Summit for Shaping Calgary's Low Carbon Future

Summit for Shaping Calgary’s Low Carbon Future Friday, September 18th, 2009 - Heart Atrium, SAIT Participants Package Thank-you for registering to participate at the Summit. The City of Calgary is excited to be hosting this summit, which has its goal, to chart a framework for advancing innovative action regarding energy, climate change, GHG emissions, ecological footprint and sustainability. Sponsorship for this event is provided by ConocoPhillips Canada, SAIT, Alberta Culture and Community Spirit, and the City of Calgary. This participant package provides you with some of the information you’ll need to consider prior to and during the Summit. We have distributed this electronically to reduce the event’s EcoFootprint and model the elevated thinking required to ensure a low carbon future. It contains: 1. Background Information 2. Summit Agenda 3. Description of the Summit’s Innovation and Implementation work sessions 4. Low Carbon Future Advisory Group 5. Keynotes 6. Role of key resource people 7. Getting to the Summit (conveniently located off the CTrain line east of the SAIT stop) 8. Name Tags 9. Refreshments` 10. Photography 11. A ‘Green’ Event We look forward to seeing you at the Summit. The City of Calgary’s Community Energy Initiative Group 2 1. Background Information: The goal is to build on the series of public roundtables held in May 2009 and chart a framework for advancing innovative action regarding energy, climate change, GHG emissions, ecological footprint and sustainability. Thinking big The greater Calgary community will develop a roadmap for action to reduce Calgary’s carbon footprint. Our carbon footprint is the emissions generated from the fossil fuels we all use— individuals, business and government. Leadership in energy. Taking action on energy is the best way to reduce our impact on the environment. By ensuring that everyone works toward the same vision we can be more effective in achieving our shared goals. Built by the community The summit brings together more than 250 participants from business, all levels of government, NGOS, students and citizens to chart our low carbon future. Low Carbon Roadmap The participants of the Summit will identify a set of actions that business, institutions, government and citizens can use when building their own strategic plans. The framework that emerges from this process will also help realize the goals and targets set out in Calgary’s longrange sustainability plans, imagineCALGARY (www.imaginecalgary.ca), Plan It Calgary (www.calgary.ca/planit), and the community green house gas plan. It will also provide a foundation for common messages associated with the World Energy Cities Accord and the Copenhagen Summit. October 5 -9 the World Energy Cities Partnership is coming to Calgary. The week will feature a number of public events including a sustainability breakfast on Monday October 5 and a panel presentation from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm on Tuesday October 6. For details on these and other World Energy Cities events during this week visit www.energycities.org Participants Everyone is welcome. Innovative and engaged individuals and groups including private citizens, large corporations, small business, students, governments, and institutions make up some of the already committed list of participants. Preparation for Participants Calgary’s 2008 EcoFootprint Baseline Report indicates 56% of our EcoFootprint comes from how we consume energy. Taking action on energy offers the best opportunity to reduce our impact on the environment. Towards this end, the intended outcomes for the Summit include generating a roadmap of pragmatic actions that will reduce our EcoFootprint and ensure a low carbon future. 3 Prior to attending the Summit, please take the time to measure your ecological footprint on Calgary’s new EcoFootprint calculator and consider what that metric represents in terms of actions to be taken. Connected to the calculator are opportunities to take action and track your progress. Identifying the potential to reduce your EcoFootprint and committing to action is a key outcome of the Summit. For more information on the summit click here: 2. Summit Agenda Friday, September 18th, 2009 - Heart Hall Atrium, SAIT - Calgary, Alberta Welcome His Worship Dave Bronconnier welcome address 8:45 Introduction from SAIT (Reece Winter) 8:50 Low Carbon Future project overview 9:00 Orientation for days process & themeweaver (Skid Crease) 9:15 Keynote I Rob MacIntosh (Co-Founder of Pembina Institute) 9:30 BREAK 9:45 Work Session I - INNOVATION Energy Theme areas for discussion are as follows: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Energy Financing Energy Awareness, Research and Training Energy Sourcing / Renewable Energy Sources Energy Legislation 11:45 Keynote 2 Gord Lambert (VP Sustainability Suncor Energy) 12:00 LUNCH 12:45 Keynote 3 Sophie Barry (Youth Advocate for Environment) 1:00 Keynote 4 Pat Letizia (Executive Director for Alberta Ecotrust) 1:15 Work Session II - IMPLEMENTATION 3:15 BREAK 3:30 Keynote 5 Skid Crease (Themeweaver) 3:55 Closing 8:30 4 3. Description of the Summit’s Innovation and Implementation Work Sessions The Summit is not intended to be an educational opportunity for sustainability – the goal is to define action plans that will ultimately move Calgary towards a low carbon future. To achieve this, the Summit is divided into two sections for the morning and afternoon. The morning will focus on innovation in a Conversation Café format. The afternoon will focus on implementation with focused discussion groups in classrooms adjacent to the Atrium. Professional facilitators from Alberta Culture and Community Spirit will be guiding these processes. MORNING SESSION INNOVATION - Session #1 Participants at the Summit will select one of the five Energy Theme areas to discuss with other participants. These themes will be posted in the SAIT Atrium with facilitators standing nearby to receive participants. Under these themes will be cards with action cards defined by the participants at the May 2009 Roundtable discussions. Participants will then be asked to have a group discussion to brainstorm, list, or mind map what other innovative and creative actions need to be taken to ensure Calgary’s low carbon future on these energy themes. Facilitators will use flip chart pages and coloured markers to document brainstorming and then these ideas will be distilled down to new action cards that will be collected and posted. Theme areas for participants to choose from are: Energy Efficiency and Conservation including; Home / work Transportation Demand Energy Financing including; Incentives / taxation Granting opportunities Venture capital Banking / investment structure Energy Awareness, Research and Training including; Education Research and Technology Understanding utility costing and billing Employment and career development Post secondary and professional certification Energy Sourcing / Renewable Energy Sources including; source (carbon based / renewable) generation and distribution Industrial, commercial, institutional 5 Energy Legislation including; Policy Enforcement Regulations best practices Morning Session #2 Participants move to another energy theme area if they choose. They would then review the posted action cards (from the Roundtables and from the first round just completed) and discuss/add any additional cards big picture/high level actions on the topic area. Review & Voting Opportunity Participants are given sticky dots (at the end of Round 1) and will ‘vote’ by placing the dots on their choices for action items, from any theme, which they believe are of highest importance. The top selected items will be selected for further discussion and development in the afternoon implementation sessions. AFTERNOON SESSION IMPLIMENTATION Based on the top themes and actions that emerge from the morning session, participants will select an action theme and move from the Atrium to the nearby classrooms for the afternoon work sessions. Participants in these classrooms will develop an Implementation Plan for a chosen action item. They will work through the following focus questions: IMPLIMENTATION WORKSHEET What is required to do this? Who could do this? Could you? When can this begin? What would be the timeline or the phased approach? What resources will be required? How will success be measured? This session will produce a series of action plans that can be considered the beginnings of a roadmap for a low carbon future. 6 4. Low Carbon Future Advisory Group Emerging from the May 2009 Low Carbon Future Roundtable Series were a number of participants that expressed interest after the fact to serve as an advisory group to the process. The City welcomed this offer and established the Low Carbon Future Advisory Group. The purpose of the Advisory Group (AG) is to provide another layer of leadership and direction to the process of shaping the process that defines the strategic actions within Chartering Calgary’s Low Carbon Future. The AG helped to shape the Summit agenda through a combination of four gatherings and electronic commentary between May and September 2009. They provided ongoing input and guidance from their area of knowledge and expertise to create a Summit centred on innovation and implementation. We thank them for their efforts and contributions. Participants in the Low Carbon Future Advisory Group: Greg Shyba - Alberta Research Council Jeff Molden - Brookfield Properties Wes Funk - Worley Parsons Allan Boss - CBC Calgary Gord Lambert - Suncor Energy Pat Letizia – Alberta Ecotrust Susan Belyea – Atco EnergySense Carolyn Bowen – Manager of Sustainability, City of Calgary Dick Ebersohn – Project Manager Plan-It, City of Calgary David Kelly - Sedmek Inc. Rahul Shrivastava- Enmax Brad Clute - MEC Kevin Strange - Calgary Zoo Anand Mishra - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Vlad Grigore - StatoilHydro Lois Wozney – Encana Anna Garleff – Citizen / Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Social Science, OU (UK) Jesse Row – Pembina Institute Scott Macpherson –SAIT Saad Bashir – Calgary Economic Development Rob Abbott – Stratos 5. Keynotes A series of short keynotes will help provide context and inspiration throughout the day. These presentations will offer a variety of perspectives regarding innovative actions and Calgary's place on the global stage as a leader in meeting the challenge of providing energy in a changing world. There will also be a ‘themeweaver’ whose task it will be to tie all the events of the day together as they unfold. 7 Keynote Speakers: DAVE BRONCONNIER, Mayor – The City of Calgary Dave Bronconnier, three-time Mayor of Calgary, Alberta, is known as one of the most innovative and outspoken municipal leaders in the country. He's credited with successfully and decisively leading Calgary through a period of rapid growth, staggeringly rapid and sustained growth at a rate never before seen in Canada. A third-generation Calgarian who served nine years as an alderman on Calgary City Council, Dave was first elected Mayor on October 15, 2001. He was re-elected, with huge majorities, in 2004 and 2007. From his first days in office, Mayor Bronconnier moved to put in place new revenues, new policies and new projects that would enable Calgary to catch up with its own growth. He negotiated a re-balancing of the revenue-sharing arrangements with both the federal and provincial governments, thereby ensuring the city would have more equitable, secure and 'no strings' long-term funding for necessary municipal infrastructure, facilities, and services. REECE WINTER – SAIT, Principal Investigator Biofuels Reece Winter is the principal investigator for SAITs biofuels projects. Working for the department of Applied Research and Innovation Services, he provides unique solutions to industry in relation to biofuel energies. Mr Winter's background is as a petroleum engineer providing engineering solutions for numerous international companies. Additionally, his experience involved field work in remote Queensland Australia on providing engineering solutions for coal bed methane producers and consulting experience in reservoir simulation, well test/pressure transient analysis, production analysis as well as oil field pipeline modeling and well tie-in’s. Having moved to Canada from Australia, Reece is continuing in the development of SAIT’s biofuels program. By collaborating with industry professionals and other research partners, Reece continues to further improve SAITs biodiesel processor to make it more energy efficiency and have an even lower environmental impact. Currently Reece represents SAIT as the biodiesel director and Chair of Quality Technical Committee at the Alberta Biodiesel Association. ROB MACINTOSH – Co-Founder of Pembina Institute Rob is a member of the Pembina Institute's Board of Directors. Rob co-founded the Pembina Institute in 1985 and served for 10 years as its first Executive Director. While at the Pembina Institute, Rob developed the corporate consulting service. He twice co-chaired the Canadian Environmental Network and served on numerous boards including the Alberta Clean Air Strategic Alliance, the Environmental Law Centre, Friends of the Earth and the Alberta Ecotrust 8 Foundation. Upon retiring from a staff role in 2001, he shifted to business development and consulting as president of Dejanira Enterprises and senior partner with Green Planet Communications. He remains active as a volunteer with a number of environmental organizations. Rob and his wife Lori live on a farm west of Drayton Valley, Alberta. GORD LAMBERT – Vice President of Sustainability, Suncor Energy Canada Gord directs Suncor’s environment, health and safety policies and works with senior management and external stakeholders to align and improve the company’s long-term financial, social and environmental performance. Prior to assuming this role in July 1997, Gord spent two years as Director, Sustainable Development for TransAlta Corporation and 15 years with Imperial Oil Limited. He is involved with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in support of its work on climate change and sustainable development within the business community. He is currently on the Board of the BIOCAP Canada Foundation and the Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF). Gord is a current member and past director/treasurer of the Alberta Society of Professional Biologists. He graduated in 1980 from the University of Guelph with an Honors Bachelor of Sciences degree majoring in Biological Science with a minor in economics. SOPHIE BARRY – Youth Advocate for the Environment Sophie Barry is an eleven year old, Grade 6 student at Elboya School. She represents the youth of Calgary at the Low Carbon Future Summit. Sophie is passionate about caring for our environment and believes that each individual can make a difference. She is committed to spreading the ‘green’ word to others by educating them about actions they might take to help save our planet. In her free time Sophie enjoys dancing with Alberta Ballet, creating art, and reading. She lives in Calgary with her Mom and Dad and her favourite four-legged friend, her dog, Asher. PAT LETIZIA – Executive Director of Alberta Ecotrust Pat Letizia brings a unique perspective on Alberta’s environmental challenges and solutions to the Low Carbon Futures Summit. As Executive Director of Alberta Ecotrust Foundation, Pat works to bridge the gap between industry and environmental nonprofit groups, building a community of “ roots and suits” partners to fund and implement projects that protect Alberta’s ecosystems and build healthier communities. Since joining Alberta Ecotrust in 1996, Pat has become a much-called-upon leader in local, provincial and national arenas of environmental philanthropy and non-profit program development. She was a founding director and past chair of the Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations and the national Canadian Environmental Grantmakers Network. As a member of the leadership Roundtable for imagineCalgary she worked with over 30 community colleagues to develop a groundbreaking 100 year vision of sustainability for the City of Calgary. She is the past chair of The City of Calgary’s Environmental 9 Advisory Committee and currently serves on the board of The Sustainability Network in Toronto, a national capacity building organization. SKID CREASE –ECONEXUS (Themeweaver) Skid is an internationally respected educator, author, storyteller, keynote speaker, workshop leader, and chair for global, environmental and outdoor education conferences. In 1991, he founded ecoNexus, an educational organization devoted to the development of an environmentally literate society. In 1999, he was selected to be a member of the Global Climate Change Institute in Aspen, Colorado. He was selected by Students on Ice in 2005 to be a facilitator on the Polar Bound Arctic Expedition traveling for two weeks by ship from Iceland to Greenland to Nunavut to study climate change. A talented and passionate raconteur, Skid has been a pioneer of themeweaving where he immerses himself in the process of an event an delivers an inspiring and comprehensive narrative. He lives with his wife and son near Bolten, Ontario. 6. Key Resource People The energy topics that will be explored during both the innovation and implementation portions of the day will have questions that may require specific knowledge or expertise to answer. To that end, the Summit is planning on having individuals available that are willing to answer questions, provide context, or simply clarify an issue if something surfaces during the group discussions. Summit organizers and facilitators will have the capacity to contact these key resource people and bring them into the conversion should their knowledge and experience be required. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Tang Lee - University of Calgary Adam Gagnon - Climate Change Central Energy Financing Lois Wozney - Encana Duncan Kenyon - Blue Source Canada Milt Sanders - Emissions Credits International Corporation Energy Awareness, Research and Training Anna Garleff - Associate Lecturer Tang Lee - University of Calgary Jessica Webster - Natural Resources Canada Elizabeth Watterworth- ECO Canada Courtney Hughes - Alberta Environment 10 Energy Sourcing / Renewable Energy Sources Theresa Howland - Bullfrog Wind Power Jesse Row - Pembina Institute Dick Ebersohn – City of Calgary Energy Legislation Ken Hogg - Renewable Energy Solutions Justin Pockar - City of Calgary 7. Getting to the Summit Heart Hall Atrium is in the centre of the main campus in the Heart Building. Click here to view a Googlemap or here for a printed map. The venue was chosen in part because of its convenient location off the CTrain line. Parking is very limited so we encourage participants to use public transit when attending. There will be directional signage from the SAIT CTrain stop leading to Heart Hall. Participants are not required to prepare or bring anything to Summit apart from their knowledge, enthusiasm, and optimism. 8. Name Tags By registering at Eventbright.com for the Summit a name tag will be prepared for you. As the venue at SAIT is a public space please wear your name tag at all times as it will introduce you to Summit staff and volunteers as a participant, and it also is your ‘ticket’ to enjoy the refreshments provided over the course of the day. 9. Refreshments The following meals will be provided as part of your registration: Light Breakfast (Coffee - Tea Fruit Platters, Muffins, juice, water) Mid-morning break (Coffee, Tea, Cookies , juice, water) Lunch Assorted sandwiches *vegetarian options*, salad, juice, water) Afternoon Break (Assorted Squares & tarts, coffee, tea, water) 10. Photography Pictures will be taken at the Summit and the various activities by the City of Calgary. The pictures will form part of the record and narrative that results from the Summit. 11 11. A Green Event The Summit will be ‘greened’ the following ways: Central venue connected by public transit All marketing and registration was conducted via electronic means without printing As much as possible local foods were used in the preparation of refreshments Refreshments served with flatware, glasses and china with no disposable items Bulk containers of dispensing beverages instead of individual containers Media kits were distributed via memory sticks to avoid unnecessary printing Estimated CO2 Emissions for hosting the event are 9.93 tonnes. The City will be offsetting these emissions by purchasing offsets from a recognized Canadian Carbon Offsetting company. Thank you for making time to participate in this important event, together we will all have a hand in charting Calgary’s Low Carbon Future. We look forward to seeing you there. The City of Calgary’s Community Energy Initiative Group Carey Booth – Low Carbon Future Project Manager, Community Energy Initiative Jeff Reading – Team Lead, Community Energy Initiative Sue Hayduk – Environmental Specialist, Community Energy Initiative Amanda Brownlie - Environmental Specialist, Community Energy Initiative Pat Inglis - Environmental Specialist, Community Energy Initiative Susan Stinson - Technology and Project Support, Community Energy Initiative