Canada’s first comprehensive national report on the cleantech sector was released on March 25th at Globe2010 in Vancouver. Based on input from over 160 cleantech companies, the 2010 SDTC Cleantech Growth & Go-to-Market Report projects that the cleantech sector is on the cusp of being the green engine driving Canada’s economic growth.
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Certainly among the most adventurous, ambitious and thought provoking ideas at Vancouver’s recent Globe2010 was the video depicting Masland City being built near Dubai in United Arab Emirates. Initiated in 2006, the completely sustainable, carbon-zero project is projected to cost USD$22 billion and take some eight years to build. The city is planned to cover [...]
On January 15, 2010, Mindfirst President Henry Vehovec spoke to 250 students and faculty on the topic Energy Systems Design kicking off the 2010 University of Toronto Engineering Science Education Conference. Hilary Inyang, originally scheduled to speak was unable to travel to Toronto. Prof Hilary Inyang is the Duke Energy Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering [...]
Part of me was wondering how I could be so incredibly flattered and lucky to be asked by the University of Toronto (U of T) to run a segment of the Olympic Torch Relay in a spot sponsored by Coca-Cola. Perhaps U of T was aware of Coca-Cola’s commitment to sustainability and the environment and [...]
Mindfirst President, Henry Vehovec, will speak at the bioFinance conference being held at Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre, April 28-30, 2009. Mr. Vehovec is scheduled to speak during the session titled “Alternate Sources of Capital” at 9:00 am on April 30. A full program agenda may be obtained by clicking on the following link bioFinance [...]
Toronto’s Cleantech Angel Network (CAN) will be launching their inaugural event on April 22, 2009. James Black, CAN’s Group Administrator, informed Mindfirst that a short list slate of candidate companies has been identified and qualified angel investors are being invited to participate. Formation of the group was supported by National Angel Capital Organization (NACO), the [...]
