Alberta was already deeply challenged heading into 2020. The twin blows of COVID-19 and a global price war for oil has left the economy reeling. Can the province turn this crisis into an opportunity, to help build a more sustainable global economy? In this episode of RBC Disruptors, Alice Reimer, Co-Founder of the51 and Site Lead for Creative Destruction Lab and Marty Reed, CEO of Evok Innovations, discuss how Alberta can use technology to export IP, attract talent, and build a new engine of energy innovation.
Alberta’s economy will shrink by billions of dollars in 2020 and the unemployment rate is set to exceed 20%. Starting the year with a price war launched by foreign countries, combined with a global pandemic, demand has been decimated and Alberta’s economy is in crisis.
In this episode of RBC Disruptors, John Stackhouse is joined by Alice Reimer, Co-Founder of the51 and Site Lead for Creative Destruction Lab and Marty Reed, CEO of Evok Innovations, to discuss the challenges facing Alberta’s energy sector and the steps Alberta needs to take to ensure our energy sector is a critical part of a greener global economy. In today’s episode we discuss:
News clips provided from:
1. Edmonton Journal, April 15, 2020
Full length clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KziURItutQU
2. Global News, April 24, 2020
Full length clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MAhjng6x5E
3. Global News, March 25, 2020
Full length clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nqt8HS7WJo