AGENDA > TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 Your global equipment supplier for the biomass industry BUSINESS MEETINGS 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Annual General Meeting -Open to all WPAC members Board Meeting WOOD PELLET QUALITY WORKSHOP Luut Brink, Control Union & Chris Wiberg, Biomass Energy Lab • International pellet standards and where they are applied (ISO, CSA, ENplus, PFI, industrial) • U.S. New Source Performance Standards • Review of pellet quality schemes (CANplus, Enplus, and PFI) • Steps in obtaining CANplus and Enplus certifications. Networking Luncheon Rene Landry, Wood Pellet Association of Canada His worship Mayor Leo Facio, Harrison Hot Springs (invited) Global Pellet Outlook -John Bingham, Hawkins Wright Lynemouth Power Station biomass conversion -Nigel Hildyard, EPH (invited) Biomass power development in Japan -Yoshinobu Kusano, Sumitomo Corp (invited) Coffee Break -Networking in exhibition area Global Biomass Power Project Update Rachael Levinson, Argus Media Project review: U.K., Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Fin -land, Sweden, Japan. Status, timing, likelihood of proceed -ing, cost, new build versus conversion, capacity, planned fuel type and consumption, financing status, environmental approval status, and applicable support scheme. Is there a Future for Biomass Power Generation in the Netherlands? Jason Woods, Vattenfall (invited) NL Energy Accord; biomass sustainability criteria; contro -versy over verification procedures; NGO/utilities covenant; phase out of old coal plants; government review of coal power strategy; status of SDE+ subsidies, and likely path forward for NL co-firing. North American Heat Market Update Keta Kosman, Madison’s Lumber Reporter NA regional review -Western Canada, Ontario and Que -bec, Atlantic Canada, northeastern U.S., northern mid-west, rest of U.S. Prices, inventories, supply and demand, comparison to oil, implementation of U.S. NSPS, Ontario biomass boiler approval system, quality certification. Backyard Pellet Barbecue Barbecuing by world renowned pellet chef John Swaan. 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. to 1:35 p.m. 1:35 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. GLOBAL MARKETS 1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m. to 2:35 p.m. 2:35 p.m. to 2:55 p.m. 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. WELCOME TO WPAC 2016 ANDRITZ is one of the world’s leading suppliers of techno logies, systems, and services re lating to equipment for the bio mass pelleting industry. We offer single machines for the production of solid and liquid biofuel and waste pellets. We have the abili ty to manu-facture and supply each and every key processing machine in the pel-let production line. 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. ANDRITZ Feed & Biofuel A/S Europe, Asia, and South America: [email protected] USA and Canada: [email protected] 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m www.andritz.com 18 Canadian BIOMASS JULY/AUGUST 2016