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Full Conference Schedule

Full Conference Schedule

  • Monday, October 23, 2023
  • 07:30 – 18:00  
    Registration Open
  • 17:00 – 17:30  
    Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • 17:30 – 17:40  
    Keynote Address - Hon. Danielle Smith - Premier of Alberta
  • 17:40 – 18:45  
    Opening Plenary: Canada’s New ITCs (Investment Tax Credits) and Their Role in the Energy Transition
  • 18:45 – 20:00  
    Opening Welcome Reception
  • Tuesday, October 24, 2023
  • 07:00 – 18:00  
    Registration Open
  • 08:00 – 09:00  
    Networking Breakfast (Additional Ticket Required)
  • 09:00 – 10:00  
    Plenary Session: Today’s Utilities and ISOs at the Forefront of the Electricity Transition
  • 10:00 – 10:30  
    Networking Coffee Break
  • 10:00 – 18:00  
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:30 – 11:00  
    Residential and Commercial Rooftop System Design
  • 10:30 – 11:30  
    Community Engagement: A Recipe for Success
  • 10:30 – 11:30  
    Supply Chain Past, Present and Future
  • 10:30 – 16:30  
    Concurrent Education Sessions
  • 10:30 – 18:00  
    Showfloor/Expo Hall Education
  • 11:00 – 11:30  
    Canada's Energy System Under The 'One Earth Climate Model' Net Zero Pathway - Supply & Demand Balance
  • 11:00 – 11:30  
    Road Map of Electrical Studies in Solar PV Utility Projects
  • 11:30 – 12:00  
    Cold Climate Wind Experts Group - IEA Wind TCP Task 54
  • 11:30 – 12:00  
    Energy Transition Stage - Session 1
  • 11:45 – 12:45  
    Creating Opportunities for Newcomers to the Renewables Industry
  • 11:45 – 12:45  
    In it for the Long Term: How Insurance, Finance and Operations Intersect for Project Success
  • 12:45 – 14:00  
    Networking Lunch
  • 13:00 – 14:00  
    CanREA’s Markets and Policy Update
  • 13:15 – 13:30  
    Implementing a Smart Curtailment System to Reduce Bat Fatalities and Energy Loss at Wind Energy Facilities
  • 13:30 – 14:00  
    Poster Spotlight: The Roadmap to Finance Second-Life Battery Microgrids in North America
  • 14:00 – 14:30  
    How EVs will Impact the Grid
  • 14:00 – 14:30  
    Poster Spotlight: Unlocking the Potential of Any Terrain: A Calculated Approach to Solar Farm Design
  • 14:00 – 15:00  
    Building Canada’s Renewable Energy Workforce
  • 14:00 – 15:00  
    Responsible Land Use: Case studies for Mindful Development
  • 14:30 – 15:00  
    L’éolien extracôtier au Canada : portrait des enjeux et des opportunités
  • 14:30 – 15:00  
    Poster Spotlight: Demand Side Opportunities in Electricity Transformation
  • 15:00 – 15:30  
    Networking Coffee Break
  • 15:00 – 15:30  
    Startup Showcase Session - Otonomi - CANCELLED
  • 15:00 – 16:00  
    Opportunities and Challenges for Hybrid Project Optimization
  • 15:30 – 16:00  
    CANCELLED - Reshore Manufacturing in Canada to Drive Economic Growth
  • 15:30 – 16:30  
    Closing the Loop: Ensuring our Industry is Renewable From Start to Finish
  • 15:30 – 16:30  
    La Vision 2050: Agir ensemble pour décarboner l’économie
  • 16:00 – 16:30  
    Fitting More Solar on the Wires with Predictive Energy Management Controls
  • 16:00 – 16:30  
    Pumped Storage Hydropower in Canada
  • 16:30 – 17:00  
    2023 Woman of Renewable Energy Award
  • 17:00 – 18:00  
    Happy Hour - Exhibit Hall
  • 17:00 – 18:00  
    Poster Reception
  • 17:00 – 19:00  
    Networking Event with the Canadian Francophonie - Free but RSVP Mandatory
  • 19:00 – 21:00  
    Offsite Networking Reception - (Additional Ticket Required) - The Palace Theatre
  • Wednesday, October 25, 2023
  • 08:00 – 09:00  
    Networking Breakfast (Additional Ticket Required)
  • 08:00 – 17:00  
    Registration Open
  • 09:00 – 10:00  
    Plenary Session: Building Canada’s Clean Electricity Future 
  • 10:00 – 10:30  
    Networking Coffee Break
  • 10:00 – 18:00  
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:30 – 11:00  
    Innovating Our Path to a Sustainable Future Through Power Electronics
  • 10:30 – 11:30  
    The Path Forward for Behind-the-Meter Solar
  • 10:30 – 11:30  
    Unleashing Canada's Green Hydrogen Potential
  • 10:30 – 16:30  
    Concurrent Education Sessions
  • 10:30 – 17:00  
    Showfloor/Expo Hall Education
  • 11:00 – 11:30  
    Clean Energy Jobs Canada: CanREA’s Career Network
  • 11:00 – 11:30  
    Startup Showcase Session - Atlas Power
  • 11:30 – 12:00  
    The Remote Advantage: Leveraging Remote Communities for Canada's LDES Competitiveness
  • 11:30 – 12:00  
    The Right Module for the right Project Utility Scale Growth
  • 11:45 – 12:45  
    Delivering Electricity Through a Changing Grid
  • 11:45 – 12:45  
    Permitting Canada’s Green Transition: The Future of Environmental Management
  • 12:45 – 14:00  
    Networking Lunch
  • 13:00 – 13:30  
    Turning Data into Actions
  • 13:15 – 13:30  
    Poster Spotlight: How Green is Our Green Future: Life Cycle Assessments For Clean Energy Technologies
  • 13:30 – 13:45  
    Poster Spotlight: Turbine Structural Design Margins: How do Recent Siting and Design Trends Impact the Potential for Life Extension?
  • 13:30 – 14:00  
    Grow your business with CanREA: Capitalize on Canada’s $50B wind, solar and energy storage opportunity!
  • 13:45 – 14:00  
    Poster Spotlight: How Meteorological Icing Modeling Can Help in Operating Wind Turbines
  • 14:00 – 14:30  
    Poster Spotlight: Renewable Energy Standards Landscape
  • 14:00 – 14:30  
    The Challenges of Wind Turbine Blades Durability, and What Can You Do About It.
  • 14:00 – 15:00  
    Transmission Interconnections: Lessons Learned from the U.S. and Canada
  • 14:00 – 15:00  
    Unlocking Corporate PPA Possibilities Across Canada
  • 14:30 – 14:45  
    CANCELLED: Biomechanical Analysis of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorder (WR-MSD) Risks in an Ecologically Valid Experimental Wind Turbine Technician Task
  • 14:30 – 15:00  
    Managing Uncertainties Caused by Technological Lifecycle
  • 14:45 – 15:00  
    CANCELLED: Manual Materials Handling and Musculoskeletal Load in a Simulated Wind Turbine Task is Associated with Physical Literacy
  • 15:00 – 15:30  
    Poster Spotlight: Solutions for Operational and Financial Risks for Renewable Projects
  • 15:00 – 15:30  
    Repowering a Wind Farm; Increasing Power Generation using the latest Technology
  • 15:15 – 16:15  
    The Alberta Advantage: Fact or Fiction?
  • 15:30 – 16:00  
    Building Equity in the Solar Sector
  • 15:30 – 16:00  
    Poster Spotlight: Free Public Access to MSC’s High Quality Baseline Forecasts for Renewable Energies Through a WMS Server