Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba and the author of over 30 books, most recently "Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines". His interdisciplinary research encompasses energy, environment, food, population, economics, history and public policy studies. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has lectured widely in North America, Europe and Asia.
Equinox Summit - Vaclav Smil: Energy Transitions
Inspiring Ingenuity in Energy Solutions - June 5-9 2011, Waterloo, Ontario
Climate change. Peak oil. A rapidly growing population? How will our world be affected by these challenges 20 years from now? What if the efforts we're taking now aren't enough? How can we use cutting-edge technologies to create a cleaner, more sustainable energy future? The inaugural Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 at Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo gathered the world's foremost science experts and industry leaders around these questions.
