Conferences across Canada
Priorities:
- Hold workshops and conferences each year from coast to coast
- Focus events to target real business opportunities, and to achieve
policy improvements
- Facilitate separate one-on-one business exchanges at our events
- Connect our Members within Canada and to international partners
and markets.
- Keep our Members abreast of key issues, legislation, technology,
markets, and successful business models.
Highlights from our recent events include:
This year, CanBio has held successful workshops in Thunder Bay, Quebec City and Toronto.
Bioenergy Driver of Socioeconomic Growth
Toronto, ON, October 12-14, 2011
Canbio's annual National Conference, held recently in Toronto, was an outstanding success with 150 participants from across Canada and overseas. Over 30 presentations were heard on a variety of important topics, a “Dragon's Den” session was held matching investors with businesses, and a special Learning Forum on technology options was also well attended.
The title of the event “Bioenergy – Driver of Socioeconomic Growth” was carefully considered. Several of the presentations showed that the favourable impact of bioenergy goes well beyond its benefits on energy supply, and also has important contributions to employment and regional development. This was highlighted by the release of the preliminary findings of an important survey conducted by Canbio on the economic benefits of bioenergy in Canada. Read more....
The keynote speech was made by Rob Lyng of Ontario Power Generation discussing its April report based on an in depth economic analysis. The report came down very clearly saying that displacing much of Ontario's coal fired generation by bioenergy is a sustainable option based on biomass sourced from within Ontario. To view the study follow the following link.
Taking Bioenergy to the Next Level
Quebec City, QC May 18-20, 2011
After a successful mini conference in Sherbrooke in 2010 that included a 2-day tour of Vermont district heating installations, we returned to Quebec with a major event in Quebec City May 18-20, 2011.
We began with a ½-day district heating course delivered by our Finnish
partner
Wenet, which was sold out! The course was followed by a tour of Cité Verte, an integrated urban centre for the future, heated with local biomass, and each condo controlled by space age monitoring equipment by Genivar. It was our most popular tour ever! In our 1½-day conference at the lovely Hotel Chateau Laurier Quebec, we showcased the latest in offshore pellet markets, district heating systems,
opportunities in pyrolysis oil, and addressed issues on the sustainability of biomass. Eighty-five (85%) of the presentations were delivered in French. We recognize Quebec as a bioenergy leader, and will continue to bring Quebec the latest information on technology.
Highlighted in Bioenergy Success Stories, read more.
Shifting Gears to a Bioeconomy
Thunder Bay April 26-27, 2011
Our first foray into Northern Ontario in several years drew an astounding 130 attendees from across the North. Municipalities, 
First Nations, government and entrepreneurs attended eager to find out
how Ontario’s communities, forest product manufacturers, and policymakers can make the transition to bioenergy happen. Presentations were made on diverse emerging bioenergy sectors in Ontario. Topics included bioenergy's potential in Ontario, biorefining and bioproducts, district heating, pellets manufacturing, and combined heating and power systems.
Thunderbay co generation project highlighted in Bioenergy Success Stories, read more.
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