The following speakers have been confirmed for the 23rd Annual CanaData Construction Industry Forecasts Conference. Other speakers include: Patricia Mohr, Andrew King and Dr. Roger Gibbons. Our keynote speaker will be Storm Cunningham, founder of the Revitalization Institute. Check back regularly for additional speakers.

ALEX CARRICK | WILL DUNNING | WARREN JESTIN | PAUL MORSE

ALEX CARRICK

Alex Carrick carried out his undergraduate work at the University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario, Canada), then completed an M. A. in Economics and the first year towards a Doctorate at the University of Toronto. The pull of the job market was too great and Alex went to work for the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) in 1972. The CISC is a trade association representing structural steel fabricators in Canada. Mr. Carrick eventually became the Secretary-treasurer as well as the Economist for the CISC.

Since 1985, Mr. Carrick has held the position of Chief Economist with CanaData*, a product line of Reed Construction Data, where he has acquired an in-depth knowledge of the Canadian construction industry.

Each fall, Mr. Carrick oversees CanaData's Annual Construction Forecast publication and updates the information throughout the year in the CanaData Forecaster newsletter (monthly). He is often quoted in the media, especially in the two construction newspapers, The Daily Commercial News and the Journal of Commerce. In the last several years, his work has become more international in scope and he has delivered presentations throughout North America on the Canadian, United States and world construction outlooks.

*CanaData is the leading supplier of statistics and forecasting information for the Canadian construction industry. CanaData's extensive line of products includes CanaData Construction Starts Statistics; Architect and Engineer Activity Reports; Custom Reports; Annual Forecast; CanaData Forecaster Newsletter; Construction Cost Index; and Annual Construction Forecasts Conference. Reed Construction Data is a division of the global publishing firm, Reed Elsevier.

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WILL DUNNING

Will Dunning has 25 years of experience as a housing market analyst. He spent 16 years at Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and has been a consultant for 8 years.

In September 2000, he opened his own consulting company. Will provides economic analysis relating to housing markets, including project feasibility studies and expert witness testimony.

His website - www.wdunning.com - provides "Housing Market Digest", which is a monthly review of the housing market in the Greater Toronto Area, and other reports.

Will has a BA in Economics (McGill University, 1979) and an MA in Economics (University of British Columbia, 1981).

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WARREN JESTIN

Dr. Jestin is Scotiabank's Chief Economist and has been with the Bank since 1979. Before joining Scotiabank, Warren worked in the Bank of Canada's Research Department and taught economics at several Canadian universities. He is on the Board of The University of Guelph Heritage Fund and is chair of that University's College of Management and Economics Advisory Committee. He is also on the Board of Advisors of the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary's University in Halifax. Warren earned an MA in Economics at the University of Guelph in 1971 and was awarded his doctorate from the University of Toronto in 1977.

Warren is a member of the C.D. Howe Institute's Monetary Policy Council and has been involved with economic policy committees of the Canadian and Ontario Chambers of Commerce and the Toronto Board of Trade. He is also on the Board of the Markham-Stouffville Hospital. In his role as Chair of Scotiabank's Sponsorship and Donations Committee, Warren works closely with a wide variety of Canadian charitable institutions.

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PAUL MORSE

Paul Morse is a valued and experienced Senior VP and GM and National Practice Director in Toronto's Office Leasing division He is responsible for the strategic direction and performance of a group that includes 80 office-leasing professionals negotiating 800 transactions and representing over seven-million-square feet of tenancies per year.

Mr. Morse joined Royal LePage Commercial (now Cushman & Wakefield LePage) in 1981 and worked for nine years representing both landlords and tenants, becoming a top sales agent. In 1990, he moved to an affiliate of Royal LePage, Brookfield Development, as VP of Leasing for the Ontario Region, for five years. Responsible for the leasing of BCE Place, a 2.5-million-square foot office development in Toronto's financial core, he and his team leased 1.8-million square feet, managed over 225,000 square feet of lease-takeover space and executed over 200 leases. Mr. Morse returned to Royal LePage in 1998.

He is past President for the Greater Toronto Area chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). He was also Chair of the Real Estate division and a Cabinet Member for the United Way, and is a Board member of the Aspbergers Society of Toronto. Mr. Morse graduated from Loyola College at the University of Montreal with an Honours degree in Economics.

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