Scaling Up™ 2023
The Future is Now
Canada's 8th annual industrial bioeconomy business conference
November 6 - 8, 2023
Program 2022
Conference video interviews - 2022
Monday, November 7, 2022 - Drawing Room
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17:30 Welcome Reception
Hosts: Natural Products Canada & Walker Industries
The Gordon Webster Jazz Trio – Sponsored by Canadian Fuels Association
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 - Adam Room
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07:30 Breakfast – The Chateau Continental
Hosts: Iogen Corporation & BioApplied Innovation Pathways
The Gordon Webster Jazz Trio – Sponsored by Canadian Fuels Association
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08:15 Welcome / Opening remarks: Jeff Passmore, Founder, Scaling Up, CEO, Passmore Group Inc. - [PDF]
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08:22 Scaling Up acknowledgement & blessing
Stephanie Sanders, Curve Lake
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08:25 Opening Morning Keynotes
Session Chair: Andrea Moffat, Vice President, Ivey Foundation
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09:15 Becoming market ready: Accessing a pipeline of Canadian investment opportunities
Sue Coueslan, VP Strategy and Partnerships, Natural Products Canada
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09:30 Our Biological Future: Scaling biomanufacturing for materials, chemicals, and food, David Dodds, Dodds & Associates LLC (presenting for Brentan Alexander, Chief Investment Officer, Synonym)
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09:45 Keynote Panel discussion: Led by Andrea Moffat, Vice President, Ivey Foundation
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10:15 Refreshment Break
Host: Advanced Biofuels Canada
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11:15 Clean & Low Carbon Fuel Standards
Session Chair: Lisa Hanke, Regulatory Engagement Director, EcoEngineers
Will Canada’s CFS do the job? Ian Thomson, President Advanced Biofuels Canada - [PDF]
Letting the market decide: California’s booming demand for Renewable Natural Gas, Brian Foody, CEO, Iogen Corporation - [PDF]
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11:50 Scaling Up: What does it REALLY take?
Marc Bacon, President and Chief Operating Officer, OMNI Conversion Technologies
Marc will be interviewed by Ziyad Rahme, Vice President Investments, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)
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12:15 Lunch
Hosts: New Energy Risk & OMNI Conversion Technologies
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13:00 Project finance: Assembling the components of success
Session Chair: Christopher Angelo, Advisor, Structured and Corporate Finance, New Energy Risk, California
Pauli Baumann, Director, Energy Technologies, Hatch
Duncan Ramage, Managing Partner, Forum Asset Management
Patricia Bentolila, Director, Energy, Structured & Project Finance, Export Development Canada
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13:45 Industrial bioeconomy: Innovation in action:
Session Chair: David Dodds, Dodds & Associates LLC
Steeper Energy - Doug Greening, North American Engineering Lead - [PDF]
Yilkins New York State Office – Guy Penard, Vice President - [PDF]
Walker Industries - Graham Guest, General Manager, Energy & Technical Services - [PDF]
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14:30 Industry Associations: Striving for Net Zero
Session Chair: Sandy Ferguson, Principal, SF Consulting
Bob Larocque, President & CEO, Canadian Fuels Association
Mahima Sharma, Director, Environment, Innovation, and Mill Regulations, Forest Products Association of Canada - [PDF]
Jennifer Green, Executive Director, Canadian Biogas Association -[PDF]
Meaghan Seagrave, Executive Director, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada -[PDF]
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15:15 Refreshment Break
Host: Steeper Energy
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16:30 Scaling up: The role of Low-Carbon Fuels in Canada’s Energy Transition, Simon Paradis, Energy Transition Program Manager, Shell
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16:50 Net Zero Terminology video, Anton Holland, President and CEO, NIVA Inc. - [video download]
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17:20 The role of Public Affairs in achieving commercial success:
Bliss Baker, Chairman, Cumberland Strategies
John Wilkinson, former Ontario Minister Research & Innovation, Minister of Revenue, and Minister of the Environment
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18:00 Hospitality Suite
Scotch Tasting with Beer Chasers
Hosts: Cumberland Strategies & AJW Inc.
Dinner at your leisure - Byward Market Restaurants
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 - Adam Room
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07:30 Breakfast – The Chateau Continental
Hosts: Shell & EcoEngineers
The Gordon Webster Jazz Trio – Sponsored by Canadian Fuels Association
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08:15 Welcome Back:
Jeff Passmore
Founder, Scaling Up
CEO, Passmore Group Inc.
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08:25 Federal Policy, Science and Programs across the Canadian forest sector
Glenn Hargrove, Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada
Agricultural Bioeconomy and Innovation Toward a Net Zero Future
Kate Bigney, Deputy Director, Bioeconomy Policy, AAFC for Steve Jurgutis, Director General, Policy, Planning and Integration Directorate, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - [PDF]
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09:20 The Scaling Up 2022 Feature Province - Alberta
Chair: Mehr Nikoo, Senior Manager, Clean Technology, Alberta Innovates
Making sense of the world for Alberta forestry – Sheila Harrison, Vice-President Policy, Alberta Forest Products Association - [PDF]
Turning the corner: Managing the complexities of market and economic volatility
Rob Skilnick, Chief Financial Officer, Canary Biofuels - [PDF]
Driving the Canadian Hemp Fibre industry to be the world leader in production and processing - Aaron Barr, CEO, Canadian Rockies Hemp Corporation - [PDF]
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10:20 Decarbonization & economics: How far is society willing to go?
Ryan Dermody, President, Norcan Petroleum Group - [presentation by request]
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11:00 Refreshment Break
Host: Alberta Forest Products Association
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12:10 Scaling Up Sustainable Aviation Fuels – US policy ready for takeoff
Fireside chat: Tom Dower, VP Public Policy, LanzaTech & Chris Hessler, Managing Partner, AJW Inc.
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13:00 The Wrap: Making market and political sense of Scaling Up 2022
Camilla Stanley, Legislative Assistant, Office of Terry Beech, Member of Parliament, Burnaby North-Seymour; Former GreenPAC Parliamentary Intern for the Environment
Maia Knight, Student, Faculty of Political Science and Law, Carleton University; Former Parliamentary Intern, Office of Dan Albas, Member of Parliament, Central Okanagan–Similkameen–Nicola
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13:15 Closing Remarks / Door Prizes / Adjourn
Jeff Passmore
Founder, Scaling Up
CEO, Passmore Group Inc.