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2008 AGM June 16 & 17, 2008 Hilton Bonaventure Hotel - Montreal Mark you calendars for the 2008 Annual General Meeting and CAE Seminar to be held at the Hilton Bonaventure Hotel in Montreal on June 16 and 17, 2008. A dinner will be held on the evening of the 16th. It will be followed the next day by the CAE seminar “Géniemagination - Imagination in Engineering”. This seminar will highlight the leading engineering developments in the Montreal area in sectors key to Montreal’s economic development. We will also induct our new Fellows on the 17th at a special ceremony at the hotel. We are looking forward to hosting engineering students from the Montreal area at the Seminar and induction, and are relying on a good turn out from the CAE members to meet and interact with a new crop of young Canadian engineers. |
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WWEC 2008 The World Wind Energy Association, St. Lawrence College and Ontario Sustainable Energy Association have announced the 7th Annual World Wind Energy Conference to be held June 24-26, 2008. WWEC 2008 promises to create a dynamic environment for renewable energy professionals, policy makers, government officials, manufacturers, engineers and community groups to come together to discuss a breadth of current topics related to all renewable energy generation technologies. |
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BIO-CONVERSION DEMONSTRATION PROCESSES The Research Park Sarnia, Ontario May 12 & 13, 2008 Contact Caroline Craig at (519)383-8303 or Don Hewson at dhewson@researchpark.ca to reserve your place on the program.
CAE ENERGY PATHWAYS WORKSHOP SERIES – THREE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS Four Points Sheraton Hotel Calgary, Alberta October 11 & 12, 2007 Hosts: ISEEE, AERI The focus of this workshop was on implementing the recommendations of the CAE Energy Pathways Task Force Phase 1 – Final Report. The workshop focused specifically on Recommendation 1 of the Energy Pathways report, which calls for Canada to undertake “National Technology Projects” on the listed topics. A National Technology Project is considered to be a major technology initiative with impact analogous to past Canadian engineering endeavours such as building the national railway or the St. Lawrence Seaway – societal-changing projects. The three proposed National Technology Projects represent an integrated approach to solving the greenhouse gas emission challenge, by converting carbon from a problem to an opportunity and by allowing the rapid introduction of renewable energy sources into the electrical grid. Presentations: visit ISEEE's website
ENERGY PATHWAYS PROJECT Clean Energy Innovation is an issue that is of critical importance for the future well-being and prosperity of Canadians. In March 2002, responding to the challenges being faced by the global energy industry, including regional instability, depleting conventional resources, climate change and price volatility, the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) released a study titled, Energy and Climate Change – A Canadian Engineering Perspective. It concluded that, “A long-term, sustainable energy strategy needs to be developed, which will necessarily require a larger choice of energy sources and technologies than [are] presently available”. The Report noted that the CAE could play an important role in the assessment of technologies that are already available or entirely new energy technologies. With support from a group of eight Sponsors: Alberta Research Council; Natural Resources Canada; Suncor Energy; Petro-Canada; EnCana; AECL; Hatch; and the Alberta Energy Research Institute; a Task Force was formed under the leadership of Dr. Clem Bowman, FCAE, to continue the work of the Academy on this subject. Dr. Bowman, a chemical engineer, spent more than 40 years in the petrochemical industry, including working as head of research for one of the first Canadian oil sands operations, and decades ago was asked to coordinate the Alberta government’s $100 million infusion of capital into energy projects that ultimately led to many of today’s energy mega projects. Dr. Bowman who lives in Sarnia, Ontario, is a member of the Order of Canada. He is also a developer of the ProGrid methodology for incorporating so-called “intangible” factors into decision making. ProGrid is being used in both the public and private sectors and is hailed as being a breakthrough methodology for understanding and acting on complex decisions. ProGrid was used to conduct the evaluations of the Energy Pathways. The specific goal of the Energy Pathways Task Force was to define the barriers that are preventing the development of economic and environmentally acceptable energy sources and carriers in Canada and to identify the technologies that can overcome these barriers. The focus of this project has been on technology options that would permit Canada to achieve its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets, while continuing to provide an adequate supply of energy, at competitive rates, to meet the growing demand for energy. The resulting evaluations lead to the following recommendations: Canada should undertake the following three National Technology Projects:
The Report recommends not only these three national projects but also identifies more than ten new energy opportunities that Canada can develop over the next century that will contribute to our ‘energy superpower’ status. The full recommendations provide an implementation plan for many of the priorities outlined in the Report of the National Advisory Panel on Sustainable Energy Science and Technology Powerful Connections: Priorities and Directions in Energy Science and Technology in Canada. Fellows of the Academy have had an opportunity to play a critical role in this project, and thereby influence the course of energy development in Canada. The Pathway Evaluation Documents span a broad range of renewable and non-renewable energy pathways. These documents have been prepared by expert teams, Proponents, who have made the case that Canada should increase its efforts in the development and commercialization of specific pathways.
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