Tuesday, November 2, 2021

 

Scaling Up 2021 - Nov 2 - all sessions recording link - https://youtu.be/gN8opqbaDx4
 

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Delivering on Canada’s $200 billion industrial bioeconomy opportunity: The Who, the What, and the How

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• Welcome / Opening remarks:
  
                  Jeff Passmore
                  Founder, Scaling Up
                  CEO, Passmore Group Inc.
   

• Opening Keynote Panel:  Host – Iogen Corporation

               Session Chair: Sandy Ferguson, Principal, SF Consulting
 

“Deep Shift – Catalyzing a High Impact Bio-Economy”
Chris Henderson, President Lumos Energy, Founding Executive Director Indigenous Clean Energy, Co-Founder Delphi Group, Board Chair Globe Series
 

“The post-petroleum energy system - a role for biomass?”

Ralph Torrie. Research Director, Corporate Knights; President, Torrie Smith Associates

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The Net Zero Energy Transition, and the role for Biofuels”

Brian Foody, CEO Iogen Corporation

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• Special presentation - “The BDO Zone Initiative: Accelerating and de-risking bio-based investment and infrastructure development in rural communities”

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Session Chair - Sarah Van Exan, Executive Director, GreenPAC

Keynote speaker: Jordan Solomon, President and CEO, ECOSTRAT Inc.

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• Industry Scale Up Case Studies: 

 

Alex Gorodetsky, Director Business Development, Steeper Energy Canada Ltd.

Chad Joshi, CEO Advonex International Corporation

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• Canada and the United States Policy Perspectives: 
   

Session Chair: Bliss Baker, Chairman, Cumberland Strategies

Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard - Ian Thomson, President, Advanced Biofuels Canada

The U.S. ‘Whole of Government’ Climate Strategy - Chris Hessler, Managing Partner, AJW Inc.

 

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Day 2     Wednesday, November 3, 2021


Scaling Up 2021 - Nov 3 - all sessions recording link: https://youtu.be/MW-hs21MO0w

 

• Finance Panel:  Host – New Energy Risk  

         

         Assembling the pieces for a Successful Project Finance

          Session Chair: Matt Lucas, Managing Director, New Energy Risk, California

 

Panelists:
 

Jim Pepper, Director of Engineering, Wood Renewable Energy and Power USA

Karim Ibrik, Vice President, Azimuth Capital Management       

Duncan Ramage, Partner, Head of Private Equity, Forum Equity Partners

Jean-Philippe Nolet, Director, Global Head of Renewables and Sustainable Technologies, Structured & Project Finance Team, Export Development Canad

David Berliner, Head of Deal Structuring, Clean Energy, VanCity Community Investment Bank

 

• ​Special Presentation - De-risking Technology, Feedstock & Offtake for successful Scale Up of Bio-based Projects

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Session Chair - Mahima Sharma, M.Eng., Director Environment, Innovation, and Mill Regulations, Forest Products Association of Canada

Keynote speaker:  Don Roberts, President & CEO, Nawitka Capital Advisors Ltd.

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• Closing remarks:
   

          Jeff Passmore, Founder, Scaling Up

          CEO, Passmore Group Inc.

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