From September 8 to October 27, Scaling Up will host a series of 8 one hour webinars each Tuesday at 11:00 eastern time.

 

The details of each webinar described below include Session Topic, Session Sponsors, and Session Chair and Panelists. Confirmed speakers feature industry, finance and environmental leaders in the international and Canadian cleantech and industrial bioeconomy space.

 

Registration is complimentary and now open. Please note you must register separately for each webinar you wish to attend. See below for full Webinar Program details, and mark your calendar for these dates:

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• Sept 8, 2020       11:00 am - 12:00 eastern - 1h webinar
   

The Industrial Bioeconomy Revolution: Will Canada transform, or stand on the sidelines?

 

Session Sponsor:       BIODESIGN

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Session Chair:       Jennifer O’Donnell, Executive Director, BioNB

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Panelists:     

Sandy Marshall, Executive Director, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada
 

Andrew Casey, President & CEO, BIOTECanada
 

Jean Hamel, VP, Industry and Partnerships, FPInnovations
 

Don Roberts, President & CEO, Nawitka Capital Advisors Ltd.

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• Sept 15, 2020     11:00 am - 12:00 eastern - 1h webinar

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Enabling the Bio-Circular Economy through project finance and insurance

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Session Sponsor:       Munich RE

 

Session Chair:       Derek Griffin, Risk Management, Munich RE     

 

Panelists:         
Mark Riedy, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP 
 

Sue Yang, Vice President, Orion Energy Partners, New York 

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Allison Larr, Vice President Public Finance Department, Citi

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• Sept 22, 2020     11:00 am - 12:00 eastern - 1h webinar

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Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Will policy enable navigation to destination?

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Session Co-Sponsors:            

 

CAAFI (Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative) and Advanced Biofuels Canada

 

Session Chair:     Steve Csonka, Executive Director, CAAFI

 

Panelists: 

Alex Menotti, US Federal Affairs Manager, NESTE
 

Fred Ghatala, Director, Carbon & Sustainability, Advanced Biofuels Canada
 

Brentan Alexander, Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Science Officer, New Energy Risk

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• Sept 29, 2020     11:00 am - 12:00 eastern - 1h webinar 

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The role of the Industrial Bioeconomy in addressing Climate Change

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Session Sponsor:       Iogen Corporation

 

Session Chair:            Mary Solecki, Partner, AJW

 

Panelists: 

Brian Foody, CEO, Iogen Corporation PDF
 

Michelle Passero, Climate Change Program Director, The Nature Conservancy, California

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Debbie Reed, Executive Director, Ecosystem Services Market Consortium

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• Oct 6, 2020          11:00 am - 12:00 eastern - 1h webinar

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Social & Environmental Justice: Relevant to the Bioeconomy, or Just Noise?

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Session Sponsor:       AJW

 

Session Chair:            Chris Hessler, Managing Partner, AJW Inc.

 

Panelists: 

Mohammed Memfis, Williams College, Massachusetts
 

Elin Bergman, Manager Corporate Partnerships, WWF Sweden

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Stephanie Batchelor, Vice President, Industrial & Environmental Section, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) 

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• Oct 13, 2020       11:00 am - 12:00 eastern - 1h webinar
   

Bioeconomy Development Zones: Driving Bio-Based Investment in Canada

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Session Sponsor:       ECOSTRAT Inc.

 

Session Chair:            Jordan Solomon, President and CEO, ECOSTRAT

 

Panelists:  

 

Ralph Goodale, Special Advisor to the Government of Canada re Flight PS752; Veteran Member of Parliament and federal Cabinet Minister

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Ron McCullough, City Manager, City of Melville, Saskatchewan 

                 
Martin Pudlas, CEO, Red Leaf Pulp

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John May, Managing Director, HamiltonClark

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• Oct 20, 2020       11:00 am - 12:00 eastern - 1h webinar
   

Net zero by 2050: What role for biofuels and other non-fossil fuels?

 

Session Sponsor:       Advanced Biofuels Canada

 

Session Chair:            Doug Hooper, Director, Policy and Regulation, Advanced Biofuels Canada

 

Panelists:                   

Brendan Jordan, VP Transportation and Fuels, Great Plains Institute

 

Tammy Klein, President, Future Fuel Strategies

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Ian Thomson, President, Advanced Biofuels Canada
 

Tim Reiter, Principal Engineer, Haldor Topsoe Canada Limited

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• Oct 27, 2020       11:00 am – 12:30 eastern – 1.5 h webinar
         

Paris: Getting to a Green & Just Recovery

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Session Host:             ECOSTRAT Inc.

 

Session Chair:            Jordan Solomon, President and CEO, ECOSTRAT

 

Panelists: 

Dan Wicklum, President and CEO, The Transition Accelerator
 

Jim Philp, Industrial Biotechnology Policy Analyst, OECD
 

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

Neeraj Nandurdikar, Co-Author, “Leading Complex Projects,” Director, Energy Practice, Independent Project Analysis Inc.
 

David Golden, Immediate past Senior VP, Chief Legal & Sustainability Officer, and Corporate Secretary, Eastman

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Mark Gainsborough, Immediate past Executive Vice President, Shell New Energies

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