SPEAKERS 2016

Confirmed speakers and session chairs to date include:

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• The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada

• Greg Fergus, MP, Parliamentary Secretary, ISED

• Ralph Torrie, President, Torrie Smith Associates

• Paul Halucha, Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry Sector, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

• Pierre Lapointe, President and CEO, FPInnovations

• Brian Foody, CEO, Iogen Corporation

• Michelle Marrone, Business Development Manager North America, BETA Renewables

• Rina Singh, Managing Director, Industrial and Environmental Section, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), Washington, DC

• Pierre-Alain Schieb, Former Head, OECD Futures Project (1994-2013), President, Backcasting SAS, Consultant to OECD

• Glenn Mason, Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Forest Service, NRCan

• Darren Williams, Managing Director, Eco2, UK

• Helen Ryan, Director General, Energy & Transportation, Environment and Climate Change Canada

• Elizabeth May, Leader, Green Party of Canada, and Member of Parliament for Saanich – Gulf Islands

• Andreea Strachinescu, European Commission/Brussels, DG Energy,
  Head of Unit - New energy technologies, innovation and clean coal

• Jordan Hayes, Resource Analyst, Energy and Environment Group, Silvacom Ltd.

• Heather Scoffield, Ottawa Bureau Chief, The Canadian Press

• Will van den Tweel, PhD, Venture Manager, Canola/Rapeseed Protein, DSM Innovation Center

• Harry Sharma, Manager, Canada-India Centre for Excellence

• Marie-Hélène Labrie, Senior VP Communications and Government Affairs, Enerkem

• Don McCabe, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture

• Gerald Kutney, Ph.D., Managing Director, Sixth Element Sustainable Management; former Executive, Bioenergy/Bioproducts Tembec

• Adam Whalley, Business Development Manager, Zeton

• Tammy Klein, President, TAMKO Group; former Senior Vice President, Hart Energy

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

• A.J. (Sandy) Marshall, Executive Director, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

• Jennifer Holmgren, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, LanzaTech

• Chris Henderson, President, Lumos Energy; Author, Aboriginal Power

• Chris Hessler, Managing Partner, AJW Inc., Washington DC

• Robert F. Walsh, President, Industrial Products Division, Intrexon Corporation, San Francisco; Former General Manager Supply, Europe, Royal Dutch Shell

• Jordan Solomon, President/Managing Director, ECOSTRAT Consulting Group Inc.

• Ziyad Rahme, Vice President Partnerships, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)

• Robert Graham, Chair, Ensyn Corporation

• Jennifer Ditchburn, Editor-in Chief, Policy Options - Institute for Research on Public Policy

• Dave Watters, CEO Global Advantage, former ADM Economic Development, Finance Canada

• Sandy Ferguson, Vice President, Corporate Development, Conifex Timber Inc.

• Jim Lane, Editor, Biofuels Digest; Founder, Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference

• André Plourde, Dean, Faculty of Public Affairs, Carleton University

• Robert Hornung, President, Canadian Wind Energy Association

• Peter Middleton, President, EARTH Development Fund 

• Monte Solberg, Federal Cabinet Minister (retired), and former Member of Parliament, Medicine Hat, Alberta

• Don O’Connor, President (S&T)2 Consultants Inc.

• John Marrone, Executive Director BioFuelNet Canada

• Cameron MacKay, Director General, Trade Sectors Bureau, Global Affairs Canada