Wednesday, June 7th, 2017
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Technology Demonstrations
Off-site transportation and lunch are included. The tours depart the Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre at 8:30 a.m.
**Due to time constraints, the tour of RPC has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience, but hope you enjoy the other facilities on the Technology Tours!**
Off-site transportation and lunch are included. The tours depart the Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre at 8:30 a.m.
**Due to time constraints, the tour of RPC has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience, but hope you enjoy the other facilities on the Technology Tours!**
- Group 1
- The Huntsman Marine Science Centre, 1 Lower Campus Road, Saint Andrews
- Boat tour of a marine aquaculture farm near Saint Andrews
- Group 2
- Forest Protection Limited, 56 Perimeter Road, Miramichi
- Envirem Organics, 325 Perimeter Road, Miramichi
- ADI Systems R&D Centre, 6 Lewis Street, Oromocto
Thursday, June 8th, 2017 at HJFFC in Fredericton
8:00 a.m. Registration Opens
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Welcome Remarks (K. C. Irving Theatre, HJFFC)
- The Honourable Stephen Horsman, Deputy Premier of New Brunswick
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Speaker Session (K. C. Irving Theatre, HJFFC)
- Ibrahim Karidio, City of Edmonton "Waste Conversion Innovations at Edmonton Waste Management Centre"
- Rod Badcock, BioApplied “Value Proposition for a Biorefinery Sector in Nova Scotia”
10:15 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Nutrition Break (foyer)
- Trade show and poster viewing open
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Speaker Session (K. C. Irving Theatre)
- Mike Doucette and Francois Chabot, CCNB “The Science Behind Brewing and Distilling”
- Guy Veilleux, Airex Energy “Creating Biocoal from Forestry Waste”
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Lunch (cafeteria)
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Speaker Session (K. C. Irving Theatre)
- Kelly Hawboldt, Faculty of Process Engineering, Memorial University “’Waste’ to Bioproducts: Green Processing and Chemistry”
- Beth Mason, Cape Breton University “Enhanced Bio-extractions of Functional Natural Products Through Scalable, Novel Technologies"
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. B2B Partnering Meetings (Rooms 214 and 222)
- Trade show and poster viewing open
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Public Keynote (K. C. Irving Theatre)
- We're Not So Different, You and I: Comparing Bioeconomies in Finland and Canada Jussi Manninen, VTT Finland (click here to learn about the event open to the public)
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Reception (foyer)
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Networking Dinner with live music by Stories in Fiction (cafeteria)
Friday, June 9th, 2017 at HJFFC in Fredericton
8:00 a.m. Registration Opens
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Speaker Session (K. C. Irving Theatre)
- Neil Morgan, Canutra Naturals “The Hemp Plant in Canada - Past, Present, and Future”
- Murray McLaughlin, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada “Building the Bioeconomy – The Canadian way”
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Nutrition Break (Foyer)
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Partnering Meetings (Room 222)
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Trade Show (foyer)
11:15 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker Session (K. C. Irving Theatre)
- Marisa Hernandez Latorre, Ingelia “Using HTC Technology to Create Energy and Bioproducts from Solid Waste”
- David Bressler, University of Alberta “From Fat to Fuel: Commercialization of the Lipid to Hydrocarbon Technology”
- John Hawkes, Wayside Energy Inc. "A Small Anaerobic Digester for the Average Dairy Farmer"
12:50 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
- Meaghan Seagrave, Executive Director, BioNB
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch and Networking (foyer)
