TISED Annual Report 2019-2020

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OUTREACH Invited Speakers Prof. Meg Holden

Director, Urban Studies Program, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University. "Making Cities Today: within a green building, within a sustainable neighbourhood, can the case for place be made?”, October 2019

Prof. Prof. Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto

Institute of Science and Technology of Sorocaba São Paulo State University – UNESP, Brazil. “Nanotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture: From developments to challenges and perspectives”, September 2019

Mr. Þorleikur Johannesson

Verkis Consulting Engineers, Iceland. "The Potential of Geothermal Direct Use and District Heating - Lessons from Iceland”, December 2019.

7th Annual Trottier Symposium on Sustainable Engineering, Energy and Design The Annual Symposium focuses on the relevance of sustainable engineering and design to people's lives. Each year TISED and lnstitut de l’Énergie Trottier (IET) at Polytechnique Montréal take turns hosting this event, which historically has taken place in the spring. This year the symposium was exceptionally moved to the fall, due to speaker’s availability, as well as online due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The symposium is scheduled take place on September 16, 2020. More information about the speakers and the symposium, including the YouTube link to the event, is available at www.trottiersymposium.org.

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