Leading energy experts come together for critical discussion of Ontario's energy choices

OSHAWA, Ont. - Business, government and academia leaders will come together to discuss the increasing demand for and role of hydrogen, the 'perfect fuel,' in meeting Ontario's future energy needs, when the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) hosts the Critical Energy Choices Conference 2007 on Tuesday, September 18 in Toronto.

Large-scale production of hydrogen is critical to the successful transformation from a fossil fuel-based economy to a cleaner and more sustainable energy future. Ontario, with over four decades of experience in the nuclear industry and some of the world's most accomplished researchers, is poised to affect that change and the time for a meaningful discussion on this topic is now.

Among the conference presentations are Nuclear Renaissance: Producing Today's Energy - and Tomorrow's Hydrogen; Delivering on the Hydrogen Promise: Ontario and the Canadian Advantage; and the Economic Imperative: From the Hydrocarbon Economy to the Hydrogen Economy. A panel discussion will address the topic of Infrastructure: Production, Distribution and Usage in a Hydrogen-Fuelled World.

Who:
Jane Allen, partner, national leader, Power and Utilities, Deloitte Inc.;
Professors Peter Berg, Kamiel Gabriel, and Greg Naterer, UOIT;
Angus Bruneau, founder, Fortis Inc.;
Sean Conway, special advisor to the principal on External Relations, Queen's University;
Matthew Fairlie, principal, Fairfield Group Inc.;
Sermet Kuran, director, Advanced Technology Development, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL);
Jaimie Levin, director of Alternative Fuels Policy and Marketing, AC Transit; and
Dr. Brant Peppley, professor, Queen's University.

Where:
MaRS Collaboration Centre
101 College Street
Toronto, Ontario

When:
Tuesday, September 18
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

About Ontario Tech University
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Media contact
Michelle Good
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Ontario Tech University
905.721.8668 ext. 2197
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