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Réseau Ligniculture Quebec, with the support of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and an organizing committee, is preparing a forum that will examine key issues for concentrated short-rotation woody crops (SRWC)1 of willows and hybrid poplars for energy production, namely R&D, implementation, economic feasibility, and deployment. This event will take place in Wendake, located in the vicinity of Quebec City, on March 14 and 15, 2012. More than 100 participants are expected, mainly from the Quebec forestry and agricultural sectors. Fifteen speakers from Quebec and elsewhere in Canada will share their knowledge. It will be the opportunity for diverse stakeholders to acquire relevant knowledge and to establish links with other participants.

The organizing committee includes representatives of Réseau Ligniculture Quebec, NRCan, MRNF (Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife), Institut de recherche en biologie végétale (IRBV), Union des producteurs agricoles du Québec (UPA), CEROM, a research centre on grains, Biopterre, a bioproducts development centre, and Agrinova, an agricultural research and innovation centre.

Forum objectives

  • To present information on concentrated SRWC, its yield potential, and its special culture
  • To provide an overview of R&D work carried out in Canada on concentrated SRWC
  • To present application and demonstration projects of concentrated SRWC in Quebec and discuss economic feasibility aspects
  • To increase the interest of stakeholders in the next-generation biofuel production thread, including cellulosic ethanol generated from cultivated woody biomass
  • To present the emerging biorefining thread, which allows the simultaneous production of fuel and high value-added green chemistry products
  • To present institutional and industrial heating that uses residual biomass or biomass produced from sustainable cultures
  • To present potential markets
  • To promote networking

Target audiences

  • Forestry and agricultural planners, managers and advisors from the municipal, public and private sectors
  • Forestry and agricultural industry representatives
  • Biofuel producers and promoters of biorefining projects
  • Scientific community
  • Any person interested in short-rotation woody crops

 Presentation themes

  • A special culture
  • Current R&D initiatives
  • Implementation, economic feasibility and deployment

By navigating through this Website, you will find information on the Forum, including its location, detailed program, and registration process.

 

1Note that concentrated SRWC is also known as "short-rotation intensive culture (SRIC) biomass crops planted at high densities », « short-rotation coppices" and "short-rotation cropping".

Please note that a simultaneous translation service will be provided for both official languages.

Preliminary program

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 – PM

13h30

Opening remarks
Pierre Gagné, Réseau Ligniculture Québec, and Sylvain Masse, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Quebec City, QC

I - A special culture

13h45

Concentrated SRWC of willows in Quebec (in French)
Michel Labrecque, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Montréal, QC

14h20

Concentrated SRWC of hybrid poplars in Quebec (in French)
Pierre Gagné, Réseau Ligniculture Québec, Quebec City, QC

14h55 

Concentrated SRWC of willows and hybrid poplars in the Prairies and Ontario
Derek Sidders, Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, Edmonton, AB

15h30

Networking break (with snacks and beverages)

II –Current R&D initiatives

16h00

Growth and yield in some Canadian willows for bio-energy and ecological restoration activities
Alex Mosseler, Canadian Forest Service, Atlantic Forestry Centre, Fredericton, NB

16h35 

Development of hybrid poplar clones for concentrated SRWC in Quebec (in French)
Pierre Périnet, ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec, Quebec City, QC

17h10

Closing remarks for the day
Pierre Gagné, Réseau Ligniculture Québec

17h30

Networking cocktail

Thursday, March 15, 2012

09h00

Opening remarks  
Daniel Bernier, president, Comité réseau énergies, CRAAQ

II – Current R&D initiatives (continued)

09h10

Mechanized harvesting of concentrated SRWC (in French)
Philippe Savoie, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Quebec City, QC

III – Implementation, economic feasibility and deployment

09h50 

Cultivation of willows in Quebec: an early adopter’s point of view (in French)
Francis Allard, Agro Énergie, St-Roch-de-l’Achigan, QC

10h30

Networking break (with snacks and beverages)

11h00 

Concentrated SRWC of hybrid poplars for energy production (in French)
Sébastien Hue, GroupENV, Sherbrooke, QC

11h35

Production of cellulosic ethanol and coproducts from biomass (in French)
Michel Chornet, CRB Innovations, Sherbrooke, QC

12h10

Lunch

13h15

Using forest biomass for heating (in French)
Eugène Gagné, Fédération québécoise des coopératives forestières, Quebec City, QC

13h50

Economic feasibility of concentrated SRWC in Canada
Daniel McKenney, Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

14h25

Heat production for chicken coops: willow SRWC versus forest residues (in French)
André Vézina et Hervé Bernier, Biopterre, Institut de technologie agroalimentaire, Campus de La Pocatière

15h00

Deployment of concentrated SRWC in Canada: forecasting study and priorities for actions (in French)
Sylvain Masse et Pierre Marchand, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Quebec City, QC

15h35

Closing remarks
Pierre Gagné, Réseau Ligniculture Québec

Click here to download the program in pdf format Adobe.

Forum registration is now open. You may register by mail by printing the registration form. Payment by check is recommended, but payment by credit card is also possible (only by printing the registration form).

REGISTRATION FEES :

By mail, before March 2, 2012

100 $ plus tax

On site (cheque or cash) if there are still places available

130 $ plus tax

The registration fees cover the health breaks, the participant’s handbook, the cocktail on March 14, and the lunch on March 15.

Note: Receipts will be given on site only.

  • Location

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The Forum will be held at the Hôtel-Musée des Premières Nations in Wendake. This establishment is located in the north crown of Quebec City, about 20 minutes from downtown. It is easily accessible through Highway 573 North (Henri IV), exit Ste-Geneviève, or through Highway 740 North (Robert-Bourassa).

You can click the following link for a map showing the location of the hotel.

  • Lodging

We invite you to make a reservation as soon as possible at the Hôtel-Musée des Premières Nations in Wendake since the number of rooms is limited. When you make your reservation, mention that you will be attending the forum on biomass cultivation (group code RNC120312), in order to get the $119/night (plus taxes) preferential tariff. A block of rooms for forum participants is guaranteed until February 26, 2012. The hotel’s coordinates are:

Hôtel-Musée des Premières Nations
(www.hotelpremieresnations.ca)
5, place de la Rencontre
Wendake (Québec)
G0A 4V0
Tel. : 1-866-551-9222

Organizing committee

  • Pierre Gagné, Réseau Ligniculture Québec
  • Sylvain Masse, Natural Resources Canada
  • Jacques Larouche, Natural Resources Canada
  • Daniel Bernier, Union des producteurs agricoles and Comité Réseau Énergies, CRAAQ
  • Michel Labrecque, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale
  • Olivier Lalonde, Centre de recherche sur les grains (CEROM)
  • Georges Lê, ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec
  • André Vézina, Centre de développement des bioproduits (Biopterre)
  • Richard Weiland, Agrinova

 

Partenaires RNCan MRNF UPA CRAAQ BIOPTERRE IRBV CÉROM

Financial partners

Partners

Financial partners

To become a financial partner of the Forum, please contact :

  • Pierre Gagné, ing.f., M.Sc.
    Réseau Ligniculture Québec
    Université Laval
    Pavillon C.-E. Marchand
    Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6
    Pierre.Gagne@sbf.ulaval.ca
    Tél. : (418) 656-2590

 

For more information on the Forum, please contact:

  • Pierre Gagné, Eng. For., M.Sc.
    Réseau Ligniculture Québec
    Université Laval
    Pavillon C.-E. Marchand
    Québec (Quebec) G1V 0A6
    Pierre.Gagne@sbf.ulaval.ca
    Tel.: (418) 656-2590

  • Sylvain Masse, Eng. For., M.Sc.
    Natural Resources Canada
    Laurentian Forestry Centre
    1055 du P.E.P.S.
    P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy
    Québec (Quebec)  G1V 4C7
    smasse@nrcan.gc.ca
    Tel.: (418) 648-7152

  • Jacques Larouche, Eng. For.
    Natural Resources Canada
    Laurentian Forestry Centre
    1055 du P.E.P.S.
    P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy
    Québec (Quebec)  G1V 4C7
    jlarouche@nrcan.gc.ca
    Tél.: (418) 648-7661

* A suburb of Quebec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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