AGENDA NOVEMBER 3, 2015: PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS 7:30 – 10:00 am 10:00 am – 4:30 pm AGM & Board Meeting Location: Halifax Seaport Market Building Option A: Halifax Port & Plant Tour • Port of Halifax • Shaw Resources pellet plant • Scotia Atlantic Biomass pellet plant Option B: Wood Pellet Quality Certification Workshop Chris Wiberg, Biomass Energy Laboratory & Gilles Gauthier, European Pellet Council • International pellet standards and where they are applied (ISO, CSA, ENplus, PFI, industrial) • American New Source Peformance Standards • Review of pellet quality certification schemes (ENplus, CANplus, PFI) • How to obtain ENplus and CANplus certifications • How to obtain PFI certification 5:00 – 7:00 pm East Coast Kitchen Party -Networking Reception NOVEMBER 4, 2015: CONFERENCE DAY 1 7:30 – 8:00 am 8:00 – 8:10 am Breakfast, registration, exhibits open Moderator: Gord Murray, Wood Pellet Association of Canada Michele Rebiere, Wood Pellet Association of Canada Dignitary welcoming address Moderator: Michele Rebiere, Viridis Energy Fiona McDermott, Hawkins Wright, Global Pellet Outlook Bill Strauss -North American Pellet Market and Strategy to Decarbonize the American Power Sector Gilles Gauthier, European Pellet Council, European Heat Markets Mike Burns, Government of Northwest Territories -Developments in Northwest Territories Networking coffee break, exhibits open Moderator: John Arsenault, WPAC/QWEB Jonathan Levesque, Groupe Savoie -Pellet Projects in New Brunswick Daron Thomas, Thomas Industrial Sales -Installing Commerical Pellet Boilers in Atlantic Canada Dutch Dresser, Maine Energy Systems -What will it take to grow the Canadian pellet heating market? Ilaria Peretti, Turboden -Turboden’s ORC Turbogenerator in the Pellet Industry Lunch Moderator: Arnold Dale, Ekman Deborah Keedy, Drax Power -Sustainability at Drax Power Gordon Murray, WPAC -New biomass sustainability requirements in the Netherlands Chris Wiberg, Biomass Energy Laboratory -Certification implications of U.S. new source performance standards Panel discussion Coffee break Moderator: Rene Landry, Shaw Resources Scott Bax, Pinnacle Renewable Energy -Creating a safer pellet sector Rob Moonen, BC Forest Safety Council -Lakeland and Burns Lake inquests: Coroner’s verdicts and implications for the pellet sector John Bachynski, EPM Consulting -Managing combustible dust Jeff Mycroft, Fike -Dust Explosion Protection Strategies – An Overview Cocktail reception Welcome to Atlantic Canada Shifting Markets 8:20 – 8:50 am 8:50 – 9:10 am 9:10 – 9:30 am 9:30 – 9:50 am 9:50 – 10:30 am 10:30 – 10:50 am 10:50 – 11:10 am 11:10 – 11:30 am 11:30 – 11:50 am 11:50 am to 1:30 pm 1:30 – 1:50 pm 1:50 – 2:10 pm 2:10 – 2:30 pm 2:30 – 3:00 pm 3:00 to 3:30 pm 3:30 – 3:50 pm 3:50 – 4:10 pm 4:10 – 4:30 pm 4:30 – 4:50 pm 5:00 – 7:30 pm Heat and Power Canada -Commercial Biomass Solutions Fuel of the Future -Quality and Sustainability Keeping our People Safe 26 Canadian BIOMASS SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015
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