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The Buildings Show
December 3 - 5, 2025
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South

Call for Speakers 2025

The Buildings Show offers a comprehensive educational program with skill building sessions, workshops, panel discussions and roundtables to equip attendees with knowledge needed to compete in today's evolving market. The sessions will focus on a wide range of design, construction, property management, concrete and masonry, and hard surfaces related issues and best practices for new construction, retrofits, maintenance, and management of all types of buildings.

We would like to invite industry professionals to submit a session topic to be presented in the educational program December 3 - 5, 2025 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. See below the submission guidelines to help you develop a topic for your proposal. The submission deadline is March 24, 2025, at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.

The full program for 2025 will be available online in July.




Conference Streams and Topics include:

Apartment & Condominium Management

Smart Buildings, Technologies & Innovations

Optimizing Building Performance & Enhancing Net Asset Value

Professional Skills, Strategy & Leadership

Project Design, Planning, Delivery, Mgmt. & Best Practices

Legal, Regulatory & Risk Management

Design Concepts, Health, Wellness & Interiors

Building Envelope Solutions

Sustainable Design, Environment & Higher Performance Buildings

Urban Planning, Design and Strategies

Frequently requested and popular topics include:

  • Accessible and universal design

  • Artificial intelligence (AI)

  • Building case studies

  • Building condition assessment

  • Building envelope and science

  • Building Information Modeling (BIM)

  • Building operations and management

  • Developing leadership and professional skills

  • New construction methods, technologies, and materials

  • Passive House design

  • Sustainable design and carbon neutrality

Submission Guidelines:

  • Topics will be selected based on market trends and current issues. Preference will be given to speakers who can present new and innovative content to a broad audience.

  • Topics must be educational in content, not commercial or advertorial in nature.

  • There is no minimum level of title or qualifications for speakers, although most accepted speakers tend to be senior-level professionals.

  • Panels should have a maximum of 3 speakers and 1 moderator.

  • Honoraria, airfare, and accommodations will not be covered for speakers.

  • A title and description are required. Limit of 90 characters. The title should be clear, concise and capture the essence of the session topic in a few words. The description should provide a brief yet comprehensive overview. The description should be in narrative form and between 4-6 sentences. The description is published in the program and is used by attendees in selecting their sessions. It should therefore include current/recent market trends related to your topic, course objectives, learning outcomes, and/or specific skills attendees can expect to gain from attending your session as well as target audience demographics, skill level (beginner, intermediate, advanced), and field(s) of interest.

Review Criteria & Timeline

Review Criteria

Submissions will be reviewed based on three key criteria:

Clarity - ensuring the content is presented in a clear and understandable manner; 

Relevance - assessing the alignment of the session with the show and audience interests; and 

Originality - gauging the uniqueness and innovative aspects of the proposed content. 

Timeline

March 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time – Form submission deadline. All speakers must be confirmed prior to the form submission deadline. Additions or changes to sessions with more than 1 speakers will not be accepted after the deadline.
May 2025 – All primary contacts to be notified of session status - accepted, rejected, or waitlisted.  
July 2025 – Session program is published, and attendee registration opens.
October 2025 - Speakers receive guest promo codes for their session(s).
November 2025 – Speaker registration opens.
November 3, 2025 – For sessions with 1 speaker, changes will be accepted until November 3. If a speaker is unable to present or secure an alternative after this deadline, their session will be canceled. Any sessions with less than 10 attendees for this deadline will be considered for cancelations. 
December 3 – 5, 2025 – The Buildings Show

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