7th Biennial
Residue-To-Revenue
Residual Wood Conference
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October 24 – 26, 2007
Delta Vancouver Airport
Richmond, BC
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
18:30
Pre Registration & Welcome Reception (cash bar)
Suppliers Showcase Networking
Thursday, October 25, 2007
07:00
08:00
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Opening Remarks - Paul M. Means, Weyerhaeuser Company & Murray M. Hall, Murray Hall Consulting
Moderator: Ivan Kawulka, Vice-President Engineering, Expander Energy Inc., Edmonton, AB
Residuals - The World Today
08:15
Jim Bowyer, President, Bowyer & Associates, Inc., Shoreview, MN & Director, Responsible Materials Program,
Dovetail Partners, Inc., Minneapolis, MN; How Bioenergy Development Will Impact Wood and Fibre Availability
08:45
Håkan Ekström, President, Wood Resources International, Seattle, WA; A Look at Worldwide Usage of Residual
Wood for Energy
09:15
Questions
09:45
Coffee Break
Existing Sources and Uses
10:15
Craig Sutherland, Deputy Chief Forester, BC Forest Service, Victoria, BC; A Stewardship Perspective of Wood
Residues in BC
10:35
Dick Carmical, General Manager, The Price Companies, Inc., Monticello, AK; How the Forester and the Farmer can
Save America
10:55
C. Scott Miller, President, Miller Dewulf Corporation; Studio City, CA; Woody Biomass: Fuel for Wildfires or
Feedstock for Bioenergy?
11:15
Questions
11:45
Lunch
Suppliers Showcase Networking
Pine Beetle Epidemic - Challenges and Opportunities
13:15
Doug Routledge, Vice President Forestry, Northern Operations, Council of Forest Industries – COFI, Prince George,
BC; BC's Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic - Availability and Pricing Options for Wood Residues
13:35
Jack MacDonald, Senior Researcher, Harvesting Operations, FPInnovations - FERIC Division, Vancouver, BC;
Forest Feedstocks: Systems for Recovery of Residual Biomass
13:55
14:30
Questions
Coffee Break
Residual Utilization – Strategies & Responses
15:00
Janice Larson, Director, Bioenergy and Renewables Branch, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources,
Victoria, BC; Bioenergy in BC: Moving Forward
15:20
Johnna Sparrow Crawford, Director and Corporate Relations, First Resources Corporation, Vancouver, BC;
Developing Partnerships with First Nations
15:40
Questions
17:30
19:00
Dinner Reception – Barbeque Ribs by John Swaan, Wood Pellet Association of Canada
Dinner
Dinner Speaker – Read Smith, National Co-Chair, 25X'25, St John, WA; 25X'25, America's Energy Future
Friday, October 26, 2007
07:30 Continental Breakfast
08:00 Opening Remarks - Paul M. Means, Weyerhaeuser Company & Murray M. Hall, Murray Hall Consulting
Moderator: Jim Girvan, RPF MBA, President, Management Decision and Technology Ltd., Ladysmith, BC
Existing & Developing Technologies Involving Residuals
08:00
Jack Saddler, PhD, Dean, Faculty of Forestry, Forest Sciences Centre, & Warren Mabee, PhD, Research
Associate, Forest Products Biotechnology, Dept. of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia
(UBC), Vancouver, BC; The Biorefining Story: Progress in the Commercialization of Biomass-to-Ethanol
08:20
Questions
Converting Residuals into Energy
08:30
Martin Kincade, Project Manager, Major Power Calls, Power Acquisitions, BC Hydro, Vancouver, BC; Opportunities
and Challenges Related to Procuring Bioenergy Generated Power
08:50
Bill Adams, Manufacturing Services Manager, Domtar Pulp & Paper Products, Kamloops, BC; Green Power
Generation at Domtar Kamloops
09:10
Jonathan Rhone, President & CEO, Nexterra Energy Corp., Vancouver, BC & Mike Towers, Manager, Supply &
Systems, Tolko Industries Ltd., Vernon, BC; Getting Gas from Hog Fuel: A Joint Case Study of Nexterra’s
Gasification Technology in Tolko’s Heffley Creek Mill
09:30
10:00
Questions
Coffee Break
Converting Residuals into Pellets
10:30
Peter Brand, VP Marketing and Business Development, Pinnacle Pellet Inc., Quesnel, BC; World Wide Markets for
Wood Pellets
10:50
Stan Elliot, Sales & Marketing Director, Bear Mountain Forest Products, Cascade Locks, OR; The US Pellet Market
11:10
Questions
11:30
Shahab Sokhansanj, PhD, P.Eng. Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Wood Pellet Research Results from UBC
11:50
Leroy Reitsma, Business Development Manager, Canadian Forest Products Ltd. & Pinnacle Pellet Inc., Prince
George, BC; Stop Throwing Money in the Burner
12:10
Questions
12:30
Lunch & Luncheon Speaker
Michael Armstrong, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Vancouver, BC; Global Trends - The Impact of
Bioenergy
14:00
Closing Remarks - Paul M. Means, Weyerhaeuser Company & Murray M. Hall, Murray Hall Consulting
Contact: Jan Raulin, Conference Manager
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P.O. Box 86670 211 East 1st Street, North Vancouver, BC V7L 4L2
T: 604-990-9970 F: 604-990-9971
October 17, 2007