Conference Program
Program Highlights
- Opening Keynote – Calgary Police Chief Katie McLellan
- CPTED and Artificial Intelligence – Gregory Saville, ICA Co-Founder, Urban Planner and retired Canadian Police Officer
- Jane Jacobs-Inspired Walking Tour of Calgary’s East Village – 2nd Generation CPTED design – Led by Anna Brassard, Alberta Urban Planner, CPTED Expert, Co-author of SafeGrowth
- Walking Tour of Calgary Light Rail Transit (LRT) System – Led by John Beatson, Kimberly Shaw, Dr Randy Atlas
- CPTED Design Charrettes – Dr Randy Atlas, Architect and CPTED Expert, ICA Board Member
- ICA CPTED Certification (ICCP) and Course Accreditation Program (CAP) Workshop – Mateja Mihinjac, Criminologist and CPTED Expert, SafeGrowth Consultant, ICA Board Member, & Gregory Saville
- 17 great CPTED Presentations by local and international delegates
Experiential Learning
- Downtown Calgary CPTED site visits
- Guided walking tours and applied field learning
- Collaborative design sessions with leading CPTED professionals
- Learning from and interacting with experienced CPTED experts
Full Conference Program
(preliminary as of 18 May 2026)
Click on bold titles for Presentation Abstracts.
| DAY 1: Friday, October 2, 2026 | ||
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Welcome Reception & Social Mixer
Conference Registration / Check-in |
Hotel Conference Foyer |
| 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Formal Conference Welcome:
OPENING ADDRESS BY CALGARY CHIEF OF POLICE, KATIE McLELLAN |
Hotel Conference Foyer & Ballroom |
| 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm | After-Party Social Mixer | Hotel Suite |
| DAY 2: Saturday, October 3, 2026 | ||
| Time | Event / Session | Location |
| 8:00 am – 8:30 am | Conference Registration / Check-in | Hotel Conference Foyer |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Carlos Alfredo Gutiérrez Vera, Dr Mercedes Escudero:
CPTED FOR KIDS: STORYTELLING AS A PEDAGOGICAL TOOL FOR EARLY VIOLENCE PREVENTION |
Conference Ballroom |
| 9:00 am – 9:30 am | O. Wayne Reynaud:
CPTED IN SCHOOLS – THE EVOLUTION OF SAFETY (learning from TiD strategies) |
Conference Ballroom |
| 9:30 am – 10:15 am | Carlos Alfredo Gutiérrez Vera, Elisabeth Miller, René Berndt:
CPTED IN SCHOOLS – DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENTS [interactive session] |
Conference Ballroom |
| 10:15 am – 10:45 am | Dr Macarena Rau Vargas:
FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD GENERATION CPTED FOR QUADRANT 143, IN LAS CONDES, CHILE: REDUCING FEAR THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION |
Conference Ballroom |
| 10:45 am – 11:15 am | Elisabeth Miller:
THE STORY OF THE COSMO CIVIC CENTRE: FROM PROBLEM CHILD TO LEADER |
Conference Ballroom |
| 11:15 am – 12:15 am | Dr Randy Atlas, John Beatson:
DETERRING FLASH AND CRASH MOB ROBS WITH CPTED |
Conference Ballroom |
| 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm | Lunch (provided by the organizer) | Conference Ballroom |
| 1:15 pm – 1:45 pm | Barry Davidson:
THEORY TO STREET-LEVEL IMPACT: THE UNTAPPED CPTED POWER OF MUNICIPAL BYLAW DEPARTMENTS |
Conference Ballroom |
| 1:45 pm – 2:15 pm | René Berndt:
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND SAFETY – HOW TO SET UP A COMMUNITY WIDE SAFETY WORKSHOP? |
Conference Ballroom |
| 2:15 pm – 2:45 pm | Mateja Mihinjac, Gregory Saville:
REFRAMING SAFETY THROUGH CPTED – LESSONS FROM SAN ROMANOWAY |
Conference Ballroom |
| 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm | Dr Tarah Hodgkinson, Becca Denley, Anna Brassard:
CREATING SAFE AND LIVABLE PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES |
Conference Ballroom |
| 3:15 pm – 3:45 pm | Dr Mark Stokes:
HIGH-RISE CPTED: ENSURING LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OVER A QUARTER CENTURY |
Conference Ballroom |
| Quick Break Before Site Tours | ||
| 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
SITE TOURS
Anna Brassard: EAST VILLAGE John Beatson, Kimberly Shaw: LRT (Light Rail Transit) |
East Village &
City Hall LRT |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Dinner (on your own) | |
| 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm | After-Party Social Mixer | Hotel Suite |
| DAY 3: Sunday, October 4, 2026 | ||
| Time | Event / Session | Location |
| 8:00 am – 8:30 am | Conference Registration / Check-in | Hotel Conference Foyer | 8:30 am – 10:00 am |
DESIGN CHARRETTES facilitated by Dr Randy Atlas
Anna Brassard: EAST VILLAGE John Beatson, Kimberly Shaw: SAFE, CONNECTED, AND INVITING – A CPTED-BASED LRT ASSESSMENT |
Conference Ballroom |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Marco Perez Jr:
TOWARDS SAFER TRANSPORTATION HUBS – THE ICA CPTED GUIDEBOOK |
Conference Ballroom |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | Larry Leach:
EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES FIRST: THE MISSING LINK IN CPTED IMPLEMENTATION |
Conference Ballroom |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Mateja Mihinjac, Gregory Saville:
PROFESSIONALIZE YOURSELF: ICA CPTED CERTIFICATION (ICCP) AND COURSE ACCREDITATION (CAP) PROGRAMS |
Conference Ballroom |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch (provided by the organizer) | Conference Ballroom |
| 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Pamela B. Daniels:
FROM TRAINING TO TERRITORIALITY: PLACEKEEPING, NETWORKED URBAN VILLAGES, AND THE CASE FOR RESIDENT COMMAND |
Conference Ballroom |
| 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Robert Lipka, Connie Marciniuk:
CPTED GUIDE UPDATE DOCUMENT AND OUR SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOLS |
Conference Ballroom |
| 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Manuel López:
THE SOUND OF SAFETY – RETHINKING CPTED BEYOND THE VISUAL |
Conference Ballroom |
| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Geoffrey Bauer:
HOW ARE SMART SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES AND AI ASSISTING MECHANICAL STRATEGIES OF CPTED |
Conference Ballroom |
| 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Gregory Saville:
AI AND CPTED |
Conference Ballroom |
| 4:00 pm – 4:15 pm | Larry Leach:
CONFERENCE CLOSING |
Conference Ballroom | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Dinner (on your own) |
| 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm | After-Party Social Mixer | Hotel Suite |
| DAY 4 (optional): Monday, October 5, 2026 – Post-Conference Tours | ||
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• Dinosaur Park • Banff / Lake Louise • Vulcan, AB Departure times and meeting points to be confirmed on-site. |
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