{"id":370,"date":"2026-05-29T15:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/?p=370"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:16:52","slug":"cserc-roundtable-seminar-discussion-with-dr-timur-gul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/2026\/cserc-roundtable-seminar-discussion-with-dr-timur-gul\/","title":{"rendered":"CSERC Roundtable, Seminar &#038; Discussion with Dr. Timur G\u00fcl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        CSERC Roundtable, Seminar &#038; Discussion with Dr. Timur G\u00fcl\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, May 22, 2026, the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/\">Carleton Sustainable Energy Research Centre <\/a>(CSERC) hosted an expert roundtable and seminar discussion featuring<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/contributors\/timur-gul\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/contributors\/timur-gul\"> Dr. Timur G\u00fcl, Chief Energy Technology Officer<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\">International Energy Agency (IEA)<\/a>. The event brought together scholars, students, and policy experts to examine emerging challenges and opportunities shaping global energy transitions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The morning roundtable&nbsp;convened&nbsp;representatives from a range of interdisciplinary initiatives, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efficiencycanada.org\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.efficiencycanada.org\">Efficiency Canada<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cme-emh.ca\/en\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/cme-emh.ca\/en\/\">Energy Modelling Hub<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/reclimate.ca\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/reclimate.ca\">Re.Climate<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitionsnetwork.org\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.transitionsnetwork.org\">Sustainability Transitions Research Network<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainable-energy\/2026\/carletons-climate-leadership-recognized-by-energy-modelling-hub\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"47\">Transition Accelerator<\/a>. Participants discussed the technological, economic, and governance dimensions of sustainable energy transitions, with a particular emphasis on industrial decarbonization,&nbsp;electricity systems transformation, and policy coordination across sectors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. G\u00fcl\u2019s seminar discussion focused on findings from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/energy-technology-perspectives-2026\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/energy-technology-perspectives-2026\">IEA\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Energy Technology Perspectives 2026<\/em><\/a>, highlighting the rapid expansion of global clean energy technology markets and the growing importance of manufacturing capacity&nbsp;and supply chain resilience.&nbsp;The presentation&nbsp;examined&nbsp;trade-offs surrounding&nbsp;the concentration of clean energy technology&nbsp;supply chains in China, which has accelerated&nbsp;the diffusion of&nbsp;critical clean technologies&nbsp;but also&nbsp;raised&nbsp;mounting geopolitical concerns over market dominance. Discussions explored the economic security implications of supply chain concentration,&nbsp;the place Canada might occupy in unfolding transitions,&nbsp;as well as the importance of strategic international partnerships and&nbsp;supply chain&nbsp;diversification.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across both sessions, participants&nbsp;emphasized&nbsp;the importance of interdisciplinary&nbsp;research<s>&nbsp;<\/s>&nbsp;and&nbsp;collaboration&nbsp;in supporting efforts to realize&nbsp;sustainable&nbsp;energy systems. As CSERC Co-Chair, Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/people\/ahmed-abdulla\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/people\/ahmed-abdulla\/\">Ahmed Abdulla<\/a>&nbsp;stressed&nbsp;that&nbsp;\u201caddressing the complexity of energy transitions requires sustained exchange across disciplines,&nbsp;where insights from engineering, policy, and the social sciences can be brought together to envision and help put in motion effective transition pathways\u201d.&nbsp;Professor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sppa\/people\/rosenbloom-daniel\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sppa\/people\/rosenbloom-daniel\/\">Daniel Rosenbloom<\/a>, Ivey Research Chair in Sustainability Transitions and fellow CSERC&nbsp;Co-chair,&nbsp;added&nbsp;that \u201cCSERC exists to convene researchers, policymakers, and practitioners across&nbsp;domains, creating a shared space to advance knowledge and translate it into&nbsp;actionable insights to accelerate the&nbsp;energy transition\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Timur presenting\" class=\"wp-image-371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-4-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-4-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-4-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-4-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-60-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"CSERC team with Timur and Jason\" class=\"wp-image-372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-60-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-60-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-60-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-60-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-60-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-60-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-60-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cserc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/209\/2026\/05\/CSERC-Rountable-May-22-2026-60-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Left to right: Jason Gadoury, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/contributors\/timur-gul\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/contributors\/timur-gul\">Timur Gul<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sppa\/people\/rosenbloom-daniel\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sppa\/people\/rosenbloom-daniel\/\">Daniel Rosenbloom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sppa\/people\/meadowcroft-james\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sppa\/people\/meadowcroft-james\/\">James Meadowcroft<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/people\/ahmed-abdulla\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/people\/ahmed-abdulla\/\">Ahmed Abdulla<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/people\/chelsea-pope\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/people\/chelsea-pope\/\">Chelsea Pope<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, May 22, 2026, the Carleton Sustainable Energy Research Centre (CSERC) hosted an expert roundtable and seminar discussion featuring Dr. Timur G\u00fcl, Chief Energy Technology Officer at the International Energy Agency (IEA). 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