After Oil: Public Roundtable
Date and time
Location
Art Gallery of Alberta
AGA Ledcor Theatre, Art Gallery of Alberta 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square Edmonton, AB T6G 2E5 CanadaDescription
What comes after oil, for Alberta, for Canada and for the World? How will our societies continue to thrive and prosper once our dominant source of energy becomes expensive, no longer readily accessible, or too damaging to the environment to use in ways that we do today? Join us for an evening of debate and discussion about what comes next for us when we start to live in societies shaped by a new relationship to energy.
Host: Sheena Wilson (Petrocultures – Universoty of Alberta)
Moderator: Todd Hirsch (Chief Economist, ATB Financial)
Guest Speaker: Jennifer Jacquet (Environmental Studies, New York University)
Respondents:
Simon O’Byrne (Vice-President, Urban Planning, Stantec)
Eddy Isaacs (Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions)
Imre Szeman (Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies – University of Alberta)
Trevor Harrison (Director, Parkland Institute, University of Alberta)
Please note the following details:
Please note: Lecture theatre seating is now sold out. Overflow space will be available where there will be a screen and audio of the event.