Day 1 - Online Conference on RENEWABLE ENERGIES IN MINING

09:00 am - 09:10 am (PDT)

Welcome and Presentation of the Energy Solutions Initiative from Germany  

• Nadine Melcher - Senior Project Manager at Canadian German Chamber of industry & Commerce

09:10 am - 09:15 am (PDT)

Welcome Address on Clean Energy in Mining in British Columbia 

• Peter Wijtkamp - Director Policy and Regulatory Reform at BC Ministry of Energy and Mines

09:15 am - 09:30 am (PDT)

Keynote on Energy and Mining in Remote and Northern Regions

• Brendan Marshall - VP of Economic and Northern Affairs at the Mining Association of Canada  

09:30 am - 10:15 am (PDT)

Panel Discussion 1 - Challenges of Renewable Energy Systems at Remote Mining Sites   

• Carsten Bührer - Head of Technology at PNE AG
• Patrick Cousins - CEO of Ferntech GmbH 
• Michel Carreau - Director for Hybrid & Renewable Power at Hatch Ltd.
• Ali Madiseh - Canada Research Chair in Advanced Mine Energy Systems at the University of British Columbia 

10:30 am - 11:15 am (PDT)

Panel Discussion 2 - The Impact of Renewable Energies on Mining

• Julia Badeda - Team Manager for Hybrid Energy and Battery Storage Systems at ABO Wind AG
• Hansjörg Vollmer - CEO of Intech Clean Energy Inc. 
• Nicolas Seguin - Director of Business Development and Projects at TUGLIQ Energy Co.
• Christopher Henderson - President of Indigenous Clean Energy