PICS Fall 2011 Lecture Series: Harnessing Technological Innovation for a Carbon-free Future

David Wilkinson from UBC and Elicia Maine of Simon Fraser University (SFU) will share their thoughts on “Harnessing Technological Innovation for a Carbon-free Future.” Wilkinson is a professor and Canada Research Chair at UBC’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and director of UBC’s Clean Energy Research Centre. Maine is associate professor at the Beedie School of Business at SFU.

This climate-solutions discussion will cover the role new innovative technology can play in a sustainable carbon-free future, and some of the challenges to its commercialization. This event will be moderated by Paul Evans, director at UBC Institute for Asian Research and a program committee member at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).

Date: Nov. 24
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Place: Rm 1300-1500, Segal Graduate School of Business, SFU, 500 Granville Street
Info: Register: http://www.picspubliclecture3.eventbrite.com/. Free admission. Public welcome.
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