Accelerating Clean Innovation: How Public Policy Can Drive Greener Growth
Date and time
Location
Hotel Alma
169 University Gate Northwest Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 CanadaDescription
Calgary, Alberta
Sustainable Prosperity, along with partners, is bringing together some of the world’s pre-eminent thinkers for a one-day policy and research conference to discuss the public role in accelerating clean innovation. Please join us!
Confirmed Speakers:
Nick Johnstone- Head, Structural Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD.
Peter Nicholson- Inaugural President, The Council of Canadian Academies; former Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, Prime Minister of Canada; former Special Advisor to the OECD Secretary-General; Member, Order of Canada.
Richard Hawkins- Professor, Science, Technology and Society Program, University of Calgary.
Alan Nymark- Chairman of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards and Former Deputy Minister of the Environment; Steering Committee member, Sustainable Prosperity.
Stewart Elgie- Professor of Law and Economics, Director of the Institute of the Environment, University of Ottawa; Chair, Sustainable Prosperity.
Richard Newell- Former Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration; Gendell Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics at the Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University; former Senior Economist for Energy and Environment, President's Council of Economic Advisors.
Additional speakers to be announced.
Guest Accommodation:
Preferential rates available (book by March 6th, under "Clean Innovation Conference"):
Hotel Alma at the University of Calgary
169 University Gate NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
Toll Free: 1.877.498.3203
P: 403.220.3203
Event Website:
http://www.sustainableprosperity.ca/article3965
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Smart Prosperity Institute is a national research network and policy think tank based at the University of Ottawa. We deliver world-class research and work with public and private partners – all to advance practical policies and market solutions for a stronger, cleaner economy.
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