Winter term speaker series kicks off for Energy and Environmental Systems specialization

The Energy and Environmental Systems (EES) Specialization is rolling out its speaker series for the Winter 2014 term.

Featuring presentations by international experts on topics such as electrical power systems, water supply, and climate policy, the series aims to increase awareness for and create an engaging dialogue on energy systems, the environment, the economy and sustainability.

The EES speaker series is led by students enrolled in the Faculty of Science’s EES Specialization.

“Our goal through this speaker series is to reach a broad audience from all faculties and departments involved in environmental and economic issues pertinent to the energy sector, from engineering, environmental design, business school, law, public policy and sciences,” says Hamid Shaker, PhD candidate in the Schulich School of Engineering, and vice-president for the EES Seminar Series.

The interdisciplinary specialization is offered to graduate students through the faculties of arts, environmental design, law, and science, as well as the Haskayne School of Business and the Schulich School of Engineering.

The EES specialization is intently focused on developing students’ scientific understanding of energy flows and transformations, important links between energy and environmental systems, business, legal and regulatory systems that shape the interactions between energy and environment, and energy system engineering.

“The main outcome of the EES speaker series is to give the graduate students and their supervisors a comprehensive vision of energy-related issues,” adds Shaker. “By bringing experts to campus and exposing participants to a wide range of topics, we can help researchers tackle energy challenges using innovative and synergistic approaches. This directly supports the university’s green energy research targets.”

The EES speaker series is free and open to faculty members and students from across campus.

Winter 2014 Energy and Environmental Systems Specialization speaker series

Monday, Jan. 27

Title: Water Energy Nexus in the United States: Current Research and Emerging Questions
Talk by: Sarah M. Jordaan, assistant professor of Energy Policy and Politics, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary
Time: 1 p.m. (note special time for this talk)
Location: Gallery Hall, Taylor Family Digital Library

Monday, Feb. 24
Title: The Canadian Electricity Sectors Make No Sense: A Few Steps to Get Richer and Greener
Talk by: Pierre-Olivier Pineau, professor, Department of Management Sciences and Chair Energy Sector Management, HEC Montreal
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: TBC

Monday, March 24
Title:  Science, Values and Decision-Making in Climate Policy
Talk by: Thomas Dietz, Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy; Assistant Vice President for Environmental Research, Michigan State University
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: TBC

Monday, March 31
Title: TBC
Talk by: Ganesh Doloweera, postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary
Location: TBC

Monday, April 7
Title: TBC
Talk by: Clark Miller, associate professor, School of Politics and Global Studies; Senior Sustainability Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University
Location: TBC

To reserve a seat for these upcoming presentations, visit: http://ucalgaryeesspeakerseries.eventbrite.com/