Methane Leadership Summit 2024

Methane Leadership Summit 2024 – Agenda

Day 1: April 17
7:15 a.m. MST	Registration & Breakfast; Success Stories Video Showcase
7:40 a.m. MST	Student Poster Session Moderator – Nannette Ho-Covernton, Sustainability Leader, Spartan Controls and the Digital Oil and Gas Co-Theme Lead and Steering Committee Member, Clean Resource Innovation Network
7:45 a.m. MST	Student – Paola Prado, McGill University
7:50 a.m. MST	Student – Nishant Narayanan, University of Waterloo
8:00 a.m. MST	Opening Remarks Soheil Asgarpour, President and CEO, Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada
8:15 a.m. MST	Joy Romero, Executive Advisor Innovation, Canadian Natural Resources Limited and President, Clean Resource Innovation Network
8:20 a.m. MST	Keynote Presentation – Justin Reimer, CEO, Emissions Reduction Alberta
8:35 a.m. MST	Session 1: Net-Zero This session will focus on the biggest challenges as we work towards net-zero by 2050. Moderator – Soheil Asgarpour, President and CEO, PTAC Panellist – Drew Leyburne, Assistant Deputy Minister for Energy Efficiency and Technology, Natural Resources Canada Panellist – Joy Romero, Executive Advisor Innovation, Canadian Natural Resources Limited and President, Clean Resource Innovation Network Panellist – Laura Kilcrease, Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Innovates Panellist – Justin Reimer, CEO, Emissions Reduction Alberta
9:35 a.m. MST	BREAK
10:00 a.m. MST	Session 2: Challenges and Opportunities in the Policy and Regulatory Landscape This session will focus on the evolving policy and regulatory framework at the provincial and federal levels and discuss the necessary changes to maintain Canada’s leadership. Moderator – Don McCrimmon, Manager, Air, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Panellist – Deborah Westerman, Executive Director, Resource Management, Ministry of Energy and Resources, Saskatchewan Government Panellist – Don D’Souza, Executive Director of Accountability, Economic and Analysis Branch, BC Government Panellist – James Diamond, Manager, Technical Operations & Upstream Regulatory Team, Environment and Climate Change Canada Panellist – Laurie Pushor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Energy Regulator
11:00 a.m. MST	Session 3: Accelerating the Momentum in Methane Detection, Measurement, Monitoring, Big Data Analysis, and Reporting This session will focus on recent accomplishments in methane detection, measurement, monitoring, Big Data Analysis and Reporting, including the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Moderator – Kevin Stashin, Independent Panellist – Amanda Harmon, Director, Zero Emissions Systems, GTI Energy Panellist – Gerald Palanca, Manager, Emissions Management Team, Alberta Energy Regulator Panellist – Liz O’Connell, CEO and Co-Founder, Arolytics Panellist – Sarah Izant, Deputy Secretary for Climate Policy, California Environmental Protection Agency Panellist – Thomas Fox, President, Highwood Emissions Management
12:00 p.m. MST	LUNCH and Success Stories Video Showcase Lunch Sponsor: SRC
12:25 p.m. MST	Student Poster Session Moderator – Nannette Ho-Covernton, Sustainability Leader, Spartan Controls and Clean Resource Innovation Network
12:30 p.m. MST	Student – Khali El Hachem, St. Francis Xavier
12:35 p.m. MST	Student – Daniel Blackmore, University of Waterloo
12:45 p.m. MST	Matthew Johnson, Professor & Head of Energy & Emissions Research Lab, Carleton University
1:00 p.m. MST	Keynote Presentation John Desjarlais, Executive Director, Indigenous Resource Network
1:15 p.m. MST	Session 4: Methane Emissions Measurement and Reporting (Top-Down and Bottom-Up) This session will focus on recent technological progress and deployment of measurement infrastructure to improve quantification and reporting. Moderator – Allan Fogwill, COO, Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada Panellist – Chris Hugenholtz, Associate Professor, University of Calgary Panellist – David Risk, Government Research Chair in Climate Science and Policy, St. Francis Xavier University Panellist – Kyle Daun, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Professor, University of Waterloo Panellist – Matthew Johnson, Professor & Head of Energy & Emissions Research Lab, Carleton University Panellist – Scott Mundle, Great Lakes institute for Environmental Research, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor
2:15 p.m. MST	Technology Spotlight: Josh Anhalt, Vice President of Technology, Montrose Environmental
2:20 p.m. MST	Technology Spotlight: Glen Hay, Emissions Management Consultant, SLB End-to-end Emissions Solutions (SEES), SLB
2:25 p.m. MST	BREAK
2:55 p.m. MST	Session 5: Methane Emissions Detection and Quantification Use Cases This session will provide demonstration and deployment of novel detection and quantification technologies. Moderator – Arvinder Kainth, Regional Director, Industrial Research Assistance Program (Prairies), National Research Council Canada Panellist – Scott Volk, Technology and Innovation Lead, Tourmaline Oil Corp. Panellist – Sheldon Owen, Vice President – SEES North America, SLB End-to-end Emissions Solutions, SLB Panellist – Stephane Germain, President, GHGSat Inc. Panellist – Mary Kang, Assistant Professor, McGill University Panellist – Mike Dizep, Senior Business Development Manager, Bridger Photonics
3:55 p.m. MST	Technology Spotlight: Ryan Mattson, Vice President, Oil and Gas, GHGSat Inc.
4:00 p.m. MST	Technology Spotlight: Brian Rawson, Senior LDAR Specialist, Grid Environment
4:05 p.m. MST	Technology Spotlight: Travis Wiens, National Director Optical Gas Imaging, Automation, & Science Canada, FLIR
4:10 p.m. MST	Presentation: Genome Alberta – David Bailey, President & CEO
4:25 p.m. MST	Day 1 Closing Remarks / Conference Proceedings Adjourned
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. MST	Methane Social Event

Day 2: April 18
7:15 a.m. MST	Registration & Breakfast, Success Stories Video Showcase
8:00 a.m. MST	Opening Remarks Soheil Asgarpour, President and CEO, Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada
8:15 a.m. MST	Glen McCrimmon, Director of Operations, Clean Resource Innovation Network
8:20 a.m. MST	Keynote presentation: Minister Rebecca Schulz, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas of Alberta, Government of Alberta
8:35 a.m. MST	Session 6: Global Leadership and Collaboration This session will focus on Canadian commitments and contributions to global efforts to reduce methane emissions reductions. Moderator – Monica Prabhu, Commercialization & Communications, Prabhu Energy Labs Panellist – Jack Lewnard, Program Director, ARPA-E Panellist – John Zhou, Chief Cleantech Officer and VP Clean Resources, Alberta Innovates Panellist – Mario Krpan, Director, Trade Relations – Europe and Central Asia, Government of Alberta Panellist – Nicole Harbauer, Trade Commissioner, Energy & Clean Technologies, Trade Commissioner Service
9:30 a.m. MST	Technology Spotlight: Jon Rowland, Senior Sales Manager, Canada, INNIO Waukesha
9:30 a.m. MST	BREAK
10:00 a.m. MST	Session 7: Is it Profitable to Reduce Methane Emissions? This session will focus on the economics of methane emissions reduction projects, including incentives, taxes, carbon pricing, cost efficiencies, and capital and operating expenses. Moderator – Jackson Hegland, Executive Director, Methane Emissions Leadership Alliance Panellist – Al Duerr, CEO, General Magnetic International Inc. Panellist – Brenna Barlow, Vice President, Methane Innovation, BMO Panellist – James Holoboff, Managing Partner, Process Ecology Panellist – Logan Downing, Co-Founder & CEO, Carbon Assessors
10:55 a.m. MST	Technology Spotlight: Taryn Humphreys, Director, Business Development, Qube
11:00 a.m. MST	Session 8: Technology Development and Field Trials – Tanks, Leaky Wells, and Catalytic Heaters As the journey progresses towards larger than 75% reduction, the remaining knowledge gaps need to be addressed with new technology development, demonstration, deployment, and market uptake. This session will focus on recent and relevant accomplishments. Moderator – Glen McCrimmon, Director of Operations, Clean Resource Innovation Network Panellist – Brian Van Vliet, Environmental Solutions, Spartan Controls Panellist – Claude Ghazar, Director, Recovery Technologies, Alberta Innovates Panellist – Erica Emery, Senior Research Engineer, Saskatchewan Research Council Panellist – Tyler Homan, Vice President, Production, Teine Energy
11:55 a.m. MST	Technology Spotlight: Marler Integrity Inc: John Collis, Director of Sales & Business Development
12:00 p.m. MST	LUNCH and Success Stories Video Showcase
During lunch 12:30	Technology Spotlight: Rusty Hurl, Canadian Account Manager, WeldFit
During lunch 12:35	Technology Spotlight: Steve Liang, CTO, SensorUp
During lunch 12:40	Technology Spotlight: Close Proximity Continuous Monitoring with 360 Engineering & Environmental and NevadaNano: Gary Collins, VP of Sales & Marketing at NevadaNano
12:45 p.m. MST	Fireside Chat – Kate Rich, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas & Soheil Asgarpour, President and CEO, Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada
1:00 p.m. MST	Session 9: Technology Development and Field Trials -Methane Slip, Flaring Alternatives, Novel Pneumatics, and other technologies to address the remaining sources of methane emissions As the journey progresses towards larger 75% reduction, the remaining knowledge and technology gaps need to be addressed with technology development, demonstration, deployment, and market uptake. This session will focus on recent and relevant accomplishments. Moderator – Bryan Helfenbaum, Associate Vice President of Clean Energy, Alberta Innovates Panellist – Edan Prabhu, CEO, Founder, Prabhu Energy Labs Panellist – Frank Zahner, President, Accurata Panellist – Julie Wiseman, VP of Operations, Total Combustion Inc.
1:40 p.m. MST	Session 10: U.S. Deployment Success Stories Moderator – Kelly Doody, Chief Marketing Officer, Kathairos Panellist – B.J. Carney, VP Geoscience & Innovation, Northeast Natural Energy LLC Panellist – Jerry Dismukes, Air Quality Lead, Cearus Oil and Gas
2:20 p.m. MST	Session 11: Methane Emissions Reduction Deployment Success Stories This session will focus on successful deployment projects. Moderator – Bill Whitelaw, Managing Director, Strategy and Sustainability, geoLOGIC Systems Panellist – Ben Klepacki, Co-Founder & CRO, Convrg Innovations Panellist – Doug Bezpalko, Manager – Technical Sales, Calscan Solutions Panellist – Laura Kennedy, CEO and Co-Owner, Global Power Technologies Panellist – Steve Froehler, Owner and Director, LCO Technologies
3:00 p.m. MST	Closing Remarks
3:10 p.m. MST	Conference Adjourned

All the speakers have been invited, some have yet to be confirmed