Join us for our next Virtual Bioenergy Symposium on January 19, 2022 from 12:00-1:00pm MST featuring Chad Haynes, Director of Government Strategy and Technology Partnerships at LanzaTech.

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For information on past sessions, visit our symposium archive page.

SPEAKER:

 

Chad Haynes
Director of Government Strategy and Technology Partnerships
LanzaTech

 

 

 

 

“Commercializing Gas Fermentation and Carbon Recycling”

In his role Chad works across LanzaTech’s Science, Engineering, and Government teams to help design, implement, and execute government sponsored R&D projects of commercial relevance to the company. Chad is responsible for technical communication and engagement with government R&D agencies and offices with mutual R&D interest. Additionally, he supports engagement with policy and regulatory stakeholders to help accelerate the deployment of carbon recycling technologies. Prior to joining LanzaTech, Chad was a Lead Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, and served as a technology and management consultant to U.S. Dept. of Energy ARPA-E and the U.S. Biomass R&D Board. He previously served as an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the USDA ARS. Chad was a postdoc at Caltech, holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Kentucky, and has authored/co-authored multiple journal articles.

Join us for our next Virtual Bioenergy Symposium on December 15, 2021 from 12:00-1:00pm MST featuring Geoff Tauvette from FSM Management Group & Canadian Council for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (C-SAF).

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SPEAKER:

 

Geoff Tauvette
Vice President Operations and Sustainability, FSM Management Group
Executive Director, Canadian Council for Sustainable Aviation Fuels

 

 

 

 

“Where is the SAF in Canada?”

The aviation sector has adopted ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions from their operations. The transition and use of low carbon and sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in Canada is of critical importance on the path to achieving these targets. It is an important challenge, and the aviation sector in Canada is leading from the front with the creation of the Canadian Council for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (C-SAF).

C-SAF will catalyze the SAF value chain/ecosystem to work together with government to facilitate the development and production of SAFs in Canada. Canada has all the right ingredients to produce SAF (sustainable feedstocks, refining expertise, industry net-zero targets) in important volumes. SAF is critical for the Canadian aviation sector to remain competitive in the future.

1. What is SAF and why is it a starring role in decarbonizing aviation?
2. Who is C-SAF and what role can it play to advance SAF in Canada?
3. What are the barriers/and opportunities for SAF deployment in Canada?
4. SAF Outlook

Geoff is a professional engineer with senior leadership experience in the aviation sector integrating fuel and de-icing procurement, infrastructure and logistics management with environment, climate change risk and compliance management and sustainability strategy design and implementation. Geoff has been instrumental in leading airline consortium companies to provide aviation fuel and de-icing infrastructure, investment, and handling services to airports in Canada including setting up Canada’s first closed loop glycol spraying, and recycling facilities built using low-carbon concrete at Calgary airport.

Geoff is a change-maker in implementing sustainable operations for aviation and in advancing the production and deployment of sustainable aviation fuels in Canada as Executive Director of the Canadian Council of Sustainable Aviation Fuels and working with government to design and implement smart programs and policies.

Geoff holds a bachelor and master’s degree in civil engineering with a speciality in environment from the Universities of Ottawa and McGill. Geoff is also a fellow of the Alberta Energy Futures Lab, a sustainability-driven, innovation-focused initiative with a vision to accelerating the transition to the energy system of Alberta’s future.

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Join us for our next Virtual Bioenergy Symposium on November 17, 2021 from 12:00-1:00pm MST featuring Dr. Elías Martínez from the Mexican Petroleum Institute.

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SPEAKER:

 

Dr. Elías Martínez
Sr. Research Scientist
Mexican Petroleum Institute

 

 

 

 

“Assessing the cost of biomass and bioenergy using IMP Bio2Energy®”

This presentation will show a brief introduction to a solid biofuels research project at IMP and an overview of the software IMP Bio2Energy® to evaluate cost of biomass production and techno-economic feasibility of bioenergy generation.

Dr. Elías Martínez is a Sr. Research Scientist at the Mexican Petroleum Institute (Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo) in the Biomass Conversion Division with more than 10 years in modelling and simulation of bioenergy and biorefinery processes and their techno-economic and environmental assessment. He is a Chemical Engineer by UNAM (Mexico) and obtained his PhD in Process Integration from the University of Manchester (UK).

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Capturing the $2 Trillion Industrial Bioeconomy Market

Canada’s 6th annual industrial bioeconomy business conference

November 2 – 3, 2021 – Virtual LIVE – FREE

Canada’s annual industrial bioeconomy business conference returns with another lineup of top-drawer speakers addressing the Net Zero energy transition, the US government climate strategy, assembling the pieces for a successful project finance, and de-risking project scale up. Space is limited – Register early. It’s virtual and it’s free.

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Join us for a special edition of our Virtual Bioenergy Symposium on October 20, 2021 from 12:00-1:00pm MDT featuring Ian Thomson from Advanced Biofuels Canada.

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SPEAKER:

 

Ian Thomson
President
Advanced Biofuels Canada

 

 

 

 

“Advanced Biofuels – Indispensable to a Net-Zero Future”

NetZeroCleanFuels.ca is a project of Advanced Biofuels Canada which aims to expand Canadian’s literacy on transportation energy and climate policy and increase understanding of advanced biofuels’ contribution to our economy and Net Zero goals.

Ian Thomson is the President of Advanced Biofuels Canada. Since 2005, Ian has helped lead the development of Canada’s advanced biofuels sector. He has worked directly on all key federal/provincial energy and climate action policies in Canada, including renewable and low carbon fuel regulations, carbon pricing, and fiscal policies to build biofuel production capacity and expand clean fuel use. Ian heads up Advanced Biofuels Canada’s industry and member engagement, and broadly represents the sector’s interests with governments, clean fuels sectors, NGOs, and other stakeholders.

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2021 is the inaugural year of the BC Bioenergy Sector Awards, hosted by the BC Bioenergy Network on October 20, 2021 (National Bioenergy Day). These awards recognize leaders who have made meaningful contributions to advance bioenergy research, policy, innovation, or sector building in British Columbia.

Award Categories: 

1. Researcher (Academia)
2. Champion (Government/Non-Profit)
3. Changemaker (Industry/Entrepreneur)

Award Criteria: 

1. What was the nominee’s personal contribution?
2. What was the impact on the bioenergy sector?

Timeline: 

Deadline for nominations: September 15, 2021

Winners notified: September 30, 2021

Date of awards event: October 20, 2021 (online)

FAQ: 

Are self-nominations accepted?

No, all nominees need to be nominated by a third party.

Is it possible to nominate someone in more than one category?

No, the questions are the same for each category so the category needs to be clearly defined.

How does judging work?

Judging will be based on the responses on the nomination form, but judges reserve the right to validate and quantify impact.

Is the awards event virtual or in-person?

The event will be held virtually via Zoom.

Why are winners notified so early?

Winner will be asked to give a short presentation so we have allotted them time to prepare.

Who can I contact if I have further questions?

Ashley Callister, BC Bioenergy Network, ashley.callister@bcbioenergy.ca

Join us for our next Virtual Bioenergy Symposium on September 15, 2021 from 12:00-1:00pm MDT featuring Meaghan Seagrave from BioNB and Rod Badcock from Nova Scotia Innovation Hub.

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SPEAKERS:

 

Meaghan Seagrave
Executive Director, BioNB

Meaghan has over a decade of experience working with small and start-up technology enterprises across the country in a variety of roles. With a graduate degree in agricultural sciences and several certificates and diplomas in technical communications and management development, she is well equipped to act as intermediary in a challenging and technical sector like biotechnology.

Meaghan has a strong reputation in the business community and a communication style that has helped BioNB build trust and cooperation among key stakeholders. She is passionate about the opportunities biotechnology holds for transforming this region’s traditional sectors and supporting the province’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

 

 

 

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Join us for our next Virtual Bioenergy Symposium on July 21, 2021 from 12:00-1:00pm MDT with Sandy Marshall, Executive Director of Bioindustrial Innovation Canada.

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SPEAKER:

“Bioindustrial Innovation Canada, creating jobs and economic value sustainably for Canada”

Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) is a nationally focused not-for-profit business accelerator based in Sarnia, Ontario.

BIC is focused on enabling Canada to become globally recognized leaders in sustainability by:

• converting renewable resources, such as agricultural and forestry by-products and residues, into value-added bioenergy, biofuel, biochemical and biomaterials
• efficiently using the world’s limited resources (eg. water, energy) through innovative technologies
• recovering and reusing the world’s limited resources within the circular economy for use in a wide range of commercial applications along the chemistry value chain.​

BIC’s mission is to support highly innovative Canadian firms and large companies to develop and commercialize products and technologies that can transform Canada’s abundant renewable and sustainable resources.  BIC’s vision is creating jobs and economic value while driving towards a sustainable, low carbon circular economy through reduced greenhouse gas emissions and increased resource recovery and reuse.  Net-zero by 2050 is the goal which aligns with Canada’s commitments under the Paris Accord and Canada’s 2030 sustainability targets.

BIC’s strategic plan is built on three pillars:

1. Attract and Develop Sustainable Companies
2. Invest in Sustainable Innovation in Canada
3. Lead Canada’s Transformation to a Net Zero and Sustainable Economy

The session will highlight BIC’s past successes but focus on how BIC can collaborate with its pan-Canadian partners to deliver on its strategic plan for the benefit of Canada.

About Sandy Marshall:

Sandy graduated with Bachelor of Applied Science Degree (BASc) and Masters of Applied Science Degree (MASc) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.   He started his professional career in 1984 with Polysar Inc., a Canadian rubber manufacturer. Over his 30-year career in the chemical and polymers industry, he worked in research and process, product development and market development before moving into Operations and General Management.  Sandy finished his corporate career as President and Managing Director responsible for Canadian Operations of Lanxess Canada.

Sandy is Executive Director of Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC), Chairman of the External Advisory Board for the Biorefinery Research Institute (BRI) at Lakehead University, Chairman of the Industry Advisory Board for an NSERC Industrial Research Chair at Western University, Member of the Aquatic and Crop Resource Development (ACRD) Advisory Board of National Research Council Canada and member of the Boards of BIOTECanada and Bluewater Power Corporation.

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Join us for our next Virtual Bioenergy Symposium on June 16, 2021 from 12:00-1:00pm MDT with Gord Crawford, Vice President of Engineering at Expander Energy.

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For information on past sessions, visit our symposium archive page.

SPEAKER:

“Expander Low Carbon Intensity Fuel Program”

Gord Crawford, Vice President of Engineering at Expander Energy, will provide a brief overview of their Low Carbon Intensity (CI) Synthetic Fuel Program which will produce Net Zero Carbon Intensity fuels by 2024.

Expander Energy is a Calgary based technology development company which has developed a series of technologies which use natural gas, biomass and renewable electricity to produce Low CI Synthetic Diesel, Jet fuel and Hydrogen.

Recently, Expander Energy announced their plans to build a Biomass/Gas to Liquids plant (BGTL™) in Slave Lake, Alberta. This facility will be the first of its kind in North America and will enable Expander Energy to produce net zero-carbon fuels by 2024.

Gord Crawford has over 30 years of experience in business development, engineering and project management, working on some of the largest projects in the Canadian Energy Industry. Gord has extensive experience building and leading high-performance EPC teams and a strong background in renewable fuels, midstream and downstream production, including syngas generation, biomass gasification, sour gas and sweet gas processing and pipeline engineering. Mr. Crawford is well versed in the clean energy sector and will be overseeing the next phase of commercialization of Expander’s portfolio of patented renewable fuel technologies.

Link to presentation (via YouTube)