Conference examines global energy security

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[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/energy2100.jpg” caption=”Energy2100: Global Perspectives on a Sustainable Future runs from June 18 to 20 at the Hamilton Convention Centre.”]Leading policy experts from around the world will gather to address global energy security and its environmental, economic and societal implications at Energy2100: Global Perspectives on a Sustainable Future from June 18 to 20 at the Hamilton Convention Centre.

Noted speakers at the three-day conference will include:

  • Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada
  • Johanne Gelinas, former federal Commissioner of the Environment & Sustainable Development
  • Thomas Homer-Dixon, director, Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
  • Gord Lambert, vice-president, Sustainable Development, Suncor Energy Inc.
  • Murray Elston, president and CEO, Canadian Nuclear Association
  • Adam White, president, Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario
  • Shane Pospisil, president and CEO, Ontario Energy Association
  • Jurgen Maier, director, German NGO Forum Environment & Development

    The conference is open to the public. Registration information can be found at www.energy2100.ca.

    Energy2100 is being organized by the Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy at McMaster University, with the support of Dofasco Inc.

    The Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy offers study at the graduate level to enhance students' understanding of engineering, science and public policy, and how public policy affects technological, social, economic and ecological systems leading to sustainability.