The Monthly Informer
17 POLITICS
Across party lines, top politi-
cians past and present think the
NDP and business can get along
18 NUMEROLOGY
Why the province's artisan
community wants to craft its
own guild hall
19 ENERGY
Some Icelanders are cool to a
local hydro project backed by
Ross Beaty's Alterra Power
20 MATRIX
B.C.'s robotics sector has legs,
but a shortage of engineers is
holding us back
23 THE CONVERSATION
For Mining Association of BC
head Bryan Cox, the industry's
future is green
25 DIY MANAGEMENT
The straight dope on dealing
with marijuana at work
26 TO DO
Nourishment for the
corporate mind and soul
28 OFFICE SPACE
CBRE Group puts employee
wellness †rst at its Vancouver
premises
Oine
91 WATERCOOLER
Are we just being paranoid
about employee surveillance?
92 JARGON WATCH
Muscle memory is no stretch
93 WEEKEND WARRIOR
Behind the wheel with Boreal
Genomics' Andre Marziali
93 NEW +
IMPROVED
Our latest lifestyle
choices
94 TRAVEL
There's much
more to Chengdu
than giant pandas
97 ABOUT TOWN
The Entrepreneur of the Year
winners celebrate their night
98 LUNCH WITH LUCY
Landa Global Properties
co-founder Kevin Cheung
12 EDITOR'S DESK
Lessons in leadership
15 FEEDBACK
What you said
CHATTER
NOVEMBER 2017 BCBUSINESS 7
(CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) LINDSAY SIU; POOYA NABEI: COURTESY OF SLACK
A FUTURE
WITHOUT
WASTE
A Circular Economy
Within Reach
OPENING
KEYNOTE
Dr. Cady Coleman,
Scientist and
Retired NASA
Astronaut. Coleman
having seen Earth
from a unique perspective, shares her
vision for a world that works together
to accelerate the transition to a circular
economy.
AFTERNOON
KEYNOTE
Tristram Stuart,
international award-
winning author,
campaigner and
TED Talk speaker.
Stuart spearheads environmental and
social impact campaigns to change
society's attitude towards wasting food.
(Clockwise from left)
Ben Taddei of
Conwest Group;
Boreal Genomics'
Andre Marziali; Slack's
Vancouver office