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Events - YEP Calgary

Join us every second Wednesday of the month for our speaker series and networking events! These are a great opportunity to learn about what people and organizations are doing on the environmental front, as well as a chance to share a beer and good conversation with other YEP members.

Monthly Meetings are held every second Wednesday of the month after work from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. and are hosted at Deville's in Arts Central (SE corner of second level - 100 7th Ave SW) unless otherwise posted.

Most speaker events are free for members and $5 for non-members. All welcome!

September Speak Event - September 8, 2010

Approaching Major Projects in the Wake of Oil Spills with Dennis McConaghy

There is high risk and large upfront investment required for large infrastructure projects. Given the recent BP and Enbridge oil spills and impacts of actions from government agencies, ENGO, etc – what are the expected outcomes for the industry? Dennis McConaghy of TransCanada talks about increasing regulation, corporate responsibility and the impacts of current events on projects like McKenzie and Gateway.  

Dennis McConaghy
As Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development Dennis McConaghy leads thedevelopment of major new infrastructure initiatives across TransCanada’s businesses. Mr. McConaghy has more than 25 years’ experience in oil and gas, beginning his career as a Research Associate with the Alberta Research Council. He has also worked for the Alberta Gas Trunkline and the Alberta Gas Ethylene Company. Mr. McConaghy graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1973 and a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1975.The first YEP speaker event of the season will address the highly publicized spills that have shaken the foundations of the energy industry and its methods.  This talk will look at the effects these disasters will have on the policy that governs the industry and the standards that companies will be held to in the future.

Come out and meet fellow Young Environmental Professionals for our kick-off event of the year!  

Past Events

May 12th Gerry McHugh, Operations Manager for the Calgary Stampede spoke about what the Calgary Stampede is doing to be green

April 14th - Career Night with Don Wharton from TransAlta, David Day from the City of Calgary and Stuart Nadeau from Imperial Oil speaking about their career paths and lessons learned

February 10th - Joe Obad from Water Matters

January 13th - Presentation by Satya Das, author of Green Oil

November 18th - Bruce Carson, the Executive Director of the Canada School of Energy & Environment discussed Canada’s position and possible climate strategy heading in to Copenhagen.

October 14th - Next Generation Biofuel

SFN Biosystems presented their work to develop a bioenergy project from

waste heat & CO2.

Sept 9th - Ganesh Doluweera, PhD Candidate in Electrical Engineering and Energy and Environmental Systems at the University of Calgary, speaks about carbon offsets in the oilsands industry with a focus on cogeneration.
 

May 13th - Discussion on Low Carbon Fuel Standard with:

Brent Stuart – Suncor

Jeremy Moorhouse – Pembina Institute

Joule Bergerson – University of Calgary

April 8 - Carl Morrison, through the Sierra Club of Canada, will presents the Action Grizzly Bear Campaign.

March 26 - Andrew Hessel speaks about open source biology as a tool to fix environmental challenges

March 11 - Career Night with Bob Mitchell, ConocoPhilips, Noel Keough, University of Calgary, Meera Nathwani-Crowe, Shell, Stephanie Jackman, Respect for Earth and All People  

Jan 13 - Peter Tertzakian, Chief Energy Economist of ARC Financial Corporation and author of "A thousand barrels a second," examines the future of oil and offers insights into what it will take to rebalance our energy needs.

Sept 10 - Clean Calgary discusses Healthy Homes and Sustainable Living

June 13 - Brade Clute from Mountain Equipment Co-Op (MEC) spoke about sustainability in retail and supply chain management.

May 14 - Wind Power in Alberta with Jason Edworthy from TransAlta Wind and Theresa Howland from Bullfrog Power.

April 9 - Career Night with Kelly Matheson, Canadian Hydro Developers,. Allan Amey, ICF Consulting, Dave Poulton, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), and Robert Steedman, National Energy Board.

March 12 -  Carbon Market with David LaBarr from Blue Source Canada, the leading climate change offset portfolio in North America.

January 16 - A Discussion on Nuclear Energy with Wayne Henuset, President and Co-Chairman of Energy Alberta Corporation and Marlo Raynolds, Executive Director of the Pembina Institute.

Past events have included:

• Career Development Evening (with Kathy Strong-Duffin: City of Calgary, Guy Greenaway: Mistakis Institute for the Rockies, Sandra Marken: ENCANA, Peter Zimmerman: CH2M Hill Consulting, Andrew Paul: Alberta Sustainable Resource Development)
• Federal Government's new "Green Plan" (Don Wharton, TransAlta)
• Armchair session at Globe 2006 (special Vancouver YEP/CEP event with Justin Trudeau)
• Canada’s Environmental and Sustainable Development Commissioner (Johanne Gélinas)
• Environmental Impacts of In-situ, “Death by a Thousand Cuts” by Pembina (Simon Dyer)