Event

Toward a 100%-clean-energy Québec

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 18:00
PHI Centre & McGill University, CA, CA

To mark the official inauguration of the Trottier Energy Institute (IET), Polytechnique is joining forces with McGill University to organize a conference and panel discussion on the topic “Toward a 100%-Clean-Energy Québec”.

The event is open to all and will take place in French and English.


OPENING MESSAGES

  • Christophe Guy
    CEO, Polytechnique Montréal
  • Heather Munroe-Blum
    Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University

GUEST SPEAKERS

  • La situation énergétique mondiale: la bifurcation régionale des défis et vers un monde électrique décarbonné 
    Hans Björn Püttgen
    , holder of the Chaire de gestion des systèmes énergétiques (Chair in Energy Systems Management), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and Director of the Energy Center
  • Un Québec carbo-neutre
    Claude Villeneuve
    , holder of the Chaire Éco-Conseil (Eco-Advisory Chair), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
  • Énergie et ingénierie durable : indissociables
    Louise Millette
    , head of the Bureau de développement durable (Sustainable Development Office) and Director of the Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
  • Renewable Energy: Achieving a Balance
    Jim Nicell
    , Professor, Department of Civil Engineering & Applied Mechanics and incoming Dean, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University

PANEL

The panel, comprising four speakers, will be moderated by Thomas Gervais, adjunct professor in the Department of Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal, and Géza Joós, Director of the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED), McGill University.


CLOSING WORDS

  • Géza Joós, Director of the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED), McGill University
  • Miguel F. Anjos, Interim Director of the Trottier Energy Institute, Polytechnique Montréal
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