REAP-Canada Seminar List for Fall/Winter 2007

April 11th – 13th, 2007 – London, ON
Stephanie Bailey: Biomass Resource Options: Creating a Bioheat supply for the Canadian Greenhouse Industry
Roger Samson: The Potential of Switchgrass for Commercial Fuel Pellet Production in Ontario OMAFRA Growing the Margins: Energy Conservation and Generation for Farms and Food Processors, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) www.gtmconf.ca

March 20-23rd, 200 – Bangalore, India
Roger Samson: Opportunities and Barriers for Household Cookstoves in the CDM and Voluntary Markets 3rd Biennial Partnership for Clean Indoor Air Forum, Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA) www.PCIAonline.org

March 13-15 th, 2007 – Papenburg, Germany
Roger Samson: Grasses for Heat Related Energy Second International Energy Farming Congress, 3N – Centre of Excellence Renewable Resources www.3-n.info

February 24th, 2007 - Cornwall, ON
Roger Samson: Growing BIOHEAT Opportunities for Switchgrass and other Biofuel options Eco Farm Day 2006 - “Agriculture for Health and Nutrition”, Annual conference organized by Canadian Organic Growers (COG-Ottawa) www.cog.ca/ottawa/EFD_2007_main.htm

February 16 th, 2007 - Ottawa, ON
Roger Samson: Switchgrass Bioenergy: a Growing Opportunity for the Agricultural Sector Policy Presentation at Agriculture Canada Contact: Pierre-Yves Gasser GasserPY@AGR.GC.CA

February 6th, 2007 - Chesterville, ON
Roger Samson: Switchgrass as an Energy Crop in Eastern Ontario Hendrick Seeds Grower Meeting Contact: Michael Staebler MichaelS@HendrickSeeds.com

January 25th, 2007 - Guelph, ON
Roger Samson: BIOHEAT: 'A Growing Agri-Energy Opportunity'
This 1/2 day BioHeat seminar is an introduction to the emerging "BioHeat Industry" for farmers, energy consumers and bio-energy project developers, Guelph 2006 Organic Conference - "Next Generation Organics" www.guelphorganicconf.ca

January 24th, 2007 – Edmonton, AB
Roger Samson: Bioenergy: a Growing Opportunity for the Agricultural Sector
FarmTech 2007 Conference: Global Perspectives … Local Knowledge www.farmtechconference.com

January 18th, 2007 - Fergus, ON
Stephanie Bailey: Growing BioEnergy Opportunities in Canada Wellington-Dufferin Soil and Crop Meeting www.ontariosoilcrop.org

November 18th, 2006 – Ste. Anne de Bellevue,QC
Claudia Ho Lem: Growing BioEnergy Opportunities in Canada 6th Annual Rendez-vous bio, McGill MacDonald Agro-Ecology Group (MAEG) agroecology.macdonald@mcgill.ca

November 14th, 2006 – Regina, SK
Roger Samson: Biomass Energy Alternatives from Energy Crop Farming in Canada Frontier Centre Policy Workshop, Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP)
http://www.fcpp.org/main/events_detail.php?EventID=142
http://www.fcpp.org/main/media_file_detail.php?StreamID=502
http://www.fcpp.org/pdf/SamsonenergyalternativesIINov06.pdf

November 12th – 13th, 2006 – Saskatoon, SK
Roger Samson: Opportunities for Developing Bioheat on the Prairies Organic Connections Conference – 2006, Organic Connections http://www.organicconnections.ca/content/program.html

October 31st - November 1st, 2006 - Ottawa, ON
Roger Samson: The Current Scope of Biomass Opportunities
Towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy: Biosphere solutions for energy and the environment (2006 National BIOCAP Canada Conference) BIOCAP Canada http://www.biocap.ca/index.cfm?meds=section§ion=67&category=24

October 19th, 2006 - Québec, QC
Roger Samson: La bioénergie: opportunités croissantes pour le secteur agricole CRAAQ l’assemblée générale annuelle, Centre de référence en agriculture et agroalimentaire du Québec (CRAAQ) http://antenne.craaq.qc.ca/vol11/ComitesCommissions.aspx

October 10th – 13th, 2006 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Roger Samson: Developing Warm-Season Grasses as a Densified Heating Fuel
5th Eastern Native Grass Symposium, United States Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) http://www.pa.nrcs.usda.gov/engs.html

September 26th, 2006 – Montreal, QC
Claudia Ho Lem: Growing BioEnergy Opportunities in Canada McGill School of Environment ENVR401: Environmental Research

September 15th – 17th, 2006 -Peterborough, ON
Roger Samson: Native warm season grasses: Potential energy crops for biogas production in Ontario Farming for the Future Conference: Biogas Technology, Agricultural Resources, Renewable Energy, Farm Income, Rural Development, and Sustainable Communities, Trent University Food and Agriculture Group & The Canadian Biogas Association www.biogas.ca

For a review of last winters speaking tour, please visit the Frontier Centre website
http://www.fcpp.org/main/events_detail.php?EventID=120