Sustainable Future Conference
The Engineers Without Borders UPEI chapter is hosting a Sustainable Future Conference, which is the first Canadian Official United Nations Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) on October 26, at UPEI.
The objective of this conference is to encourage action towards achieving a sustainable future by empowering university students and youth with knowledge from leading sustainability experts and an activity focused on tackling real-world sustainability problems through policy. The outcomes of this conference will be presented at the Global Conference Of Youth from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Chile.
The conference is divided into two free sessions:
Morning session
The morning session is open to the public. Our keynote speaker, Søren Hermansen, will speak about how he helped make Samsø Island 100% renewable by creating a community movement that made the Samsø Island one of the greatest sustainable community examples in the world.
Afternoon session
After lunch, the afternoon session is for youth that want to take action and create solutions to the sustainability problems we are facing, through a Climate Policy Hackathon event. Participants will be divided into groups of six and will work in solutions for real climate change related problems.
