Agenda Sessions
Please note times, topics and speakers are subject to change and as speakers confirm their names will appear in bold.
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 |
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Time |
Session |
6:00-7:30am |
Exhibitor Setup - Market Café |
7:30-8:30am |
Registration and Welcome Refreshments |
8:30-8:45am |
Welcoming Remarks
Conference Co-Chair
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8:45-8:55am | Savage: Welcoming A Sustainable Energy Future
Halifax's mayor Mike Savage provides a welcome and insight on Halifax's high level commitment to a sustainable energy future and the collective economic, social, and environmental opportunities they provide. |
9:00-9:30am |
Keynote Opening Address
Daniel Kenway
CEO, Shipstone Corp.
STORAGE - The Missing Link? Proudly sponsored by: |
9:30-10:30am |
Session I Wind Moderator: McInnes Cooper Guest Speakers:
Lukas Swan Director, Renewable Energy Storage Laboratory Dalhousie University Shawna Eason Atlantic Canada Regional Director, CanWea Proudly sponsored by: |
10:30-11:00am |
Networking & Refreshment Break - Market Café |
11:00-12:00pm |
Session II Smart Technology
This session will focus on smart grid and clean technologies and how they integrate with storage opportunities for communities and commercial sectors including Micro-grid and the Carbon-saver technologies. Moderator: Shawn Duncan, VP, Strum Environmental Guest Speakers:
Eduardo Vaz Director, Project Development, LightSail Canada Mike Bonga
Reliability Specialist, AKA-Group Proudly sponsored by: |
12:00-1:30pm |
Keynote Luncheon
Dr. David Wheeler
on The Future for Renewables in Atlantic Canada
Dr. Wheeler played a significant role in developing Nova Scotia's Renewable Energy Plan released in 2010. Since then the landscape for renewables has changed and will continue to do so. David's keynote will focus on those changes and what they mean for the future of renewables in the region.
Proudly sponsored by: |
1:30-3:00pm |
Session III The Latest Storage Technologies Moderator: Mark Durant, Director New Business development, Nedco Guest Speakers:
Mike Oliver VP, Atlantic Hydrogen Alexander McIsaac
Associate, NRStor Inc. Dana Morin
Director-Business Development, Fundy Tidal
Raj DasGupta
Electrovaya
Proudly sponsored by: |
3:00-3:30pm |
Networking & Refreshment Break - Market Café |
3:30-4:30pm |
Session IV Solar and Bioenergy Innovations Moderator: James MacDuff, McInnes Cooper Guest Speakers:
Rob Sedgwick General Manager, SAGE Energy Inc.
Art Schaafsma,
Executive Director CARES
Ex-Officio Director BioGas Association
Gary Bennett,
Business Development
Lockheed Martin Co. Ltd.
Proudly sponsored by: |
4:30-5:30pm |
Conference Reception |
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 |
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Time |
Session |
8:30-9:00am |
Networking & Refreshments - Market Café |
9:00-10:15am |
Session V Tidal - Developing A Dream Invited Moderator:
John Woods VP Energy Development, Minas Basin Pulp & Power Co. Invited Speakers:
Tony WrightMarine Operations Director, FORCE
Gary Bennett,
Business Development
Lockheed Martin Co. Ltd.
Dana Morin Director-Business Development Fundy Tidal Proudly sponsored by:
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10:15-10:45am |
Networking & Refreshment Break - Market Café |
10:45-12:00pm |
Session VI The Future of Renewables and COMFIT
What are the benefits of the COMFIT program for its stakeholders including universities, municipalities, Mi’kmaw councils, co-operatives or not-for-profits, community economic-development corporations?
Moderator: John Harker, Board Chair, LearnCorp International, and Past Chair, Council of Nova Scotia University Presidents
Luciano Lisi
CFO, CBEX Duncan Elliot Sales Canada, Enercon Canada Inc. John Brereton
President, Natural Forces Mark Bohn
Managing Partner, Travelers Capital Proudly sponsored by: |
12:00-1:30pm
Lunch served 12:00-12:30pm |
Luncheon Session Visions for an Atlantic Power Pool This luncheon session will wrap up the conference by asking how an Atlantic Power Pool (APP) might benefit the Atlantic provinces? Has New England's NEPOOL set the stage for other pools? How would a Virtual Power Plant concept align with a proposed Atlantic Power Pool and mega energy projects in the region?
With Special Guest:
Jamie Baillie
Leader, Progressive Conservative Party of NS Stephen McNeil Leader, Liberal Party of NS Luncheon Guests:
John Herron
President, Atlantica Centre for Energy Wayne Groszko
Renewable Energy Coordinator, Ecology Action Centre
Catherine Abreu
Energy Coordinator, Ecology Action Centre
Dan Roscoe
COO, Scotian WindFields Inc.
Proudly sponsored by: Note: The session previously scheduled entitled "Update: Muskrat Falls and The Maritime Link Project" has been postponed.
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1:30-3:00pm |
Exhibit Teardown |