Program

 
MONDAY, MAY 30th, 2016

8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Technology Demonstrations. Off-site transportation and lunch are included. The tours will depart the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel (1181 Hollis St. Halifax) at 9:00 a.m.

Tour 1 depart 9:00 a.m.

• Perennia Innovation Centre, 173 Dr Bernie MacDonald Drive, Bible Hill
• Maritime BioExtracts, 173 Dr Bernie MacDonald Drive, Bible Hill
• Hefler Quality Lumber, 230 Lucasville Road, Middle Sackville
• Return to Westin Nova Scotian Hotel

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Tour 2 departs 9:00 a.m.

• National Research Council’s Marine Research Station, 270 Sandy Cove Road, Ketch Harbour
• Innovacorp Demonstration Centre, 3691 Highway 3, Brooklyn
• Cellufuel, 3691 Highway 3, Brooklyn
• Return to Westin Nova Scotian Hotel

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Meet and Greet at Murphy's Restaurant (1751 Lower Water Street, Halifax)

TUESDAY, MAY 31ST, 2016 AT PIER 21 in HALIFAX* 

Registration Opens at 8:00 a.m.  

8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Welcome Remarks from Ron Coles (Atlantec BioEnergy) (Chrysler Canada Pavilion) 

9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Speaker Session (Chrysler Canada Pavilion) 

• Thane Hurlburt  “15 Years of Tenacity, Was It Worth It? Developing, Building and Operating a 3MW Biogas Cogeneration Facility in Alberta”
• Bruce Peachey  “Legacy Mines as Low Cost Bioreactors: A New Paradigm for Bioconversion of Coal with Minimal Environmental Impacts”
• Sponsor Remarks

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. ​Nutrition Break (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall) 

• Trade show and poster viewing (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall) open

10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Speaker Session (Chrysler Canada Pavilion) 

• Sean McKay  "Commercialization of Biocomposites and Green Building Products in Western Canada: Where Are We?"
• Laurent Bernier  “Bazancourt: A Business Model Suitable for the Atlantic Region?”
• Deepika Dave "Newfoundland Towards Blue Biorefinery: Sustainable Utilization of Marine Resources
• Sponsor Remarks

12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall)

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Trade Show and Poster Viewing (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall)

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Speaker sessions (Chrysler Canada Pavilion) 

• Michael McMullin  “High-Rate Treatment of Brewery Wastewater Using External Circulation Sludge Bed Technology”
• John Hawkes "The State of On-Farm Biogas in Canada"
• Sponsor Remarks

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3:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. Partnering Meetings (Windsor Foundation Classroom) 

​3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Nutrition Break (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall)

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Poster viewing and Trade Show (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall) 

6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Standing Networking Reception with food & drink, and entertainment by The Fine Tuners (Halifax Seaport Farmers Market, 1209 Marginal Road, Halifax)
 

WEDNESDAY JUNE 1ST, 2016 AT PIER 21 in HALIFAX* 

Registration Opens at 8:00 a.m 

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Welcome Remarks (Chrysler Canada Pavilion) 

9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Speaker session (Chrysler Canada Pavilion) 

• Victor Oh ”Market Trends in the Bioeconomy and How Atlantic Canada stands to Position Itself”
• Mark Lumley  “ Exploring Opportunities in Industrial Agriculture in Ontario”

10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Nutrition Break and Trade Show (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall) & Partnering Meetings (Windsor Foundation Classroom) 

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Speaker session (Chrysler Canada Pavilion) 

• Kevin Keys “Predictive Models and Maps for the Bioeconomy”
• Gerd Van de Logt “Outlook and Learnings from a Biogas Intensive Country”​

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall) 

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Speaker Session (Chrysler Canada Pavilion) 

• Allan Eddy "Developing and Expanding Opportunities in the Emerging Low Carbon, Bio-Resource Economy"
• Ken Magnus "Atlantic Council for Bioenergy Cooperative"
• Presentation of Poster Award

​2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Closing remarks from Chris Mathis (Springboard Atlantic)
 
 
*Simultaneous French/English translation will be available  

Lunch and nutrition breaks will be provided 

Updated May 27, 2016