Zero Waste Conference

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http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Suzanne Lee

Founder & CEO, BIOFABRICATE

<div class="ExternalClassE4ED00EA39274EB6B2021B4908975225"><p>Suzanne is a designer turned pioneer of biotechnology for consumer products. She started growing materials from microbes for the fashion industry in 2003 coining the term 'Biocouture<sup>TM</sup>'. Today Suzanne is the founder of Biofabricate, a global network serving the needs of biomaterial innovators, investors and consumer brands. Biofabricate’s vision is 'A sustainable material world. Built with biology, not oil'. </p><p>Suzanne is the author of 'Fashioning the Future: tomorrow’s wardrobe'. She is a special advisor to Parley For The Oceans on biomaterials, a TED Senior Fellow, and a Launch Material Innovator - an initiative of NASA, Nike, USAID and the US State Department. For the previous 5 years Suzanne was the Chief Creative Officer of Modern Meadow, a materials startup in New York. </p></div>

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Suzanne

Lee

Assistant Professor in Ecology, University of Toronto & Scientific Advisor to Ocean Conservancy

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Chelsea Rochman

Assistant Professor in Ecology, University of Toronto & Scientific Advisor to Ocean Conservancy

<div class="ExternalClass54CAAE5B211641C2A427C251E8DF4433"><p>Chelsea received her PhD in Ecology from a joint program between University of California, Davis and San Diego State University in 2013. She then was a Smith Postdoctoral Fellow in Conservation Biology. She is currently a Sloan Fellow. She was hired as an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in 2016. Chelsea has been researching the sources, sinks and ecological implications of plastic debris in marine and freshwater habitats for more than a decade.</p><p>She has published dozens of scientific papers in respected journals and has led international working groups about plastic pollution. In addition to her research, Chelsea works to translate her science beyond academia. For example, Chelsea presented her work to the United Nations General Assembly and at the US State Department. Moreover, she co-founded an outreach group call the U of T Trash Team.</p></div>

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Chelsea

Rochman

Professor of Neuroscience, University of London and Founder & Director, Lab of Misfits

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Beau Lotto

Professor of Neuroscience, University of London and Founder & Director, Lab of Misfits

<div class="ExternalClass12010A48E63C408899A5EAB1D2F068E9"><p>Beau Lotto is the director of The Lab of Misfits, a neuroscience studio that seeks to "break down the walls of the traditional laboratory" and study humans in their natural habitats. By inviting audiences to take part in his interactive research, Lotto is able to achieve more authentic results. The goal of his work is not objectivity, but adaptability. "The most successful systems are the ones that are adaptable," Lotto explains. "Being able to have flexibility in our perception means we can adapt to a changing world." His methods, while unconventional, are deeply interactive and immersive. The measurable insights gleaned from these experiments have led to organizational breakthroughs for clients as diverse as Cirque du Soleil, L'Oréal, and The London Science Museum.</p><p>Lotto is a professor of neuroscience at the University of London, and a visiting scholar at New York University. He is the author of <em>Why We See What We Do</em>, and <em>Deviate: The Science of Seeing Differently</em>. In addition to his role at The Lab of Misfits, Lotto is the Founder and CEO of the sound-based AR company Acoustigram. He has spoken at large-scale events such as the G8 Innovation Conference, as well as for companies like <em>WIRED </em>and Google. Lotto has contributed to television and radio documentaries produced by influential media such as the <em>BBC</em>, <em>National Geographic</em>, <em>Netflix </em>and<em> PBS</em>.</p></div>

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Beau

Lotto

Architect & Principal, MGA

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Michael Green

Architect & Principal, MGA

<div class="ExternalClass723D43C6B3EF4F84A12409661A15B5EC"><p>Michael Green is an award-winning architect known for his research, leadership, and advocacy in promoting the use of wood, new technology and innovation in the built environment. He lectures internationally on the subject, including his TED talk, “Why We Should Build Wooden Skyscrapers.” Based in Vancouver, Canada, Michael founded MGA to create meaningful and sustainable change in building through innovation in construction sciences and design. Michael and his team are ambitiously extending the boundaries of mass timber construction, having completed some of the largest modern timber buildings in the world, including The Wood Innovation Design Centre and T3 Minneapolis. He is also the founder of DBR | Design Build Research and TOE | Timber Online Education, a non-profit school and research platform dedicated to teaching the design and construction of socially, culturally and environmentally relevant student-led installations, with a focus in systemic change in building for climate, environment, disaster and global shelter needs. </p><p>Michael is a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and has been honoured with North America’s most prestigious awards, including two RAIC Innovation Awards and three Governor General’s Medals. In 2014, Michael received an honourary doctorate degree from the University of Northern British Columbia. He is the co-author of ‘The Case for Tall Wood Buildings,’ now in its second edition, and ‘Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance.’ An avid traveler and adventurer, Michael has explored remote regions on every continent and loves ice climbing, mountaineering, ocean kayaking and biking.</p></div>

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Michael

Green

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Head of Industrialized Construction Strategy and Evangelism, Queen of Prefab, Autodesk

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Amy Marks

Head of Industrialized Construction Strategy and Evangelism, Queen of Prefab, Autodesk

<div class="ExternalClassC94D25E6E2BC40F1862C7AA7C70C4156"><p>Amy Marks is the Head of Industrialized Construction Strategy and Evangelism at Autodesk; she is known throughout the construction industry as the "Queen of Prefab." A graduate of the University of Florida and an alumna of Harvard Business School, Marks is the former CEO of XSite Modular, a leading prefabrication consultancy and design-builder of critical infrastructure buildings. As a prefabrication consultant, she defined the language and process that is adopted by companies, countries, and builders around the world. Amy was also appointed by the Singapore government's Building & Construction Authority as an international expert to advise its construction productivity roadmap.</p></div>

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Amy

Marks

Co-Founder, Ecovative Design

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Eben Bayer

Co-Founder, Ecovative Design

<div class="ExternalClass7572709688E54C5CB01D4916528B6ABF"><p>Eben Bayer, Co-Founder of Ecovative Design, leads the biomaterials company to grow high performance, premium, award-winning products that are safe, healthy, and certified sustainable. Bayer, who grew up working on his family’s Vermont farm, is a pioneer in leveraging mycelium—"nature's glue”—in Mushroom® Materials to drive sustainable innovation in the industrial sector. Eben uses biology to solve important environmental challenges by leading Ecovative to grow safe and healthy new materials as well as envisioning creative ways to use natural technology at industrial scales and in consumer applications. Eben shares his vision for a future powered by biology around the world, including presentations at TED Global, PopTech, and Davos. Eben has led Ecovative to be widely recognized including as a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer, a U.S.EPA Environmental Quality Award winner, and Buckminster Fuller Institute socially responsible design designee. Bayer is the primary inventor on more than 10 patents published in over 30 countries. In addition to overseeing the emergence of a new materials science at Ecovative, and promoting a more circular economy, Bayer is realizing his vision of building and operating an off- grid home and farm, while also exploring other creative uses of biology.</p></div>

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Eben

Bayer

Director of Sustainability, Carbon Cure

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Eric Dunford

Director of Sustainability, Carbon Cure

<div class="ExternalClassF8D6E95F3160405E86F7860F2ACC4A15"><p>Eric Dunford is the Director of Sustainability at CarbonCure Technologies. In this role, he oversees CarbonCure’s internal sustainability initiatives, manages government relations efforts, and works with partners in the design and construction community to build awareness of low-carbon materials options and solutions. Based in Toronto, Eric is a graduate of the University of Waterloo and Dalhousie University. </p></div>

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Eric

Dunford

Fiber Solutions Strategist, Canopy Planet

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Valerie Langer

Fiber Solutions Strategist, Canopy Planet

<div class="ExternalClass72C31E200744430DBF616BDEBEE6D79B"><p>Valerie Langer has been engaged in forest conservation campaigns for over 30 years. She works with non-profit, Canopy (<a href="http://www.canopyplanet.org/">www.canopyplanet.org</a>) to accelerate globally availability of Next Generation alternatives to tree fibre pulp for manufacturing paper, packaging and viscose fabrics,. She pioneered the international market campaign strategy of influencing logging companies’ practices by engaging their commercial customer base. She and her team of colleagues at Rainforest Solutions Project won the Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award for their role in the collaboration that designed the globally unique model of conservation in the Great Bear Rainforest (British Columbia, Canada). Her work has directly contributed to the conservation of millions of hectares of biologically rich forest Valerie’s focus is on large scale forest conservation by leveraging markets, investments and innovation.</p></div>

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Valerie

Langer

Canadian eco-Entrepreneur, Community Leader & Environmental Innovator

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Chris Henderson

Canadian eco-Entrepreneur, Community Leader & Environmental Innovator

<div class="ExternalClassDFD0665108AD4DF699C8163DCE60DE5B"><p>Chris Henderson is a Canadian eco-entrepreneur, community leader and environmental innovator. For the past 35 years, he has led and been at the forefront of ground-breaking Canadian enterprises and local/national business, social and ecological initiatives which have global impact and resonance. Chris is a trusted and insightful commentator on economic, environment and energy issues that respect the Planet, and generate enduring outcomes for corporations, communities and Canada. Chris prime current role in advising and equipping Indigenous peoples and communities to develop and own clean energy projects to catalyze social development, economic opportunity and to combat Climate Change. His first book Aboriginal Power was published in 2013.</p><p>Chris is the President of Lumos Energy, Executive Director of the Indigenous Clean Energy Social Enterprise, Founder of The Delphi Group and Board Chair of the Globe Series.<br></p></div>

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Chris

Henderson

Consultant

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Brock Carlton

Consultant

<div class="ExternalClass19CF63AF93D14CCDB7017696FCDD8050"><p>Brock Carlton recently retired after 13 yeas as CEO of Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). As CEO, Brock led a strong team of staff and a united membership in advancing municipal interests by influencing both federal government decisions and national debates on issues critical to communities. Brock was a leading voice in supporting the need to build strong cities and communities as a means of solving local and national challenges. Under Brock’s tenure, FCM became one of the most influential organizations in Canada.</p><p>Prior to this role, Brock was involved in international cooperation, managing projects and working in such diverse places as Gaza, the Czech Republic, East and Southern Africa and Guyana. He has lived in Kenya (1981-2), China (1983) and Namibia (1991). </p><p>He is committed to using his years of experience to help build strong effective empathetic leadership towards organizational effectiveness and good environmental stewardship. He is an avid paddler, skier and cyclist, and enjoys time with his wife and 3 adult children.<br></p></div>

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Brock

Carlton

President & CEO, IISD

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Richard Florizone

President & CEO, IISD

<div class="ExternalClass259CC1039E554209B949CCFB72858E52"><p>Dr. Richard Florizone is President and CEO of IISD, and President Emeritus of Dalhousie University. Originally from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Richard has also held senior roles with the Boston Consulting Group, Cambridge University, Bombardier Aerospace, and the International Finance Corporation. Part scientist, part strategist, Richard has a strong track record of forging collaborative partnerships to build institutions and communities that are intelligent, inclusive and inspiring. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT and is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. </p></div>

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Dr. Richard

Florizone

Bansal Ivey School of Business, Western University & Chair, Canadian Council of Academics Expert Panel on the Circular Economy

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Tima Bansal

Bansal Ivey School of Business, Western University & Chair, Canadian Council of Academics Expert Panel on the Circular Economy

<div class="ExternalClass4D498BF8CA4B4A4D920C8372CEDAA78D"><p>Tima Bansal is a Professor and Canada Research Chair, Ivey Business School, Western University (London, Canada). She is committed to researching business issues that will facilitate sustainable development and mobilizing those ideas to business practice. She founded and continues to direct the Network for Business Sustainability (<a href="http://www.nbs.net/">www.nbs.net</a>) and Chairs the CCA Expert Panel on the Circular Economy. </p></div>

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Tima

Bansal

Founder, ChopValue

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Felix Bock

Founder, ChopValue

<div class="ExternalClass5EFF1D3CB7E0471D9050EE6EF8D902A5"><p>Felix Böck knocks on wood for a living. He is the founder of the ChopValue Microfactory concept where he developed and engineered an innovative material using under-utilized resources. ChopValue has allowed him to discover a way to connect his expertise and research focus on bamboo composite materials within the circular economy while doing his PhD in a collaboration with UBC/MIT/Cambridge. Motivated to create a global impact in the bamboo industry, he has gained experience by working on projects supporting companies through all stages in over 20 countries with his firm CrossLink Technologies. He believes that leading by example with innovation and resilience will inspire others to rethink resource efficiency and reshape the future of urbanization.</p></div>

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Felix

Böck

Chair, National Zero Waste Council

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Malcolm Brodie

Chair, National Zero Waste Council

<div class="ExternalClass2588018392D3469F9B57FE7886C85921"><p>Malcolm Brodie has been a Board Director and Chair of the National Zero Waste Council since its inception in October 2013. He has also been a member of Council for the City of Richmond since 1996, and Mayor since 2001.</p><p>Malcolm Brodie has been appointed by his Council to the Board of Directors of Metro Vancouver and he currently is the Chair of the Water Committee, Vice-Chair of the Performance and Audit Committee and also serves on the Finance and Intergovernment Committee, the Mayors' Committee, the George Massey Crossing Task Force, and the Industrial Lands Task Force. He represents Metro Vancouver on the Municipal Finance Authority, and in 2015, was elected as Chair.</p> <p>Before election to Council, Mayor Brodie was a practicing lawyer and had a long record of service to Richmond in the volunteer community.</p></div>

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Malcolm

Brodie

Co-Founder & Executive Director, One Earth

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Vanessa Timmer

Co-Founder & Executive Director, One Earth

<div class="ExternalClass7DF531B0082741DF9C395B2AEF2E8D02"><p>Dr. Vanessa Timmer is the Executive Director of One Earth, a Vancouver, Canada-based environmental ‘think and do tank’ creating and imagining sustainable ways of living in cities and around the world. One Earth collaborates with partners to transform how people live their lives – what they need, what they consume and produce, and what they aspire to – enabling everyone to live good quality of lives within their fair share of our planet’s resources.</p><p>Vanessa is also a Senior Research Fellow at Utrecht University with Pathways to Sustainability, the Urban Futures Studio, and the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development. She holds a Doctorate and studied at Queen’s University, Oxford, UBC and Harvard. Vanessa sits on the Multi-stakeholder Advisory Committee for the United Nations 10YFP Sustainable Lifestyles Programme. In Canada, she is a Board member of the National Zero Waste Council and of the Vancouver Foundation Partnership Committee.</p><p>In 2018, Vanessa received the 2018 YWCA Women of Distinction Award in Environmental Sustainability. </p></div>

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Vanessa

Timmer

Chair, Metro Vancouver Board

http://www.zwc.ca/speakers/Sav Dhaliwal

Chair, Metro Vancouver Board

<div class="ExternalClass2B1EFD0336624E3A9FDED1828B3F7687"><p>Sav Dhaliwal was elected Chair of the Metro Vancouver Board in November 2018, following a decade as a Board Director and 16 years as City of Burnaby Councillor. He has also served as president of both the Union of B.C. Municipalities and Lower Mainland Local Government Association and worked with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities as the Chair of the Standing Committee for Municipal Finance and as well as Infrastructure and Transportation Policy.</p><p>Prior to local politics, Sav enjoyed a long career in the private sector working in information technology at TELUS. He has also served not-for-profit organizations in Burnaby, including the Burnaby Minor Hockey Association, Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame Committee, New Vista Society and the Burnaby Lions Club.</p><p>Sav has been recognized by the Government of Canada, the University of British Columbia & the Goel Family Charitable Foundation, the Fiji Association of British Columbia and the Chetna Association of Canada for his outstanding services to the Community. He and his wife, Cheryl, have lived in Burnaby for more than 40 years.</p></div>

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Sav

Dhaliwal

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