

Scaling Up Bio 2025
Accelerating Deep Decarbonization
Canada's 10th annual industrial bioeconomy business conference
November 12 - 14, 2025, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Program 2025
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - Drawing Room
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17:30 Scaling Up Welcome Reception
Host: ECOSTRAT
The Gordon Webster Jazz Trio
Sponsored by: Canadian Fuels Association
Thursday, November 13, 2025 - Adam Room ​
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07:30 Breakfast – The Chateau Continental
Hosts: Iogen Corporation & U.S. Advanced Biofuels Association
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The Gordon Webster Jazz Trio Sponsored by: Canadian Fuels Association
08:15 Welcome / Opening remarks Jeff Passmore
Founder, Scaling Up
CEO, Passmore Group Inc.
08:22 First Nation Scaling Up blessing
08:25 Opening Morning Keynotes
Session Chair: TBD
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09:30 Keynote Panel Discussion
9:45 Refreshment Break
Host: Available
10:15
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Jordan Solomon, President and CEO Ecostrat Inc.
10:45 TBD
11:40 Scaling Up 2025 Feature Country – TBD
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12:20 Lunch
Hosts: Greenspring Bioinnovation Hub & co-sponsor available
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13:10 Scaling Up annual award presentation
​13:15 Sessions resume
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14:50 Refreshment Break
Host: Advanced Biofuels Canada
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15:15 Sessions resume
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15:45 Project Finance
16:15 The US bioeconomy policy juggernaut: Trump 10 months later
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Michael McAdams, President, U.S. Advanced Biofuels Association
Interviewed by Chris Hessler, Managing Partner, AJW Inc.
16:45 Sessions resume
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18:05 Hospitality Suite
Scotch Tasting with Beer Chasers – Suite 258
Hosts: AJW Inc.
Dinner at your leisure - Byward Market Restaurants
Recommendation: Luxe Bistro, 47 York Street
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​Friday, November 14, 2025 - Adam Room
07:30 Breakfast – The Chateau Continental
Hosts: Available
The Gordon Webster Jazz Trio Sponsored by: Canadian Fuels Association
08:20 Welcome Back:
Jeff Passmore
Founder, Scaling Up
CEO, Passmore Group Inc.
08:25 Sustainable Aviation Fuels
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Madison Carroll, Executive Director, Council on Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accountability (CoSAFA)
08:45 TBD
09:05 Carbon intensity matters: Fueling a sustainable future
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Chair: Bob Larocque, President & CEO, Canadian Fuels Association
09:40 Scaling Up 2024 Feature Province - Saskatchewan ​
10:20 Sessions continue
​11:25 Refreshment Break
Hosts: Available
11:50 Sessions continue
13:15 The Wrap
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13:30 Closing Remarks / Door Prizes / Adjourn
Jeff Passmore
Founder, Scaling Up
CEO, Passmore Group Inc.
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