Energy Track: Energy & Environment...DRAFT AGENDA‐ SUBJECT TO CHANGE PNWER 26th Annual Summit Calgary, Alberta July 17 21, 2016 Preliminary Summit Agenda Last updated 3/24/16 Sunday,

DRAFT AGENDA‐ SUBJECT TO CHANGE

PNWER 26th Annual Summit

Calgary, Alberta

July 1721, 2016

Preliminary Summit Agenda

Last updated 3/24/16

Sunday, July 17

10:00am 9:00pm Registration & Calgary Stampede

Monday, July 18

7:00am 5:00pm Registration

7:30am 9:00am Opening Ceremonies and Keynote Breakfast

PNWER President Curt McKenzie

9:15am 12:00pm Concurrent Morning Sessions

● Energy Track: Energy & Environment ● Transporation ● Water Policy ● Mining ● Forestry

Session 1 Monday Morning

Rep. Deborah Boone Oregon Legislature

Paul Manson, CEO DC Power Grid

Energy Track: Energy & Environment Cochairs: Rep. Deborah Boone, Oregon Legislature & Paul Manson, CEO, DC Power Grid Competitiveness in the age of carbon pricing A number of jurisdictions in the region have adopted distinct carbon pricing policies, creating competitiveness challenges for Emissions Intensive Trade Exposed sectors and for companies with operations in multiple jurisdictions with different approaches to carbon pricing and climate policy. How are industries responding to these emerging carbon pricing regimes? What are governments doing to protect competitiveness for EITEs? What does the future hold for carbon pricing in the region? PNWER Roadmap to Resilient, UltraLow Energy Buildings in the Pacific Northwest

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Session will focus on policy options and market driven solutions to meet the 2030 targets (netzero energy for new buildings, comprehensive renewal of existing building stock); innovative technologies and construction materials; industry capacity building and training needs and opportunities; building case studies (including several in British Columbia) and their economics; region wide economic and energy impacts – listed by 10 individual jurisdictions.


Sen. Chuck Winder Idaho State Legislature

Bruce Agnew, Director Cascadia Center

Transportation Cochairs: Bruce Agnew, Director, Cascadia Center & Senator Chuck Winder, Idaho State Legislature

● Oil Train Safety Symposium outcomes

● FAST Corridor Northwest

● FAST Act regional infrastructure accelerator demonstration

program

● Innovative Infrastructure Finance/P3s

○ Insights from webinar series

○ Resource center of best practices

○ Inventory of legislative statutory framework

● Idaho Department of Transportation

○ Truck harmonization

○ Status as crossroads state

● Alaska to Alberta Railway


Sen. Jim Honeyford WA State Senate

Water Policy Cochairs: Senator Jim Honeyford, Washington State Senate & David Hill, Centres and Institutes and Research Advocacy (CIRA) University of Lethbridge

● Water Use in Industry ● The Carbon footprint of the oil sands industry ● Water Process Engineering

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David Hill, Director Centres and Institutes University of Lethbridge

Session 4 Monday Morning Session 5 Monday

Morning

Senator Chas Vincent

Montana State legislature

Travis Joseph

President

American Forest Resource

Council

Mining Cochairs:

● Aboriginal and indigenous peoples’ and resource extraction – best practices of aboriginal engagement and partnership

Forestry

CoChairs: Senator Chas Vincent, Montana State Legislature

● Solutions to forest fire funding

● Best practices to market products using beetlekill timber using

examples from British Columbia and Alberta

● Advancing collaborative forest management and restoration

initiatives

● History of USCanada softwood lumber agreements.

12:15pm 2:15pm Keynote Luncheon

2:30pm 5:30pm Concurrent Afternoon Sessions

● Infrastructure

● Agriculture

● Water Policy

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● Natural Gas Markets

● Arctic Caucus

Session 1 Monday

Afternoon

Sen. Chuck Winder Idaho State Legislature

Bruce Agnew, Director Cascadia Center

Infrastructure Cochairs: Bruce Agnew, Director, Cascadia Center & Senator Chuck Winder, Idaho State Legislature

● Lifecycle assessment: the key to high value, strategic

investments in climate friendly and climate ready buildings and infrastructure Climate change demands we think differently about how we build, operate, and maintain our buildings and infrastructure. Not only do GHG reductions need to be integrated into decision making, but we also need to be planning for a future of less predictable, and likely more extreme, weather. This session will explore how and why senior decisionmakers should ensure lifecycle assessment tools and processes are driving infrastructure investment decisions.

● Materials Matter: resilience in the age of climate change

Extreme is the new normal – whether it’s severe rain and flooding, strong hurricane winds and tornados or extremes in temperatures, there is no question our weather is changing. What can we expect from future weather? What will the impacts on our infrastructure be? What can we do today to mitigate the potentially staggering costs? What new codes and standards need to updated? How can we plan and prepare our buildings and infrastructure to weather the oncoming storms? These are some of the critical questions that will be discussed in this session.

Session 2 Monday

Afternoon

Larry Doke, MLA

Agriculture Cochairs: Patrick J. Kole, Vice President, Legal & Government Affairs, Idaho Potato Commission & Larry Doke, MLA, Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

● Agricultural Advancements and Consumer Behaviour focus on the interplay between science and society in agriculture. Presenters will discuss how consumers and other advocates are shaping regulatory decisions and influencing the industry’s supply chain strategies. Industry approaches to raise awareness and understanding of realities surrounding agricultural

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Saskatchewan

Patrick J. Kole,

VP, Government Affairs

Idaho Potato Commission

production will also be presented

● Climate Change and Food Security: How Agriculture can Adapt to Changing Realities will highlight the potential impacts of climate change on agricultural systems and food security in the PNWER region and beyond. Presenters will emphasize the PNWER region’s role in delivering solutions to climate and food security challenges through coordinated efforts in agricultural research, technology transfer and trade.

● Canada – US Regulatory Barriers Roundtable Discussion:

CoChairs will facilitate the development of working group action items to address specific regulatory barriers impacting CanadaUS Agriculture trade. Items to be discussed include opportunities for increased regulatory cooperation, information sharing, and the resolution of outstanding crossborder trade issues in agriculture. Bilateral Regulatory Issues: Canada’s Grain Grading System:

● US producers are concerned that Canada’s grain grading system unfairly discriminates against U.S. imports, as imports into the system are automatically assigned the lowest grade.

Small Ruminants Trade: ● COOL has been repealed for beef and pork, however the rules

remain in place for small ruminants (sheep and goats). These rules continue to discriminate against Canadian producers.

● Canadian industry is awaiting progress on proposed USDA APHIS rules to address outstanding trade issues related to the import of small ruminants to the U.S., as well as the transshipment of these animals and their products, through the U.S., to Mexico and Latin America

Regulatory Alignment and Information Sharing: ● Need for alignment and consideration of trade implications as

updates to the Safe Food for Canadians Act and Food Safety Modernization Act are advanced.

● Harmonization of antimicrobial use legislation: Update on RCC efforts related to the removal of important antimicrobials from animal feed and water for growth promotion on both sides of the border. The US is ahead and Canada is looking to harmonize.

● Transportation: Update on efforts to standardize trucking standards among U.S. western states.

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Session 3 Monday

Afternoon

Sen. Jim Honeyford WA State Senate

David Hill, Director Centres and Institutes University of Lethbridge

Water Policy Cochairs: Senator Jim Honeyford, Washington State Senate & David Hill, Centres and Institutes and Research Advocacy (CIRA) University of Lethbridge

● Watershed restoration

○ The value of water

○ Financing of watershed cleanup

○ Functional environmental flows

● Columbia River Treaty Update

Session 4 Monday

Afternoon

Rep. Caddy McKeown

Oregon State legislature

Ian Burkheimer, Director

of Business

Development, Plum

Energy

Energy Track: Natural Gas Markets Cochairs: Rep. Caddy McKeown, Oregon State legislature & Ian

Burkheimer, Director of Business Development, Plum Energy

● Natural Gas Outlook Global and Regional, and status of LNG

Exports in the Region

● Economic impacts of inexpensive natural gas on regional

economy

● Canada US commitment to reduce methane emissions best

practices

● Midstream gas as a transition fuel

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Session 5 Monday

Afternoon

Rep. Bob Herron

Alaska State Legislature

Hon. Bob McLeod, Premier

Northwest Territories

Hon. Stacey Hassard

Yukon Legislative Assembly

Arctic Caucus

CoChairs: Representative Bob Herron, Alaska State Legislature; Hon.

Stacey Hassard, Yukon Legislative Assembly; and Premier Bob McLeod,

Government of the Northwest Territories

● Importance of Infrastructure in the North

● North American Arctic Institute

○ Professor Maribeth S. Murray, Ph.D,

Executive Director, Arctic Institute of North America,

University of Calgary ● Beyond US leadership of the Arctic Council building

institutional linkages on Arctic development

● Arctic regional cooperation on community sustainability and

resilience

6:30pm 9:00pm Reception Offsite at the BOW

Hosted by Cenovus

9:00pm Hospitality Suite

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Tuesday, July 19


7:30am 9:00am Keynote Breakfast


● Energy Track: Energy

● Invasive Species I

● Economic Trends Track: Innovation & Workforce

● Agriculture Track: Crossborder Livestock Health I

● Forestry

Session I Tuesday

Morning

Senator Cliff Larsen

Montana State legislature

Gary Weilinger

VP External Affairs

Spectra Energy

Energy Track: Energy Cochairs: Senator Cliff Larsen, Montana State Legislature & Gary Weilinger, Vice President, External Affairs, Spectra Energy

● Global Energy Picture

● Regional opportunities for implementing the USCanada joint

statement on Climate and Energy

○ Accelerate clean energy technologies and innovation

○ Improve R&D and share cost effective best practices

and technologies

○ Regional strategy for strengthening the security and

resilience of the electric grid against growing threat

from cyber attacks and climate change impacts

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Session 2 Tuesday

Morning

Senator Arnie Roblan


Dr. Mark Sytsma

VP for Research

Portland State University

Invasive Species I Cochairs: Oregon State Senator Arnie Roblan & Dr. Mark Sytsma, Vice

President for Research, Portland State University

● Zebra and Quagga Mussel Prevention

○ US Perimeter Strategy

○ Western Canada Strategy

○ Industry Preparedness

○ Western Canada Agreement

● Federal government in U.S. and Canada: Role in Invasive Species

Prevention

○ Where is future funding for prevention strategies

○ Border Services

○ US Water Resources Reform and Development Act

(WRRDA) status of funding for watercraft inspection

stations in WA, OR, ID, and MT

○ Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Session 3 Tuesday

Morning

Shawna Argue

Former President

APEGS

Nirav Desai

Chief Technologist

Economic Trends Track: Innovation &

Workforce

Cochairs: Shawna Argue, Former President, APEGS; Nirav Desai, Chief Technologist, Booz Allen Hamilton

● Impacts of new technologies on our regional workforce ○ Much like the transition from steam locomotives to

diesel technology in the 1930s, our workforce is going through a renaissance. More and more skilled labor requires a high tech education in order to keep up with new techniques and equipment.

● Potential of innovation accelerators around the region to collaborate

○ Experts will discuss areas where these important resources can share emerging technologies which will benefit the regional economy.

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Booz Allen Hamilton

Session 4 Tuesday

Morning

Dr. Larry Delver

Alberta Beef Producers

Agriculture Track: Crossborder Livestock

Health I

Cochairs: Dr. Larry Delver, Alberta Beef Producers

Regulatory Cooperation Council Updates

● Electronic certification and cross border livestock movement

○ o CFIA

○ o US (VEHCS)

● Disease zoning and live animal / product movement

Improving Cross Border Livestock Movement and Trade NOW

· Moving forward after COOL

· Addressing the “CAN” brand

· Advancing ecertification forward

o USDAAPHIS VEHCS 4 borders

o CFIA

· Other trade / healthrelated issues and recommendations

Next stepping rules and policies

Addressing FUTURE CrossBorder Issues

· USDA/CFIA rule harmonization recognition of equivalency

o RCC

o Other mechanisms

· Rural / remote ecommunication system shortfalls and cyber

security

Mechanisms for improved INDUSTRY inputs into process



● Energy Track: Expanding Natural Gas Markets

● Invasive Species II

● Economic Trend Track: Municipal Economic Development

● Agriculture Track: Crossborder Livestock Health II

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● Disaster Resilience

Session I Tuesday

Afternoon

Senator John Brendan

Montana State Legislature

Border Cochairs: Senator John Brenden, Montana State Legislature & Dr. Laurie Trautman, Associate Director, Border Policy Research Institute

● Implementing the CanadaUS Preclearance Agreement ● Beyond the Border next steps ● Roundtable on cross border business travel how can we do

better? ● Regulatory Cooperation Council

Session 2 Tuesday

Afternoon

Senator Arnie Roblan


Dr. Mark Sytsma

VP for Research

Portland State University

Invasive Species II Cochairs: Oregon State Senator Arnie Roblan & Dr. Mark Sytsma, Vice

President for Research, Portland State University

● Invasive Species and Ecological and Economic Impacts

○ Effect on endangered species

○ Ecological impact of Feral Pigs

○ Economic Risks

● Coordination for Prevention

○ Calgary area partnerships

○ Need for coordination in the North

○ Rat free Alberta

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Session 3 Tuesday

Afternoon

Economic Trends Track: Municipal

Economic Development

Cochairs: The PNWER Innovation, Workforce, and Trade and Economic Development Working groups will work together to address a specific focus on disruptive technologies and the impact on economic trends and legislative policy. Examples of these new technologies include, ride share and accommodationsharing programs, drones, new uses of data and wearable technologies. PNWER has invited the municipal economic development directors of major economic centers of the region because they are the major drivers of development in the region. Participants including state/provincial legislators will address some of the following questions:

● How are the challenges of disruptive technologies being addressed, and how will these challenges affect the future workforce?

● How are metropolitan regions promoting new SME Exports? ● How effectively are Universities and Research Institutes

integrated with the business community? ● Centers of Excellence; new Value Added Strategies to diversify

local economies and markets

Session 4 Tuesday

Afternoon

Dr. Larry Delver



Health II


Foot and Mouth Disease Readiness Report

· US CAN current status

· Animal Health Quad EpiTeam

· Vaccination strategy

· FMD risk mitigation / prevention

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Improving Emergency Management (EM) Across Our Borders

· FADES / All Hazards EM planning

· Cross border communications

· Special Emergency Movement and Temporary Relocation Permits

Session 5 Tuesday

Afternoon Disaster Resilience

Cochairs:

● Tour of the Calgary Emergency Operations Center

● Infrastructure resilience in Calgary Flood recovery and impact on

resilience planning

6:00 pm Open Evening Enjoy dinner on your own

9:00 pm 11:00 pm Hospitality Suite Hosted by the Canadian Engineering and Geoscience

Regulators

Wednesday, July 20


7:30am 9:00am Keynote Breakfast


● Crossborder Livestock Health III

● Economic Trends Track: University Presidents’ Roundtable

● Tourism

11:00am 12:00pm Executive Committee

Session I Wednesday

Afternoon


Health III

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Dr. Larry Delver



Disease Does NOT Respect Borders

Biosecurity Reducing risk of trucks as disease vectors

o Commercial truck washes disinfection protocols

o Transporter training standards

CBLHC ACTION items

· Summary of updates this meeting

· Define top 3 ACTIONS going forward

· Name ACTION working group and lead

Policy Tour overview and instructions

Conference WrapUp

Session 2 Wednesday

Morning

President Mike Mahon

University of Lethbridge

Economic Trends Track: University

Presidents’ Roundtable

Chair: President Mike Mahon, University of Lethbridge Paris Climate COP21 outcome – implication for the region’s academic institutions. Roundtable – changing models in university governance and university administration in the evolving world demographics and economy.

Session 3 Wednesday

Morning

Dave Cowen

General Manager

Butchart Gardens

Tourism Chair: Dave Cowen, general manager, the Butchart Gardens

● Tourism dashboard presentation on the economic impact of tourism in the region

● Facilitated workshop on accelerating collaboration between destination marketers in the region

● Update on NORPASS initiative to connect ferry routes along Washington and British Columbia

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● Policy Tours

● Executive Committee Session

6:00 pm 8:00 pm Reception

9:00 pm 11:00 pm Hospitality Suite

Thursday, July 21

8:00am Optional Continental Breakfast

9:00 am 5:00 pm Policy Tours

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Energy Track: Energy & Environment...DRAFT AGENDA‐ SUBJECT TO CHANGE PNWER 26th Annual Summit Calgary, Alberta July 17 21, 2016 Preliminary Summit Agenda Last updated 3/24/16 Sunday,