BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682ede93df5b0 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240813T133000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240813T143000 URL:/waterloo-institute-sustainable-energy/events/wise- public-lecture-3 SUMMARY:WISE Public Lecture CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nWISE is pleased to announce the public lecture by J ohn Avdoulos. Join\nus for a discussion on building a clean\, affordable\, and reliable\nelectricity system. With the decarbonization efforts and gr owth in\neconomic development\, increased electrification is forecasted to \ndouble in the next 20 years.  The problem has been defined as costing\n $500 billion in electricity infrastructure needs\, but it can be\naccelera ted through innovation and technology.  Data\, AI\, modeling\,\nand distr ibuted energy resources are key components to solving the\nproblem. The Es sex Power PowerShare DSO initiative is moving the\nindustry forward to dep loy technologies to enable DER’s at a faster\npace. \n DTSTAMP:20250522T082139Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR