The keynote speakers for the Candian Bioeconomy Conference are now known.
Dr. Warren Mabee and Per Grankvist will be in Prince George when the conference is held June 10-11.
Mabee is a well-known expert on global energy policy and economics in general, and renewable energy in the bioeconomy specifically.
He is Associate Dean and Director of the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University, and he holds a Canada Research Chair in Renewable Energy Development and Implementation. His international research program focuses on the interface between policy and technology in the area of renewable energy and fuels.
In a bit of a twist on convention, the conference is bringing in Grankvist, Chief Storyteller with Sweden's Viable Cities Program. He will discuss the role of stories in humanizing massive political and policy change, such as aspirations related to carbon neutrality.
Grankvist is a Swedish journalist specializing in sustainable lifestyles and author of several books on human behaviour and sustainability. He's been named one of the best storytellers in Sweden for his way of explaining complicated things in an entertaining way. Prior to joining Viable Cities, he covered sustainability for Veckans Affrer (the Swedish BusinessWeek) and worked as a senior columnist at Sydsvenskan (the third largest newspaper in Sweden).
For more information and to register, go to bioeconomyconference.com.
