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Monday, November 25, 2024 -  Adam Room 

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17:30   Scaling Up Welcome Reception

Host: ECOSTRAT
 

The Gordon Webster Jazz Trio
Sponsored by: Canadian Fuels Association

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - Adam Room ​

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07:30   Breakfast – The Chateau Continental

Hosts: Iogen Corporation & U.S. Advanced Biofuels Association 

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The Gordon Webster Jazz Trio Sponsored by: Canadian Fuels Association
 
08:15   Welcome / Opening remarks: Jeff Passmore
Founder, Scaling Up
CEO, Passmore Group Inc.  
 
08:22   First Nation Scaling Up blessing 
   
08:25    Opening Morning Keynotes
Session Chair: Bradley Goodyear, Director General, Innovative Solutions Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
 
08:30    Sari Essayah, Minister, Agriculture and Forestry, Government of  Finland      

Minister Essayah will be introduced by Ms. Sari Uusi-Rauva, Deputy Head of Mission and Chargée d’affaires, Embassy of Finland to Canada 

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08:50    Option Critical: Meeting UK/EU Net Zero with biomass

• Haley Armstrong, Partner, AJW Inc. London office

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09:00    Shifting Perspectives: From tree-hugger to forest manager

• Lacey Rose, County Forester, County of Renfrew

 

09:10    Canada’s Forest Bioeconomy: Pushing Forward

• Derek Nighbor, President and CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC)

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09:20    Global Dialog for Sustainable Fuels: Setting the stage for COP30

Gerard Ostheimer, Manager, Clean Energy Ministerial Biofuture Campaign 

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09:30    Keynote Panel Discussion
 

9:45     Refreshment Break

Host:    Weaver 
 
10:15    Enabling the trillion-dollar bioeconomy market

• Jordan Solomon, President and CEO Ecostrat Inc.

 

10:45    Intermediate Crops: Ultra-low-carbon feedstocks for renewable fuels

• Amanda Parsons DeRosier, VP External Affairs Global Clean Energy Holdings Inc.

 

11:05    How carbon is changing the landscape of project insurance & investment

• Chair: Meaghan Seagrave, Executive Director, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

• Derek Griffin, Green Tech Solutions, Munich RE

• Stuart Galloway, Executive Vice president, Ontario and Western Canada, SOFIAC

• Austen Hughes, Vice President Project Finance, Natural Forces

 

11:40    Scaling Up 2024 Feature Country – Finland

• Chair: Jaakko Autere, Counsellor of Trade and Commercial Affairs, Embassy of Finland to Canada

• Juha Hyvarine, Director, Biocoal Development, TAALERI Bioindustry, Helsinki

• Dave Pelletier, Director, Biomass conversion, North America, Valmet

• Mark Keneford, CEO Canada, Wärtsilä

• Lucja Wanicka, Director, Technology Sales, Spinnova

• Johanna Buchert, President & CEO, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

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12:20     Lunch
Hosts:    Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Group & Greenspring Bioinnovation Hub

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13:10    Scaling Up annual award presentation

 

​13:15    Bioeconomy standards landscape: Relevance & Opportunities for Canada 

 

• Fireside chat with: Lynn Barber, Manager Strategic Initiatives, Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Group 

(Lynn will briefly introduce the CSA Group Bioeconomy Program, and provide highlights from their recent national workshop)
 

• Traceability and Chain of Custody - Greg Maloney, Principal Partner, BioApplied Innovation Pathways

 

• Optimization of biomass feedstocks - Meaghan Seagrave, Executive Director, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

 

• Terms & Definitions, & Factors for siting biorefineries - Maryam Arefmanesh, Senior Consultant North America, AFRY Management Consulting

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13:50    Bioeconomy regulations landscape: Let’s not reinvent the wheel

 

• Lisa Hanke, Director, Regulatory Engagement, EcoEngineers in conversation with: 
  Michael Rensing, Director, Energy Compliance Services, Weaver 

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14:20    Net Zero changes everything – Redux

 

• Chair: Chris Hessler, Founding Partner, AJW Inc.  

• Dan Wicklum, Co-Chair Net Zero Advisory Body; CEO, The Transition Accelerator

• Brian Foody, CEO, Iogen Corporation

 

14:50    Refreshment Break

Host:    FORESIGHT Canada 

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15:15    Scaling Up in Trois-Rivières: an opportunity for biobased industries
La mise à l'échelle à Trois-Rivières: une opportunité pour l'industrie biosourcée

• Session Chair: Meaghan Seagrave, Executive Director, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada 

• Trois-Rivières Metropolitain area, the Quebec Bioeconomy Gateway
  David Berthelot, Director, Innovation Development Économique, Trois-Rivières

• Testing Innovation: Private research and production facility for technology and agri-food business - Sébastien Gariépy, CEO Groupe Inspire

• Energy storage, purification, energy efficiency, low-temperature and high-temperature fuel cells, and electrolysers  - Bruno Pollet, Director, Hydrogen Research Institute

• Biomass conditioning and thermochemical conversion: State of the art Innovation Hub - Jean-Philippe Jacques, Directeur général, Innofibre
   

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15:45    Project Finance, Democratizing private markets, and beyond 

• Session Chair: Shelley King, CEO, Natural Products Canada

• Duncan Ramage, Founder & CEO, Circle Bay Capital

• Susan Rohac, Managing Partner, Climate Tech Fund, Business Development Bank of Canada 

• Peter-Paul Van Hoeken, Founder & CEO, FrontFundr
   

16:15    The US bioeconomy policy juggernaut: Lessons and Pitfalls

• Michael McAdams, President, U.S. Advanced Biofuels Association 
  Interviewed by Chris Hessler, Managing Partner, AJW Inc.  

 

16:45    From idea to adoption: the Journey to Scale-up Success 

• Chair: Sandy Ferguson, SF consulting & Foresight Bioeconomy Advisor

• Evelyn Allen, CEO Evercloak

• The Nova Scotia Ecosystem: A poster child for scale up success - Mark Masotti, alterBiota

• Phillip Marsh, President/Director/Founder, BC Biocarbon

 

17:15    Nova Scotia Bio-Update

• Rod Badcock, Executive Director, Greenspring Bioinnovation Hub

 

17:35    Public Affairs discussion

• Fireside chat with Devin McCarthy, Partner, Federal Practice Lead, Sussex Strategy Group

 

18:05   Hospitality Suite

Scotch Tasting with Beer Chasers – Suite 258 

Hosts: AJW Inc. & Sussex Strategy Group  

Dinner at your leisure - Byward Market Restaurants

Recommendation: Luxe Bistro, 47 York Street

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​Wednesday, November 27, 2024 - Adam Room 

 

07:30   Breakfast – The Chateau Continental

Hosts: CRIBE & Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership   

 

The Gordon Webster Jazz Trio Sponsored by: Canadian Fuels Association 

 

08:20   Welcome Back:

               Jeff Passmore               

               Founder, Scaling Up               

               CEO, Passmore Group Inc.
•    Early Morning Chair: Fred Ghatala, President Incoming, Advanced Biofuels Canada

 

08:25    Sustainable Aviation Fuels

• Madison Carroll, Executive Director, Council on Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accountability (CoSAFA) in conversation with: Chris Lindberg, Senior Analyst, Centre for Greening Government, Treasury Board Secretariat 

 

08:45    Pathways to commercialization: Biogas & Biooil

• Scott Treadwell, President, SixRing Inc.  

 

09:05    Carbon intensity matters: Fueling a sustainable future

• Chair: Bob Larocque, President & CEO, Canadian Fuels Association

• Michelle Belisle, Air Quality & Greenhouse Gas Manager, Imperial Oil

• Chris Vervaet, Executive Director, Canadian Oilseed Processors Association

 

09:40    Scaling Up 2024 Feature Province - Ontario 

• Chair: Chris Walton, CEO, Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bioeconomy (CRIBE)

• Minister Kevin Holland, Ontario Associate Minister of Forestry and Forest Products 

• Jason Rasevych, Ginoogaming First Nation; National Leader, Waawoono Consultancy

• Ian Dunn, President, Ontario Forest Industries Association

• Ontario’s Private Woodlots: Partnerships transforming low value biomass into higher value products - Glen Prevost, Program Manager, Ontario Woodlot Association

 

10:20    Catalyzing systems thinking success: Perspectives from Agri-food & the broader bioeconomy

• Chair: Tarra Drevet, Executive Director, Centre for Agri-Food Benchmarking

• Nick Betts, Managing Director, Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agri-food (CANZA)

• How regenerative agriculture and systems thinking can advance the bioeconomy - Michelina Aguanno, PhD Candidate, Ivey Business School

• Wendy Ell, President, Industries in Transition 

 

10:50    Biogas & Renewable Natural Gas

• Chair: Sarah Stadnyk, Director, Policy and Communications, Canadian Biogas Association  

• Gordon Lau, Manager, Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), ENBRIDGE Gas

• Graham Guest, General Manager, Energy & Technical Services, Walker Industries

• Shannon Watt, President, Canadian Propane Association

 

​11:25     Refreshment Break

Hosts:    The Transition Accelerator & Advanced Biofuels Canada

 

11:50    Bioeconomy commercialization: Working with industry to create a Net Zero Transition”

• Matthew Slotwinski, CEO, Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership

 

12:10    Mission Innovation Integrated Biorefineries: Supporting pathways to commercialisation through international collaboration 

 

• Conversation to be led by Glenn Hargrove, Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada

• Enhancing Techno-Economic and Carbon Intensity Consistency in Bio-SAF Production Across Biomass Sources: A Path to Global Standardization
  Marzouk Benali, Research Scientist, Industrial Systems Optimization, CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada

• TotalEnergies approach to SAF: Current experience and looking to the future
  Michael Hecquet, Lead, Advanced Biofuels R&D program, TotalEnergies

• Pathways to SAF through BioCrude
  Don Roberts, President & CEO, Nawitka Capital Advisors Ltd.
   

 

12:45    Accelerating the bioeconomy: Generating bioproducts from invasive plant species

• Sydney Rodman, Founder, Green Revival

 

13:00    Bio-Ink: 100% organic printing, packaging & labelling

• Alireza Sadeghi Chahardeh, President, Orfoncé

 

13:15   The Wrap: Aish Mann, Programs & Marketing Coordinator, Leading Change
Canada 
In conversation with: Vanessa Fiore, University of Ottawa Environmental Science Graduate &
Ishwarjyot (Ishwar) Singh, Executive Director, Clean Energy Dialogue

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13:30   Closing Remarks / Door Prizes / Adjourn 

Jeff Passmore

Founder, Scaling Up

CEO, Passmore Group Inc.

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