Rachele Clewes

Denise's Bio

Denise Beaven | Girls Talk Tech Co-Chair, Conocophillips Canada
Round Tables (Friday afternoon)

Denise Beaven has spent 40 years in the IT industry with 33 years at ConocoPhillips Canada. Girls Talk Tech’s goal is to help girls learn more about IT careers and feel confident they can succeed. Girls Talk Tech (GTT) was formalized in 2018 with the mission to educate, encourage and empower young women to embrace technology for the future.

Girls Talk Tech

Neal's Bio

Neal Tanna | Research Scientist, InnoTech Alberta
Round Tables (Friday afternoon)

Neal Tanna is an environmental professional with over 15 years of experience in design and implementation of effective monitoring and investigative programmes. He is an expert in characterizing environmental fate and quantifying ecological risks objectively, ensuring that field measurement tools are signal-to-noise optimized and produce reliable data at environmentally relevant concentrations.

InnoTech Alberta

Theo's Bio

Theo Paradis | Senior Water Advisor, Canadian Natural
Round Tables (Friday afternoon)

Theo Paradis has a background in Process Engineering and has had nearly 30 years of experience in mining and mining processes. At Canadian Natural, he has conducted plant design and production processes. Currently he is a Senior Water Advisor on mining water use, treatment, and monitoring at the Horizon Oil Sands Mine.

Canadian Natural

Francisco's Bio

Francisco Basaure | MSc student, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Alberta
Innovation Gallery (Saturday 11:15-12:15)

Francisco completed his BSc in mechanical engineering at the University of Chile in 2021 before starting his MSc in the same field and year at the University of Alberta, continuing his research about electric vehicles, but now focused on energy storage for their fast charge applications.

Francisco is very passionate about sustainability and green transport solutions, along with renewable energy generation and storage. He is also part of the University of Alberta master energy plan advisory committee as a student representative, giving inputs and ideas for the UofA net zero goals.

Department of Mechanical Engineering - University of Alberta