Permacon Elevation

Elevate your business, elevate your design, elevate your skills. Elevate yourself.

Permacon Elevation brings together Permacon Academy and Permacon Day during winter 2023, in five different cities. During those four days, you can meet our partners and our team.

Tuesday to Thursday, attend the Permacon Academy. On Friday, it’s the return of the big Permacon show, under Permacon Day.

Vaughan (Universal Eventspace): February 14 to 17
Laval (Sheraton Laval): February 21 to 24
Ottawa (Ottawa Conference and Event Centre): March 14 to 17—content offered in English and French!
Boucherville (Hôtel Mortagne): March 21 to 24
Lévis (Lévis Centre des Congrès): March 28 to 31

Register your team and yourself now

Permacon Academy and Day are 100% free. Registrations help us ensure Elevetion runs smoothly and allow us to prepare personalized badges and Permacon Academy certificates.

You can register up to 10 participants at a time, for groups of more than 10, please contact elevation@permacon.ca, and we will help you register your whole team.

Don’t forget to bring your Eventbrite confirmation to the events, so you can pick up your personalized nametag!

Vaughan: February 14 to 17, 2023

Laval: February 21 to 24, 2023

Ottawa: March 14 to 17, 2023

Boucherville: March 21 to 24, 2023

Lévis: March 28 to 31, 2023

Permacon Day

On Friday, discover our new products of 2023, meet our teams and partners and get inspired in time for the start of the season!

What to expect:

Breakfast
Presentation of our new 2023 products
Special guest speaker
Marketing tools reminder—and launch of a new one!
Awards for the most beautiful 2022 landscaping projects
New and popular Permacon products stations

Register now!

Vaughan: February 17, 2023

Laval: February 24, 2023

Ottawa: March 17, 2023

Boucherville: March 24, 2023

Lévis: March 31, 2023

Elevation Awards

You’re proud of your 2022 projects? Submit them at Elevation Awards for a chance to win a $500 prize at Elevation!

Enter the contest!

You can submit one project by category:

Ecofriendly Designs: permeable pavers, heat island reduction, native plants, etc.
Entryway Landscapes: driveways, front steps, streets, sidewalks, etc.
Backyards and living spaces: pools, patios, roof decks, gardens, parks, etc.

At each Elevation, three winners, for three categories, will win a price worthy of their achievement!

Permacon Academy

Permacon Academy takes place over three days, Tuesday through Thursday. On Thursday, you have the choice of two classes given simultaneously, with two different contents.

Register now!

Vaughan: February 14 to 16, 2023

Laval: February 21 to 23, 2023

Ottawa: March 14 to 18, 2023

Boucherville: March 21 to 23, 2023

Lévis: March 28 to 30, 2023

Tuesday: Business

Employee psychology
Employee management
Marketing
Team management
Sales
Useful calculations

Wednesday: Elevate your Design

Current and future landscaping trends
How to create eco-friendly design
Think about outdoor lighting in a design
How to use Realtime Landscaping Architect (hands-on workshop!)

Thursday: Installation and Tricks of the Trade

For people with only a few years of experience or who were not at Permacon Academy 2022

Health and safety on the work site
Every step of a landscape project, from ground preparation to the final inspection with the client
Tips and tricks to install faster and better
How to install over a cement foundation
Installation Permacon Tandem system (hands-on workshop!)

Thursday: Specific Installations

For experienced lansdcapers (10 years and more)

Health and safety reminder on the work site
When, where and how to use permeable pavers and slabs
How to install on rooftops
How to install fiberglass pools capping
Installation of Artex panel system (hands-on workshop!)

Vaughan

Although the content is offered in English in Vaughan, copies of the presentations in Mandarin are available to all.

Ottawa

In Ottawa, the Wednesday and Thursday classes are separated by language: one class is offered in French and the other in English – both with the same content.