Monday - November 27, 2017 - Drawing Room

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17:30         Welcome Cocktails – Drawing Room

                   

Hosts: Eco2, and U.S. Grains Council

The Dennis Bass Trio courtesy of Conifex Timber

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Tuesday - November 28, 2017 - Adam Room

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07:30        Breakfast - The Chateau Continental

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                      Hosts: Ecostrat Inc., and Shell International Petroleum Company

Limited

The Dennis Bass Trio courtesy of Conifex Timber

AV Multimedia sponsors: NIVA Inc., TDV Solutions, and New Energy Risk

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​08:15          Opening remarks: Jeff Passmore, Scaling Up Chair 

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08:25         Keynote Opening Remarks: The Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of Natural Resources Canada

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08:40        Getting to Mainstream: The future for the Global Bioeconomy  

                   

Session Chair: Rachel Curran, Senior Associate, Harper & Associates, former Director of Policy, Prime Minister’s Office

 

Investing e3.7billion to Bring Bio-based Products to Market: Ensuring Europe Competes in the Global Bioeconomy Race: Philippe Mengal, Executive Director, Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBIJU); Public-Private Partnership, Brussels, Belgium

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Global Bioenergy and Biofuel Market Forecasts to 2022 from the IEA’s 2017 Renewable Energy Market Report: Adam Brown, Senior Energy Analyst, Renewable Energy Division, International Energy Agency (IEA), Paris

 

Emerging Economies and How the Bioeconomy can Deliver for the Developing World: Dr. Govinda Timilslna, Senior Research Economist, The World Bank, Washington, DC

 

Securing Investment and Scaling Up: Helping Early Stage Companies Thrive, and What Governments Need to Know: David Williams, Co-founder and Chief Executive, Eco2 Ltd., Wales

 

Canada’s Bioeconomy: Taxiing to the Runway

Ralph Torrie, President, Torrie Smith Associates

 

09:40        Feedstock Supply Chain Development: A Biorefining case study

 

Session Chair: Charlie Lalonde, Biomass Project Coordinator, Ontario Federation of Agriculture (combied panel)

          

Securing Producer commitments

Brian Cofell, General Manager, Cellulosic Sugar Producers Co-Operative, Sarnia, ON

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Baler Telemetrics: Conditions of a Successful Biomass Harvest

Glenn Farris, Director, Strategic Segment Solutions, AGCO 

 

Edge of Field Stacking, and Validating the Harvest Data

Ben Voss, President, Morris Industries, Saskatoon, SK

 

Criteria for Successful Management Information Systems and Controlling Costs

Andrew Richard, CTO and Founder, Comet Biorefining

 

Standardizing an Approach to Biomass Supply Chain Risk

Jordan Solomon, President and CEO, ECOSTRAT Inc.

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10:40         Refreshment Break

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Host: Clariant

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11:00         Showcasing Bio-Technology Today

 

Session Chair: Susan Carlisle, President, Carlisle Consulting Inc.

 

Panelists:

 

Tamrat Tekle, President and CEO, TTS Inc.; President, Natural Fibre Technologies Ltd.

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Doug Berven, Vice President Corporate Affairs, POET

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David Mackett, Whitesand First Nation

 

Martin Mitchell, Business Development Manager Americas, Clariant

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11:45          Access to Finance in Canada for Cleantech Firms

 

Session Chair: Chris Johnstone, Director General, Clean Technology and Clean Growth Branch, ISED Canada

 

Panelists:

 

Ziyad Rahme, Vice President, Investments, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)

 

Susan Rohac, Vice President, Growth & Transition Capital, Business

Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

 

Mark Senn, Director Cleantech, Export Development Canada (EDC)

 

 

12:20          Customers, Collaboration, Communications and

Branding in Evolving Bio-based Markets

 

Session Chair: Anne Waddell, Vice President Government Affairs, BioAmber Inc.

 

Discussants:

 

Anton Holland, President, Director, Science Communication, NIVA Inc.

 

Puneet Trehan, Material & Innovation Leader, IKEA of Sweden

 

Jean Francois (JF) Huc, Vice President Innovation and Business Development, Greenfield Global Inc.

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13:00         Lunch

                   

Hosts: Comet Biorefining; FPInnovations; AJW Inc.

 

 

13:40        Clean Growth: Government in Implementation Mode

 

Session Chair: Velma McColl, Managing Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group

 

Panelists:

Frank Des Rosiers, Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation and Energy Technology, Natural Resources Canada

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Tom Rosser, Assistant Deputy Minister Strategic Policy Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

 

Christopher Wilkie, Director General for Global Affairs Canada

 

Chris Johnstone, Director General, Clean Technology and Clean Growth Branch, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

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Cam Carruthers, Executive Director, Oil, Gas and Alternative Energy, Environment and Climate Change Canada

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14:30         A Forest Bioeconomy Framework for Canada – A step towards a

National Bioeconomy Strategy?

 

Session Chair: Sandy Ferguson, Vice President Corporate Development, Conifex Timber Inc.

 

Discussants:

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Glenn Mason, ADM, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada

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Derek Nighbor, CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada

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Sandy Marshall, Chair, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

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Trevor Stuthridge, EVP, FPInnovations

 

15:10          Technology Commercialization – Achieving Success in Pyrolysis,

Cellulosics, Hydrothermal Liquefaction, and Hydrofaction™ for Long-haul Transport  

 

Session Chair: Joel Stone, President, ConVergince Advisers; Exec. VP, Lee Enterprises Consulting

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Discussants:

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Robert Graham, Chair, Ensyn Corporation

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Brian Foody, CEO, Iogen Corporation

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Alan Zacher, US DoE Pacific Northwest National Lab, Task Leader, IEA Task 34 Biomass Liquefaction

 

Perry Toms, CEO, Steeper Energy

 

15:55        Refreshment Break

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Welcome: Henk van der Zwan, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the  Netherlands  to Canada

 

Host: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

 

16:25        The European Landscape, and the International Collaboration

Opportunities Provided by Mission Innovation: A snapshot

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Session Chair: Eric van den Heuvel, Director studio Gear Up; Director, Netherlands Platform Sustainable Biofuels, former Sustainability Officer, Argos

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Panelists:

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Eric van den Heuvel, Director, Netherlands Platform Sustainable Biofuels

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Roger Kilburn, CEO, Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre, Glasgow, Scotland

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Astrid Jakobs de Pádua, Minister Counselor Food and Agriculture, German Embassy, Washington, DC

Fernando Preto, Canadian Lead, Sustainable Biofuels Innovation Challenge, Mission Innovation

 

17:10         Special Presentation: Sourcing Future Bioeconomy Talent

 

Rob Henderson, President and CEO, BioTalent Canada

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17:45          Hospitality Suite – Host: Passmore Group Inc. with special

Single Malt tasting courtesy of Celtic Renewables

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19:15          Dinner at your leisure – Byward Market Restaurants

 

 

Wednesday - November 29, 2017 - Adam Room

 

 

07:45        Breakfast – The Chateau Continental

                   

Hosts: Iogen Corp., and Steeper Energy

The Dennis Bass Trio courtesy of Conifex Timber

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AV Multimedia sponsors: NIVA Inc., TDV Solutions, and New Energy Risk

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​08:25        Welcome Back: Jeff Passmore, Scaling Up Chair

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08:30        Morning Keynote Address:

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Elizabeth May, Leader, Green Party of Canada, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands

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09:00        The Bio-circular Economy: Climate Targets, Global Supply Chains,

and Way Beyond Paris

 

Session Chair: Doug Russell, Chief Business Development Officer, Cogent Energy Systems

 

Discussants:

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Pierre-Alain Schieb, Former Head, OECD Futures Project (1994-2013), President, Backcasting SAS, Consultant to OECD

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David McInnes, Principal, DMci Strategies; former CEO, Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute

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Ted Michaels, Partner, AJW Inc. Washington, DC

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09:40        Steel in the Ground in Sarnia-Lambton –

Transformation within a Hybrid Chemistry Cluster

 

Session Chair: Sandy Marshall, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

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Role of the Anchor in the Bioindustrial Chemistry Cluster: Anne Waddell, Vice President Government Affairs, BioAmber Inc.

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Leveraging the sugar supply chain: Commercializing natural low-calorie sweetener from biomass: Mark Kirby CEO, S2G Biochemicals

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From California to Canada: How a collaborative culture drew us north: Stephen Galowitz, Chief Commercial Officer, Origin Materials

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10:25         Technology: From Idea to Available Product –

Getting to Commercial Scale

 

Session Chair: David Dodds PhD, Principal, Dodds & Associates LLC

 

Dr. Chad Joshi, CEO, Advonex International Corporation

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Sébastien Corbeil, President & CEO, CelluForce

 

Martin Tangney, President Celtic Renewables Ltd., Winner, Most Innovative Biotech SME in Europe 2015

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Jim Spaeth, Program Manager, Advanced Development  & Optimization, Bioenergy Technologies Office, US Department of Energy

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11:10           Refreshment Break

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Host: Greenfield Global Inc.

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11:25          Raising Capital: Reality, Creativity, and how to Add Value

for Prospective Investors

 

Session Chair: Jeff Passmore , Passmore Group Inc.

 

Discussants:

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Joško Bobanović , Partner, Sofinnova Partners, Paris

 

Vicky Sharpe, ​Director, Alberta Enterprise Corporation; Corporate Director and Founding CEO, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)

 

Jon Cozens, Chief Commercial Officer, New Energy Risk, California

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12:10          Government – On the Critical Path to Bioeconomy Success?

 

Session Chair: John Wilkinson, Senior Vice President Sustainability, Greenfield Global; former Ontario Minister of Research & Innovation, and Ontario Minister of the Environment

 

Discussants:

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Tammy Klein, President, Future Fuel Strategies

 

Honourable John Godfrey, P.C., Special Advisor for Climate Change, Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change; former federal Minister of State for Infrastructure and Communities

 

Marc LePage, President and CEO, Genome Canada

 

Doug Faulkner, President, Leatherstocking LLC. Former Acting Assistant Secretary, US Department of Energy and Acting Under Secretary, US Department of Agriculture (George W. Bush administration).

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12:55         Keynote Summary Remarks: Duncan Macleod, Partner, C Associates, former Vice President Shell Hydrogen, and former President & CEO of Iogen Energy

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13:10          Closing Remarks / Door Prizes / Adjourn
 

Jeff Passmore, CEO, Passmore Group Inc.

 

 

Program Brochure sponsor: BioTalent Canada

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Lanyard sponsor: Genome Canada

 

Supporting sponsors: Forest Products Association of Canada, Canadian Wood Waste Recycling Business Group, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada, Ontario Federation of Agriculture, Ontario Sustainable Energy Association, and Maple Leaf Strategies

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Business to Business meetings hosted by:

 

Trade Commissioner Service, Global Affairs Canada

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