Session 1: Biomass Processing
Monday, November 23, 2015, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: TBD
Chair: David Dodds, Dodds & Associates
Biocoal Production with CarbonFX Technology: A First Commercial Plant
Sylvain Bertrand, Airex Energy
Partnerships and Validation in Technology Commercialization: Steeper Energy’s Experience
Sergios Karatzos, Steeper Energy
Mechanocatalytic Conversion of Cellulose to Sugar (CTSTM)
Len Eddy, Alliance BioEnergy +, Inc.
Lethbridge Biogas – Opportunities & Challenges of Bioenergy Production in Alberta
Stefan Michalski, Lethbridge Biogas
Carbon Neutral Fuels with Direct Air Capture – Technical and BD Perspectives
Geoff Holmes, Carbon Engineering
Advanced Energy Research Facility – Facilitating the Development and Implementation of Innovative Waste to Bio-products Technologies
Duke DuPlessis, Alberta Innovates Energy and Environment Solutions
Session 2: Bioproducts from Feedstocks
Monday, November 23, 2015, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Location: TBD
Chairs: Jeff Bell, Alberta Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Ontario’s Success Story on Climate Change – An Update on OPG’s Coal to Biomass Conversions
Brent Boyko, Ontario Power Generation
[pending]
Hollow Mesoporous Silica Microspheres: Potential for Increased Fermentation and Enzymatic Process Productivity
Mathilde Gosselin, Materium Innovation
Producing PolyCarbon Solid Fuels from Agriculture and Forest Biomass Waste
Dale Leire, New Earth Waste Technologies
Commercializing Alberta’s Promising Biofibre Industry: Growing the Value Chain from the Middle
Dan Madlung, BioComposites Group
MAPKA: The Impact of Cellulosic Fibers in Plastic Compounds
Fukuji Saotome, Eco Bio Plastics Midland
Session 3: Downstream Value-Added Products
Tuesday, November 24, 2015, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: TBD
Chair: David Dodds, Dodds & Associates
Biomass Residues to Biochar – Then What?
Keith Driver, Biochar Now
Bringing BioProducts to Market
Ray Bergstra, TerraVerdae BioWorks
Commercialization of Renewable Nylon Intermediates
Ray Miller, Verdezyne
DuPont Industrial BioSciences
Maggie Cervin, DuPont Industrial Biosciences
Adding Value to Lignin
Eddie Peace, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.