Agenda - October 27

Registration and Breakfast

Opening Remarks

Location: Macleod Hall C 

Soheil Asgarpour, President, Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada

Session 17: Methane Mitigation • Part 1 •  CanEric Success Stories

Location: Macleod Hall C 

Moderator: Claude Ghazar, Director, Recovery Technologies & Methane Emissions Reduction,

Alberta Innovates

Presenters:

Dallas Rosevear, Chief Business Development Officer, Clear Rush Co 

Brandon Fong, Project Manager, TC Energy 

Erica Emery, Senior Research Engineer, Saskatchewan Research Council

Jacqueline Peterson, Director, Policy & Offsets, Kathairos 

Adesua Eigbe, Sales Engineering Manager, Total Combustion Inc.

Session 18: Hydrogen • Part 1 • Hydrogen in Energy Transformation

Location: Macleod E1 

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

Presenters:

Gary Bunio, Senior Advisor Technology & Development, Suncor

Kyle Mulligan, Assistant Vice President, Operations Technology, Canadian Pacific Railway

Greg Caldwell, Director - Utility Hydrogen Strategy, ATCO Gas

Shana Boyd, Director, Energy Transition, Heartland Generation 

Session 19: Nuclear • Part 1 • Nuclear for Net Zero and Highlight Reel of North American Projects

Location: Macleod E2 

Keynote – Steve Coupland, Senior Advisor, Energy and Environment, Canadian Nuclear Association

Moderator: Vanessa White, Director, Renewable and Alternative Energy, Alberta Innovates

Presenters:

Ben Holtzman, Program Advisor, New Reactors and Advanced Technologies, Nuclear Energy Institute

Candice Jackson, Deputy Director, Natural Resources Canada

Networking Break

Location: Expo Hall

Session 20: Methane Mitigation • Part 2 • PTAC Success Stories

Location: Macleod Hall C 

Moderator:  Brian Spiegelmann, Principal - Consulting, BES Energy Management Ltd.

Presenters:

Brian Van Vliet, Technical Sales Specialist, Spartan Controls

Connor O'Shea, Co-Founder & CEO, WestGen Technologies

Michael Leung, Engineer, Technology Development, ATCO 

Ryan Janson, SRC

Doug Bezpalko, Manager - Technical Sales, Calscan Solutions

Session 21: Hydrogen • Part 2 • Increasing Demand for Hydrogen

Location: Macleod E1 

Moderator: David Layzell, Director, Natural Gas Strategy and Engagement, University of Calgary

Presenters:
Blake Adair, Director Projects, Clean Ammonia, Nutrien

Colin Armstrong, President & CEO, HTEC Hydrogen Technology and Energy Corp.

Matthew Klippenstein, Executive Director, Hydrogen BC, a provincial affiliate of the Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (CHFCA)

Session 22: Nuclear • Part 2 - Navigating Nuclear: The Tough Topics

Location: Macleod E2 

Moderator: Grace Meikle, Technology Strategy Lead, Emissions Reduction Alberta

Presenters:

Sarah Eaton, Director of Advanced Reactor Licensing Division, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

Derek Wilson, Chief Operating Officer, Nuclear Waste Management Organization

Liette Lemieux, President & Chief Executive Officer, CANDU Owners Group

Luncheon 

Location: Macleod Hall C 

Remarks: Jon Isley, Senior Director, Process Technology, Fluor Canada

Session 23: Methane Mitigation • Part 3 • Methane Technology Gaps

Location: Macleod Hall C 

Moderator: Marc Godin, Director of Technology, Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada

Presenters:

Gerry Boyer, Innotech Alberta

Fred Wassmuth, Manager, In-situ Recovery, Innotech Alberta

Frank Zahner, Resident/ Principal Engineer, Accurata Inc.

Alex Kanevski, Owner, ASK Engine Consulting

Erica Emery, Senior Research Engineer, Saskatchewan Research Council 

Session 24: Hydrogen • Part 3 - Hydrogen Technology Development

Location: Macleod E1

Moderator: 

David Van den Assem, Director, Clean Energy, Alberta Innovates

Presenters:

Jeff Cochrane, Managing Director, AMPClad Coating Technologies Inc.
Jessica Verhagen, CEO, Hydra Energy

Ron Hugo, Director – Pipeline Engineering Centre, University of Calgary

Grace Quan, Chief Executive Officer,  Hydrogen In Motion

Networking Break

Location: Expo Hall 

Session 25:  Exporting Methane Mitigation - Canadian Technologies (Methane Mitigation Stream

Location: Macleod Hall C 

Moderator: Allan Fogwill, Chief Operating Officer, PTAC

Presenters: Mike D'Antoni, Vice President, GreenPath Energy Ltd. 

Nicole Harbauer, Trade Commissioner - Energy & Clean Technologies,Trade Commissioner Service

Mark Taylor, Principal Advisor,  Taylor Energy Advisors

Session 26: Hydrogen • Part 3 - Gaps to Commercialization

Location: Macleod E1 

Moderator:  Bryan Helfenbaum, Executive Director, Alberta Innovates

Presenters:

Martin Huard, Hydrogen Lead, InnoTech Alberta

Brian Wagg, Director, Corporate Services, C-FER Technologies

Petro Nakutnyy, Director of Operations, EOR, Hydrogen Lead, Saskatchewan Research Council

Nathan Ashcroft, Director, Strategic Business Development - Energy Transition, Stantec 

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

Day 3 Adjourned - Networking, Exhibition, and Student Posters