Positive Energy - Trust in Transition

Energy Transition Decision-Making: Is Canada up to the task?
Tuesday, 23 January 2018 - 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Location
Where: 
Fauteux Hall, 57 Louis-Pasteur (map)
Room number: 
147
Contact information
Contact person: 
Rafael Dezordi
Email: 
rafael.dezordi@uottawa.ca
Phone: 
6135625800
Extension: 
3911
Registration
Registration required: 
Yes
Registration details: 

Please register at Eventbrite

 

Registration website: 
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/transition-d...
Cost to attend: 
Free of charge
  • This event is offered only in English.
Event type: 
Lectures & conferences, Conference, Workshops & seminars, Academic
Event organizer: 
Positive Energy, Faculty of Social Sciences
Event language: 
English
Intended audience: 
Open to all, Students, Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Professors, Staff, Alumni, Public
Positive Energy - Trust in Transition
Energy Transition Decision-Making: Is Canada up to the task?

The public panel kicks off the planning event for `Trust in Transition`, the next phase of the University of Ottawa Positive Energy project.

When?

January 23, 2017

What time?

4:30-6 PM, followed by a reception from 6-7 PM.

Where?

Fauteux Hall, 57 Louis-Pasteur Private, Moot court 147

Format:

 The panel explores opportunities and challenges in four areas that affect public confidence and trust in energy transition decision making: the information base for long-term evidence based policy making; expanded roles for municipal and Indigenous communities; uneven social acceptance of technology; and the role of the conventional resource sector (oil and gas, nuclear) in energy transition. 

Moderator:

- Dr. Monica Gattinger, Chair, Positive Energy

Opening remarks:

- Jay Khosla, Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Sector, Natural Resources Canada (TBC)

Panelists:

-          Michael Cleland, Senior Fellow, Positive Energy 

-          Chris Henderson, President, Lumos Energy

-          Brenda Kenny, Adjunct Professor, University of Calgary

-          David Runnalls, Visiting Professor, Institute for the Environment, University of Ottawa