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![Foresight Announces Circular Bioeconomy Reverse Pitch Challenge]()
December 1, 2020 Announcement Foresight Announces Circular Bioeconomy Reverse Pitch Challenge The event is focused on providing opportunities and making connections for innovators with circular bioeconomy solutions across the automotive, construction and packaging value chains. View Announcement -
![Unsung Heroes in Canadian Cleantech: The Financial Sector Steps Up to Fund the Future]()
November 26, 2020 Article Unsung Heroes in Canadian Cleantech: The Financial Sector Steps Up to Fund the Future , the finance sector in Canada - sometimes saddled with a reputation as being change-resistant or slow-moving - has shown themselves to be the opposite. In terms of cleantech and green financing, there've been some innovative and exciting developments that deserve some early recognition. View Article -
![Canada’s Next Big Opportunity: The Circular Economy]()
November 26, 2020 Article Canada’s Next Big Opportunity: The Circular Economy The circular economy is based on, unsurprisingly, the concept of circularity - re-circulating and repurposing ‘waste’ materials and keeping products and materials in use as a way of not only contributing to a zero-carbon future, but also regenerating natural systems and reducing pollution. View Article -
![Future Economy in Action: The Top 3 Ways Clusters Shorten Innovation Cycles]()
November 18, 2020 Article Future Economy in Action: The Top 3 Ways Clusters Shorten Innovation Cycles British Columbia is in a period of intense change and transition in cleantech. Not only are we reacting to an unprecedented modern pandemic in a time of climate crisis, but multiple economic trends are converging at once View Article -
![A Bold Future for the Circular Bioeconomy: Panel Recap]()
November 12, 2020 Article A Bold Future for the Circular Bioeconomy: Panel Recap On November 5, 2020, Foresight hosted a circular bioeconomy panel discussion in partnership with Natural Resources Canada. View Article -
![Foresight Announces Strategic Advisory Board for Canada’s waterNEXT Cluster]()
November 10, 2020 Announcement Foresight Announces Strategic Advisory Board for Canada’s waterNEXT Cluster Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre (Foresight) announced today the formation of the waterNEXT Advisory Board, an esteemed group of scientific and business leaders in the water sector chosen to advise the waterNEXT pan-Canadian cluster on opportunities to maximize the impact of its programs and services. View Announcement -
![Build a Better BC]()
November 10, 2020 Article Build a Better BC Build a Better BC, a non-partisan group looking for a bold, inspiring future for British Columbia, presents a report outlining game-changing scenarios for a post-COVID BC. View Article -
![Foresight, Vestas, and Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service Launch an Open Innovation Challenge to Transform the Wind Turbine Industry]()
November 4, 2020 Announcement Foresight, Vestas, and Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service Launch an Open Innovation Challenge to Transform the Wind Turbine Industry Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre (Foresight) officially launched SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Connect, an open innovation challenge for innovators across Canada to solve industry challenges from around the globe View Announcement -
![A Bold Future for Bioeconomy: Roadmaps, Rebels, & Real-World Challenges]()
October 21, 2020 Article A Bold Future for Bioeconomy: Roadmaps, Rebels, & Real-World Challenges Can a Circular Bioeconomy improve resource and eco-efficiency, lower GHG footprint, help meet ESG goals, and reduce demand for fossil carbon? View Article -
![Future Economy Series: Built Environment Webinar Recap]()
October 9, 2020 Article Future Economy Series: Built Environment Webinar Recap Experts from the built environment sector, Michaela Neuberger, Dale Littlejohn, Jamie Gray-Donald and George Benson joined our weekly webinar on July 7, 2020 to discuss recommendations for The Road to 2050 - Bridging the Gap Between Challenges & Solutions in the Built Environment report. View Article -
![Future Economy Series: Transportation Webinar Recap]()
October 9, 2020 Article Future Economy Series: Transportation Webinar Recap Experts from the Transportation sector, Dorota Kwasnik, Dave Earl and Daniel Breton joined our weekly webinar series on Sept 9, 2020 to discuss recommendations from the report - The Road to 2050 - Bridging the Gap Between Challenges & Solutions in the Transportation Sector . View Article -
![Future Economy Series: Forestry Webinar Recap]()
October 9, 2020 Article Future Economy Series: Forestry Webinar Recap Experts from the Forestry sector, Gurminder Minhas, Neill Huff and James Sandland joined our weekly webinar series to discuss recommendations for The Road to 2050 - Bridging the Gap Between Challenges & Solutions in the Forestry Sector report. View Article
