Pascale Champagne – Professor & Undergraduate Chair, Civil & Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University
Pascale Champagne, PhD, PEng, DWRE, FEWRI, FASCE: Dr. Champagne is a Professor of Civil & Chemical Engineering, Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Bioresource Engineering, and the Director of the Beaty Water Research Center (BWRC) at Queen’s University. Dr. Champagne is an internationally recognized leader in bioresource engineering, alternative water and waste management systems and […]Read More »Bridgette Duniece – Vice President, Operations and External Affairs, Permolex
With over 26 years of experience in all aspects of business and project management and 12 years of experience at Permolex, Ms. Duniece has excelled in all aspects of industrial and community safety, sales and environment programs with a customer based philosophy. Currently focused on working with the Provincial and Federal Governments, the Alberta Bioenergy […]Read More »Doug Hooper – Director, Policy and Regulation, Advanced Biofuels Canada
Doug Hooper is the Director, Policy and Regulation, for Advanced Biofuels Canada. Since 2005, Doug has helped lead the development of Canada’s advanced biofuels sector. Doug 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 […]Read More »Jinguang Hu – Assistant Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary
Dr. Jinguang Hu’s is an Assistant Professor in Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at University of Calgary. His current research group is supported by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) Initiative. His research interest is utilizing biomass, photo/bio-catalysts, and cell factories to design and fabricate renewable and sustainable bioproducts and systems, via bioinspired […]Read More »Michael Kerr – Manager, Technology Development Advisors (South), Alberta Innovates
Michael Kerr is a Technology Development Advisor for at Alberta Innovates located in Calgary. As a Technology Development Advisor, Michael provides assistance to companies innovating with either new products or processes (from patents, prototype development, process improvement or business advice). For newer firms, support includes one-on-one expertise for both technical help and business strategy, including […]Read More »David Lynch – General Manager, Research and Development, Enerkem
At Enerkem, Mr. Lynch manages pilot integration and testing that has provided data-driven support for Enerkem’s commercial process design. Mr. Lynch orchestrated the bench scale development of Enerkem’s methanol-to-ethanol process and has established pilot and laboratory facilities in Edmonton, AB. Mr. Lynch is an Energy Futures Lab Fellow building on more than 20 years of […]Read More »Warren Mabee – Professor and Head, Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University
Dr. Warren Mabee (Ph.D. 2001, Toronto) is Professor and Head of the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen’s University. He holds a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Renewable Energy Development and Implementation, and is cross appointed to the School of Policy Studies and the School of Environmental Studies at Queen’s. His international research […]Read More »Christine Murray – Science, Technology and Innovation Leader
Dr. Christine Murray completed her BSc. Agriculture, from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, now the Dalhousie University, Faculty of Agriculture, then went on to complete her Ph.D. in the Dept. of Horticulture, University of Guelph. She is the former Director of Agricultural Technologies with Alberta Innovates and former Co-lead of the Clean Technology Development program, […]Read More »M. Anne Naeth – Professor, Land Reclamation and Restoration Ecology, University of Alberta
Dr. M. Anne Naeth is a Professor of Land Reclamation and Restoration Ecology and Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies) in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta. She is Director of the Land Reclamation International Graduate School (LRIGS), Director of the Energy Systems Signature Area, Director of Future Energy Systems […]Read More »Ian O’Hara – Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology
Professor Ian O’Hara is a Principal Research Fellow specialising in bioenergy, biofuels and biorefining at Queensland University of Technology. Ian’s research interests includes biofuels and bioenergy, biorefining and bioproducts, process engineering, scale-up and techno-economic assessment of new technologies. In 2016, Ian was appointed by the Queensland Government as the Queensland Biofutures Industry Envoy. As the […]Read More »Lars Rehmann – Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Western University
Dr. Rehmann is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Western Ontario as well as a Visiting Professor at the RWTH Aachen, Germany and a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He is an accomplished and heavily cited early-career researcher in the field of biochemical and […]Read More »Jack Saddler – Professor, Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy, University of British Columbia
John (Jack) Saddler is the endowed Professor of Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy (originally an NSERC Industry Chair) and Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has received other awards such as the 2016 Linneborn award from the European Bioenergy Organization, the […]Read More »Chris Tindal – Assistant Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)
Chris Tindal is the Assistant Director for the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) whose goal is to promote the development and commercialization of alternative jet fuel options that offer equivalent levels of safety and compare favorably on cost with petroleum based jet fuel, while also offering environmental improvement and security of energy supply for […]Read More »Chris Van Tighem – Senior Director, Natural Resources Research Strategy and Clean Innovation Office, Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism, Government of Alberta
Chris Van Tighem is the Senior Director responsible for Natural Resource Research Strategy and the Clean Innovation Office in the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism in the Government of Alberta. Chris has over 20 years of experience with the Alberta Public Service where he has held a number of positions that have a […]Read More »