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, 2nd 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
