Municipal leaders heading to Windsor for 2016 AMO Conference

TORONTO, Aug. 8, 2016 /CNW/ - More than 1,700 participants from hundreds of municipalities and other organizations from across Ontario will participate in the Association of Municipalities of Ontario's 2016 AMO Conference, August 14 to 17 at Caesars Windsor, 377 Riverside Dr. E., Windsor.

AMO's annual conference is Ontario's top educational forum for municipal governments. This year, the program features more than 60 plenary sessions reflecting the broad scope of municipal responsibilities. Keynote presenters include:

• Hon. Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario
• Hon. Bill Mauro, Ontario's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
• Hon. David Orazietti, Ontario's Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services
• Hon. Glen Murray, Ontario's Minister of Environment and Climate Change
• Patrick Brown, Leader of the Ontario PC Party
• Andrea Horwath, Leader of the Ontario NDP
• Adam Vaughan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, Intergovernmental Affairs
• Nik Nanos, Founder/CEO, Nanos Research Corporation
• Wendy Williams, Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary, United Kingdom
• Ashley Rea Kilroy, Executive Director, Marijuana Policy, City and County of Denver

The annual conference is a chance for municipal officials to work together to address shared challenges, to learn and to create new opportunities. In addition to the conference program, municipal staff and officials will take part in over 500 delegation meetings with provincial and federal ministries.

Key session topics include the fiscal future of Ontario's municipal governments, infrastructure funding and asset management, climate change, marijuana legalization, rural economic development, disaster preparedness, police modernization, pension sustainability, innovation and service sharing and the sharing economy. Program details are available online at www.amo.on.ca. 

All media are required to register in the Mercuri Room, on the Meetings Level at Caesars Windsor. Attending media are encouraged to book accommodation as soon as possible, if needed. Reporters can build a personalized conference itinerary and access key conference information through AMOmobile – the Association's free mobile app.

AMO is a non-profit organization representing almost all of Ontario's 444 municipal governments. AMO supports and enhances strong and effective municipal government in Ontario and promotes the value of municipal government as a vital and essential component of Ontario and Canada's political system.

SOURCE Association of Municipalities of Ontario

Brian Lambie, AMO Media Contact, 416-729-5425, [email protected]; Follow AMO on Twitter, @AMOPolicy, and use the official conference hashtag #AMOConf16