Antonio is an informative and engaging speaker, internationally recognized for transforming cities into vibrant urban places that respond to their social, economic, and environmental context. He’s frequently sought-after for keynote presentations, expert panels, workshops, and guest commentaries. Learn more about Antonio’s past and present engagements below.

If you would like to have Antonio speak or facilitate a workshop at your conference or event please contact him at agp@dialogdesign.ca.

2022

• CPRA Speakers Series Event – Speaker:  Community Wellbeing Framework – March 8, 2022

• The Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE) Webinar – Community Wellbeing: How to Build Communities that Support Physical, Mental, Environmental and Social Wellbeing – Presenter – March 31, 2022

2021

• Edmonton Construction Association – The Social Procurement Opportunity, Panel Member – March 18, 2021
• University of Alberta – Lecture: A New Era of Public Engagement – March 30, 2021
• CANUE Annual General Meeting – Presenter – May 18, 2021
• Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa) Annual General Meeting & Conference – Community Wellbeing Framework – Speaker – June 8, 2021
• APPI 2021 Virtual Conference  – EVOLUTION – Host of Joint Plenary “Implementing Success and Avoiding Past Failures” – October 6, 2021
• ULI Toronto Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Symposium: The New Urgency – Co-chair – November 4, 2021
• Global Workplace Wellness Summit – Panelist – Workplace Environment Wellness Focus – November 10, 2021
• ReImagine RREC – Renew, Retool, Engage and Contribute – Recreation: Essential in Community Life and Well-being – Panelist – December 2, 2021
• ULI Toronto’s Curtner Urban Leadership Program – How DIALOG does Placemaking – Speaker – December 10, 2021

2020

• SPUR/Jack London Workshop – Applying the Community Wellbeing Framework to the 880 Underpass – February 21, 2020
• University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture – Community Wellbeing: An emerging framework for architecture, planning, design and engineering – March 3, 2020
• Urban Transit Infrastructure Forum TOD panel, Moderator – April 2020 – Canceled or postponed due to Covid-19
• BUILD Banff Spring Conference, Community Wellbeing: A Framework for the Built Environment, Presenter – April 2020 – Canceled or postponed due to Covid-19
• CMHC – Rethinking Rental, Opening Panel Discussion – April 2020 – Canceled or postponed due to Covid-19
• ULI Spring 2020 Tour, Co-Chair – May 2020 – Canceled or postponed due to Covid-19
• OAA Annual Conference: Shifting Paradigms – Community Wellbeing Framework – May 27-29, 2020 – Canceled or postponed due to Covid-19
• Canada Health Infoway – Virtual Speaker Series – June 19, 2020
• ULI Toronto – Industry Stakeholder Webinar – Consultation – June 24, 2020
• Government of Newfoundland and Labrador – Webinar – Regaining Movementum – September 10, 2020
• Wellbeing Cities Forum, Community Wellbeing Framework, Presenter – September 15, 2020 – To be conducted virtually due to Covid-19
• SPUR – Digital Symposium – Ideas + Action 2020: Public Space – October 5-9, 2020
• Conscious Cities Festival – Shaping an Equitable Toronto – October 22, 2020
• RAIC Conference – Designing for Community Wellbeing – October 28-19, 2020 – cancelled due to Covid-19

2019

• Interior Design Show – Community Wellbeing: A Framework for Design – January 17, 2019
• DesignTO – Community Wellbeing: Panel Discussion – January 22, 2019
• Paris Design Summit – Keynote Presentation: Community Wellbeing Framework  – February 20, 2019
• Healthy Parks, Healthy People Forum – Community Wellbeing: A Framework for Design – May 1, 2019
• Canadian Centre for Healthcare Facilities – Community Wellbeing Design – A Framework for Healthcare Planning and Design – May 23, 2019
• FCM Annual Conference – Connected Lab: Community Wellbeing – A Framework for Decision Makers – June 1, 2019
• FCM Annual Conference – The Walrus Talks Wellbeing – June 2, 2019
• National Health Leadership Conference (NHLC) – It takes a Healthcare Village – June 11, 2019
• The Wellbeing Cities Forum: A Global Conversation and Celebration of Wellbeing in Cities, moderator – June 19-20, 2019
• AIA San Francisco – Community Wellbeing Framework – July 24, 2019
• Active House Symposium – September 16-17, 2019
• Healthy Neighbourhoods Data Challenge, Jury Member – October, 2019
• Edmonton Urban Design Awards, Jury Member – October 4, 2019
• Sustainable Labs, Opening Panel Discussion – November, 19, 2019

2018

• Queen’s University – School of Urban and Regional Planning: Lecture on Community Wellbeing Framework  – February 27, 2018
• Healthcare Infrastructure Summit –  Community Wellbeing Framework Key Note presentation  – April 13, 2018
• ULI –  Breakfast Session: The Community Wellbeing Framework  – May 9, 2018
• Making Cities Livable Conference on Healthy 10-Minute Neighborhoods – Community Wellbeing: Towards a New Framework of Design – May 14-18, 2018
• OAA 2018 – Bold by Design: Community Wellbeing: Towards a New Framework  – May 23, 2018
• CITE 2018 – Sustainable Urban Integration: Transit as City-building  – June 5, 2018
• Automated Vehicles 2018: Sustainable Urban and Rural Transitions – June 6, 2018
• Conference Board of Canada – Promoting Healthy Active Living Through Supportive Environments – The Community Wellbeing Framework – June 11, 2018
• Conference Board of Canada Roundtable on Shared Mobility – Community Wellbeing: A New Framework for Understanding Transportation  – June 14, 2018
• Achieving Excellence Together – It takes a (Health Care) Village: Creating an Integrated Community and Hospital Master Plan – June 20, 2018
• IDC National Conference – Design Symposium – September 17, 2018
• Walk/Bike/Places Urban Sustainability – Community Wellbeing – a framework for planning and design – September 18, 2018
• OPPI Symposium – Community Wellbeing – a framework for planning and design – October 12, 2018
• OPPI Symposium – Laurentian University Campus Master Plan – October 13, 2018
• Walk21 Bogota – Community Wellbeing – a framework for planning and design – October 16, 2018
• Thinking About Infrastructure 2018 and Beyond – Setting the Foundations – October 24, 2018
• API Conference – Community Wellbeing – a framework for planning and design – October 26, 2018

2017

• RAIC/OAA Festival of Architecture 2017: From Vision to Details: the making of a University District – May 25, 2017
• RAIC/OAA Festival of Architecture 2017: Innovation in Canadian Urbanism – May 24, 2017
• City Debate #10: Follow Vienna, subsidize more housing – May 17, 2017
• Automated Vehicles 2017: Planning the Next Disruptive Technology  – (Moderator) Building Out the Vision: Focus on Municipalities – April 19, 2017
• York University: Markham Centre – Building the Vision for a Human Scale Campus – June 30, 2017
• INFIN Canada – Smart Cities, Smart Infrastructure – Opportunity for the Infrastructure Investor? – September 13, 2017
• World Design Summit 2017: Community Wellbeing: Towards a New Framework for Design Professions – September 19, 2017
• The Walrus Health Leadership Roundtable – November 1, 2017
• The Council for Healthy Living: Moving Ahead: Healthy Active Living Across the Lifespan – November 6, 2017
• Dtalks: Let’s talk about…TOD – December 4, 2017

2016

• Ryerson University: Sustainable Neighborhoods Discussion – November 15, 2016
• Sustainable Mobility Summit: Sustainable Development, Walking the (Walk) Talk – Walking the (Walk) Talk – October 26, 2016
• Heritage Canada Conference: Heritage Conservation Districts as a Component of Good Planning – October 21, 2016
• ERAPPA 2016 Annual Conference: Future-proofing Your Campus, 4 Trends and Lessons Learned – October 16 to 19, 2016
• Rail-Volution Conference: Autonomous Vehicles: The Future of Transit and Cities?  –  October 11, 2016
• Cana Data Conference: The Importance of Infrastructure and the Exchange Rate Impact on Design Professionals – Sept 22, 2016
• SBE16 Toronto: A Framework for Community Resilience Planning, the Moncton story – September 20, 2016
• Queens University – 10 things they don’t teach you at planning school –  September 19, 2016
• CUTA Conference: Canadian Urban Transit Association. Transforming Cities Through Transit, An Integrated Approach to Design – May 16, 2016
• 2016 OAA Conference: Architecture Matters: Shaping the Environment. The Design Review Panel – Making Architecture Matter More? – May 12, 2016
• Ryerson’s City Building Institute: Driverless Cars and City Building – May 12, 2016
• Conference Board of Canada Conference: Automated Vehicles: Planning the Next Disruptive Technology. Panel discussion: AVs and urban form: regional planning and urban infrastructure implications – April 19, 2016
• RAIC College of Fellows Southern Ontario Chapter: Annual Dinner Speaker. Transit Urbanism: (trans)forming cities?  – March 10, 2016

2015

• 5th Annual Summit on Public Consultation & Engagement – “Non-Traditional Public Consultation Techniques & Social Media” – December 1 & 2, 2015
• TSA Urban Affairs Forum – Designing Toronto’s Parks – Moderator – November 12, 2015
• ULI Toronto Symposium – “Driverless City” – November 3, 2015
• Rail-Volution 2015 – “Integrating Health, Livable Communities & Transit: A How-To Discussion” – October 27, 2015
• Council for Canadian Urbanism 7th Summit – Moderator of Young Urbanists’ Panel – October 16, 2015
• 2015 RAIC Festival of Architecture – “West Campus: Lessons in Transformative City-Building” – June 2015
• THRIVE 2015 CIP/SPPI Annual Conference – “Urban Vibrancy: Delivering On An Elusive Goal” – June 2015
• OPPI Oak Ridges District 5th Annual Summer Solstice Event – “Global City Planning” – June 17, 2015
• GTSWG, Switching Tracks: Towards transit equity in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Moderator – May 31, 2015
• TSA Urban Affairs Forum, Moderator – “Toronto Island Airport: Expansion Design Considerations” – May 28, 2015
• TSA Healthy Cities Forum, Moderator – April 21, 2015

2014

• Downtown Winnipeg Public Forum – Transit Oriented Development – November 2014
• University of Toronto – Lecture on Urban Design and Resilient Communities Framework – November 2014
• University of Manitoba – Coming to a Common Place: Indigenous Peoples and Urban Design – November 2014
• OPPI Symposium – “Beyond Mobility:  Corridor Planning for the Bigger Picture” – October 2014
• Alberta Association of Architects 2014 Professional Development Day – “Urban Vibrancy” – October 2014
• Rail-Volution 2014 – “Beyond Mobility:  Corridor Planning for the Bigger Picture” – September 2014
• 10th World Congress on Design + Health, Healthy Cities 2030 Pre-Congress Symposium Panel Member – July 2014
• CIP/API Conference 2014 – ‘People Matter in Transit Area Design’ Presentation + Panel Member – July 2014
• 6th Annual Transforming + Revitalizing Downtowns Summit 2014 – Conference Chair – June 2014
• 51st International Making Cities Livable 2014 – ‘Urban Vibrancy’ Presentation + Submission of paper for publication – June 2014
• Ontario Heritage Planners Network Meeting 2014 – “Contemporary Design in Heritage Conservation Districts’ Presentation – May 2014
• Alberta Sustainable Building Symposium 2014 – ‘Planning for Sustainability at University of Calgary’s West Campus’ Presentation with John Lyons – May 2014
• ULI 2014 Conference – ‘A Model for Building Healthy Places’ Panel Member + ‘Urban Wellness’ Presentation – April 2014
• Sandford Fleming Forum 2014 – ‘Planning Resilient Communities’ Panel Member + Presenter – April 2014
• BOMA 2014 Conference – Presenter – March 2014
• Canadian Urban Institute 2014 – ‘Global Suburbanism’ Panel Member – February 2014
• CAPS 2014 Conference – ‘Regional Planning’ Panel Member + ‘Transit Urbanism’ Presenter – February 2014

2013

• CityAge – The Innovation City – Presenter – October 2013
• ACT Canada Sustainable Mobility Summit – Keynote Speaker – October 2013
• CanaData Construction Industry Forecasts Conference – Presenter – September 2013 (VIDEO)
• A Suburban Revolution? – City Institute at York University – Panelist – September 2013
• Canadian Urban Transit Association Annual Conference – Keynote Speaker – June 2013
• 5th Annual Transforming & Revitalizing Downtown Summit – Conference Chair + Presenter – June 2013
• TCAT Complete Streets Forum – Plenary Moderator – May 2013
• CityAge – The Modern Metropolis – Presenter – May 2013 (VIDEO)
• The Agenda with Steve Paikin – Toronto Island Airport Dilemma Panelist – April 2013 (VIDEO)

2012

• CIP / APPI 2012 Conference – Presenter – October 2012
• IIDEX Canada 2012 Conference – Speaker – September 2012
• RAIC Festival of Architecture 2012 – Session Presenter – June 2012
• 4th Annual Transforming & Revitalizing Downtown Summit – Panelist – June 2012
• Planning Institute of BC 2012 Conference – Presenter – May 2012
• TCAT Complete Streets Forum – Presenter – April 2012

INTERVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

• The Conference Board of Canada – “Wellbeing by Design: Lessons From the Pandemic on Canadian Communities and the Built Environment” – 2022
• ULI Toronto – “Reimagining Recovery, Retrofitting Our Urban Region” – 2020
• Dialogdesign.ca – “A Framework for Community Wellbeing in Healthcare” – 2019
• Ryerson University, Guest Critic – In-between Space Interventions Charrette – 2019
• Municipal World – “A community wellbeing framework for design professionals” – 2019
• DesignX / Construction Canada – “Community Wellbeing, the new frontier” – 2018
• NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security– “Resilience and Risk Methods and Application in Environment, Cyber and Social Domains: Chapter 11, Planning Resilient Communities” – 2017
• FastCompany.com – “Can Artificial Intelligence Let Us Put People First?” – 2017
• Skyrisecities.com – “Laying Tracks for the Future: DIALOG’s Antonio Gómez-Palacio on Transit in Canada“ – 2017
• Skyrisecities.com – “Transit Trailblazer Antonio Gomez-Palacio Discusses Valley Line’s City Building Potential” – 2016
• Globe & Mail – “Street Smart” Autonomous Vehicles – 2016
• BEC Green – “5 Essential Factors for Creating a Framework for Municipal Resiliency“ – 2016
• Ontario Planning Journal – “Designing the Public Realm” (Antonio curated this issue) – 2016
• Ontario Planning Journal – “Peering into the crystal ball”  – 2016
• Ontario Planning Journal “From Lemonade Stands to YouTube” – 2014
• Winnipeg Sun – “Transit Oriented Development” – November 2014
• ReNew Canada – Room to Grow – May 2014
• Municipal World – The Opportunity of Transit Urbanism – March 2014
• Global Suburbanism – “Designing the Suburbs” – 2013

VIDEOS

• Edmonton Construction Association, The Social Procurement Opportunity – March 18, 2021
• Wellbeing Cities Forum, DIY City: The Power of Participation & Engagement – September 15, 2020
• The Toronto Region Board of Trade and ULI Toronto – Reimagining Recovery: Retrofitting Our Urban Region – June 2020
• The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Annual Conference and Trade Show – Walrus Talks Wellbeing – Urban strategies for fostering community wellbeing – June 2019
• OPPI Symposium – Community Wellbeing – a framework for planning and design – October 2018
• City Debate #10: Follow Vienna, subsidize more housing – May 2017
• Urban Magnets – July 2016
• The Ryerson City Building Institute – Driverless Cars & City Building – May 2016
• Southern Ontario Heritage Planners Network Conference – Contemporary Design in Heritage Conservation Districts – June 2014
• The Agenda with Steve Paikin – Looking to the Future of Urban Transportation – November 2013
• CanaData – Transforming Cities Through Transit – October 2013
• City Age – Transforming Cities Through Transit – June 2013
• The Agenda with Steve Paikin –  Toronto Island Airport Dilemma – April 2013