Last
week, we mentioned that some Westport employees (Westporters) would be
attending the GLOBE2012 conference from March 14-16.
Westporter
Teresa Ko, a member of our Sustainable Futures team reflects on the opening day
of the conference:
The common theme on day one of GLOBE 2012 has been collaboration
and innovation. Christy
Clark, Premier, Province of BC spoke to the increasing opportunities in the
green-tech sector, including employment, technology innovations, and exploration
in renewable energy.. Clark’s Welcoming
Remarks at the Opening Plenary of GLOBE 2012 mentioned that Liquefied Natural
Gas (LNG) is the cleanest burning fossil fuel and the Government of BC makes
plan to invest in this natural resource.
One of the keynote speakers at the Opening
Plenary, Jim
Weigand, President, DuPont
Sustainable Solutions introduced DuPont’s sustainability initiative, Global Collaboratory. Another keynote speaker, Steve
Williams, President & COO of Suncor Energy Inc. provided
examples on how the companies in the energy sector collaborate to innovate.
At the session “Sustained
Growth and Sustainability: Re-engineering the Economic Model”, panellists
were presented with some challenging questions from the audience on how
businesses, academic institutions, finance leaders, policy-makers and
regulators need to work together to take actionable solutions rather than passively
proposing ideas.
Overall the first day at
Globe2012 was a huge success, with interesting sessions and a strong
overarching theme of Collaboration and Innovation. Day two is looking to be
equally thought provoking and inspiring.
Westporters Heather and Duran pose with the Juniper engine on the tradeshow floor.
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