AGENDA > SUNDAY, SEPT. 22 9:15 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Golf Tournament -Loch March Golf & Country Club • Bus from Lord Elgin Hotel to Loch March G&CC and back • Coffee and rules explanation • BBQ and prizes > MONDAY, SEPT. 23 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Certification Workshops -Lord Elgin Hotel 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Morning Workshop -Wood Pellet Quality Certification Workshop leaders: Gilles Gauthier, General Manager, European Pellet Council Luut Brink, Operations Manager, Control Union & Administrator of ENplus/CANplus for WPAC 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Workshop -Sustainable Biomass Program Workshop leaders: Carsten Huljus, CEO, Sustainable Biomass Program Brenda Hopkin, Professional Forester, Hopkin Forest Management Nicolas Blanchette, President, INCOS Strategies 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. BioFuelNet Business Meeting and Workshop -Lord Elgin Hotel 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Business Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. BioFuelNet Workshop 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Pellet Party: Celebrating 152 Years of Sustainable Energy in Canada Mill Street Brewery with live entertainment by Nova Scotian sisters Cassie and Maggie. > TUESDAY, SEPT. 24: CONFERENCE DAY 1 Chair: Gordon Murray, Executive Director, WPAC 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Opening Remarks and Welcome Vaughan Bassett, President, WPAC Beth MacNeil, Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Forest Service 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. Global Markets Moderator: Vaughan Bassett, President, WPAC John Bingham, Director, Hawkins Wright: Global Wood Pellet Market Overview Dr. William Strauss, President, FutureMetrics: A Biomass Tour of Japan Rick Taylor, Head of Fuels, Drax Power: Wood Pellet Supply Dynamics in Europe 10:40 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. Coffee and Networking Break 11:10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Ensuring Sustainability and Quality Moderator: Andre Bedard, Director of Sales and Marketing, Granules LG Carsten Huljus, CEO, Sustainable Biomass Program: Recent Developments with SBP Brenda Hopkin, Professional Forester, Hopkin Forest Management: Regional Risk Assessments in Canada Nicolas Blanchette, President, INCOS Strategies: (1) Quebec’s Regional Risk Assessment, (2) Tracking Biomass Suppliers through the Supply Chain Gilles Gauthier, General Manager, European Pellet Council: The Argument for Wood Pellet Quality Certification 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch 1:30 p.m. to 3:10 p.m. Managing Safe Operations Moderator: Scott Bax, COO, Pinnacle Renewable Energy Keynote Speaker: Spencer Beach, Forged in the Heart of Fire Scott Bax, COO, Pinnacle Renewable Energy: Combustible Dust Management Fahimeh Yazdan Panah, Director of Research and Technical Development, WPAC: Silo Fires: Prevention and Response 3:10 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. Coffee and Networking Break 3:40 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. Government Supporting Industry Moderator: Gordon Murray, Executive Director, WPAC Catriona Armstrong, Manager, Market Development, Canadian Forest Service: Expanding Wood Pellet Export Opportunities Nicole Knox, Senior Technical Advisor, Industry Relations and Innovation Programs Division, Canadian Forest Service: IFIT -Facilitating Forest Innovation 4:20 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Focus on New Brunswick and Quebec Moderator: John Arsenault, Director, Wood Pellet Group, Quebec Wood Export Bureau Nicholas MacGougan, General Manager, JD Iriving -Grand River Pellet: New Brunswick’s Newest Wood Pellet Operation Michel Vincent, Director, Economics and Markets, Quebec Forest Industry Council: Quebec’s Forest Fibre Supply Situation 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception John Swaan, the grandfather of wood pellets and FutureMetrics pellet operations expert, will be cooking his world famous pellet-smoked ribs. 20 Canadian BIOMASS SUMMER 2019
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