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HubTalk: Nova Scotia at United Nations climate change negotiations in Copenhagen – Part 2: What’s next for Nova Scotia?

  The dust has settled after the Copenhagen climate change talks. There were some positive outcomes, like the unprecedented participation of world leaders and the chance for Nova Scotia to share its ambitious tidal projects with the world. But of course, we also know that the negotiations didn't live up to the hopes that a binding agreement would be emerge to move us toward the low-carbon future, so where does Nova Scotia go from here?

  On February 23, 2010, from 7 to 9pm, join us for the second installment of the Copenhagen HubTalk, presented by the Hub, Carbon Sense Solutions, and the Halifax Regional C@P Program.

  Representing Nova Scotia was a great source of pride in Copenhagen. We have set the forward-thinking objective of Sustainable Prosperity through encouraging the opportunities, innovations, education, and training to make Nova Scotia a world-renowned leader in the green economy. We will kick off the evening with a keynote visioning address from our Provincial government, speaking to the incredible opportunities the Sustainable Prosperity mandate offers. After we have set the scene, Copenhagen delegates will share exciting projects and initiatives other leaders from around the world have undertaken in government, business, and local communities, and more importantly, what exciting possibilities they see in Nova Scotia.

   For this event, we have also teamed up with the regional C@P program to broadcast the talk online. We are also very excited about a new format, where attendees both at the Hub and over the web will be able to submit questions throughout the evening for the panelists.

  The event promises to be an engaging, dynamic, and inspirational conversation highlighting innovative opportunities from around the world, and how we can tailor them to Nova Scotia.

  For information on the Sustainable Prosperity mandate, please visit http://www.gov.ns.ca/econ/ofsp/

Speaker list*

Host & MC: Robert Niven, President and Founder, Carbon Sense Solutions

Vision for Sustainable Prosperity in Nova Scotia, Nova Soctia Government

George Foote, Nova Scotia Government

Emily Richardson, Manager of Carbon Services, Carbon Sense Solutions

*Speaker list subject to change pending final confirmation of the program and availability.

Logistics

Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2009

Time: 7.00 – 9.00pm

Location: The Hub Halifax, 1673 Barrington Street, 2^nd Floor, Halifax, NS

Partners

The Hub and HubTalk: The Hub is a values-driven, intentional co-working and meeting space with all the facilities needed to launch an idea, run a meeting, refine a concept, develop strategies and solutions. This environment brings together talent from diverse sectors and professions into a social network that is productive and inspired. The HubTalk series was inspired by hosting the first TEDxHalifax talk in October, which focused on “Global Perspective and Local Learning”. The HubTalks series is a forum to share important ideas and initiatives within the community and abroad.

Carbon Sense Solutions Inc.: Halifax-based Carbon Sense Solutions is an environmental engineering consultancy and technology developer serving industry needs in carbon management. Our expertise includes carbon capture and storage services, carbon sequestration technologies, and carbon and energy solutions. We pursue value-added innovations and use our partnerships with industry leaders from around the world to offer a suite of customized solutions designed to position our clients as leaders in today’s marketplace and tomorrow’s low-carbon economy. Carbon Sense Solutions is a co-organizer of the provincial business trade team to Copenhagen and has participated in other United Nations climate change meetings in previous years.

Halifax Regional C@P Association: The Halifax Regional CAP Association is an established not-for-profit organization with extensive experience managing complex projects. These projects employ professionally trained staff to deliver quality service to communities through their locally operated Community Access Program (CAP) sites. Since 2000 HRCAP has provided support to Community Access Programming (C@P) sites. C@P is a government of Canada initiative to provide Internet access to those who would not normally have it due to economic, social or geographic barriers. Currently 40 C@P sites in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) provide urban and rural communities affordable access to computers and the internet.

Contacts

Tracy Boyer, 482-4729, tracy.boyer@the-hub.net

Robert Niven, 233-7073, Robert.Niven@CarbonSenseSolutions.com