La conférence a été présentée en anglais et est disponible pour les membres sur le Réseau APL.

A short summary of the presentation

With the termination of the Energy East Project and the rise of regional and local interests, is it possible or feasible to build an industry association that spans the breadth of our country? And if so, how can an organization like the CEPA Foundation best address the needs of an industry that spans our country from coast to coast.

Biography

Rob Beamish joined CEPA Foundation in January 2017 as its new Executive Director. Rob has fifteen years of experience with TransCanada in a range of areas including field operations, gas control, IT and facilities planning; his most recent position in 2015 was Director of Supply Chain Services where he led multiple teams across North American as well as Supply Chain’s transformation initiative and continuous improvement program.

The remainder of his 30+ years of experience was spent in the innovation sector helping Alberta’s early stage technology companies grow their businesses. In this area, he has held positions of VP Operations at Calgary Technologies Inc., founding CEO at Tecterra, Director at Climate Change Central and Executive Director, Clinexus.

Rob has also founded two consulting firms that provided innovation management consulting to small businesses, governments and crown corporations in the domains of energy, clean tech, health technology and information technology. Rob has sat on the boards of the Ability Society, InfoTech AB (Banff Venture Forum), Calgary Angel Network and Nipika Mountain Resorts.

Rob is a Professional Engineer with a civil engineering degree and an MBA from Queen's University as well as a Masters of Environmental Design from the University of Calgary.

Rob lived in Montréal for 5 years as a young child.