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NEXT MEETING -
ASQ London Section 0403 presents….
Tour
- Biotron Experimental Climate Change Research Facility
Date: Thursday
April 10, 2008
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Location:
UWO Western Science Centre, Room 191
Map
to Biotron and parking:
Free parking is arranged in the Middlesex lot shown in the attached map.
This is right next to the Biotron. The gate will be open
from 6-7pm on April 10 and people can exit anytime.
Biotron Introduction:
• Human beings are causing unprecedented damage to the Earth - in
fact we are in danger of exceeding the planet's ability to sustain human
life.
• A new facility at Western offers hope – the ability to peer
into the future of climate change so that we may gain the perspective
to steer ourselves on a less destructive path.
• Opening in 2008, the Biotron Experimental Climate Change Research
Centre represents a $30 million dollar infrastructure investment dedicated
to answering the most pressing environmental questions and to developing
biotechnologies that can restore and protect ecosystem health.
• The Biotron is a high-containment facility housing an array of
custom-designed controlled environments for plants, insects, and microorganisms.
Large, sealed, glass Biomes allow scientists to simulate climate change
and pollution in conditions ranging from arctic winter to desert or tropical,
and everything in between.
• The Biotron also stimulates the bioeconomy by providing labs to
develop environmentally friendly products such as renewable fibres, bioplastics,
medicinal compounds, and biofuels.
• With these tools the Biotron will help us understand the impact
of climate change and pollution on organisms so we can be better prepared
to make decisions that protect ecosystems and our planet as a whole.
Speaker is
Mr. Amar Singh , General Manager of Biotron - The University
of Western Ontario, Biotron Experimental Climate Change Research Centre.
After completing his
degree in Environmental Science at the University of Toronto, Amar Singh
honed his business and technology skills at an international IT consulting
and sales firm in Toronto. He was later hired by a strategic management
consulting firm and in 2004 he was assigned as the project manager for
the development of the $30 million Biotron Experimental Climate Change
Research Centre at The University of Western Ontario. Amar also worked
on science and engineering proposals at Ryerson University and the University
of Guelph, including the $20 million, multi-institutional Autonomous Robotic
Greenhouse proposal. In May 2006, Amar became an employee of Western where
he was appointed to his current position as General Manager of the Biotron.
Amar is certified by the Canadian Environmental Certification Approvals
Board in the areas of Sustainable Development Management and Environmental
Research & Development (R&D).
Attend this session
and learn:
1. The impacts of climate change on ecosystems
2. CFIA/PHAC Containment Level 2, 2++, and 3
3. World's most advanced controlled research environments (glass chambers
and 6m soil core chamber)
4. Confocal and electron microscopy
5. Project management
6:30pm Networking
7:00pm ASQ Welcome
address and opening remarks
7:10pm Speaker Introduction, Tour of Biotron
8:50pm Closing Remarks
9:00pm Adjourn
RSVP: to Carey Roemmele
CRoemmele@vari-form.com
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E S T S .... A R E ....WE L C OM E !
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