Tom Rand   Author, Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit &  Waking the Frog  Managing Partner, ArcTern Ventures Ontario Clean Energy Task Force

Climate disruption presents the most complex and daunting global challenge of the 21st century. That which has primarily driven the economic gains of the last 200 years - cheap and plentiful fossil fuels - now comes at an increasingly unbearable cost. Yet global energy demand continues to grow, as do investments in carbon-intensive energy sources. We must reconcile the need to power our global economy, yet mitigate impending climate catastrophe. A hard-hitting talk tackling head-on the fundamental economic questions of our times: Can fossil fuels remain at the head of the energy table? If not, how do we keep our global industrial economy humming - is clean energy up to the job? What's the future role of the energy incumbents? Rand covers a broad sweep of related topics - economics, energy, technology, climate science and politics - to come up with an 'art of the possible'. Learn more about Tom here.