White Noise Talks: Beyond Oil
White Noise Talks: Beyond Oil: Surviving the Next Boom
Saturday, June 27, 2015 • 4-5:30pm
Theatre Junction Grand – Studio
608 1 St SW, Calgary
No intermission
Free admission
An oil boom means Calgary is flooded with people and prosperity. Does that mean a bust has to be the opposite? Join wordfest and an eclectic panel of speakers working in art, literature, engineering, business and advocacy as we filter through the “white noise” surrounding Calgary’s economy and identity – how intertwined they are, and how intertwined they should be. Beyond oil and gas, what makes our city unique, how can we build on these qualities, and what can we do to survive the next boom? Hosted by Matt Knapik; co-presented with Sled Island.
The Panel:
Keith Driver
A Professional Engineer, Keith has over 15 years of experience in the environment industry – primarily in Western Canada. Most notably, Keith has been a Founder and Managing Partner of Cap-Op Energy and The Prasino Group – consultants and developers of greenhouse gas reduction projects across North America’s energy industry. He is also a sessional instructor at the University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business, teaching an MBA level course in carbon policy, economics, markets and finance. His work is focused on environmental management and sustainable business.
Matt Knapik
Matt Knapik is a Calgary designer, educator, and co-host of the morning radio show Charmer’s Almanac on CJSW. He currently runs a design studio called kilometre, and teaches part time at the University of Calgary.
Kimberley Nelson
Kimberley Nelson is president of the non-profit community advocacy group Bike Calgary, which is dedicated to improving conditions for Calgarians who ride bicycles and to enable those who want to cycle to do so safely, efficiently, and comfortably. In 2014, Kimberley Nelson made Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40.
Fred Stenson
Fred Stenson is a novelist, non-fiction writer, film writer and a humour columnist for Alberta Views Magazine. His most recent novel is Who By Fire, the story of a southern Alberta farm family that suddenly has a dangerous gas plant on its doorstep. The only son in this family pursues a career in the oil industry, a career that ends in the present day Alberta oil sands.
Peter von Tiesenhausen
Peter von Tiesenhausen’s multidisciplinary practice includes painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, installation, event, video and performance. His 1997 copyright claim over his land has protected it against corporate infringement for almost 20 years. Beginning during the 2008 economic downturn he spearheaded the construction of a sustainable timber frame straw bale community hall in the rural locality of Demmitt, Alberta. He is the winner of the Lieutenant Governor’s Distinguished Artist Award for 2015.
This event is co-presented with Sled Island
