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Praveer Sinha, CEO and managing director at Tata Power gave the keynote address live from Mumbai, India. The expo audience was global this year, drawing 110 attendees from across continents. 鈥淚 joined with the hope to gain a better understanding of current and emerging technologies in the energy industry towards achieving a net-zero carbon emission,鈥� said David Wondoh, a graduate electrical engineer from the University of Mines and Technology in Tarkwa, Ghana. Wondoh had a keen interest in clean and sustainable energy and saw this event as an opportunity to get to know more about what Ryerson鈥檚 Centre for Urban Energy had to offer. 鈥淚'm looking forward to hearing about the latest developments in energy innovation in Canada,鈥� said Peter Polanowski, a water management specialist from Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Jessie Ma, an IESO research fellow, led one of the research showcases at the event. Gary Thompson, Supervisor of Engineering, Technical Standards & Energy Solutions at Toronto Hydro joined Ma in reflecting on the progress the Toronto Hydro and Centre for Urban Energy partnership has made. 鈥淲here we are today is nothing compared to where we were in 2012. We鈥檝e moved considerably far,鈥� said Thompson.

Amr Adel, research fellow at the CUE and the centre's academic director, Bala Venkatesh showcased the research partnership between Hydro One, Opus One and Toronto Community Housing in an enthusiastic session.

Panel A focused on empowering students, hosting Bolis Ibrahim, CEO of Argentum Electronics, Nima Alibabaei, CEO of BKR Energy Inc. and SWTCH Energy鈥檚 director of business development, Thomas Martin, who each gave insight to students in the industry looking to grow their start-up. The session was moderated by Farhan Zia, Senior Manager of Strategic Initiatives at Ryerson University.

 鈥淭his is a good time to take a risk, and try a hand at it,鈥� said Ibrahim. Martin emphasized the importance of networking. 鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of focus in certification, but you need a network to find out where you fit in the industry. 50 per cent is skill acquired and 50 per cent is who you know,鈥� said Martin.

Panel B, revolved around Entrepreneurship, featuring Holly Dunne, manager of business strategy at Elocity, co-founder of CleanAir.ai, Michael Petgrave and national team lead of account management at Mitacs, Ivette Vera Perez. The session was moderated by Phil Walsh, professor of entrepreneurship and strategy at Ryerson University. Dunne and Petgrave spoke about the importance of cross disciplinary participation, reflecting on their own different academic backgrounds. The two raved about the support they received from staff. 鈥淲ithout Professor Bala鈥檚 support, there鈥檚 no question things could have gone differently,鈥� said Dunne, manager of business strategy at Elocity, a cleantech start-up that got its start at the CEZ. Petgrave, co-founder of Cleanair.ai, also a CEZ startup, reflected on a last-minute government call for proposals Lalitha Subramanian, the CEZ鈥檚 project manager sent to the team in 2020, noting that the notification resulted in his start-up鈥檚 momentum one year later. 鈥淲ithout Lalitha, we couldn鈥檛 have had the opportunity,鈥� said Petgrave.