University of Alberta - Festival of Ideas

Capital Power is proud to be a founding sponsor of the University of Alberta Festival of Ideas. In 2010 we introduced the Capital Power Lecture Series, which will also run during the 2012 and 2014 festivals.

Festival of Ideas 2010 featured Pulitzer Prize winning author Jared Diamond as part of the inaugural Capital Power Lecture Series.   

The festival is a multidisciplinary, interactive, engaging and inclusive forum facilitating cutting-edge creative thinking about how to respond to the challenges of our time. In essence, the Festival of Ideas is a means to encourage everyone in our community to push boundaries, re-assess old habits, challenge taken-for-granted assumptions and develop 'knowledge entrepreneurship.'

We are thrilled to support this remarkable event, and as Founding Sponsor we are committed to helping sustain it. We want to help the Festival flourish and become a permanent part of life in Edmonton, Canada’s Festival City.

Last Updated: March 2, 2012