Surrey Board of Trade

When: Thursday, September 18, 2008

Where: Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel in Surrey BC

To Register, click here: www.sres2008.com

Mayor Dianne Watts and Joseph Segal invite you to join local, national and international speakers as they share their unique perspectives on increasing investment, delivering sustainable development, improving transportation, and ensuring public safety. In addition, keynote speakers will highlight the critically important role of strong, innovative leadership in shaping the future and character of communities and regions.
More than 400 business and community leaders will join expert panelists and plenary speakers such as Premier Gordon Campbell and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the September 18th Surrey Regional Economic Summit.

SURREY BOARD OF TRADE MEDIA RELEASE:

June 4, 2008

The Environment, Your Business and the Economy

Presented by 4Refuel, Supporting Sponsor Plutonic Power Corp.

The presentation of the 2008 Surrey Board of Trade Environment & Business Achievement Award, was part of a lunch time event by the Surrey Board of Trade that saw a panel of speakers discuss environment issues. The panel, moderated by Surrey Board Environment Committee Chair, Mike Boehm (also with KPMG LLP), offered three perspectives on the business opportunities inherent in going and being green. The first speaker, Frank Came, Senior Advisor, Strategic Initiatives for the GLOBE Foundation of Canada, currently seconded to the BC Environment Industry Association, spoke of environment industry initiatives, and local businesses who are creating leading-edge technologies right here in BC; the second speaker, Donald McInnes, Vice Chairman and CEO of Plutonic Power Corp. spoke about the opportunity in Run-of-the-River hydro generation and the role of independent power producers in BC; Maarten den Outen, Trade Commissioner for the Netherlands rounded out the panel with a presentation of how the Dutch Government's remediation of soil from an environmental disaster gave rise to a thriving industry, the technology from which is now working around the world.