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PROGRAM 2012JUNE 13-15, 2012 Prince George, BC

Where the bioenergy world meets.

THURSDAY, JUNE 14TH

7:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00am Welcome • ConferenceCo-ChairsDonZurowski andMichaelWeedon • PrinceGeorgeMayorShariGreen • LheidliT’ennehFirstNationChiefDominicFrederick

8:30am Around the World in Half a Day: Global Game Changers - Auditorium 101 Overview of the issues facing the bioenergy industry worldwide. Speakers: • ChristianeEgger,DeputyManager,UpperAustrianEnergy Agency,Austria The European Union on its Way to 202020 • MilenMarinov,Vice-President,CleanTechInvestment Banking,Jeffries&Company,UnitedStates Global Market and Investment Perspectives • EricBober,Director,Biorenewables,Nexant,UnitedStates Industry Perspectives on New and Emerging Markets Moderator: • SandyFerguson,DirectorofBusinessDevelopmentand Marketing,BCBioenergyNetworkandBoardDirector,Canbio

9:45am Refreshment Break

10:15am The Future of Fibre - Auditorium 101 Bioenergy, forest products and the availability of fibre. Speakers: • BlairPigeon,SeniorTimberTenuresForester,BCMinistry ofForests,LandsandNaturalResourceOperationsCanada BC Forest Tenure System and Options for Fibre • JimGirvan,Principal,MDTLtd.,Canada B.C. Interior Bioenergy Fibre Supply–The Economic Balancing Act • RobertGray,Principal,RWGrayConsulting Resolving Wildfire Risk in British Columbia Through Development of Community Based Bioenergy • MarkFeldinger,SVP,Forestry,EnvironmentandEnergy, CanforCorporation,Canada Forest Products Sector View on Fibre and Bioenergy • MarkRyans,ResearchManager,FPInnovations,Canada FP Innovations Fibre Outlouk and Use for Bioenergy Applications

Moderator: • RogerHarris,Principal,HarrisPalmer

12:00pm Luncheon Keynote Speaker: • AndrewSoare,Analyst,LuxResearch,UnitedStates Global Biomass Value Optimization

1:30pm Sustainability: The International Experience - Auditorium 101 Finding the balance between environmental and economic sustainability. Speakers: • PhilCull,DirectorofSourcing,Offsetters,Canada Opportunities and Options for BC in the Global Carbon Market • Jean-MarcJossart,SecretaryGeneral,AEBIOM-European BiomassAssociation,Belgium European Perspectives on Burning Biomass Sustainability Issues • Dr.ElaineOneil,ExecutiveDirector,CORRIM,United States Bioenergy: Carbon Neutral or Not? Moderator: • DavidMoffat,ManagingDirectorBusinessDevelopment, PacificCarbonTrust

2:50pm Refreshment Break

3:20pm Outlook Bioeconomy - Auditorium 101 Adding value to the bioenergy industry in BC and around the world. Speakers: • MichaelWeedon,ExecutiveDirector,BCBioenergy Network,Canada BC Bioeconomy: Opportunities and Challenges • Bengt-ErikLofgren,AFAB,Sweden SwedenStory:EvolutionofBioeconomyLeader • TrevorStuthridge,GeneralManager,SustainableDesign, Scion,NewZealand Trees: New Zealand’s Future Oil Wells? • GordonFloe,SeniorConsultant,Poyry,Canada Global Market Pulp Industry : Implications of Bioenergy/ Bioproducts on Pulp Industry Cost Structure

6:00pm Gala Dinner

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CENTRAL DISPLAY

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Inland Kenworth Parker Pacific 68

www.inland-group.com

Inland Kenworth Parker Pacific 68

www.inland-group.com

Woodland Equipment 70 www.woodlandequip.com

VAS Energy Systems GmbH 1 www.vas.co.at

Buettner 10 www.buettner-dryer.com BC Bioenergy Network 19 www.bcbioenergy.com

Cdn Manufacturers & 2 Exporters

www.cme-mec.ca

Proton Power 11 www.protonpowerinc.com Conifex 20 www.conifex.com

Pratt & Whitney 3 www.pw.utc.com

Northern Bioenergy 12 Partnership www.bioenergypartnership.ca

Buhler 21 www.buhlergroup.com

Biomass Energy Lab 4 www.biomassenergylab.com Northland Chipper Sales Ltd. 13 www.northlandchippers.com

BC Hydro 22 www.bchydro.com

Metso 5 www.metso.com Pinnacle Renewable Energy 14 www.pinnaclepellet.com

BC Safety Authority 23 www.safetyauthority.ca

Jansen Combustion 6 www.jansenboiler.com Davis LLP 15 www.davis.ca

Viessmann Manufacturing 24 www.viessmann.ca

Scheuch Inc. 7 www.scheuch.ca Wellons 16 www.wellons.ca

Uponor Ltd. 25 www.uponor.ca

LSJ Publications 8 www.forestnet.com/lsj University of Northern BC 17 www.unbc.ca

Cogent Industrial Technologies Ltd 26 www.cogentind.com

Bandit Industries 9 www.banditchippers.com MP Combustion 18 www.mpcpsystems.com

Altentech Power 27 www.altentech.co

Altentech Power 28 www.altentech.co Urecon Pre-Insulated Pipe 37 www.urecon.com

Western Bioheat Corp 46 www.westernbioheat.com

Evergreen BioHeat 29 evergreenbioheat.com Wolftek 38 www.wolftek.ca

California Pellet Mill 47 www.cpm.net

Andritz 30 www.andritz.com Excel Transportation Inc. 39 www.exceltransportation.ca

TSI 48 www.tsi-inc.net

Rockwell Automation 31 www.rockwellautomation.com IBEW Local 993 40 www.ibew993.org

Brunette Industries 49 www.brunetteindustries.com

Quantum Energy 32 www.quantumenergy.ca

Ministry of Jobs,Tourism & Innovation 41 www.gov.bc.ca/jti

Andritz 50 www.andritz.com

Dalkia Canada 33 www.dalkia.ca

GRIP Global Resources for 42 Industrial Projects www.conveycanada.ca

Andritz 51 www.andritz.com

Atticus Financial 34 www.atticusfinancial.com Transtrata 43 www.transtrata.net

Canadian Biomass Magazine 52 www.canadianbiomassmagazine.ca

Bliss Industries 35 www.bliss-industries.com Aigner Energie Contracting 44 www.ing-aigner.at

RECT Guide 53 www.contactcanada.com/guides/ energy

M-E-C Company 36 www.m-e-c.com Austrian Trade Group 45 www.austriantrading.com

West Salem Machinery 54 www.westsalem.com

Woodland Equipment 71 www.woodlandequip.com Advanced Wood Heat 72 www.woodheating.ca

Advanced Wood Heat 73 www.woodheating.ca

INDOOR BOOTHS

OUTDOOR BOOTHS

FRIDAY,JUNE15TH

7:00am Continental Breakfast

8:00am CONCURRENT SESSIONS

10:10am CONCURRENT SESSIONS

12:00pm Luncheon Keynote Speaker: • DougKonkin,DeputyMinister,BC MinistryofForests,Lands andResourceOperations

2:00pm Industry Tours Site tour will include a visit to the University of Northern BC Bioenergy Systems and to the City of Prince George’s District Energy System.

9:40am Refreshment Break

Auditorium 103 Bioenergy Deployment Today Learnabouttheleading technologies and applications for successful financial and technology implementation today. Panelists: •KristenCofrancesco, Sales&Development Manager,Pratt& Whitney,UnitedStates •LarryTaylor,President andCEO,Altentech Power,Inc.,Canada •MikeJennings, President,Northland ChipperSales,Canada •KrisLuzynski, Principle,Krann Engineering,Canada Moderator: •PearseWalsh, DirectorBusiness Development, BCSafetyAuthority

Rooms 201 – 203 Pellets in the New Bioeconomy Hear about key issues facing the pellet industry today including infrastructure, technology and new market development. Panelists: •GordonMurray, ExecutiveDirector, WoodPellet AssociationofCanada •VaughanBassett, PinnacleRenewable Energy,Canada •DavidButler,Canadian CleanPowerCoalition, Canada •Yon-GyunRoh,Korea EastPowerCo.,Korea •BenVandenberghe, Shipbroker,CTL WestransShipbrokers Moderator: •RobertTarçon, PremiumPellet,Chair WoodPellet AssociationofCanada

Rooms 204 – 206 Advancements in Municipal and Community Energy Canadian and European biomass energy system leaders will share their experiences of the successes and challenges of biomass system project implementation. Panelists: •PernilleOverbye, MarketManager, Ramboll,Denmark •GraemeBethell,CEO, GussingRenewable EnergyNorth America,Canada •RobvanAdrichem, VPExternalRelations, Universityof NorthernBC,Canada •StephenBearss, RenewableEnergy Representative,Fink Machine,Canada Moderator: •DavidDubois,Green HeatInitiative

Auditorium 103 Advanced Bioenergy Technologies Next generation applications: hear fromcutting-edgebioenergy players on what it takes to move from cool technology to commercial market. Panelists: •Dr.SamWeaver, PresidentProton Power,USA •RaymondMa,SVP CorporateDevelopment, Lignol,Canada •GeneChristiansen,GM BusinessDevelopment, Metso-Lignoboost technology,USA •JoukoParviainen WETNET,Finland Moderator: •RussellGirard, Manager,SDTC

Rooms 201 – 203 Torrefaction Technical Session These sessions will provide the opportunity to hear specific details about the status of torrefaction globally from some of the sector’s leading proponents. Panelists: •JohnSwaan, DevelopmentManager, HorizonBioenergy, Netherlands •KlausTrattner, ManagingDirector, AndritzAG,Austria •HervéChauvin, DirectorGeneral, Thermya,France •JohnBennett,CEO, GlobalBiocoalEnergy, Canada Moderator: •MichaelWeedon, ExecutiveDirector,BC BioenergyNetwork

Rooms 204 – 206 First Nations, Remote Communities and the Bioeconomy First Nations and remote communities hold great potential for bioenergy partnerships and opportunities. With a majority reliance on expensive fossil fuels, there is a real economic incentive for bioenergy applications. Panelists: •DavePorter,CEO, FirstNationsEnergy andMiningCouncil, Canada •ChiefRalphPierre, Chief,Tl’aztenFirst Nation,Canada •DavidWilson,Poncho WilcoxEnergy Corporation,Canada •ChiefDonnyVan Somer-Kwadacha FirstNation,Canada Moderator: •AngelineNyce,Davis LLP

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