Ken has published an article in TheMarkNews.com which outlines the results of the conjoint surveys done by Cambridge Strategies that has pinpointed the leadership and governance values and types of environmental protections Albertans see as crucial for the successful and continued development of the oilsands.

"Albertans want a new narrative on oil sands development, a survey suggests. Get rich quick? No, they want to prosper, but they also want sensible policy. To better understand how Albertans feel about oil sands development, my firm, Cambridge Strategies, did a conjoint survey to determine the value priorities Albertans feel should drive and guide oil sands development." Read the full article here.

The Oilsands Survey is also part of the analyses of the University fo Alberta's Oilsands Research and Information Network (OSRIN), you can find out more about OSRIN's role in sustainable oilsands development and reclamantion here.

There has also been several articles on the implications of the survey findings for Alberta discussed in the Vancouver Province, The Edmonton Journal's article by Trish Audette, another in the Edmonton Journal by Graham Thomson as well as a column by  Deborah Yedlin in the Calgary Herald on the survey results.  You can also see detailed survey results in Edmonton Journal's Capital Notebook.

Lead. Follow. Or Get out of the way! The Alberta Council of Technologies 2010 Clean-tech Conference, Sept 17/18th: Lacombe Workshops and Red Deer Convention Centre

Register HERE:  http://abctech.ca/clean-tech-conference-2010 and find out more about the Alberta Clean Council of Technologies here.

Join Alberta's clean-tech change agents: entrepreneurs and new enterprises, investors and policy influencers from throughout the province and across all industry sectors as 500 attendees...50 student passes...$100 a day...craft our legacy together.

There will be an array of impact workshops from demystifying and advancing the commercialization of clean-tech; adopting of clean-tech resolutions and election of an industry alliance for advancing Alberta's emerging clean-tech industry and the new found respect for the environment; provocative presentations from Tom Rand - champion of Green Bonds and author of Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit - 10 clean-technologies to save our world AND Satya Das - award winning journalist and author of Green Oil - Clean energy for the 21st century.

Ken joins the ranks of many notable Albertans in the July 2010 issue of Alberta Venture Magazine for his dedication to the public interest of Alberta and his most recent efforts to re-engage Progressive Albertans in their citizenship as a one of the key organizers of the Reboot Alberta movement.

Read the top 50 list, which includes Premier Ed Stelmach, AUMA President Darren Aldous and City of Edmonton's Chief Information Officer here .

Satya will be part of a panel on Thursday May 13th's  Alberta Primetime airing 7 pm on Access on Alberta wetlands policy and where the province is headed, with particular regard for northern Alberta. What is lacking from existing policy and what do Albertans need to do differently to make successful environmental protection happen alongside oil sands development?

On the Monday May 17th program, Alberta Primetime is examining how Al Jazeera - now being broadcast in Canada - is covering the oil sands and the risks and benefits of their coverage to help lead to a broader debate on resource management and environmental stewardship. Panelists including Satya will discuss.

Links to segments will be available here and post comments and thoughts on what you think at greenoilbook.com .

Ken's article\ in the February 2010 issue of Edmontonians outlines why government and business need to get onboard social media techniques.

"The ability to communicate by simply clicking a mouse makes the power of a message grow virally as well as virtually. This organic, informal distribution of communications is in sharp contrast to the conventional, formal approach of traditional public relations and advertising one-way message broadcasting.

All this adds up to red flags of fear and pangs of angst for those who still hold to the hope that they can control the media, the medium and the message.

Business needs to stop being paralyzed by their fear from the culture shock of this horizontal, community based, power-sharing communications reality of the Internet. If engaging in transformation is not part of your culture, then default to incrementalism as the go-forward strategy."

Click here and scroll down to page 7 to read the article.

Ken was also at the Social Media for Government conference in Edmonton January 26-28. Read what Mike Spear of Genome Alberta had to say about the conference here.