INVITED SPEAKER

How Alberta’s Oil Sands Can Build a Green Future

Satya Brata Das
Cambridge Strategies Inc., Canada

Duration

40 minutes

Abstract

Satya Das’s book Green Oil: Clean Energy for the 21st Century? argues that sustainable development of Alberta’s oil sands can play a leading role in the transition from today’s high-carbon economy to a clean-energy future. As the only democratic petro-state and owners of the world’s largest hydrocarbon deposit, Alberta and Albertans play a key role in the energy security of the democratic world. Alberta can lead and fund the evolution of energy alternatives that will enable democracies to break their addiction to hydrocarbons from turbulent and unstable regions of the world.

Biography of the Invited Speaker

Satya Brata Das is an eminent opinion leader; a sought-after commentator on air, in print, and on panels and podiums in both of Canada’s national languages.
As Founder and Principal Cambridge Strategies Inc., Satya advises at the most senior levels of federal, provincial and municipal governance. His advice includes governance issues; policy design and development; integrated whole-systems analysis covering political, economic social and cultural aspects; strategic planning; and strategic guidance and counsel to leadership in the private and public sectors. Satya brings an expert understanding of the challenges and implications of Alberta’s ownership and stewardship of the world’s single largest hydrocarbon resource, the Alberta Oil Sands, and their potential for assuring continental energy security.
His community service is devoted to the arts, culture, societal development, human rights and human dignity, diversity, inclusion and pluralism. His books include Dispatches From a Borderless World; The Best Country: Why Canada Will Lead the Future; Green Oil: Clean Energy for the 21st Century? Born in India, Satya was educated at the universities of Alberta and Cambridge. After collecting a shelf full of awards and recognitions over 35 years as a writer, strategist and volunteer, Satya counts his life partner Mita and their two daughters as his most significant achievements.