IMFG @ 20
January 30 @ 2:00 pm - 6:30 pm
The Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance (IMFG) is celebrating 20 years since it was founded!
Join us on January 30, 2025 at the University of Toronto for IMFG @ 20 at 2 pm.
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The afternoon will feature panel discussions with IMFG contributors who will reflect on their past IMFG papers and share their views on how cities will be financed and governed 20 years from now. View the event program.
Essays written by panelists for the event can be found at https://imfg.org/imfg-at-20/.
Event Agenda
Opening Remarks
Fireside Chat: Reflecting on 20 years of IMFG
Enid Slack (IMFG Director, University of Toronto) and Alan Broadbent (IMFG Board Chair and Chairman and CEO of Avana Capital)
Panel 1: Governing Cities in 2045
Special Address: Meric Gertler (President, University of Toronto)
Panelists: Zack Taylor (IMFG Fellow and Associate Professor, Western University), Alexandra Flynn (IMFG Fellow and Associate Professor, University of British Columbia), Gabriel Eidelman (IMFG Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor, University of Toronto)
Discussant: Zachary Spicer (Associate Professor, York University)
Moderator: Selena Zhang (Executive Officer, Advocacy and Engagement, Atkinson Foundation)
Panel 2: Financing Cities in 2045
Special Address: David Miller (Managing Director, C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy)
Panelists: Enid Slack, Adam Found (Manager of Corporate Assets, City of Kawartha Lakes), Matti Siemiatycki (Professor and Infrastructure Institute Director, University of Toronto)
Discussant: Almos Tassonyi (IMFG Senior Associate)
Moderator: André Côté (Director of Policy and Research at The Dias, Toronto Metropolitan University)
Reception: 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm