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Program 2024

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Monday, November 25, 2024 -  Adam Room 

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17:30   Scaling Up Welcome Reception

Host: ECOSTRAT
 

The Gordon Webster Jazz Trio
Sponsored by: Canadian Fuels Association


Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - Adam Room â€‹

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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 [PDF]: Jeff Passmore 
Founder, Scaling Up
CEO, Passmore Group Inc.  
 
08:22   First Nation Scaling Up blessing 
   
08:25    Opening Morning Keynotes
Session Chair: Bradley Goodyear, Director General, Innovative Solutions Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
 
08:30    Sari Essayah, Minister, Agriculture and Forestry, Government of  Finland  [PDF]    

Minister Essayah will be introduced by Ms. Sari Uusi-Rauva, Deputy Head of Mission and Chargée d’affaires, Embassy of Finland to Canada 

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08:50    Option Critical: Meeting UK/EU Net Zero with biomass

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09:00    Shifting Perspectives: From tree-hugger to forest manager

 

09:10    Canada’s Forest Bioeconomy: Pushing Forward

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09:20    Global Dialog for Sustainable Fuels: Setting the stage for COP30

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09:30    Keynote Panel Discussion
 

9:45     Refreshment Break

Host:    Weaver 
 
10:15    Enabling the trillion-dollar bioeconomy market

 

10:45    Intermediate Crops: Ultra-low-carbon feedstocks for renewable fuels

 

11:05    How carbon is changing the landscape of project insurance & investment

 

11:40    Scaling Up 2024 Feature Country – Finland

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12:20     Lunch
Hosts:    Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Group & Greenspring Bioinnovation Hub

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13:10    Scaling Up annual award presentation

 

​13:15    Bioeconomy standards landscape: Relevance & Opportunities for Canada 

 

  • Fireside chat with: Lynn Barber, Manager Strategic Initiatives, Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Group 

(Lynn will briefly introduce the CSA Group Bioeconomy Program, and provide highlights from their recent national workshop)
 

  • Traceability and Chain of Custody - Greg Maloney, Principal Partner, BioApplied Innovation Pathways

 

  • Optimization of biomass feedstocks - Meaghan Seagrave, Executive Director, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

 

  • Terms & Definitions, & Factors for siting biorefineries - Maryam Arefmanesh, Senior Consultant North America, AFRY Management Consulting

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13:50    Bioeconomy regulations landscape: Let’s not reinvent the wheel

 

  • Lisa Hanke, Director, Regulatory Engagement, EcoEngineers in conversation with: 
    Michael Rensing, Director, Energy Compliance Services, Weaver 

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14:20    Net Zero changes everything – Redux

 

  • Chair: Chris Hessler, Founding Partner, AJW Inc.  

  • Dan Wicklum, Co-Chair Net Zero Advisory Body; CEO, The Transition Accelerator

  • Brian Foody, CEO, Iogen Corporation

 

14:50    Refreshment Break

Host:    FORESIGHT Canada 

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15:15    Scaling Up in Trois-Rivières: an opportunity for biobased industries
La mise à l'échelle à Trois-Rivières: une opportunité pour l'industrie biosourcée

  • Session Chair: Meaghan Seagrave, Executive Director, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada [PDF]

  • Trois-Rivières Metropolitain area, the Quebec Bioeconomy Gateway
    David Berthelot, Director, Innovation Development Économique, Trois-Rivières

  • Testing Innovation: Private research and production facility for technology and agri-food business - Sébastien Gariépy, CEO Groupe Inspire

  • Energy storage, purification, energy efficiency, low-temperature and high-temperature fuel cells, and electrolysers  - Bruno Pollet, Director, Hydrogen Research Institute

  • Biomass conditioning and thermochemical conversion: State of the art Innovation Hub - Jean-Philippe Jacques, Directeur général, Innofibre
     

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15:45    Project Finance, Democratizing private markets, and beyond 

  • Session Chair: Shelley King, CEO, Natural Products Canada

  • Duncan Ramage, Founder & CEO, Circle Bay Capital

  • Susan Rohac, Managing Partner, Climate Tech Fund, Business Development Bank of Canada 

  • Peter-Paul Van Hoeken, Founder & CEO, FrontFundr
     

16:15    The US bioeconomy policy juggernaut: Lessons and Pitfalls

  • Michael McAdams, President, U.S. Advanced Biofuels Association 
    Interviewed by Chris Hessler, Managing Partner, AJW Inc.  

 

16:45    From idea to adoption: the Journey to Scale-up Success 

 

17:15    Nova Scotia Bio-Update

 

17:35    Public Affairs discussion

 

18:05   Hospitality Suite

Scotch Tasting with Beer Chasers – Suite 258 

Hosts: AJW Inc. & Sussex Strategy Group  


Dinner at your leisure - Byward Market Restaurants

Recommendation: Luxe Bistro, 47 York Street

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​Wednesday, November 27, 2024 - Adam Room 

 

07:30   Breakfast – The Chateau Continental

Hosts: CRIBE & Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership   

 

The Gordon Webster Jazz Trio Sponsored by: Canadian Fuels Association 

 

08:20   Welcome Back:

               Jeff Passmore               

               Founder, Scaling Up               

               CEO, Passmore Group Inc.
•    Early Morning Chair: Fred Ghatala, President Incoming, Advanced Biofuels Canada [PDF]

 

08:25    Sustainable Aviation Fuels

 

08:45    Pathways to commercialization: Biogas & Biooil

 

09:05    Carbon intensity matters: Fueling a sustainable future

 

09:40    Scaling Up 2024 Feature Province - Ontario 

  • Chair: Chris Walton, CEO, Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bioeconomy (CRIBE) [PDF]

  • Minister Kevin Holland, Ontario Associate Minister of Forestry and Forest Products 

  • Jason Rasevych, Ginoogaming First Nation; National Leader, Waawoono Consultancy

  • Ian Dunn, President, Ontario Forest Industries Association

  • Ontario’s Private Woodlots: Partnerships transforming low value biomass into higher value products - Glen Prevost, Program Manager, Ontario Woodlot Association

 

10:20    Catalyzing systems thinking success: Perspectives from Agri-food & the broader bioeconomy

  • Chair: Tarra Drevet, Executive Director, Centre for Agri-Food Benchmarking

  • Nick Betts, Managing Director, Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agri-food (CANZA)

  • How regenerative agriculture and systems thinking can advance the bioeconomy - Michelina Aguanno, PhD Candidate, Ivey Business School

  • Wendy Ell, President, Industries in Transition 

 

10:50    Biogas & Renewable Natural Gas

 

​11:25     Refreshment Break

Hosts:    The Transition Accelerator & Advanced Biofuels Canada

 

11:50    Bioeconomy commercialization: Working with industry to create a Net Zero Transition”

 

12:10    Mission Innovation Integrated Biorefineries: Supporting pathways to commercialisation through international collaboration 

 

 

12:45    Accelerating the bioeconomy: Generating bioproducts from invasive plant species

 

13:00    Bio-Ink: 100% organic printing, packaging & labelling

 

13:15   The Wrap: Aish Mann, Programs & Marketing Coordinator, Leading Change
Canada 
In conversation with: Vanessa Fiore, University of Ottawa Environmental Science Graduate &
Ishwarjyot (Ishwar) Singh, Executive Director, Clean Energy Dialogue

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13:30   Closing Remarks [PDF] / Door Prizes / Adjourn 

Jeff Passmore

Founder, Scaling Up

CEO, Passmore Group Inc.

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