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GLOBE 2016 Challenge Pitch Program - Renewable Energy Challenge
The Vancouver Economic Commission and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group are hosting a half-day Renewable Energy Challenge Workshop on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 1, 2016.
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 1st, 2016, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM followed by a networking reception at the Vancouver Convention Centre East.
Participants are invited to solve 5+ concrete challenges faced by cities and businesses in their efforts to be 100 percent renewable energy-powered. C40 cities (Vancouver, New York, and Copenhagen) will showcase their renewable energy goals and accomplishments, and outline key challenge(s) for which they are seeking solutions. The key focus will include…
IST- 5S Program Refresher for CI Leaders & Senior Managers
This is a continuous improvement event for CI Leaders and Senior Managers
Discussion Topics
Why do 5S in your organization?
What are your Challenges in sustaining your 5S programs?
How do you tie in 5S into other CI improvements?
5S – a fundamental approach for workplace organization, productivity, quality and safety improvements using Visual Management.
IST reinvigorated their 5S program this year and will share how they initiated it along with their challenges & successes. Devin will be highlighting the benefits of 5S and addressing any of the group’s…
WISE invites you to a seminar providing Canadian executives and entrepreneurs to learn about the opportunities in business and investments between Canada and Korea.
Speakers Will Include:
Mark Henderson - Executive Vice President, Asset Management and Chief Operating Officer of PowerStream Inc.
Dr. Ron Oberth - President & CEO of Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries
Arnie Rusinek - Vice President International of Teknion
Jae Chong - Exec. Director of KIGA Labs (ICT Sector)
Dr. Changize Sadr (former President of ABC Automotive) and Robert Lane (Vice-chair of Invest Toronto) will be present to answer questions on other sectors.
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You are invited to submit your abstract for the 1st annual Biophysical Society of Canada Meeting at the University of Waterloo in June 17-19, 2015. The meeting has a focus on novel developments in biophysics, bio-and nano-technologies.
Abstract submission deadline is April 1.
For more information, please see the attached PDF file below and visit the meeting website.
The Boston Chapter of the IEEE Power and Energy Society is conducting a 12 hour Energy Storage course that will provide advanced training in Battery Management Systems, Energy Storage Technologies, Vanadium Flow Battery, Transmission Planning Value for Midcontinent ISO, Policy and Standard Barriers, Lessons to learn, and Flywheels.
Please see the attached program guide for details and follow this link for registration.
Google is getting together with the IEEE to offer a prize of $1 million for the individual or team that can shrink the size of a 2kVA power dc-to-ac inverter the most under the banner of The Little Box Challenge.
As the browser company and IT giant states: "Figure out how to shrink an inverter down to something smaller than a small laptop - a reduction of more than a factor of ten in volume - and smaller than everyone else, and you'll win a million dollars - and help revolutionize electricity…
The SD Natural Gas Fund, a collaboration between the Government of Canada - through Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) - and the Canadian Gas Association (CGA), is now accepting applications until April 16.
The fund seeks to support technologies with the following applications:
- Residential (small-scale affordable combined heat and power units, ultra-efficient water heaters, technologies that improve the efficiency of residential heating and/or cooling);
- Commercial…
Electro-Federation Canadian Scholarship Program
The Electro-Federation Canada (EFC) scholarship program has been supporting students for over 19 years. In 2014, EFC and its members and participants will provide students with $113,000 in funding across 56 scholarships.
Now entering its 19th year, the Electro-Federation Scholarship Program has awarded over $600,000 to Canadian students. As an industry, this provides an opportunity for members to band together under a proven program. Canadian university and college students are shown the electrical industry as a viable career choice in Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Management, Operations, Information Technology and Human Resources.
The scholarships both encourage and support Canadian students in…
SDTC Tech Fund™ Funding Call for Applications is OPEN now - February 19 to April 16, 2014
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is a not-for-profit foundation that finances and supports the development and demonstration of clean technologies which provide solutions to issues of climate change, clean air, water quality and soil, and which deliver economic, environmental and health benefits to Canadians.
For more information visit the SDTC website.
Scholar‐in‐Residence position available at the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED) - McGill University
The Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED), in McGill's Faculty of Engineering, is seeking a scholar to spend six months in residence at McGill's Faculty of Engineering to participate in collaborative and interdisciplinary research and teaching. TISED's 2014-2015 Scholars-in-Residence program supports scholars and experts to conduct collaborative research with an emphasis on advancing sustainability in one of the following areas: (a) energy resources and…
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