Alberta's first
Clean-tech Industry Conference
- Sep 17th, Clean-tech Workshops at the Lacombe Memorial Centre and evening Reception at Red Deer College's Innovation Centre
- Sep 18th, Clean-tech Convention at Red Deer College
REGISTRATION (Click HERE) - open to the public as a gathering of Alberta's clean-tech change agents. For more on free student passes contact info@ABCtech.ca.
The Alberta Council of Technologies is hosting the two-day Clean-tech Industry Conference.
Lacombe Memorial Centre Workshops
FRIDAY - September 17, 2010
Eight educational Workshops designed to address contemporary economic and environmental, social, and political issues of clean-tech surrounding: lifestyle change, financing clean-tech, construction standards, mobility shifts, food production, rural broadband, waste water, and renewable energy options. Presenters and participants are Alberta's leaders in the local clean-up. Click HERE for the full Program Draft.
Red Deer College Convention
SATURDAY - September 18, 2010
In addition to establishing the Alberta Clean-tech Industry Alliance and guiding resolutions derived from the Calgary and Edmonton Symposia this spring - found HERE, the Convention will feature:
LUNCHEON SPONSOR - RAMPART-AVENIR
- Satya Das will lead a feisty panel and engaging audience discussion on diversifying Alberta's economy and achieving green status through clean-tech. Satya is author of Green Oil - Clean energy for the 21st century. Industry panel reps: Agrculture - Bern Kotelko, Forestry - Alan Ward, Oil & Gas - Mike Rogers, Manufacturing - Mark Burggren and Clean-tech - Tom Rand.
The proposed Alliance is to help address the many challenges facing the diverse sectors comprising Alberta's fast-growing clean-tech industry: public education, financing, and establishing policies and standards for advancing the commercialization of clean-technologies.
CLICK HERE to nominate delegates to the Clean-tech Industry Convention and organizatons for the founding Board of the proposed Alberta Clean-tech Industry Alliance.
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MACHINE LEARNING FORUMS - NOVEMBER
The Telus Centre June 1st Forum: Off-loading Intelligence - When Machines Decide, co-hosted with the Alberta ICT Council, was a resounding success. Koodos to Dr. Jonathan Schaeffer for his enlightening presentation on Artificial Intelligence and to the panelists and audience for their engaging discussion of this fascinating and often provocative topic.Forum Brochure
Stay tuned for Canada's first Machine Learning Symposia
Calgary: November 1
Edmonton: November 3, in association with CIPS' ICE Conference and co-hosted with Alberta's ICT Council. |
News Reports
14-JUL-10 Rural Broadband - The Digital Divide
16-JUL-10 Alberta's Economic Diversification
See also - ABCtech's LIBRARY
About ABCtech
Diversifying Alberta's economy through technology. Our Society's mission is to demystify and advance the commercialization of emerging, potentially disruptive, technologies. Our Directors, volunteers, and over 5,000 subscribers represent diverse technology interests from across Alberta. Our industry status reports, webcasts, and public events are designed to bring research and business interests, suppliers and customers together, contributing to the development of strong business networks. While advocating for innovation and enterprise, we strive to serve as an honest broker in assessing the social, environmental and economic implications of emerging technologies
ABCtech's 2010 AGM & BBQ
"Twilight in the Meadows" attracts over 60. Edmonton's lush River Valley was the site of ABCtech's 2010 AGM and tent party on June 24th. Over 60 guests gathered to celebrate another outstanding year of helping to diversify the Alberta economy through technology. Click on the following links for more regarding the new ABCtech Board of Directors and the President's 2010 Annual Report. Revisit the Library for the AGM minutes soon to be posted.
The AGM featured a "riveting" presentation, "Do or die. Diversifying the Alberta economy" by Jason Brisbois, chief economist for theWestern Centre for Economic Research at the University of Alberta. The Centre has been commissioned to prepare a dataset contributing to a graphic illustration on the status of Alberta's economic diversification and an index of associated literature. Check the ABCtech Library for this year's posting and for Jason Brisbois's slide presentation.
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