Event

AI and Sustainability: Balancing Innovation with Planetary and Social Well-being

Thursday, October 10, 2024 18:00to20:00
Faculty Club 3450 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E5, CA
Price: 
Free

Join us for the 11th Trottier Symposium on Sustainable Engineering, Energy, and Design, where renowned expert Victor Galaz, PhD will lead an enlightening discussion on the intersection of artificial intelligence and sustainability.


Victor Galaz, PhDVictor Galaz, PhD

Associate professor & Director of PhD programme, Stockholm Resilience Centre

Victor Galaz is associate professor in political science at the Stockholm Resilience Centre , and programme director of the Beijer Institute’s Governance, Technology and Complexity programme. He is also co-Editor-in-Chief for the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (COSUST), and was a Board Member of The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) between 2021-2023.

His research explores the political and governance challenges created by rapid global change, including globally networked risks, governance dimensions of “planetary boundaries”, the interplay between financial systems and Earth system dynamics, and the sustainability implications of novel technologies.

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