Welcome, participant hand-outs

Opening of the colloquium and lunch
Opening lecture: Bioenergies, the Planet and Society: The Issues

Lionel Levac, Journalist specialized in agricultural matters, La Semaine Verte – Radio, Radio-Canada

Round table
The Development of Bioenergies in Québec and Around the World: Experiences, Impacts, Sustainability

Michel Lachance, Director, Industrial Bioproducts and Bioprocesses, Centre québécois de valorisation des biotechnologies (CQVB)

Break and snack

The Great Turning in Bioenergies

In a one large room, 11 presenters presenters will simultaneously present their project and/or the technologies they use. Each presentation will last 25 minutes. Participants will then change rooms to attend a different presentation.

Attend four of the following presentations:

Farm Manure: An energy Source, Thanks to Methanization
Jean-François Hince, Project Manager, Bio-Terre Systems Inc.

The Cooperative: A Tool for Promoting the Valorization of Community Resources
Martin Gagnon, Executive Director, Coopérative de développement régional (CDR) Bas-St-Laurent/Côte-Nord
Representatives of cooperatives

Using Forest Waste to Heat Hospitals: Can We Generalize from the Amqui Example?
Eugène Gagné, Project Manager, Québec Federation of Forestry Cooperatives (FQCF)

The Production of Energy Crops: Intensive Cultivation and Short-Rotation Harvesting of Willow
Francis Allard, President, Agro Énergie 

Producing Biodiesel Fuel from Reclaimed Cooking Oil
Michel Cordeau, President, Bio-Diésel Québec Inc.

Agricultural and Forest Waste Biomass Transformed into Biofuel: A Substitute for Fuel Oil?
Martin Rousseau, organic farmer (stock farming), Director, Coopérative Enernova
Issakha Bah, UQAR, Engineering of renewable energy systems for small communities
Pierre-Louis Bodin, UQAR, Engineering of industrial applications for renewable energy
Jean-Louis Chaumel(PhD) Vice-President, Audace Technologies

Producing Energy on the Farm: Mobile Biodigesters in Ontario (presentation in English)
Linda Leapple, President, Local Initiative for Future Energy Co-op (L.I.F.E.)

Yes, it’s possible! Examples of Organic-Agriculture Success in Europe
Francis Claudepierre, organic farmer, dairy cow breeder, France

Producing Energy from Animal Carcasses and Other Waste Products (presentation in English)
Erick Schmidt, President, Biosphere Technologies / BioRefinex

Switchgrass as a Perennial Crop Grown for the Production of Biofuel
Ingrid Marini, Head of Research and Development, Biocombustible International

The Production of Cellulosic Ethanol in Québec
Dino Mili, Vice-President, Business Development, Enerkem Technologies Inc.

This program may be subject to change. 

Dinner
(Lecturer to be confirmed)

Breakfast

Tool box:
Realizing a Bioenergy Project: Getting Financing, Getting Together and Getting Under Way:

Which provincial and federal programs are of interest for the development of bioenergy and biofuel projects?
Representatives from different governments: to be confirmed

Form a Cooperative to Get Financing, Create Tools and Develop Bioenergy Projects
Martin Gagnon, Executive Director, Coopérative de développement régional (CDR) Bas-St-Laurent/Côte-Nord

Break

Round Table:
The Production of Biofuels in Québec: Which have a sustainable future and which do not?

Brief lectures and discussions on the following topics:
Is it possible to launch small or even large-scale biofuel production projects that are viable in the long term? In Québec, is it feasible to develop projects for exporting biofuel? What would be the impact and the feasibility criteria? What principles and criteria should guide our choice of biofuels? Which types of biofuels (technologies, raw materials) should be favoured?

Ralph Rosenbaum, Research Officer (bio-medical engineering – École polytechnique de Montréal), Interuniversity Research Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG)

Esteban Chornet, President, Enerkem Technologies Inc.

Jean Roberge, General Manager, Varenne Plant, GreenField Ethanol

Guy Debailleul, Professor, Department of Agri-Food and Consumer Economics, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Université Laval

Lunch
(Lecturer to be confirmed)

Round table: Bioenergies: What Are Our Governments Doing and Saying? What Should They Be Doing?

Short presentations and Q&A :

By what they are doing or not doing, governments play a huge role in the development of biofuels and bioenergies. In the U.S., the choice to subsidize grain-based ethanol has created huge problems. What is happening in Canada and Québec? How do we want our governments to encourage truly sustainable bioenergies and the development of our communities?

Éric Darier, Director and Coordinator of the agriculture campaign, Greenpeace Québec
Antonin Michaud, Industrial Commissioner, City of Amqui
Christian Simard, Executive Director, Nature Québec
Claire Bolduc, Solidarité Rurale du Québec
Denis Richard, La Coop Fédérée

Closing and overview of the colloquium and acknowledgements

Hélène Simard, CEO, Conseil québécois de la coopération et de la mutualité

The lectures will all be available in English and in French through simultaneous interpretation.
This program could be modify without notice.