The Ecology Foundation - Siemens lecture series

Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your skills in the emerging technologies and business opportunities that are coming about as business prepares and changes for a carbon-constrained world? New ways to source energy. New technolgies. New business models.

This is the work of The Ecology Foundation every day. We are working with business to help make the adjustment to new ways of doing things; and to doing new things. We conceive the ideas; we develop the business plans; we create the partnerships and consortiums that can bring them to life.

Do you want to be a part of this? Do you see yourself as one of Ireland's leaders in this drive to a new way of doing things? Do you want to learn how to become one of these leaders. Do you want to be given the opportunity to lead one of these projects?

If this is you, then you need to talk to us. Now!

To have a chat with our team, then send us an email telling us about yourself, what you've done so far and why you think that you have the potential to lead one of our projects.

Send your email to newleaders@theecologyfoundation.org

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Vantage Point

Siemens lecture series

The Ecology Foundation, in association with Siemens Ireland, is presenting a series of lectures to Ireland's leading Universities and Institutes of Education on climate change and its implications for the future of society.

The lectures series is designed to educate and encourage undergraduate and graduate students to assess how they can play a role in meeting the challenge of tackling climate change. The lectures not only focus on the challenge of climate change, but also the positive role science, engineering, innovation and business can make by addressing it. The lecture series is free and consists of a menu of four separate lectures prepared by The Ecology Foundation's climate change specialists. The lectures are outlined as follow:

Climate Change - An introduction to climate change, the science behind it, little known facts and a discussion of the efforts required to meet the climate change challenge.

The Business of Climate Change - An explanation of how climate change will transform global commerce and affect business strategy, illustrating how business can play a leading role to help society adapt to the inevitable challenges.

The Engineering Challenge of Climate Change - A presentation of the major engineering challenges of climate change, looking at the solutions that are ready, those that are in the research and development phase and the critical bottlenecks in deploying appropriate technology.

Climate Change and the Psychology of Risk and Response - A lecture on what can be learned from attitudes to climate change, understanding the inertia facing the challenge and drawing insights from psychology, evolutionary psychology and game theory.

With climate change becoming the world's number one issue both for business and government, tomorrow's graduates will need to be aware of the opportunities and risks inherent in this new paradigm. The Ecology Foundation believes that the lectures will be of distinct value to all students and particularly to those studying engineering and business disciplines.

For more information and details on the lecture series please refer to http://www.siemens.ie/climatechange/index.asp or feel free to contact us on 01 453 7288 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it