Craig is an award winning architect, urban designer, and a pioneer in the planning and design of regenerative buildings, urban resilience, and symbiotic cities. In addition to his full-time architecture practice, Craig regularly shares his expertise as a speaker and facilitator at international conferences, seminars, and workshops. Learn more about Craig’s past and present engagements below.

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

2024

• Maritime Lumber Bureau – “The Future of Mass Timber Design: 3 Key Design Strategies” – Presenter – June 5, 2024
• CBC Radio – Craig Applegath on Ontario government’s new decision to allow higher mass timber buildings – April 12, 2024
• Toronto Construction Association (TCA)‘s Young Construction Leaders (YCL) President’s Panel – How do we get to Net Zero? – Panelist – April 25, 2024
• “Hybrid Timber – Low Carbon and Long Spans” session hosted by WoodWorks – Presenter – Toronto, January 24, 2024

2023

• Industrialized Wood-Based Construction conference – Keynote Speaker – “The Hybrid Wood Tower as a Means of Using Mass Timber in High Rise Structures” – Washington D.C., September 27, 2023
• Design for Manufacture and Assembly conference by Ergodomus – Speaker – “DfMAy 2023 – II edition” – Online, May 24, 2023
• Dalhousie University – Speaker – “Zero Carbon. Hybrid Wood. Supertall.” – Halifax, March 24, 2023

2022

• The Buildings Show – Speaker – “Lessons Learned About Integrated Project Delivery” – Toronto, December 1, 2022
• Host – “15′ City Summit” by Digital Blue Foam – Online, July 20, 2022
• AIA Conference on Architecture – Presenter – “A Zero-Carbon Hybrid Wood Supertall Future” – Chicago, June 22, 2022
• Steel-Timer Hybrid Buildings Conference – Presenter – “Hybrid Timber Tower, Toronto: Achieving 105 Stories and Long Spans via Steel Cables and Cages” – Chicago, May 24, 2022
• OAA Conference – Speaker – “Beyond Net-Zero: Building Positive Futures through Regenerative Architecture and Design” – Online, May 11, 2022
• International Mass Timber Conference – Presenter – “The Hybrid Timber Tower: Mass Timber for the Masses” – Portland, April 14, 2022
• Interior Design Show – Presenter – “Many Hands: Indigenous Co-Design for Higher Education” – Toronto, April 8, 2022

2021

• The Alberta Association of Architects PD Series – Presenter – “The Five Key Climate Change Challenges and Opportunities Alberta Designers Should Have on their Radar in the Next Five Years” – Online, October 5, 2021
• Grey to Green Conference – Presenter – “Dumb & Grey to Smart & Green” – Online, June 15, 2021
• Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) Annual Conference – Keynote Presentation – “Reaching for the Sky! Locking up Carbon in a Super-Tall Hybrid Wood Tower” – Online, May 27, 2021

• CleanBC NZER Workshop Series: Lessons from the Leading Edge – Speaker – Advancing Solutions for Zero Emission Buildings – Online, February 11, 2021

• University of Toronto, Faculty of Forestry, Mass Timber Institute – Presenter – Mass Timber and Sustainable Buildings – Online, January 26, 2021

2020

• Ozyegin University Faculty of Architecture – Presenter – “Meeting The Challenges of The Twenty First Century Imperative: Hope in a Time of Darkness” – Ozyegin, Turkey, November 17, 2020
• CaGBC Emerging Leaders – Charrette Workshop and Presentation – “The Zero Carbon N.E.W. D.E.A.L. – Toronto, October 17, 2020
• AFWERX Fusion US AirForce Conference – Panelist – Robust and Ready: Designing Resilient Installations and Communities – Online, July 28, 2020
• Buildings Canada Panel – State of the Design and Construction Industry: What are we seeing? – Online, June 9, 2020

2019

• AIA Students Conference 2019 – Meeting the Challenges of The Twenty First Century Imperative: Hope in a Time of Darkness – Toronto, December 29, 2019
• The Buildings Show 2019 – Mass Timber, Concrete or Steel: What’s the Best Option for your Project? – Toronto, December 4, 2019
• University of Toronto, Faculty of Forestry – Mass Timber and Sustainable Buildings presentation – Toronto, November 12, 2019
• Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape + Design – Midday Talk: Forestry + Design Series – Mass Timber Institute Presentation – Toronto, October 29, 2019
• Urban Land Institute Resilience Summit – Panel Moderator: Zero Carbon Development – Washington, DC, September 18, 2019
• Urban Land Institute, A Resilient Future: Climate Risk + Real Estate Investment Decisions – Resilience Panel Moderator – Calgary, June 25, 2019
• Ontario Building Envelope Council, Spring Seminar on Mass Timber – Overview of Mass Timber Institute – Markham, June 12, 2019
• OAA 2019 Conference – A Roadmap to Carbon Neutral: Key Lessons Learned – Quebec City, May 23, 2019
• Grey to Green Conference, Morning Keynote Speaker, Toronto, April 4, 2019

2018

• Speaker at the International Living Future Conference, “A Road Map to Net-Zero Carbon for Campuses”, Portland, May 2018
• Key Note Speaker and Moderator at the Grey-to-Green Conference, “Lessons Learned from City-Building Scale Green Infrastructure Projects for Climate Change and Beyond”, Toronto, May 2018
• Key Note Speaker at the Ontario Association of Physical Plant Administrators (OAPPA), “A Road Map to Net-Zero Carbon for Campuses”, Toronto, May 2018
• Panel Speaker at the Canadian Association of Landscape Architects Conference, “Climate Change Adaptation: Challenges and Opportunities”, Toronto, April 2018
• Keynote Speaker at an internal policy conference of the Ontario Government, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, “Fighting Climate Change Through Public Policy: Ten Key Insights From The Trenches of the Planning and Design Sector”, Toronto, April 2018

2017

• Eastern Region Association of (University) Physical Plant Administrators (ERAPPA) Conference, “Future-proofing Your Facilities: 4 Challenges and Opportunities”, Niagara Falls, 2017
• Guest Lecturer at the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture Design and Landscape Architecture, “The Bill Fisch Forest Stewardship and Education Centre”, Toronto, 2017
• Guest Lecturer at the Willowbank School, “The Bill Fisch Forest Stewardship and Education Centre”, St. Catherines, 2017

2016

• SBE16 Toronto – Strengthening Symbiotic Flows: Valuing Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital, September 2016
• Grey to Green Conference 2016 – Coming Full Circle: The Future of Living Architecture Design, June 2016
• OAA Annual Conference 2016 – Creating a Regenerative Building – Restoring the Ecosystem, May 2016
• OAA Annual Conference 2016 – 5 Important Trends that will change everything! May 2016
• World Future Council: The City We Need is a Regenerative City in Prague, Czech Republic, March 2016

2015

• Keynote Speaker at the Build Ideas Conference, Toronto, 2015 – “5 Important Trends That Will Change Everything!”
• Green Building Festival: “Strategies for Resilient Economies – Proving that resilience makes sense” in Toronto, Ontario, 2015
• Future of Cities Forum: “The Built Environment of Regenerative Cities” in Beijing, China, 2015
• Keynote conference speaker at Pathways 2 Sustainability Calgary, Calgary, June 2015

2014

• Keynote conference speaker at the Future of Cities Forum 2014: “IMAGINE Regenerative Urban Development” in Munich, Germany
• Conference speaker at the AAA Continuing Education Conference in October 2014
• Keynote conference speaker at the Grey to Green Conference in Toronto, August 2014
• Conference speaker at the CaGBC National Conference in Toronto, June 2014
• Conference speaker at the RAIC National Conference in Winnipeg, May 2014
• Keynote speaker at the Sustainable Kingston Conference, Kingston, Ontario, May 2014
• Conference speaker at ABX Boston Conference, Boston MA, November 2013
• Keynote speaker at Minneapolis Green Energy Conference, Minneapolis, November 2014

2013

• Conference speaker at BuildEx Conference Calgary, Calgary, November 2013
• Conference speaker at the Sustainable Buildings Canada Green Building Festival, October 2013.
• Conference speaker at the CaGBC National Conference in Vancouver, June 2013
• Conference Speaker at the International District Energy Association (IDEA), Miami, June 2013
• Conference Speaker at the CaGBC Conference in Edmonton, March 2013

2012

• Speaker at the University of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture B.E.S.T. Lecture in Toronto, November 2012
• Keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), New Orleans 2012
• Keynote speaker at Planning Institute of British Columbia Conference, Harris Springs, 2012
• Conference Speaker at the Smart Cities Conference, Guangzhou, China, 2012
• Conference Speaker at the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Annual Conference in St. Johns, NFD, 2012
• Lecture at York University to the Environmental Studies, 2012

2011

• Keynote Speaker at the Greater Toronto Area Mayors’ Conference, 2011
• Panel Speaker at the BUILDEX Conference in Vancouver, 2011
• Keynote Speaker at the CAPS Conference at the University of Waterloo, 2011

2010

• Conference Speaker at the AIAS Conference in Toronto, 2010
• Keynote Speaker at City of Edmonton “Way We Green” Speakers Series, City of Edmonton, 2010

2009

• Keynote Speaker at the IDEX / Green Building Festival in Toronto, 2009

PODCASTS

• Mass Timber Institute’s podcast Mass Timber Today – 2023-present
• Twenty First Century Imperative – 2017-2022