Keynotes:
The Honourable Glen R. Murray | Ontario Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
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David McLaughlin | Strategic Advisor on Sustainability, University of Waterloo | Former President and CEO of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE)
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Confirmed Speakers & Moderators:
Master of Ceremonies
- Dr. Gordon McBean | Chair, Ontario Climate Consortium
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Ontario Climate Consortium chair Dr. Gordon McBean addresses the 2014 symposium.
Host Address
- Dr. Mo Elbestawi | Vice President of Research and International Affairs, McMaster University
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Session 1 | The Business of Climate Resilience and Adaptation
- Adam Auer | Director of Sustainability & Stakeholder Relations, Cement Association of Canada
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Click here to access his profile | Click here for his presentation - Tom Rand | Senior Advisor, Cleantech; Managing Partner, ArcTern Ventures
Click here to access his profile | Click here for his presentation - Benjamin Shinewald | President and CEO, Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada
Click here to access his profile | Click here for his presentation - Moderator: Blair Feltmate | Associate Professor, Program Director Sustainability Practice; Chair Climate Change Adaptation Project Canada
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Session 2 | The Synergies of Natural and Social Science: The Adaptation Tag-Team
- Sarah Burch | Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
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Click here to access his profile | Click here for his presentation - Gord McBean | Professor, Western University
Click here to access his profile | Click here for his presentation - Moderator: Linda Hawkins | Director, Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship at the University of Guelph
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Overview of the Graduate Research Poster Session & Art Exhibition
- Altaf Arain | Director, McMaster Centre for Climate Change; Professor, McMaster University
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Dr. Altaf Arain presents at the 2014 Ontario Climate Change symposium.
Session 3 | Art, Activism and Climate Change: The Bridge between Science and Society
- Kai Reimer-Watts | Artist and Creative Director, Better Creative
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Click here to access her profile | Click here for her presentation - Moderator: Ian Clarke | Associate Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary Studies, OCAD University
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Closing Remarks
- Dr. Robert Baker | Dean, Faculty of Science, McMaster University
- Benjamin Bradshaw | Associate Professor, University of Guelph
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Speaker and Moderator Biographies Compiled
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