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ABOUT TOM RAND
Tom Rand is a global leader with a recognized record of extraordinary achievement in the promotion of a low carbon economy. A green entrepreneur, investor, advisor, public speaker, and author, Rand’s ambition is to help bring clean technology to life.

Rand is the Cleantech Lead Advisor at MaRS(Medical and Related Sciences) Discovery District in downtown Toronto, Canada where he helps the next generation of cleantech companies grow to global leadership. As well, Rand is founder and director of VCi Green Funds, a seed and venture capital fund in the low carbon sector; is co-developer of Planet Traveler, the “greenest hotel in North America”; and sits on the Board of Directors of Morgan Solar.He holds a BASc in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, a MSc in philosophy of science from the University of London / London School of Economics and an MA and PhD in philosophy from the University of Toronto.  Rand is an Action Canada Fellow, and was project manager of the influential Green Bonds public policy team.  Rand’s perspective on climate change is both pragmatic and optimistic.  His bare-knuckled approach is refreshingly straightforward, while missing none of the subtlety required to balance the economic, political, scientific and technological sides of this important topic.

One of the most creative and courageous public speakers in North America, Rand challenges his audiences to recognize that there are concrete solutions to the climate change crisis. He is widely sought after for his ability to take enormously complicated issues and reformulate them in ways that engage his listeners, speaking as a scientifically literate entrepreneur and investor. Tom delivers his acclaimed keynote addresses at universities, engineering conferences, corporate engagements, and public events.

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