Engineers can help protect environment: conference.A conference that could change how the engineering world treats the environment will be taking place May 10 to 12 in Ottawa. The Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC EIC Editor-In-Chief EIC Euro Info Centre (DIN) EIC Earned Income Credit EIC Excellence in Cities (UK) EIC Enterprise Interaction Center (Interactive Intelligence) ) will be hosting the three-day Climate Change Conference in order to bring attention to the possible changes that engineering businesses can make for the environment and why this is so important. The event is being held at the Ottawa Congress Centre in the city's downtown, about a 15-minute drive from Ottawa International Airport. A large group of engineers will attend this conference to educate other engineering companies as well as the public. "The response is quite a bit greater than assumed," says John Plant, publicity chair. "We hope the event is publicized enough, we are expecting at least 300 people." The fee for non-members before April 10 was $668.75 for the full conference and $240.75 for a day. To attend this event it will now cost a person looking to attend for the three days $775.75, or $267.50 for a one-day trip. For those not interested in spending three days there, Plant suggests attending the first day to listen to the keynote presenters. "I am eager to listen to the featured speakers," says Plant. "The Governor General will be interesting to listen to and we are hoping to get Rona Ambrose Ronalee "Rona" Ambrose, PC, BA, MA, MP (born March 15, 1969 in Valleyview, Alberta) is Canada's current Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Western Economic Diversification and President of the Privy Council for Canada. , the minister of the environment, to speak as well." This event will be of interest to government agencies, environmental practitioners, consulting engineers and with special interest groups such as financial and legal specialists, economists and experts working with climate change. "The Engineering profession has a major responsibility and role to play in addressing climate change," reads the event website. There will be a number of speakers to enlighten the public and other engineering companies about their plans for improving how their company effects the environment around their places of work, such as John Stone, former director general of Environment Canada Environment Canada (EC), legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act ( R.S., 1985, c. E-10 ), is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for coordinating environmental policies and . Among the concerned companies speaking are: Pierre Alvarez, president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum; Richard Paton Richard Paton (1717–1791) was a British marine painter. Paton spent his artisctic career in London, where he was born. He grew up in poverty, and never had a chance to study art formally; critics genrally assume he was likely self-taught. , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Canadian Chemical Producers' Association; Pierre Charlebois, executive vice-president and chief nuclear officer at Ontario Power Generation Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is a public company whose shares are wholly owned by the Government of Ontario. It is responsible for approximately 70% of the electricity generation in the province of Ontario, Canada [1]. and Ralph Torrie, vice-president of ICF (Internet Connection Firewall) The built-in firewall in Windows XP. It provides a stateful inspection of packets which accepts only responses to requests originated by the user. Consulting. "I think this is a terrific bunch of speakers," says Plant. Although this is primarily a Canadian conference, no foreign companies were turned down when they applied to join this cause. Companies from countries like the United States, India and the Netherlands will be attending and participating in the event. A detailed program can also be found on the website. The program includes the times and places that various sessions will be occurring, the name of the presentation topic, and which company will be hosting it. Along with being an important conference that could change the way industrial operations affect the environment, it will bring engineering companies from around the world together to share ideas and best practices. www.ccc2006.ca By MARIE Marie (mərē`), 1875–1938, queen of Romania, consort of Ferdinand. The daughter of Alfred, duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, she was the granddaughter of Czar Alexander II of Russia and of Queen Victoria of England. CLARKE For Northern Ontario Business Northern Ontario Business is a Canadian magazine, which publishes monthly in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The magazine covers business news and issues in Northern Ontario. |
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