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Program 


WEDNESDAY, MAY 27th, 2015  


8:00 a.m. Bus departs from Four Points by Sheraton Edmundston, 74 Canada Road

8:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Technology Demonstrations Off-site transportation and lunch are included. 


Group 1
  • 9:30 a.m. Groupe Savoie Inc., Saint-Quentin
  • 11:30 a.m. COGERNO, Rivière-Verte
  • 1:00 p.m. Biorefinery Technology Scale-up Centre, Grand Falls
  • 3:00 p.m. Laforge Bioenvironmental, Saint-André

Group 2
  • 8:30 a.m. COGERNO
  • 11:00 a.m. Groupe Savoie Inc., Saint-Quentin
  • 1:30 p.m. Laforge Bioenvironmental, Saint-André
  • 3:00 p.m. Biorefinery Technology Scale-up Centre, Grand Falls


Evening
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Industry-Research Connector Event and Cocktail Reception at the Edmundston Convention Centre. Join us as we match challenges in the bio-resource industries with the region’s best and brightest minds. 


THURSDAY, MAY 28TH, 2015 AT EDMUNDSTON CONVENTION CENTRE* 


Registration Opens at 7:45 a.m (Assomption Foyer)                  


8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Welcome Remarks (Assomption Hall 1,2,3)     

9:00 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Speaker Session (Assomption Hall 1,2,3) 
  • Nicholas Savoie “Use of biomass at Twin Rivers Paper”
  • Jonathan Levesque

10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Nutrition Break (Foyer Assomption). 

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Speaker Session (Assomption Hall 1,2,3) 
  • Hans Van Klink “CHEMBEET: Direct processing of organic materials, introduction of sugar beet cultivation for green products”
  • Chris de Visser “Design, development and experimentation with an application centre for renewable resources in the Netherlands”

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch (République A,B)     

12:30 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. B2B Partnering Meetings (Petit Témis/Mont Farlagne) 

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Speaker sessions (Assomption Hall 1,2,3) 
  • Chris Hooper "Cellufuel: Our View of the Future of Biofuels & Bioenergy"
  • Eric Camirand "Biogas project development fundamentals (large or small)”



4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. B2B Partnering Meetings (Petit Témis/Mont Farlagne) 

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Poster viewing and Trade Show reception (Lobby Republique) 

6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Networking Dinner with entertainment by André Picard.



FRIDAY, MAY 29TH, 2015 AT CCNB (Université de Moncton Edmundston Campus Simon-Larouche Pavillon)* 


Registration Opens at 8:00 a.m      

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Speaker session (Salle multi) 
  • Simon Barnabé “Community-scale resource recovery and biorefining approach”
  • Ben Forward "Marine Bacteria, What are they Good for?"

10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Nutrition Break 

10:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Speaker session (Salle multi) 
  • Marco Volpé “Groupe Westco: Reducing environmental footprint and generating profit through efficient biomass management.”
  • Jean A. Bourque
  • Presentation of Poster Award

11:50 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. B2B Partnering Meetings

11:50 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch (Cafeteria) 

1:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Panel Session: Advancing Regional Opportunities in Biorefining (Salle multi) 
  • Ron Coles
  • Allan Eddy
  • Joey Volpé
  • Kevin Shiell
  • Moderator : Ken Magnus

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Closing remarks from Mike Allen, Member of Parliament for Tobique-Mactaquac 





*Simultaneous French/English translation will be available 

lunch and nutrition breaks will be provided

Updated May 8, 2015

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