Dave Van Den Assem

Director at Clean Technology, Alberta Innovates

Speaker

David is a Director of Clean Technology at Alberta Innovates with a focus on advancing innovative technologies from proof of concept through to field pilot stages. David is also the Director of the Hydrogen Centre of Excellence which supports Alberta’s Hydrogen Roadmap policy pillars to activate technology and innovation as well as lead the way and build alliances in Alberta’s growing hydrogen economy. Alberta Innovates and the Hydrogen Centre of Excellence are open to innovative next-generation technologies along the hydrogen and CCUS value chains. In addition, David is the lead for the Clean Resources Innovation Network’s (CRIN’s) Carbon Capture and Value Add Products (CCVAP) focus area which includes CCUS, hydrogen, critical minerals, carbon fibre and nanomaterials, partial upgrading, and alternative energy.

David brings over 25 years of project management, business unit management, and environmental leadership in several sectors, including power, oilsands, mining, and real estate. His vision is to lead efforts to improve the ecological, social, and economic footprint of these sectors to improve our relationship with the natural environment.