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