2020 WPAC AGM WOOD PELLET ASSOCIATION OF CANADA & CONFERENCE www.pellet.org/wpac-agm On Demand Content: The Potential Heat Market for Wood Pellets in Canada (1 hour) Speaker: Dr. Jamie Stephen, TorchLight Bioresources Japan Biomass Outlook: Overview and Analysis in the Context of a Changing Power Market Confirmation (1 hour) Speaker: Annette Bossler, FutureMetrics Launch of the SBP Standards Development Process (30 minutes) Speakers: Carsten Huljus, Simon Armstrong and Adam Harrison, Sustain -able Biomass Program Best Practices in Managing Combustible Gas (7 minutes) Video content by WPAC, the BC Forest Safety Council and the UBC Biomass and Bioenergy Research Group Wood Pellet Safety Essentials (1 hour) Speaker: Dr. Fahimeh Yazdan Panah, WPAC > WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 WPAC Annual General Meeting: 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Open to all WPAC members 8:00 a.m.: Call to order, introductions, review and approve agenda, competition policy 8:05 a.m.: Confirmation of directors and officers 8:10 a.m.: Executive director’s report 8:30 a.m.: Financial report 8:40 a.m.: Appointment of auditors for next year 8:45 a.m.: Safety committee chair’s report 8:55 a.m.: Research director’s report 9:05 a.m.: Business plan summary for next year 9:30 a.m.: Meeting adjourns > THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 WPAC Board of Directors Meeting: 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. 8:00 a.m.: Call to order, additions or changes to agenda, new competition policy 8:05 a.m.: Business plan for next year 9:05 a.m.: Financial plan 9:15 a.m.: Any other business, date of next board conference call 9:30 a.m.: Meeting adjourns *Agenda is subject to change. All times are PST. EFFICIENT DEBARKING & CHIPPING photo: rabbit75_ist / Getty Images Kadant Carmanah’s Fuji King debarkers efficiently process all species with low white-wood losses. Frozen wood is easily debarked without thawing or de-icing, offering significant energy savings over other technologies. Due to its modular design, capacity can be scaled to suit nearly any application. Kadant Carmanah chippers are purposed-built to withstand the abuse of whole log chipping, producing high quality chips from 1/4” to 1-1/8” long. © 2020 Kadant Carmanah Design kadantcarmanah.com canada-ad.indd 1 CB_Kadant_Summer20_CSA.indd 1 Canadian BIOMASS 6/30/20 9:27 AM 2020-07-02 11:04 AM 15
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