Life in 2030: Discuss the future with those who are creating it

A free public forum hosted by Brock University in collaboration with Western University and the University of Windsor. It takes place from 6:30 to 9pm at Trius Winery, 1249 Niagara Stone Road in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Register here [1].

Come out and join the team as they peer into the future:

* Tima Bansal [2]: professor, Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Business Sustainability; “The lines between business, society, and government will blur”

* Rupp Carriveau [3]: associate professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor; “Consumers will choose how their energy is generated”

* Debbie Inglis [4]: director, Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI), Brock University; “Climate change will move Ontario wineries toward great new styles and flavours of wine”

Moderator: John Storm [5], host of Cogeco’s Taking Niagara by Storm.

The event will also be webcast, and those watching online can participate in the discussion through Twitter.

Research Matters [6] is a collaboration among Ontario’s 21 universities to find new ways to tell stories about how research is changing the way Ontarians live, work and play. Earlier Research Matters events have played to full houses in Kitchener-Waterloo, Sudbury and Oshawa. The next event in the series takes place in Toronto on May 9.

To register go to: http://yourontarioresearch.ca/life-in-2030 [1]

For more information on the Research Matters campaign: http://YourOntarioResearch.ca [7]

Follow the campaign on Twitter at @OntarioResearch or use the hashtag #life2030

Join the community at www.facebook.com/pages/Research-Matters/220147661433945 [8]

In the Ontario vineyard of 2030, we’ll sip wines that were once the domain of far-away, exotic locations. Big business will set environmental and social policies. And consumers will choose how their energy is generated....These are some of the visions of the future Ontarians can hear about as the audience interacts with visionary researchers from three Ontario universities. [9]