The Future of Construction Is Being Rewritten
And this week, we’re bringing the right people into the room.
On November 20th, the Proptech Collective is hosting a much-needed conversation for the Canadian construction and housing ecosystem — a practical, ecosystem-driven look at what it will take to modernize how Canada builds.
The construction industry is reaching a tipping point.
Labour shortages, material volatility, climate deadlines, and rising demand are all converging. At the same time, new technologies — from mass timber to AI risk models — are accelerating faster than adoption can keep up.
That’s why this event matters: it unites the operators, founders, technologists, and decision-makers who are actually shaping what comes next.
Event Details
📅 November 20th, 2025
⏰ 5:30pm – 8:30pm
📍 Funk Coffee on Dunsmuir St. (Vancouver, BC)
🎟 Register: https://luma.com/8q5986vu ($35)
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🎤 Meet the Speakers
Industrialized Construction + Mass Timber 🏗️
Oliver David (OD) Krieg — Intelligent City
A recognized leader in advanced timber construction, digital fabrication, and industrialized building systems. OD will break down how automation and mass timber can enable sustainable, high-quality housing at scale.
AI, Risk, and Climate Resilience 📊
Sebastian Kasza — ZestyAI
Focused on AI-driven property and climate intelligence, Sebastian brings a data-rich perspective on how risk modeling and resilience insights can reshape insurance, development decisions, and long-term planning.
Data-Powered Retrofits + Decarbonization 🔧
Arman Mottaghi — Properate
Arman’s work centers on using data and software to make building retrofits faster, more predictable, and more scalable — a critical piece of Canada’s path to achieving climate goals.
Moderated by:
Sabrina Dammholz & Maria Yoma
Two of Vancouver’s strongest voices in the built environment, innovation, and construction ecosystem.
💡 Why This Event Matters (Even If You Can’t Attend)
This won’t be a theoretical conversation.
It will focus on real-world challenges and practical solutions shaping the next decade of Canadian construction:
1️⃣ Industrialized construction as a path to speed + quality
Factory-built systems, mass timber, and automation are creating new possibilities for affordability and scale.
2️⃣ Climate risk as a construction and policy decision driver
AI and insurance models are influencing how — and where — we build.
3️⃣ Retrofit acceleration as a national necessity
Decarbonizing Canada’s aging building stock requires better data, better tools, and better incentives.
4️⃣ Collaboration across regulators, builders, tech, and finance
Progress won’t come from one technology, one policy, or one firm — it requires an ecosystem moving in sync.
If you care about housing, construction, policy, tech, or Canadian innovation, this is the room to be in.
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🤝 I’ll Be There — Join Me
I also posted about the event on LinkedIn to help amplify the conversation across the ecosystem:
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If you can attend — fantastic.
If not, stay tuned: I’ll share a few takeaways after the event.
Hope to see you there!
Ashley
This event is hosted by the Proptech Collective (which I now serve as a Vancouver Chapter committee member). 🍁
It is supported by: Sutton Group, Spark Real Estate Software, and PwC.