With increasing concerns about climate change, carbon footprint, and energy production, there are a lot of misconceptions and misunderstandings concerning the subject. This course will try to clear up these misunderstandings and misconceptions by going into some depth about the various forms of energy production, their environmental impacts, waste management issues, and the global challenges in these areas that we all have to deal with. As the push is on now to moving towards a low carbon future, organizations have to ensure that their staff are being kept current and informed.
Learn about the various types of energy production, their positives and negatives, cost comparisons and which ones are being recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Get an in-depth look at sustainability
Learn about the calculation of carbon footprints
Explore the significance of Climate Change and Why a global perspective with global input is necessary
Understand why waste management issues and the availability of Water are important components of the equation
Learn about the concept of Zero Waste and the benefits of an integrated Waste Management System
Energy Managers
Facilities Managers
Environment Managers
Environmental Representatives
Definitions
A detailed look at the various forms of energy used for electrical production and their positives and negatives
Fossil (oil, natural gas, and coal)
Canadian Oil Sands and Gulf Coast Countries oil (similarities and differences)
Geothermal
Nuclear
Hydro Electric
Biomass
Combined Cycle
Wind
Fuel Cell
Electrochemical (batteries)
Emerging Technologies
Carbon footprints for each of the various forms of energy used for producing electricity and their contribution to the organization’s KPIs
Environmental Risks and Health & Safety Issues
Carbon Footprints calculations
KPIs
Environmental Risks
ISO 18001
Green House Gases
Sustainability issues
Related International Environment Treaties
Availability of Water
Water banking
Climate Change and its significance for the Gulf Coast Countries
Integrated Waste Management System
Waste disposal & the concept of Zero Waste
Environmental Ethics
Moving towards a low carbon future (carbon negative)
Generic recommendations concerning “greening” your company at a reasonable cost
Because supervisory levels are the link between the executive and senior management levels, achieving the organization's objectives, increasing productivity and overall performance of the organization, affects the effectiveness and efficiency of supervisors' performance.
And because of the skills of supervisors in any organization in need of continuous development, and to acquire advanced tools and methods that reflect on the deepening of these skills and activate their role in motivating individuals working, and push them to commit to the goals of the organization.
You need this conference to learn about supervisory skills and advanced methods, to be able to play an effective and supervisory role in your organization.
Managing an office has become an increasingly sophisticated and complex job. The increased demand for speed and accuracy, knowledge of new technology, and an increasingly diverse workforce bring challenges and also opportunities for growth. This dynamic and in-depth course explores some of the more advanced skills which can help an office manager to work more confidently, creatively, and effectively.
As a supervisor, the success of your organization rests in your hands. This course provides you with the opportunity to develop highly effective and essential supervisory skills that will strengthen teamwork and organizational success. Also, this course will help you manage everyday operations with greater ease. Furthermore, it will help you leverage both your managerial and people skills to meet your new challenges as the 21st-century supervisor.
This course is designed for participants to introduce to key issues and themes in international development.
Participants will explore and engage in academic debates and discussions around a set of key factors that shape, influence, and constrain the development and prosperity of nations.
The course will explore a number of key themes in international development, including how questions of gender and generation shape the impact of poverty; how processes of globalization, migration, and violent conflict impact development; and how development and the environment are linked.
It also considers what exactly we mean by poverty, and how different ways of understanding poverty feed into different approaches to tackling it.
It will also consider development institutions: what are the key institutions in the architecture of international development? How do they differ, and what are the challenges and opportunities they present? Through this module, participants will gain a solid background in the various factors which shape current approaches to and debates on international development.
By introducing participants to a range of problems in economic development, we will look to analyze how economic theory and models can explain the lack of development in some nations. We will apply such theory to real-world economies to understand the nature of the problems they face and how effective policies can be in tackling the problems.
A five-day course on the practical aspects of piping and pipeline design, integrity, maintenance, and repair. The participants will obtain an in-depth understanding of the ASME B31 code rules and API standards, their technical basis, and practical application to field conditions.
Corporate/Public governance and risk management are critical There is increasing attention being paid to corporate governance and risk management in business schools and among legislators.