Call for presentations and committee volunteers now open for BLC
Expand your influence, raise your profile, and connect with industry leaders seeking proven strategies and solutions.
CAGBC is currently accepting submissions for presentation proposals for Building Lasting Change™, taking place June 17–19, 2026, at the Centre Sheraton in Montréal.
As expectations for measurable performance rise, the market is shifting rapidly toward data-driven decision-making, low-carbon assets, and resilience as a competitive advantage. CAGBC corporate members have an opportunity to showcase their solutions and demonstrate how their work is advancing building performance, value, and market leadership by presenting in one of two dynamic streams:
Business Stream – Green building as a value driver
If you’re a real estate executive, investor, or organization aligning building performance with financial outcomes, this stream is for you. Share how your projects or portfolios are:
- Managing transition risk and responding to climate-related disclosure requirements
- Unlocking capital through sustainable finance strategies
- Supporting investor confidence with verifiable performance
- Scaling high-performance housing or managing portfolio-wide decarbonization
Technical Stream – Practical solutions for high-performance, resilient buildings
If you’re directly involved in delivering high-performance buildings—through design, engineering, construction, or sustainability implementation—this stream is your platform to share proven, scalable solutions in the following areas:
- Applying LEED v5, Zero Carbon Building Standards™, and deep energy retrofits
- Reducing embodied carbon and implementing transition-ready design
- Advancing performance in priority sectors like housing, commercial, and industrial
- Using data and verification to demonstrate long-term building performance
Presentation format
Each stream will feature 3 to 6 one-hour sessions, delivered in person as part of the conference’s learning program. Sessions should blend expert content with engaging discussions and audience participation, focusing on practical, implementable solutions that deliver measurable value and performance.
This opportunity is available exclusively to CAGBC corporate members. For detailed submission criteria and to begin your application, please visit our online platform today.
Deadline: Friday, February 6, 2026 at 17:00 ET
Help shape CAGBC’s conference program
As part of this call for presentations, we are looking for volunteers to review and score submissions. We greatly value the expertise of our members to help us shape a leading-edge educational program at the conference. BLC Program Committee members are responsible for:
- Reviewing and scoring all submissions in the stream of your choice to ensure that education sessions and speakers meet the highest quality and innovation consistent with our conference objectives;
- Adhering to the review timeline to ensure submission scores and comments are finalized in alignment with the schedule established by CAGBC;
- Participating in up to two committee calls lasting approximately 90 minutes each;
- Maintaining confidentiality about the review process.
If you are interested and available to review and score submissions during the month of February, please complete this form, expressing your interest by no later than end of day February 6, 2026.