Annie Chaloux, PhD
Associate Professor at the University of Sherbrooke and Director of Le Climatoscope
Annie Chaloux is Associate Professor at the School of Applied Politics of the University of Sherbrooke. She is the director of the popular science magazine Le Climatoscope, co-director of the Groupe d'études et de recherche sur l'international et le Québec (GÉRIQ) and of the Pôle intégré de recherche en environnement, santé et société (PIRESS). She is also a researcher affiliated with the Centre d'analyse politique - Constitution et Fédéralisme (CAPCF), the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en opérationnalisation du développement durable (CIRODD) and the Centre de la science de la biodiversité du Québec (CSBQ). She holds a doctorate from the École nationale d'administration publique. She has published in a number of scientific journals, including International Negotiations, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, Revue québécoise de droit international and Vertigo, as well as three collective works and several chapters in Quebec and European collective works. She has received several major research grants, including from SSHRC and FRQSC for her work on environmental and climate paradiplomacy, in addition to grants from the Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques (MELCC) and the Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie (MRIF). Her areas of expertise include Canadian and Québec climate policies, international climate negotiations and environmental and climate paradiplomacy in Québec and North America. An active participant in public debates on these issues, she is regularly invited to speak to the media across the country.

Melina Laboucan-Massimo, MA
Founder of Sacred Earth Solar and Director at Indigenous Climate Action
Melina Laboucan-Massimo is Lubicon Cree from Northern Alberta. Melina is the Founder of Sacred Earth Solar, co-founder and Just Transition Director at Indigenous Climate Action, and a Fellow at the David Suzuki Foundation. She is the Host of a new TV series called Power to the People which profiles renewable energy in Indigenous communities across the country. Melina holds a Masters degree in Indigenous Governance from the University of Victoria with a focus on Renewable Energy. As a part of her Masters thesis Melina implemented a 20.8 kW solar project in her home community of Little Buffalo, which powers the health centre in the heart of the tar sands.

Oumarou Savadogo, DSc
UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Engineering: Applied Solar Technologies at Polytechnique Montréal
Dr. Savadogo is an expert in renewable energies and electrochemical engineering. He is a full professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Polytechnique Montréal, and is particularly interested in energy source efficiency, solar energy, hydrogen production, energy storage (batteries, electrochemical capacitors), fuel cells and corrosion in industrial environments. He runs the New Materials for Energy and Electrochemistry Laboratory at Polytechnique Montréal and is co-author of over 200 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Savadogo also sits on the editorial board of several scientific journals.

Moderator
Alexandra Gellé, PhD
Knowledge Mobilization Consultant
At the core of Alexandra's work as a knowledge mobilization consultant is the craft of developing impactful strategies and compelling narratives tailored to resonate with those who need to hear them. Her favorite topics revolve around climate migration and the transition to net-zero.
Alexandra also serves as the scientist in residence with the Comité consultatif sur les changements climatiques, an independent group of experts advising the Quebec Minister of Environment. With a PhD in green chemistry and nanosciences (McGill University '21), she brings years of experience in making complex scientific concepts accessible to diverse audiences.