2023 WPAC SHOW GUIDE AGENDA WPAC Conference Biomass is Mainstream: The Next 25 Years of Opportunity & Innovation September 19-20, 2023 National Arts Centre, Ottawa MONDAY, SEPT. 18, 2023 PRE-CONFERENCE 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Golf Tournament – The Meadows Golf & Country Club 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Workshop: Taking Safety to New Levels: The Next 25 Years – National Arts Centre 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. WPAC Opening Reception – Mill Street Brewery 10:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Session 3: Meeting the Demand Moderator: Gord Murray, WPAC The Essentials: Supply, Production & Investment The Logistics: Getting Product to Market The Fundamentals: Equipment & Technologies WOOD PELLET ASSOCIATION OF CANADA CONFERENCE www.pellet.org/wpac-agm 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Reception and Wood Pellet Barbeque John Swaan, the grandfather of wood pellets and FutureMetrics pellet expert, will be dishing up his world-famous pellet-smoked ribs. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20, 2023 CONFERENCE DAY 2 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Breakfast and Networking 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Session 1: The Next Generation of Biomass Moderator: Fahimeh Yazdan Panah, WPAC Smarter Steels for People & the Planet Advancing Black Pellets in New Carbon Solutions The Untapped Potential of District Heating in Canada Driving to Neutral with Carbon Emissions Abatement 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Coffee break – Networking in exhibition area 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Session 2: Keynote Address: Moving Up the Value Chain 11:30 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. Conference Wrap Up Ensuring Safety Through Growth: Trends and Innovations 12:20 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Networking in exhibition area 1:30 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. Session 4: Investing in People and Communities Success Through Diversity Moderator: Joanne Turnell, Sales Representative, Canada, at Bruks Siwertell Americas On The Frontlines of Climate Change: Canada’s North Moderator: Karen Brandt, Brandt Strategy Inc. 2:40 p.m. to 3:10 p.m. Coffee break – Networking in exhibition area 3:10 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. Session 6: Carrots, Sticks and Tambourines Moderator: Karen Brandt, Brandt Strategy Inc. Carrots: Incentives Sticks: Policy Tambourines: Marketing and Promotions TUESDAY, SEPT. 19, 2023 CONFERENCE DAY 1 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Breakfast and Registration 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Session 1: From Niche to Mainstream Moderator: Gordon Murray, Executive Director, WPAC 9:30 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. Session 2: Opportunity is Knocking Moderator: Vaughan Bassett, Drax Global Demand: Pellets Are Mainstream Emerging Technologies Driving New Uses A Growing Solution Domestically 10:20 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. Coffee break – Networking in exhibition area SEPT. 20-22, 2023 POST-CONFERENCE TOUR Our Quebec tour begins a few hours after the annual conference ends: mid-day Sept 20. It all starts with the scenic drive from Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, to charming Quebec City, and finally on to the south shore of the St Lawrence River in the region of St-Michel-de-Saint. *Agenda is subject to change 24 Canadian BIOMASS SUMMER 2023
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