Adele Buckley
Vice President, Technology and Research, OCETA.
| Organizer: IEEE Toronto Section, Engineering and Human Environment, Joint Chapter |
| Title: Adapting our Society to Climate Change |
| Speaker: Adele Buckley Vice President, Technology and Research, OCETA. |
| Abstract: The engineering profession will have leading role in assisting society to adapt to and to mitigate climate change. The engineering and technical background to these factors will be the focus of this presentation. Global energy usage patterns are linked firmly to climate change. Major factors influencing this include: · The shift to alternate energy sources · Supporting infrastructure · Time required to change · Canadian government policy and climate change initiatives · Position of Canada in the global picture · Emissions trading · Environmental changes resulting from global warming · The anticipated sharp rise in greenhouse gas emissions from the developing countries. |
| Biography: Adele Buckley is Vice President Technology and Research at the Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement (OCETA). OCETA assists small and medium sized enterprises in the commercialization of their environmental technologies, and has developed a broad range of contacts in both private and public sectors to help it fulfill its mandate. In her career, Adele Buckley has focussed on development of innovative technology, from first concept through to full commercialization and international sales. She has worked extensively in practical applications of physics, engineering and chemistry. Dr. Buckley obtained her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Toronto, and holds the degrees of M.Sc. and B.Sc.Hons., Physics, at the University of Alberta. Adele Buckley was a founding partner in MDS Sciex, a Canadian company that develops, designs and manufactures mass spectrometer systems, used for high sensitivity chemical analytical work in a broad spectrum of industries and institutions. Technology transfer from the University of Toronto started the company and was based on her Ph.D. thesis. Technology transfer from University of Toronto and the National Research Council continued as a part of the ongoing business development of Sciex. As Vice-President Engineering Development at Sciex, a division of MDS Inc., Adele Buckley was responsible for product development for the Mobile TAGA System, the TAGA Tandem Quadrupole, and the AROMIC Cargo Examination System. The same technology has more recently been widely used in the pharmaceutical industry for drug development. |
| Time and Location: September 21, 2000, 6:00pm Sandford Fleming Building, 4th Floor, Room 4102 10 King's College Road, University of Toronto Just north off of College, between Queen's Park Crescent and St. George St.
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