AGENDA NOVEMBER 17: PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Workshop 1 Workshop 2 Tour Lunch AGM Cocktail 9:00 AM to 05:00 PM 9:00 AM to 05:00 PM 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM 01:30 PM to 05:00 PM 05:00 PM to 07:00 PM Peter Wllson and Simon Armstrong, SBP Fahimeh Yazdanpanah, UBC Kerry Lige, Fibreco lunch will be provided • Hands on Sustainable Biomass Partnership training session for auditors and plant personnel. • UBC pellet workshop • Fibreco tour Brad Bennett, John Arsenault and Gordon Murray • WPAC AGM Sponsored by Viridis Energy NOVEMBER 18: CONFERENCE DAY 1 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast MARKET OUTLOOK | MODERATOR: MICHELE REBIERE, VIRIDIS ENERGY 1 2 3 4 Coffee Break 8:30 AM to 8:50 AM 8:50 AM to 9:10 AM 9:10 AM to 9:30 AM 9:30 AM to 9:50 AM 9:50 AM to 10:30 AM Seth Walker, RISI William Strauss, Future Metrics Arnold Dale, Ekman Ludger Spohr, Vis Nova / EIPS • Global review of production, consumption, and forecast • Pellet potential for North American power generation • The European pellet market • European biomass policy update and potential trade impacts CERTIFICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY | MODERATOR: GORDON MURRAY, WPAC 1 2 3 4 Lunch 10:30 AM to 10:50 AM 10:50 to 11:10 AM 11:10 AM to 11:30 AM 11:30 AM to 11:50 AM 11:50 AM to 01:30 PM Peter Wilson, SBP Richard Peberdy, Drax Brad Bennett, Pacific BioEnergy Elizabeth Woodworth, Enviva • Sustainable Biomass Partnership sustainability certification • Drax’s plans for SBP certification and UK policy update • Canadian Implementation of SBP certification • Enviva: sustainable fibre procurement by a US producer FIBRE SUPPLY | MODERATOR: DOMINIK ROSER, FPINNOVATIONS 1 2 3 4 5 Coffee Break 01:30 PM to 01:40 PM 01:40 PM to 01:50 PM 01:50 PM to 02:00 PM 02:00 PM to 02:10 PM 02:10 PM to 03:00 PM 03:00 PM to 03:30 PM Rob McCurdy, Pinnacle Ken Shields, Conifex Dave Peterson, BC MNFLR Jonathan Levesque, Groupe Savoie ALL ABOVE • BC pellet producer perspective on fibre access and security • Primary tenure holder perspective on supplying fibre to the biomass industry • BC government perspective on bioenergy fibre supply • Fibre procurement in New Brunswick • Fibre supply debate RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | MODERATOR: STAFFAN MELIN, WPAC 1 03:30 PM to 03:50 PM Rick Warner, Katie Wallace, NSERC • R&D opportunities for the pellet sector SAFETY AND BC DUST ISSUE | MODERATOR: ROB MOONEN, BC FOREST SAFETY COUNCIL 1 2 3 4 5 Networking Cocktail 03:50 PM to 04:00 PM 04:00 PM to 04:10 PM 04:10 PM to 04:20 PM 04:20 PM to 04:30 PM 04:30 PM 05:15 PM 05:15 PM to 07:15 PM Glenn Hardie, Shaw Resources Scott Bax, Pinnacle Renew-able Energy Budd Phillips, WorkSafeBC Leslie Cormack-Wilson, Willis ALL ABOVE • Overview of Shaw Resources safety program in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia • WPAC’s combustible dust committee progress report • WorkSafeBC’s perspective on combustible dust management in the wood pellet industry • Insurance update -incidents, premiums, trends, and recommendations • Debate on safety and combustible dust Sponsored by Pinnacle Renewable Energy 22 Canadian BIOMASS SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014
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