Join scientists, engineers, policy makers, captains of industry and entrepreneurs at the Energy and Water 2016 Symposium and Industry Summit, June 22 and 23 at the University of Windsor.

The two-day conference will examine and propose solutions for sustainable water and energy utilization. All technical sessions will take place in the Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation.

Speaker and panel highlights include:

• Gord Miller, former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, examining how climate change will transform the water and energy relationship in North America;
• Jose Zayas, director of Wind and Water Technologies for the United States Department of Energy, addressing the burgeoning U.S. offshore wind scene and how it will influence North America and the rest of the world; and
• a panel discussing the latest renewable energy technologies and policies and their role in our mandated low-carbon economy and water-scarce world. It will feature UWindsor professor Francine Schlosser, director of research and interdisciplinary learning at the Entrepreneurship Practice and Innovation Centre (EPICentre), talking about the policy challenges that have faced the solar tech sector and how ingenuity must rise in the face of embedded agency.

Student discounts are available. To register or download the full conference program, visit cfewa.ca.