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5:00 - 8:00 am:

Exhibits Set-up in Market Café

7:30 - 8:30 am:

Registration

8:00 - 8:30 am:

Exhibits Open in Market Café

8:25 - 8:30 am:

The Honourable Bill Estabrooks

Minister, Nova Scotia Department of Energy

8:30 - 8:55 am:

The Gateway "Energy" Corridor to the US

 

Heather Hunt

Executive Director, New England States Committee on Electricity

Join Heather as she addresses the great potential for the development of an Atlantic Energy Corridor for renewables. This region has the supply but now we need to embrace a fully integrated plan which involves all Atlantic provinces and the six New England states. This will ensure both production and distribution of our excess renewable resources will reach the northeast US where the demand will remain high and the price will attract investment and development into this region.

Heather is the New England States Committee on Electricity's Executive Director. Previously, she had a regulatory law practice; was Director, State Government Affairs at UTC; and, Vice President, Southern Connecticut Gas.  Earlier, she was a Public Utility Commissioner in Maine and Connecticut and worked for a Connecticut Governor.

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Panel Presentation

This session focuses on the implementation of solar as a viable renewable energy for power generation and the improved technologies for geothermal as a viable heating source. This region has one of the best light regimes for the deployment of solar heat and power and one of the best northern climates for geothermal applications. Examples from other jurisdictions will highlight the need for a lucrative pricing structure to attract investment into this region.

  Moderator:Wesley Johnston, Canadian Solar Industries Assoc.
  Presenters:

  • Gary Feldman, Business Development, Lockheed Martin

  • Denis Tanguay, President & CEO, Canadian Geo-Exchange

  • David Arenburg, VP of Business Development, Solar Plants Canadian Solar Inc.

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10:00 - 10:30 am:

Refreshment/Nutrition Break in Market Café

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10:30 - 12:00 pm:

Panel Presentation

This session focuses on today's leading edge technology for biomass and bioenergy. Where are we in the race to find the most efficient and sustainable form of bioenergy as we learn to incorporate the new sources as part of power generation. Also come and learn of the state of the art equipment, developed to incorporate all forms of fuels.

  Moderator: Jim Verboom, President & CEO, Verboom Grinders
  Presenters:

  • Bill Stewart, NewPage
  • Kelly Cantwell, Director, Renewable Energy, NS Power

  • Dino Mili, VP Business Development, Enerkem

  • Ben Kennedy, Canadian Sales Manager, GE Power Generation

  • Jim Brewster, Manager of Technology, Pulp & Paper Division of J.D. Irving Ltd.

12:00 - 1:00 pm:

The Ramifications of the

Bill Marshall

Keynote Luncheon Speaker

Keynote speaker Bill Marshall, President, WKM Consulting and past President and CEO of the New Brunswick System Operator will address "What were it's strengths?; What were it's weaknesses?; Why did it go south? and What are the ramifications for Atlantic Canada?"

Introduced by James, MacDuff, McInnes Coope

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1:30 - 2:30 pm:

Panel Presentation

This session will discuss the catalysts required for wind projects to move forward in this region. Net metering, investment, new strategies and infrastructure are some of the key issues to ensuring a lucrative landscape for wind developers and their investors. What's new in wind development policy and its implications for future development of wind power in the region.
  Moderator: Uwe Roeper, President & CEO, Ortech Power

  Presenters:

  • Rueben Burge, President, RMS Energy

  • Helen Browne, CEO, Wind Prospect Inc.

  • Nicole Geneau, Nextera Energy Resources

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Refreshment/Nutrition Break in Market Café

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Panel Presentation

This session will look at the new “Community-Based Feed-In Tariffs” recently announced in the Nova Scotia Department of Energy’s Renewable Electricity Plan along with other key drivers in an effort to ramp up the renewable energy industry in this province and region. 

Reflect on how Ontario introduced the first comprehensive Feed-in Tariff in North America in 2009 through with sweeping legislative change. Learn why, how and what has happened since then and hear first hand what the expectations are for where Ontario's Feed-in Tariff will lead the province next. Compare the value of feed-in tariffs as a key driver to ramp up the renewable energy industry in Nova Scotia and other provinces in this region.

Hear of how storage applications can be a viable alternative to developers and utilities.
The future of distributed energy is likely to be comprised of multiple sources of renewable energy locally owned and operated, situated very close to load centers and as a result, creating jobs locally and avoiding costly transmission losses. 

  Moderator: James MacDuff, Associate, McInnes Cooper

  Presenters:

  • Bruce Cameron, Director, NS Energy

  • Brian Beck, Prudent Energy

  • Luciano Lisi, President, CBEX Renewable Energy Inc.

  • Jim MacDougall, Manager, Electricity Resources, Ontario Power Authority

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4:30 - 6:30 pm:

Conference Reception in Market Café (Appetizers & Cash Bar)

Conference delegates planning on attending the Reception are to register in advance by clicking here, as attendance is limited, thank you!

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8:00 – 8:30 am:

Join other delegates, speakers, exhibitors and sponsors as they mingle for coffee in the Market Cafe.

Keynote Presentation

Con Elfes,

Senior Vice President,

GCube Insurance Services Inc.

Con brings first-hand knowledge of the various aspects of risk transfer in protecting the investments of renewable energy developers, power providers and the shareholders of these organizations.
Hear how a project can mitigate its risk from a project's planning stage, during its period of operation and finally to its decommissioning. A good risk management program can ease a renewable energy project's ability to obtain and even lower its cost of financing."

9:00 - 10:00 am:

Panel Presentation

This session's tidal experts will elaborate on the progress of the tidal and wave energy initiatives in the Bay of Fundy. We will hear first hand how the first prototype, installed in late 2009 survived the winter of the harsh Minas Basin waters and details of the next test phase along with an update on other tidal initiatives and infrastructure including subsea power lines.

  Moderator: John Woods, FORCE & Minas Basin Pulp & Power
  Invited Presenters:

    • Anna Redden, EMAC and FORCE

    • Bill Breckenridge, Director Renewable & Emerging Technologies,

    New Brunswick Department of Energy

  • Philippe Gilson, Ocean Energy Director, Alstom Power Hydro

  • Nick Murphy, Open Hydro & NS Power

10:00 - 10:30 am:

Refreshment/Nutrition Break in Market Café

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10:30 - 12:00 pm:

Panel Presentation

Join Howard Green, Anchor of "Headline", Canada's Business News Network along with an expert lineup investment advisors as they interact with three embryonic ideas or "Pitches" from developers of renewable energy technologies or projects in hopes of securing an investment partner.

  Moderator: Howard Green, Anchor/Host Business News Network

  Presenters:

  • James Drage, Atlantic Venture Capital Partners

  • Chris Smith, First Angel Network

  • David Arenburg, Canadian Solar Inc.

Pitches

  1. Watts Wind Energy

  2. Prometheus Solar Technology

  3. Grid-Connected Inverters for Green Power in Distributed Generation Markets

If you have an embryonic idea for a renewable energy technology, product or project and would like the opportunity to "pitch it" to our panel of investment experts, please contact us by clicking here.

12:00 - 1:30 pm:

Closing Remarks by Howard Green

followed by

Networking "Wrap-up" Break in Market Café