Conference Schedule 

Joe Jurcic is the Highway Sales Manager at Compass Minerals, where he helps keep roads safe and operational during the most challenging winter conditions. With a background in chemical commodities and global trade, Joe understands the critical role that supply chains, planning, and partnerships play in winter maintenance.

Joe works closely with municipalities and industry stakeholders to navigate supply challenges, optimize procurement strategies, and ensure consistent access to essential materials. Joe is known for his practical, relationship-focused approach and his ability to connect market insights with real-world operational needs.

 Dani Lindamood is the Campaigns & Communications Director of Water Watchers. Dani is a community activator, campaigner, and creative based in the Great Lakes basin. With a Masters exploring water sustainability and policy, as well as over a decade of academic, non-profit, and creative experience researching and protecting water, Dani is honoured that water is the connective thread of her career. Dani is also the lead organizer for the Ontario Salt Pollution Coalition, a collaborative campaign bringing together diverse voices from across Ontario for better provincial winter maintenance policies and pathways to address the salt pollution of Ontario waters.

Julie is a city councillor in Waterloo, Ontario and the National Director of Our Living Waters, a Canada-wide network that unites Canadian water leaders towards “all waters in good health by 2030.” Previously, she led Partners for Action, a research initiative at the University of Waterloo that focuses on flood risk and resilience, and for a decade prior, she ran the Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI), a global summit series that tackled decarbonization and energy access, sustainable development, and education for the 21st Century. Her early career included 10 years in communications and public affairs work for clients at the forefront of sector disruption. 

Information coming soon