HARNESSING BIOMASS II: Support for Northern Ontario Bioeconomy Initiatives

November 22 & 23, 2011
Clarion Resort Pinewood Park, North Bay, ON

Session A: Forest Origin Feedstocks

Challenges and Opportunities in Building Ontario's Bioeconomy
Warren Mabee, Queen's University, warren.mabee@queensu.ca

Sustainable Bioenergy: Forest Professionals' Perspective
John Pineau, Canadian Institute of Forestry, jpineau@cif-ifc.org

Transforming the Canadian Forest Sector: What's in it for You?
Paul Lansbergen, Forest Products Association of Canada, plansbergen@fpac.ca

Assessing the Competitiveness of Ontario's Forest Bioproducts Industry
Indarajit Majumdar, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, indrajit.majumdar@ontario.ca

Using Remote Sensing Tools to Operationally Estimate Biomass on the Romeo Malette Forest
Murray Woods, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, murray.woods@ontario.ca

Harnessing the Costs of Forest Biomass in the GLSL Forest
Denis Cormier, FPInnovations, denis.cormier@fpinnovations.ca

Session B: Field Trip to Recent Biomass Harvesting Operations

Handout - Field Tour Overview
Handout - Increased Biomass Utilization During Partial Harvests
Map - Biomass Research Plots in Ontario
Map - Tembec Block 183 Treatments
Map - Tembec Block 183 Depletions

Session C: Purpose Grown Energy Crops

Growing Herbaceous Biomass Crops for Fibre and Energy Markets
Roger Samson, Resource Efficient Agricultural Production (REAP) Canada, rsamson@reap-canada.com

Short Rotation Woody Crops: Systems Development and Supply Chain Analysis in Canada
Derek Sidders, Natural Resources of Canada, dsidders@nrcan.gc.ca

A Life Cycle Approach to Evaluate Total Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Short Rotation Willow (Salix spp.) Crops for Bioenergy
Kumudinie Kariyapperuma, University of Guelph, kkumudin@alumi.uoguelph.ca

Pathfinding the Economics and Agronomics of Agricultural Biomass in Ontario
Nick Betts, Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, nick.betts@ontariosoilcrop.org

Looking for Biofuel Partners: the Blue Sky Co-op
Rosanne Van Schie, Algonquin Agro Energy Inc., info@algonquinagroenergy.com

Session D: Project Development and Funding Opportunities

The Entrepreneur: Are They the Chicken or the Egg?
Glenn Brophey, Nipissing University, glennb@nipissingu.ca

Provincial Funding Opportunities
Siobhan O'Leary, Ontario Ministry of Northen Development & Mines, siobhan.oleary@ontario.ca

FedNor Program Update
Guy Paquette, Government of Canada, guy.paquette@ic.gc.ca

NOVA?
Peter Åsman, FPInnovations, peter.asman@fpinnovations.ca

Biomass Value Proposition
Stephen Roberts, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development & Mines, stephen.roberts@ontario.ca

Funding Biomass Projects in Ontario: How the Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bioeconomy (CRIBE) Fits into the Provincial Funding Map
Scott Wiebe, CRIBE, scott.wiebe@cribe.ca

Summary of Funding & Grants

Session E: Technical Specifications

Heavy Consequences of Moisture Content on Biomass for Energy
Denis Cormier, FPInnovations, denis.cormier@fpinnovations.ca

Wood Pellet Production and Technology
Peter Åsman, FPInnovations, peter.asman@fpinnovations.ca

Torrefaction and Gasification Technologies for Biomass Conversion
Animesh Dutta, University of Guelph, adutta@uoguelph.ca

Proper Boiler Installation: Rules and Regulations
Harvey Mehes, Key to the North Sales Agency, hmehes@personalinternet.com

An Introduction to District Heating
John Stephenson, FVB Energy Inc., jstephenson@fvbenergy.com

Video Link - District Energy: Now's the Time!

Video Link - Glenshellach District Heating Scheme

Video Link - Barnsley, UK, District Biomass Heating from Local Tree Waste

Session F: Case Studies

The Wallace Project: Electricity from Biomass?
Jim Liddell, Comsatec Inc., jliddell2@cogeco.ca

Levering a Biomass Energy Retrofit Project for Learning and Research
Colin Kelly, Confederation College, collin.kelly@confederationc.on.ca

Sustainability, Community and the Bioeconomy: Building Resilience for the North
Desneiges Larose, Hearst Economic Development Corporation, sustainable-durable@hearst.ca

Short Rotation Coppice and Pellet Production on The North Shore
Saul Fraleigh, Fibre Focus, saulfraleigh@fibrefocus.com

Closing Message

Other Materials

Participant List
Conference Program
Conference Image Gallery
Participant Survey

In the Media

Nov. 25, 2011 - The Working Forest Newspaper - Harnassing Biomass II conference (42photos)

Nov. 25, 2011 - Canadian Biomass Magazine - Biomass to burn, but no markets

Nov. 22, 2011 – 600CKAT North Bay News – A biomass conference going on in North Bay

Nov. 18, 2011 – Northern Ontario Business - Nipissing University stages biomass conference

Nov. 11, 2011 – Canadian Biomass Magazine – Upcoming conference discusses biomass

Oct. 5, 2011 – Nipissing University – Announcing Harnessing Biomass II