SHOW GUIDE Hello Everyone! Due to COVID-19, we are holding this year’s WPAC Conference and AGM as an online event. Hopefully by next year we will be able to hold a physical event again so that we can reconnect face-to-face and enjoy all the social activities that are traditionally part of our conference. This year, together with our media partner, Canadian Biomass magazine, we have put together a condensed program to take place in short bursts over three days from September 22-24, 2020. The live conference will take place over three hours on September 22; the AGM – open to all WPAC members – will be on September 23 for one-and-a-half hours; and there will be a board meeting for one-and-a-half hours on September 24. In addition, we have loads of pre-recorded presentations available for conference registrants. Although our live conference program is only three hours – including a break at the halfway point – we will still be able to pack in a lot of information. We will cover global and domestic pellet markets, WPAC’s new sustainability messaging initiative, recommendations for policy changes to improve domestic wood pellet consumption, progress on reforming Canadian biomass boiler pressure regulations, and how we’re making our industry safer by implementing critical control management. We will leave plenty of time for questions and answers after each presentation. This year we are not charging a fee to participate. We only ask that participants register online at CanadianBiomassMagazine.com/WPAC2020. Although costs are lower than normal, we will still incur expenses, so we are most grateful for our sponsors who are making this event possible. I would particularly like to express my appreciation to the first four sponsors to confirm: • • • • FWS Group of Companies Biomass Energy Lab Bliss Industries CSE Bliss Manufacturing I invite you all to join us and I look forward to an excellent event! All the best, Gordon Murray Executive Director Wood Pellet Association of Canada AGENDA WPAC Conference & AGM -A Virtual Event Responsible, Renewable Clean Energy for a Cooler Planet DATES: SEPTEMBER 22-24, 2020 > TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 8:00-11:00 A.M. Live Content: 8:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m Welcome and Opening Remarks Speakers: Gordon Murray, WPAC, and Vaughan Bassett, Pinnacle Renewable Energy and WPAC Chair Minister’s message: Honourable Doug Donaldson 8:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Global and Domestic Market Review S peaker: Dr. William Strauss, FutureMetrics 8:45 a.m. to 9:05 a.m. Canadian Wood Pellets: Responsible, Renewable Clean Energy S peaker: Jason Fisher, Pinnacle Renewable Energy 9:05 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. B reak 9:20 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. Wood Pellets in Canada’s Low Carbon Energy Future Speaker: Dr. Jamie Stephen, TorchLight Bioresources 9:50 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. Reforming Canada’s Biomass Boiler Pressure Standards: Progress Report Speaker: Dr. Harry “Dutch” Dresser, consultant, biomass heating, market development and regulatory review 10:20 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. photo: rabbit75_ist / Getty Images Implementing Critical Control Management for a Safer Pellet Industry Speaker: Cherie Whelan, BC Forest Safety Council 10:50 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Final Thoughts Speaker: Vaughan Bassett, Pinnacle Renewable Energy SUMMER 2020 14 Canadian BIOMASS
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