Message from the Chair
Dear Members and Friends of AWMA-OS:
It is my great pleasure and honor to serve you as the Chair of the Board of Directors of AWMA-OS for 2006 to 2008. I have worked with many of you in 2006 and 2007 and appreciate very much the time and effort that you have volunteered to advance our course as a primary organization of environmental professionals in Ontario. I will count on your continual supports in 2008 to complete my remaining term (until May 2008) and want to wish you all the success and happiness in the new year.
In 2007, we with the help from many enthusiastic volunteers organized a series of exciting events, including numerous breakfast seminars held in Toronto, Hamilton, and Waterloo-Kitchener areas on current topics of interest, professional training workshops, and the revitalized AWMA-OS Annual Conference. We will continue these efforts in 2008 to provide our members opportunities to network, learn timely information on our profession and industry, upgrade our skills, and share.
In addition, we will focus on helping to build and grow student chapters across Ontario and attract more young professionals to join us. As some of you may have noticed, venture capital (VC) investments into clean technology (CleanTech, or CT) which in general includes environmental protection, energy efficiency, renewable energy, etc., surpassed VC invested in the IT and BioTech (BT) sectors in the third quarter of 2007, making CT first time the #1 sector of VC investment in the world. This is a very clear indication of the growth speed of CT recently. Many expect significant and continual growth of the environmental industry in the next few decades, particularly taking into consideration the urgent and lasting needs for environmental technologies, products and services from the emerging economic power houses such as China and India. Obviously, more and more new bloods are needed for our profession - We are obligated and in a great position to help!
Last but not the least, AWMA-OS should step up its effort to draw its membership more from the academic community, governmental and industrial sectors, and involve in more joint activities with industrial organizations and associations. This will not only raise the profile of our association and draw talents from a wider range, but also better position us to serve our society more effectively using our knowledge, expertise and determination in protecting our mutual environment.
Sincerely,
You-Zhi Tang, Ph.D.
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