2008 Conference Speakers

The following is a list of presenters from the 2008 conference. Click on their names to link to their biography and presentation.

Bill Adams (Kamloops, BC)
Manufacturing Services Manager, Domtar Mill

Sirkka-Liisa Anttila (Finland)
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland

Douglas Bradley (Ottawa, Ontario)
President, Climate Change Solutions

Peter Brand (Quesnel, British Columbia)
Vice-President, Marketing and Business Development, Pinnacle Pellet Inc.

Bill Carlson (Redding, California)
Principal, Carlson Small Power Consultants

Dick Carmical (Monticello, Arkansas)
Founding Partner and President and CEO of The Price Companies, Inc.

Jo Chau (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Masters Candidate, Department of Wood Science, UBC

Honourable Rich Coleman (Aldergrove, BC)
Minister of Forests and Range and Minister Responsible for Housing, Government of BC

Bruce Coxhead (Kleinburg, Ontario)
President and CEO, Zero Waste Energy Systems Inc.

Irene Coyle (Ottawa, Ontario)
Research Engineer, Biomass Conversion Group, CANMET Energy Technology Centre

Jill Craven (Vancouver, BC)
Visiting Fulbright Scholar, University of British Columbia

Dan George (Prince George, BC)
President, Four Directions Management Services Ltd.

Ibrahim Karidio (Prince George, BC)
Senior Research Engineer, FPInnovations

Martin Kincade (BC)
Project Manager, Power Acquisitions, BC Hydro

Amit Kumar (Edmonton, Alberta)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta

Gerry Kutney (Prince George, BC)
CEO, Alterna Energy Inc.

David B. Layzell, Ph.D, FRSC (Calgary, Alberta)
President & CEO, BIOCAP Canada and Professor, Queen's University, and Incoming Exec Director, Inst. for Sustainable Energy, Environment & Economy, U. Calgary

Nelson Lee, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. (Burnaby, BC)
Senior Project Manager, Keystone Environmental Ltd.

Larry Mason (Seattle, Washington)
Project Coordinator, Rural Technology Initiative, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington

Staffan Melin (Delta, British Columbia)
Founder and Owner, Delta Research Corporation

Frank Miao (Arcadia, California)
Vice President, MZ Resources Group Inc.

Fernando Preto (Ottawa, ON)
Group Leader, Biomass Conversion Natural Resources Canada

Christian Rakos (Austria)
proPellets Austria

Jonathan Rhone (Vancouver, BC)
President and CEO, Nexterra

Fred Scott
Director of Business Development for B.C. and the Pacific Northwest, Pristine Power Inc.

Richard Smith (Ireland)
brites Business Manager, Balcas

Shahab Sokhansanj (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia

Taraneh Sowlati (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Assistant Professor, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, UBC

Merja Strengell (Vantaa, Finland)
Leading Specialist, Environmental Management Issues, and Department Manager, Pulp Mill Engineering, Pöyry Forest Industry Oy

Evelyn Thiffault (Quebec City, Quebec)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Canadian Forest Service

Garth Thoroughgood (British Columbia)
Bioenergy and Renewables Branch of the Electricity and Alternative Energy Division, Government of British Columbia