AGENDA
(Watch for updates)
11:30 - 12:00 |
Registration |
12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
12:50 |
Moderator: Matt McLean, Executive Director, SOBIN - Introductions |
1:00 - 1:30 |
Gerry McKenna, Senior Environmental Scientist, Fossil Environment, Ontario Power Generation |
1:30 - 2:00 |
Ted Cowan, Researcher, Ontario Federation of Agriculture - Pellets: What else should we know? |
2:00 - 2:10 |
Kent Cunnington, Senior Relationship Manager, FCC - Grow your business with FCC Financial Services |
2:10 - 3:15 |
Panel: Biomass – Opportunities and Challenges
Moderator: Dr. Don Hewson, Managing Director, University of Western Ontario Research Park, Sarnia-Lambton Campus |
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Dr. Art Schaafsma, University of Guelph Ridgetown - Agricultural Systems and Biomass |
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Dean Tiessen, Pyramid Farms - Miscanthus operation in Ontario |
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Greg Devries, General Manager, Cedarline Greenhouses, Dresden, ON - A Farmer’s Perspective on Using Biomass for Energy |
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Brian Gilvsey, Alternative Land Use Strategies - Native Biomass Opportunities |
3:15 - 3:30 |
Coffee |
3:30 - 4:00 |
Dr. Fernando Preto, Canadian Biomass Innovation Network - Biomass Conversion and Utilization Technologies |
4:00 - 4:30 |
Dr. Jim Todd, Transition Crops Specialist, OMAFRA - OMAFRA’s Role in Developing Ontario’s Biomass & Bioenergy Sectors |
4:30 - 5:00 |
Summary Speaker - Dr. David Sparling, Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario - So Where Do We Go From Here? |
5:00 - 6:00 |
Wine and Cheese Reception |
Click HERE to download a pdf copy of the Ridgetown agenda.
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