Agenda - October 26

Registration and Breakfast

Opening Remarks

Location: Macleod Hall C 

Soheil Asgarpour, President, Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada

Keynote Presentation

Location: Macleod Hall C 

Carrie Taylor, Executive Director, Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Session 5: Methane • Part 1 - Policies and Regulations in Canada

Location: Macleod Hall C 

Moderator: Robert Crawhall, Executive Director, Canadian, Academy of Engineering  

Presenters:

Milos Krnjaja, Senior Technical Advisor, Alberta Energy Regulator

Graham Noble, Director Emissions and Subsurface Engineering, Ministry of Energy and Resources, Government of Saskatchewan 

Laurie Welch, Executive Director, Responsible Stewardship, British Columbia Oil & Gas Commission

James Diamond, Manager, Technical Operations & Upstream Regulatory Team, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Session 6: Capture – Innovations and Technologies to Lessen Costs

 Location: Macleod E1 

Moderator: David Van Den Assem, Director, Clean Technology - Clean Resources, Alberta Innovates

Presenters:

Ericka Rios, Manager - Clean Technology, Alberta Innovates 

Peter van Ballegooie, VP, Strategic Planning, Universal Matter Inc.

Breanne O'Reilly, Director of Communications and Marketing, Carbon Management Canada 

George Shimizu, Professor – Chemistry, University of Calgary

Session 7: Electrification • Part 1 - Electrification: Supply and Demand

Location: Macleod E2 

Moderator: Allan Fogwill, COO, Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada

Presenters:

Ganesh Doluweera, Technical Leader, Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)

Chuck Farmer, Vice-President of Planning, Conservation, and Resource Adequacy, IESO

Abbas Badami, Forecast Analyst, AESO 

Networking Break

Location: Expo Hall

Session 8: Methane • Part 2 - Methane Detection Data

Location: Macleod Hall C 

Moderator: David Risk, Professor, St. Francis Xavier University

Presenters:

Stephane Germain, President, GHGSat Inc.

Matthew Johnson, Professor and Scientific Director, The Energy and Emissions Research Lab, 

Carleton University

Scott Seymour, Senior Research Analyst, Environmental Defense Fund

Steve Conley, Chief Executive Officer, Scientific Aviation 

Session 9: - Utilization (Creating Revenue from CO2)

Moderator: Bonnie Drozdowski, Director, Environmental Services, InnoTech Alberta

Presenters:
Mark Godin, Director of Technology - Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC)

Natalie Giglio, Senior Business Development Associate, Carbon Upcycling Technologies

Aref Najafi, Manager, Carbon Capture, Utilization & Decarbonization, InnoTech Alberta

Session 10: Electrification • Part 2 - Federal, Provincial and Municipal Coordination for Electrification

Location: Macleod E2

Moderator: Jacob Irving, President & Chief Executive Officer, Energy Council of Canada

Presenters:

William York, Senior Engineer, Electric Vehicle Services, ATCO Electric

Brendan Cooke, Policy Analyst, Canada West Foundation

Rob Mackin, Board Member, Aquatera Utilities Inc.

Nick Schumacher, Analyst,  Pembina Institute 

Luncheon 

Location: Macleod Hall C 

Remarks: Justin Riemer, President and CEO, Emission Reduction Alberta

Session 11: Methane • Part 3 - Detection Technologies & Applied Research

Location: Macleod Hall C 

Moderator: Sean Hiebert, Staff, Emissions Management Engineer, Cenovus Energy and CRIN Methane Technology Theme Lead

Presenters:

Thomas Fox, President & Director of Innovation, Highwood Emissions Management

Wayne Hillier, Vice President, MODERN West Advisory Inc.

Liz O'Connell, President, Arolytics

Henri Tessier, President, Calscan Solutions 

Thomas McArthur, VP Customer Operations, Kuva Systems 

Session 12: CCUS • Part 3 - CO2 Storage

Location: Macleod E1

Moderator: Dan MacLean, former CEO, Petroleum Research Technology Centre

Presenters:

Norm Sacuta, Director of Communications, Petroleum Research Technology Centre

Marcia Couëslan, Principal Geophysicist and MMV Lead, Vault 44.01

Eric Street, Director of Geoscience, CarbonAlpha 

Greg Maidment, Director of Operations and Applied Research, Carbon Management Canada  

Session 13: Electrification • Part 3 - Industrial Investment and Electrification

Location: Macleod E2 

Moderator: Marla Orenstein, Director of the Natural Resources Centre, Canada West Foundation

Presenters:

David Arkell, President & CEO, 360 Energy Inc.

Bob Masterson, President and CEO, Chemistry Industry Association of Canada

Geoff Clark, Chief Executive Officer, Acceleware

Keivan Hirji, Senior Sustainability & External Relations Specialist for North America, Newmont

Networking Break

Location: Expo Hall 

Session 14: Methane • Part 4 • Getting to 75%

Location: Macleod Hall C 

Moderator: Jan Gorski, Director - Oil & Gas, Pembina Institute

Presenters:

Don McCrimmon, Manager - Air, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Chris Hugenholtz, Professor – Geography, University of Calgary

Al Duerr, CEO General Magnetic International Inc

Session 15: CCUS • Part 4 • CCUS Facility Integration

Location: Macleod E1

Moderator:  Heather Campbell, Executive Director, Clean Technology, Alberta Innovates

Presenters:

Kevin Wilke, Climate Solutions Leader, NOVA Chemicals 

Shana Boyd, Director Energy Transition, Heartland Generation 

Matt McCulloch, Director ESG & Decarbonization, Norda Stelo 

Session 16: Electrification • Part 4 - Key Enabling Technologies for Electrification

Location: Macleod E2 

Moderator: Allan Fogwill, COO, Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada

Presenters:

Ben Klepacki, Co-Founder, Westgen Technologies

Krzys Palka, CEO, Akine Inc. 

James Graham, President and CEO, Guild 1

Day 2 Adjourned - Networking, Exhibition, and Student Posters