See below the presentations from the WPAC 2024 Annual Conference: Powering Sustainability: The Role of Biomass in Electrification.

Opening Remarks

WPAC Year in Review 2023-24, Vaughan Bassett, WPAC Past President and Senior Vice President, Biomass Sales and Logistics, Drax Group

The Electric Revolution

Revolution Drivers, Dr. William Strauss, President, FutureMetrics

Project of the Century: A Blueprint for Growing Canada’s Clean Electricity Supply – and Fast, Janet Annesley, Chief Sustainability Officer, Kiwetinohk Energy Corp

The Role of Biomass in Electrification

United Kingdom, Robie Webster Jr., Manager, Energy Transition, Argus Media Consulting

Asia, Vaughan Bassett, Senior Vice President, Biomass Sales and Logistics, Drax Group

New Brunswick, Jeffrey Yeomans, Senior Technical Advisor, NB Power

Rural and Remote Solutions, David Dubois, Manager of Business Development, Fink Machine Inc.

Ready, Set, Go?

Supply and Demand, Hannah Adler, Senior Biomass Expert, Argus Media

Safety Is a Shared Responsibility

Importance of Safety in Our Sector at Home and Abroad, John Swaan, Operations and Project Development Expert, FutureMetrics

WPAC Commitment to Growing Safely, Julie Griffiths, Chair WPAC Safety Committee and Quality, Sustainability, Environmental Program Coordinator, Shaw Renewables

WorkSafeBC, Trending Safety Initiatives, Mike Tasker, Occupational Safety Officer, WorkSafeBC

Waste Not, Want Not

Climate Change and Sustainable Forest Management in Canada, Graham Stinson, Director, Forest Information, Forest Research Economics, Pacific Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service

Lessons from Finland, Joe Nemeth, General Manager, BC Pulp and Paper Coalition

The British Columbia Approach, Steve Kozuki, Executive Director, Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia

Advances in Traceability & Geolocation, Carsten Huljus, CEO, Sustainable Biomass Program

Powering The Future Through Technology

Using AI-Enhanced NIR Technology to Optimize Feedstock Sorting, Dr. Fahimeh Yazdan Panah, Director of Research and Technical Development, WPAC

Optimizing Efficiency: Integrated Pellet Plant, Yves Marc Schade, Application Manager, Industrial Drying Systems stela Laxhuber Drying Technology, North America Division, stela Laxhuber GmbH; Timo Müller, Business Development Director, SALMATEC GmbH; and Matthias Strauch, Project and Sales Engineer, INTEC Engineering GmbH