Keynote speaker announced!
We’re thrilled to announce that award winning film director and energy pioneer, Josh Tickell, has confirmed that he will be the Keynote Speaker on the morning of May 29th at the Advanced Biofuels Symposium. He directed the documentary film, “Fuel”, which won the Best Documentary Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. After it was shortlisted for an Oscar, the movie was screened in the White House and influenced the Obama Administration in the roll out of its $28 Billion dollar new energy program that transformed the global markets for algae, fuel and solar power.
See Josh Tikell's biography and his TED Talk here!
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Progress reports due March 31st!
You can now submit your BFN progress report on our new Member Portal. BFN’s new online system is a big improvement on the previous method. You will now easily be able to update your reports online, rather than starting from scratch each time, and have multiple people contribute to your progress report. Please note that BFN is no longer accepting Microsoft Word or PDF versions.
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Additional Symposium sponsors announced!
We’re proud to be working with the following new sponsors for the Advanced Biofuels Symposium:
- The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA) (Title Sponsor)
- Air Canada (Symposium dinner sponsor)
- McGill University (Gold sponsor)
- McGill Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Gold sponsor)
- Centre National en Électrochimie et en Technologies Environnementales (CNETE) (Silver sponsors)
- American Society of Plant Biologists (Session sponsor)
- Biogas Association (coffee break sponsor)
Our previously confirmed sponsors include: Canadian Biomass Magazine (Gold sponsor), Enerkem, FP Innovations, Mitacs, Ontario Waste Management Association and Methes Energies. See our full list of sponsors here.
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Building Biogas Knowledge Events Next Week
Don't miss out on valuable discussions at the Building Biogas Knowledge Workshop and Tours! The featured dinner speaker is Wayne Davis of the American Biogas Council, who played a key role in bringing together a range of stakeholders to improve access to feedstock - a critical move for the biogas sector.
The two workshop streams each tackle relevant topics for new developers, and for existing developers. These include extensive discussion of feedstock issues, technology options, navigating approvals, financial considerations, maintaining your investment, and more.
Join the Biogas Association on April 3rd at the Holiday Inn, in Guelph for the workshop, and April 4th for a tour of three area biogas systems. For information and to register, visit: www.biogasassociation.ca/knowledge
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Advanced Biofuels Symposium hotel booking deadline
Book your hotels for the Advanced Biofuels Symposium before April 10th and benefit from our special discounted hotel rate. There are many events happening in Ottawa at the same time, and hotel availability will be very limited. Book now to guarantee a hotel room at the conference site. You can also book your hotel at the same time as you register for the event on the registration website
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Networking event - Biojet fuel: aviation goes green!
We are pleased to announce that we are co-hosting a networking event with Biotech Annecto! The event will be focused on the role of biojet fuel in the greening of the aviation sector. Myrka Manzo (Environmental Affairs, Air Canada) and Jorin Mamen (Executive Director, BioFuelNet Canada) are the guest speakers for the night. We chose to hold the event in a modern scotch pub to foster good conversation. Click here to learn more and to register.
When? Tuesday April 22nd, 6:30-9:30 pm
Where? Pub L'ile Noire, 649 Rue St-Denis, Montréal, QC H2X 3K4, Canada
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The #BFN2014 hashtag
#BFN2014 is a hashtag you will want to keep an eye on. All official deadlines, announcements and contests will now be released with this hashtag in mention. Yes, we did say contests. How about the chance to win an iPad mini? Stay tuned and follow us on Twitter!
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Vertech City contest: A great opportunity for BFN HQP!
BioFuelNet Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) have the chance of winning up to 5000$ by entering the Vertech City Contest. This international competition in innovation aims to help develop promising and emerging technologies for municipal development. The best projects will be presented at the Victoriaville 2014 Forum on Sustainable Development (November 4th to 7th, 2014) in front of over 250 municipal representatives.
Team up with your friends and envision the city of tomorrow!
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Upcoming Plant Biotechnology Conference in Montreal
The 9th Canadian Plant Biotechnology Conference (9th CPBC) will be held May 12-15, 2014 in Montreal, Quebec. The Conference is organized by the International Association for Plant Biotechnology.
The 9th CPBC will bring leading researchers from Canada and from around the world as well as companies involved in plant biotechnology research. The Conference provides a forum for researchers to present their latest discoveries and exchange information on topics related to basic or applied research.
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