8:30
Main Entrance
Doors Open
9:00 – 9:15
Main Stage
CEO Remarks
Claude Letourneau
President & CEO, Svante
9:15 – 9:35
Main Stage
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Pratima Rangarajan
CEO, Climate Investment
9:35 – 10:00
Main Stage
Fireside Chat 1
A new frontier in the pulp & paper industry: CCUS & CDRs
Cal Dakin
Director, Innovation, Mercer International Inc.
Brett Henkel
Co-Founder & Senior VP, Business Development
9:35 – 10:00
Main Stage
Panel 1
Engineered Biogenic CDR
Moderated by
Matt Stevenson
Chief Revenue Officer, Svante
Julio Friedmann
Chief Scientist, Carbon Direct
Rachel Walsh
CFA, Head of Carbon Strategy & Partnerships, Global Markets, BMO Capital Markets
Antti Vhavainen
Vice Chairman, Puro Earth
Erika Rios
Hydrogen & CCUS Manager, Clean Technology, Alberta Innovates
Taylor Wright
Head of Operational Decarbonization, JPMorganChase
10:40–10:55
Tent & Partner Lounge
Break
11:00 – 11:20
Main Stage
Fireside Chat 2
The importance of carbon removal, Amazon’s CDR priorities and ethos related to sustainability
Ofei Mante
Sr. Research Scientist, Materials Circularity, Sustainability Science and Innovation, Amazon
David Phillips
VP, Europe & Middle East, Svante Solutions & Digital Services
11:35 – 12:10
Main Stage
Panel 2
Project Development
Moderated by
Scott Gardner
President, Svante Development
Bret Logue
CEO, Elysian
Carlos de Mathias Martins Jr.
Managing Director, EQAO Brazil
Tracy Evans
Former CEO & Board Member, CapturePoint
Tyler Chrystal
Senior Assocaite Investments, Brookfield Renewable Power & Transition
Patrick Chabot
Managing Director, Canada Growth Fund
Sean Chung
Head of Sustainable Solutions Division, SAMSUNG E&A
12:10 – 13:15
Tent & Partner Lounge
Networking Lunch
12:15 – 15:00
Tour Starting Point
~50 Min. Tours
13:15 – 13:35
Main Stage
Fireside Chat 3
Commercialization & tech-to-scale momentum
Jeremee Wetherby
Carbon Solutions Leader, GE Vernova Canada
Claude Letourneau
President & CEO, Svante
13:35 – 14:15
Main Stage
Panel 3
Canadian Leadership Opportunity in CCUS
Moderated by
Brett Henkel
Co-Founder & Senior VP, Business Development
Stephanie Voysey
Head of Sustainability & Environment, Western Canada, Lafarge Canada
Grace Meikle
Director for Technology Impact, Emissions Reduction Alberta
Breanne O’Reilly
Chief Operating Officer, International CCS Knowledge Centre
Matt Toohey
Chief Sustainability Officer, Modern West Advisory
14:15 – 14:55
Main Stage
Panel 4
CO2 Storage
Moderated by
Travis Brookson
Lead, Global Storage Partnerships & Europe Project Development, Svante
Candice Paton
VP Corporate Affairs, Enhance Energy
Manuel Herraiz
VP Development, Tenaska
Kristinn Larusson
Chief Business Officer & Chief Commercial Officer
Dewi ab-lorwerth
Senior Commercial Manager, Storegga
K.C. Littlefield
GM, Investment Commercialization, CCUS, Chevron New Energies
14:55 – 15:00
Main Stage
Thank you remarks
Claude Letourneau
President & CEO, Svante
