,000 | 3 complimentary registrations |
| Silver Collaborator | $2,000 | 1 complimentary registration |
Registration is open. Each verified OECA member organization may claim up to two complimentary registrations with no payment required. Members may purchase additional registrations, and all other attendees may register, for $85 + HST per person. No website account is required. Organizations can review the Platinum, Gold, and Silver Collaborator options.
Event Details
OECA Ontario Energy Symposium 2.0 will bring Ontario’s energy leaders together for a full-day working forum focused on collaboration, infrastructure readiness, capital alignment, implementation constraints, and coordinated action. Building on the first OECA Ontario Energy Symposium held in January 2026, this event will create space for practical dialogue among utilities, municipalities, government, regulators, finance, industry, Indigenous participants, energy users, innovators, advisors, and technical experts. The timing is deliberate. Taking place immediately after Ontario’s municipal elections, Symposium 2.0 will help new and returning leaders reconnect local growth, infrastructure, electricity planning, investment, and implementation priorities. These objectives are connected, but the organizations responsible for them often work through different mandates, timelines, funding tools, approvals, and risk frameworks. Symposium 2.0 is designed to improve coordination before delays, cost pressures, missed opportunities, and public frustration become harder to manage.Program Focus
The Symposium will focus on four connected areas:- Capital and confidence: aligning public funding, private capital, utility investment, and customer decisions so Ontario can build ahead of constraint, not behind it.
- Growth and readiness: connecting transportation electrification, industrial growth, large loads, data centres, food production, and charging infrastructure to local grid readiness.
- Infrastructure and investment: helping municipalities and LDCs find practical pathways to finance the infrastructure required for growth, reliability, and electrification.
- Innovation at the grid edge: integrating DERs, non-wires solutions, storage, and flexible demand into policy updates, planning, regulation, and cost recovery.
Program Highlights
The day will include:- An opening keynote on collaboration and innovation.
- Facilitated cross-sector roundtables.
- Focused discussions on capital, demand, financing, and flexibility.
- Time for collaborator engagement and informal discussion.
- OECA updates on knowledge-sharing tools and codex resources.
- A recap of roundtable findings and practical next steps.
- A closing keynote focused on coordinated action.
- A networking reception with drinks, appetizers, and collaborator space.
Who Should Attend
This event is designed for leaders and practitioners connected to Ontario’s energy future, including:- Municipal leaders and staff.
- Provincial and federal representatives.
- Regulatory and system planning leaders.
- LDC executives and management.
- Utilities, energy service providers, and infrastructure firms.
- Finance, pension, and infrastructure investment organizations.
- Industrial, commercial, institutional, and energy-intensive users.
- Transportation, mobility, and electrification stakeholders.
- Indigenous energy and infrastructure participants.
- Energy innovators, advisors, and technical professionals.
Program Agenda and Focus
| Time | Session | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 | Opening keynote | Collaboration and innovation: setting the tone for coordinated action across a complex, interdependent energy system. |
| 9:00 | Roundtables | Cross-sector implementation dialogue: facilitated roundtables with MUSH, utilities, government, regulators, finance, industry, Indigenous users, and technical experts. |
| 10:30 | Social break | Coffee, collaborator engagement, and OECA staff intake of roundtable notes. |
| 11:00 | Focus Topic 1: Capital | Capital and confidence: aligning public funding, private capital, utility investment, and customer decisions so Ontario can build ahead of constraint, not behind it. |
| 11:45 | Focus Topic 2: Demand | Growth and readiness: connecting transportation electrification, industrial growth, large loads, data centres, food production, and charging infrastructure to local grid readiness. |
| 12:30 | Lunch | Short lunch, networking, and OECA staff synthesis of roundtable findings. |
| 1:15 | Focus Topic 3: Financing | Infrastructure and investment: helping municipalities and LDCs find practical pathways to finance the infrastructure required for growth, reliability, and electrification. |
| 2:00 | Focus Topic 4: Flexibility | Innovation at the grid edge: integrating DERs, non-wires solutions, storage, and flexible demand into simultaneous policy updates, planning, regulation, and cost recovery. |
| 2:45 | Social break | Coffee, collaborator engagement, and final OECA synthesis preparation. |
| 3:15 | OECA Tools | Brief update on knowledge-sharing tools, codex resources to support sector learning. |
| 3:30 | Recap & Actions | Consolidate thoughts, findings and actions from the roundtables and focus on actions. |
| 4:00 | Closing keynote | From shared understanding to coordinated action: a senior-level discussion on what must happen next to maintain momentum. |
| 5:30 | Reception | Drinks, appetizers, and collaborator space. |
OECA Ontario Energy Symposium 2026 Press Kit (PDF) — Event details, key messages, speaker information, background on Ontario’s energy landscape, and media contact information for the November 3, 2026 symposium.