WOOD PELLET ASSOCIATION OF CANADA CONFERENCE www.pellet.org/wpac-agm 2022 WPAC AGENDA WPAC Conference The Power of Pellets: Unlocking a World of Possibilities SEPTEMBER 19-21, 2022, Marriott Pinnacle Hotel, Vancouver, B.C. MONDAY, SEPT 19, 2022 PRE-CONFERENCE 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Golf Tournament – Mayfair Lakes Golf and Country Club 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Workshop: ENplus Training for Quality Managers – Marriott Pinnacle Hotel; UBC Biomass Lab 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Opening Reception Marriott Pinnacle Hotel TUESDAY, SEPT 20, 2022 CONFERENCE DAY 1 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Breakfast and Registration 8:30 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. Session 1: Unlocking the World of Pellets Moderator: Gordon Murray, Executive Director, WPAC Vaughan Bassett, President, WPAC Sr. Representative, Natural Resources Canada 8:50 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Session 2: The Gateway to New Possibilities Moderator: Gordon Murray, Executive Director, WPAC Wood Pellets as a Foundation of a Low Carbon Economy – Jamie Stephen, Managing Director, TorchLight Bioresources Advancing British Columbia’s Bioeconomy – Ministry of Forests Innovation, Bioeconomy and Indigenous Opportunities Branch Industry and Government: Responding to the Challenge – Jamie Stephen, TorchLight Bioresources; Vaughan Bassett, Drax; Gregg Koehler, Premium Pellet Ltd.; Representative Ministry of Forests Innovation, Bioeconomy and Indigenous Opportunities Branch 10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break – Networking in exhibition area 10:45 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. Session 3: Stronger Communities and Local Economic Development Moderator: Gregg Koehler, Sales Manager, Premium Pellet Ltd. Skeena Bioenergy and Kitsumkalum Economic Development Group: Working Together in Northwest BC – Roger Keery, President, Skeena Sawmills Ltd.; Diane Collins, General Manager, Kitsumkalum Economic Development Group Bioheat Strategy for Atlantic Canada – Jonathan Levesque, General Manager, Biomass Solutions Biomasse Eliminating Furnace Oil to Reduce GHG Emissions from Nova Scotia Government Buildings – Paula Cook, Senior Energy Engineer, Public Works, Government of Nova Scotia 12:05 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Networking in Exhibition Area 1:30 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. Session 4: Setting the Record Straight Moderator: Diane Nicholls, Vice-President, Sustainability, Drax What Do We Stand For? – Karen Brandt, Senior Consultant, Brandt Strategy Inc. The Art of the Possible – Philippe Theriault, General Manager, Tsi Del Del Enterprises Advancing Wildfire Resiliency and Utilization in British Columbia – Steve Kozuki, Executive Director, Forest Enhancement Society of BC 2:40 p.m. to 3:10 p.m. Coffee Break – Networking in exhibition area 3:10 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. Session 5: Biomass and Climate Change Mitigation Moderator: Jamie Stephen, Managing Director, TorchLight Bioresources Sustainable Forest Management Contributions to Climate Change Mitigation – Gary Bull, Professor Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia Carbon Sequestration in Managed Forests and Dispelling the Myth of Carbon Debt – William Strauss, President, FutureMetrics On the Path to Becoming a Negative Emissions Company: BECCS – Drax Canadian BIOMASS 23
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