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Thanks for coming!
Thank you to all attendees of the Celebrating CIRS | Accelerating Sustainability conference. Presentations from speakers, photos, blog posts and other material can be found on the Presentations etc page.

David Suzuki
It is an honour to host Dr. David Suzuki, distinguished Canadian environmentalist and UBC Professor Emeritus, as our evening keynote speaker. Dr. Suzuki will present a public lecture entitled “The Global Eco-crisis: Is it too late?”.

Steve Rayner
Keynote Speaker Professor Steve Rayner, Oxford University’s Saïd Business School Director of the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society is recognized for addressing social, economic and scientific issues and to advance sustainability in a balanced way.

Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
What does it take to create an environment for innovation? To bring together really smart minds and involve them in really important problem solving? To develop not only leading edge thinking, but also leading edge thinkers? To make our world sustainable? The University of British Columbia has an idea. To learn more, visit the new […]