| Organization |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 2024 |
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| Arder Energy Inc. |
Jan Poetsch, CEO |
Electro-Thermal Energy Storage (ETES) solutions |
| Green Impact Partners |
Jesse Douglas, Chief Executive Officer |
Future Energy Park |
| Entropy Inc. |
Erik Petursson, VP Policy & Carbon Markets |
Entropy’s technology and CCS project development |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board |
Erin Flanagan, Director of Climate Advisory, Sustainability and Climate Innovation Group |
Canada Growth Fund (CGF) |
| KnightFork |
Grant Bishop, Chief Nerd |
Clean Fuel Regulations Pricing Dynamics and Credit Market Vulnerabilities |
| 2023 |
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| Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) |
Dave Johnson, Director, Forecasting and Analytics |
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Draft Clean Electricity Regulation (CER) |
| Clean Prosperity |
Brendan Frank, Director of Policy and Strategy, & Adam Sweet, Director for Western Canada |
The Low-Carbon Playbook - The Transition Accelerator & Clean Prosperity |
| FutEra Power |
Lisa Mueller, President & CEO |
South Swan Hills Unit Co-produced Geothermal and Natural Gas Hybrid Power Project |
| Oslers |
Deirdre A. Sheehan, Partner |
Clean Electricity Regulations |
| Advanced Biofuels Canada |
Ian Thomson, President |
Biofuels and the Clean Fuel Regulations |
| X-energy Canada |
Natalie Alderson, Program Manager |
Small Modular Nuclear Reactors |
| Heartland Generation |
Alex Retfalvi, Manager - Stakeholder Relations |
Battle River Carbon Hub (BRCH) project |
| Pathways Alliance |
Mark Cameron, Vice-President External Relations, |
Comprehensive multi-phased plan to reduce current oil sands GHG emissions including CCS |
| KnightFork & Clean Prosperity |
Grant Bishop, Founder & Chief Nerd & Brendan Frank, Director of Policy |
Carbon Contracts for Differences (CCfDs) |
| Carbon Management Canada (CMC) / Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN) |
Jason Switzer, Director & Vice Chair |
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) overview |
| 2022 |
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| Canada West Foundation |
Brendan Cooke, Policy Analyst |
Round-up/review of the key energy and environmental policy and regulatory developments in 2022 |
| Proton Technologies |
Grant Strem, Chair & CEO |
Patented process for hydrogen production utilizes existing oil & gas reserves and infrastructure |
| TC Energy |
Karla Palardy, Senior Originator |
Crossfield low-carbon hydrogen production hub |
| Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP |
Sander Duncanson, Partner |
Federal government paper “Options to Cap and Cut Oil and Gas Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions ” |
| Alberta Environment and Parks |
Rob Hamaliuk, Executive Director, Air and Climate Policy |
TIER regulation review and the federal benchmark requirements |
| Onyx Transitions |
Mike Braun, Head of Carbon Transition |
Monetize emissions as carbon value by early decommissioning of highly emissive, non-core assets |
| McDaniel & Associates |
Francis Morin, Carbon Solutions Division |
Carbon Capture in Alberta: Offsets, Credits, and Projects |
| KnightFork |
Grant Bishop, Chief Nerd |
The Many Moving Parts of Alberta's Decarbonization Outlook |
| Carbon Management Canada |
Greg Maidment, Director of Operations and Applied Research |
Carbon Sequestration Field Research Station and Services |
| Capital Power |
Renee Hjorth and Amber Kirby |
Repowering Genesee, 210 MW battery storage, and the Genesee Carbon Conversion Centre (GC3); |
| Shell |
Erin Wilson, Business Development Manager |
Shell’s Powering Progress strategy translated into action at the Scotford Complex |
| 2021 |
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| Delphi Group |
John Rilett, VP Innovation & Cleantech |
Net-zero Leaderboard, Cleantech and Innovation |
| Acceleware RF XL |
Mike Tourigny, Chief Operating Officer |
Radio frequency ("RF") energy to heat and mobilize heavy oil and bitumen |
| Pembina Pipeline Corporation |
Fabrizio (Fab) Chiacchia, Vice President New Ventures |
Alberta Carbon Grid |
| Qnergy |
Dominic Pituch |
Compressed Air Pneumatics (CAP3) remote power generators with air compressors |
| Business Renewables Centre (BRC) Canada |
Rebecca Nadel, Director |
Virtual vs physical PPAs, BRC Canada Deal Tracker |
| Resilient LLP |
Lisa DeMarco, Counsel to IETA |
Supreme Court of Canada decision on the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (GGPPA) |
| Carbon Engineering |
Geoffrey Holmes,
Business Development |
Direct Air Capture - CO2 capture and sequestration |
| Canada West Foundation |
Marla Orenstein,
Director, Natural Resources Centre |
“Environmental Roundup” review of recent federal government climate legislation |
| Clean Prosperity |
Michael Bernstein
Executive Director |
“How Canada Can Reduce Its Emissions and Increase Its Competitiveness” report |
| 2020 |
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| Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) |
Rob Hamaliuk,
Executive Director |
Alberta Climate Policy |
| Geothermal Canada |
Catherine Hickson,
Vice President |
Current geothermal activities, government legislation, and the Alberta No. 1 project |
| International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) |
Rina Cerrato |
Federal Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) |
| Suncor Energy |
Ed Ma |
Federal Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) |
| Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) |
James Diamond,
Manager Technical Operations |
Methane emissions from the oil and gas sectors, Global Methane Initiative |
| Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) |
Patrick McDonald,
Director, Climate |
Climate Policy Competitiveness, Clean Fuel Standard, Methane Reduction |
| Canada West Foundation |
Marla Orenstein,
Director, Natural Resources Centre |
“COVID-19’s effect on energy and emissions – and implications for the future” report |
| Canadian Energy Systems Analysis Research (CESAR) |
Dr. David Layzell,
Director |
Opportunity and Challenges for a Made in Alberta Hydrogen Economy |
| Enmax |
Chris Joy,
VP, Business Operations |
Crossfield Energy Center hybrid gas turbine and battery project |
| 2019 |
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| Consultant |
Paul Vickers |
Monetizing commodities with low carbon content using International Emissions Trading. |
| Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) |
Murray Hnatyshyn,
Manager Market Design |
Alberta Electricty Market Structure and Changes |
| Alberta Climate Change Office |
Sam Fiorillo,
Director, Industrial Climate Policy |
Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) system |
| Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI) |
Allan Fogwill,
President & CEO |
Economic and Emissions Impacts of Fuel Decarbonisation report |
| Consultant |
JP Jepp |
Alberta vs federal GHG system and protocols |
| 2018 |
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| Alberta Carbon Trunk Line |
Jeff Pearson,
President |
Carbon capture and storage project, large-scale Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) |
| Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) |
Jacques Duchesne,
Program Manager |
Western Region Electricity Cooperation and Strategic Infrastructure (RECSI) Study |
| EnerNext |
Gray Taylor,
John Goetz, Jim Cormack |
Canada GHG Policy and Politics |
| Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) |
Lindsay Campbell,
Sr. Technical Advisor |
Methane Emissions Reduction Regulation |
| Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP |
Jeremy Barretto,
Lawyer |
Coal-fired and Natural-gas Fired Electricity Regulations |
| United Conservative Party |
Prasad Panda,
MLA and Opposition Energy Critic |
UCP Energy Policy |
| Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) |
Justin Wheler,
Executive Director |
Emissions Regulatory and Compliance |
| Pembina Institute |
Sara Hastings-Simon,
Senior Fellow |
Business Renewables Centre Canada (BRC Canada) |
| 2017 |
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| Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) |
Kevin Dawson,
Director, Market Design |
Capacity Market Transition |
| Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) |
Lindsay Campbell,
Technical Advisor |
Developing provincial methane regulations to achieve equivalency with the federal regulations |