Electric Power Management Consultant, Market Intelligence & Data Analysis Corporation

Paul Acchione was the 2013-14 President and Chair of Ontario Society of Professional Engineers. The Society benefited from Paul's experience and determination to establish itself as a public policy advisor. He is instrumental in expanding the role of engineers as public policy advisers. He successfully raised the profile of engineers in Ontario and continues to encourage engineers to contribute to public policy development. His leadership contributes to public recognition of the value of engineers to society. He believes engineers offer unique and valuable skills and experience that are ...

Miguel F. Anjos is a Professor at Polytechnique Montreal. He is renowned internationally for his research accomplishments in the field of mathematical optimization and its applications in engineering. He currently holds an Inria International Chair and the NSERC-Hydro-Quebec-Schneider Electric Senior Industrial Research Chair on Optimization for the Smart Grid. He earned degrees from McGill University, Stanford University, and the University of Waterloo. He was the Founding Academic Director of the Trottier Institute for Energy at Polytechnique, which promotes the search for sustainable ...

Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University

Named as one of the 25 top innovators in Quebec in 2009; contributor to Canadian and US government policies on energy; sought after for advice by governments and major industries; educator of over 30 high performing building engineering graduates now in universities, government and industry; widely published with over 150 journal papers and two books; pioneer of solar technologies and leader of innovative solar building demonstration projects; distinguished Canadian leader of research networks unifying top researchers, institutions, and industries - Dr. Athienitis is recognized as a major ...

Professor, University of Alberta

Dr. Tayfun Babadagli is a highly respected researcher with >12,500 citations and h-index of 60 from over 550 publications on aspects of petroleum engineering. He has supervised over 85 Highly Qualified Personnel and has held two consecutive NSERC Industrial Research Chairs in Unconventional Oil Recovery. He has given more than 100 talks at workshops, forums, symposia, and lectures. In 2019 alone, he completed three trips around the globe to deliver his research. Beyond a number of prestigious awards in Canada and worldwide, technologies he developed through his research have been applied ...

Professor, Simon Fraser University

Dr. Majid Bahrami is a visionary leader and researcher who has made significant impacts on society by advancing fundamental aspects of thermofluidic transport phenomena and advanced materials and by applications of novel sustainable energy-water systems. His research and engineering innovations have opened new avenues for translational research and received global attention, with exceptional contributions to the fields of waste-heat driven air-conditioning systems, sorption composites, heat exchangers, thermal storage, passive cooling, fuel cells, batteries, and atmospheric water harvesting. ...

Michael A. Ball, during his years with Transport Canada, made substantial and sustained contributions to the technical development of transportation systems in Canada. Given his extensive and responsible positions in industry prior to joining the department, he brought valuable perspectives to the evolution of transportation policy in the department, and into the wider federal government community. His contributions to numerous committees related to transportation, security, energy and environmental issues nationally and internationally have been well recognized. Michael Ball has also served ...

Professor, University of Toronto

As Canada Research Chair in Clean Energy at the University of Toronto, Aimy Bazylak is working to advance fuel cells and electrolyzers for clean energy production and storage. She has partnered with leading automotive and energy companies to develop next-generation fuel cells and electrolyzers for zero greenhouse gas emitting power. Professor Bazylak has served as Director of UofT's Institute for Sustainable Energy and in several leadership roles in her research community. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the ...

Sr. Advisor and President, WaterPower Canada

Gilbert Bennett is Executive Vice President - Power Development at Nalcor Energy where he leads the development of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric generation project. Gilbert is a member of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador and serves on the Canadian Hydropower Association's Board of Directors.

Professor & Department Chair, University of Waterloo

Kankar Bhattacharya is recognized as a leader in the field of power system operations, economics, planning, electricity market operational and auction models, reactive power ancillary services and demand response provisions. His innovations opened the gateway for power system and electricity market operators to understand new concepts of energy trading, and ancillary services procurement and pricing. His work focuses on economic and technical aspects of generation, transmission and distribution systems, in regulated, deregulated, and smart grid environments. Bhattacharya is a Fellow of the ...

Dr. Bhuyan has been inducted as a Fellow for significant contributions to the engineering profession in Canada and abroad through his technical contributions and leadership roles in enabling the development of ocean energy sector in Canada and around the world, and in the development and application of integrity & reliability based methods for managing critical energy infrastructure.

Dr. Xiaotao Bi has made outstanding contributions to the advancement of fluidization engineering, particularly on flow regimes, choking, electrostatics and dynamic signal interpretation. He has also made significant contributions to broad areas of engineering practice, explored applications of novel reactors to clean energy conversion systems, particularly on thermal cracking of heavy oil, thermochemical conversion of forest biomass residues and animal wastes, catalytic removal of flue gas NOx, monitoring/reduction of electrostatics from polymerization reactors, and water management in fuel ...

Adjunct Professor, McGill University

Gilles Bourque is a world-renowned gas turbine expert bringing together the industrial research as senior key expert in combustion at Siemens Energy Canada and academic research as adjunct Professor in the mechanical engineering department of McGill University. He has made significant contribution to the advancement of the development of aeroderivative gas turbine combustion system enabling enhanced operation and fuel flexibility, at the same time as reducing pollutant emissions.

Vice-President (Acting) - MONARK Engineering, Candu Energy Inc.

Keith Brown has over 30 years of diverse military, research, technical, and business experience marked by providing strong leadership and service to the engineering profession. Dr. Brown is an innovative and collaborative practitioner known for his expertise in instrumentation and control systems as they pertain to power generation. He was President of IEEE Canada (2012-2013) and member of numerous other volunteer boards. Dr. Brown’s commitment to the Canadian power industry and the engineering profession is evidenced through the awards and honours received over the course of his career, ...

Principal, Tom Browne and Associates

Dr. Browne is a world-class expert on the technical and economic aspects of Biorefineries,which will contribute significantly to the global climate change mitigation effort. His work resulted in novel bioprocesses and in Canada’s first commercial-scale Biorefinery to produce green bioproducts and feedstocks. Dr. Browne participated in founding an NSERC Strategic Network focused on lignin, and developed critical partnerships with industry and academia in Canada and abroad to advance the Biorefinery concept and establish Canada as an important participant in the global bioeconomy. His expertise ...

Dr. Steven Bryant's innovations in engineering, geoscience and materials science reduce and even reverse the environmental impacts of fossil fuels. His breakthroughs in carbon capture and storage remediate existing climate issues and prevent future problems, while his transdisciplinary approach gathers perspectives from the humanities, law, business, and communities, ensuring socially responsible development that considers the values of the people directly impacted by it. Industries, universities, and governments around the world seek his counsel on technical and policy solutions to combat ...

Trustee, SET Entrepreneurial Trust

Bill Buckley is President and Chief Executive Officer of ShawCor Ltd. His leadership has resulted in the growth of the company from a small, Canadian-focused pipe coating business into a global leader in the energy services industry. Since Mr. Buckely joined ShawCor the company has seen a compound annual growth rate of 9.3% in revenue and 12.6% in net income. Mr. Buckley has been the driving force behind many of the programs responsible for ShawCor's success, including a rigorous strategic and business planning process, the ShawCor Manufacturing System and other programs based on best ...

Chair Of the Board Of Directors, ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED

A strategic, results driven executive with extensive expertise from more than 40 years of experience in the electricity sector. Inhis 31 year career with Ontario Hydro/ OPG, he shaped corporate direction, influenced perceptions with political and industrystakeholders, and was a catalyst of change. He provided leadership in operation performance, fiscal accountability, newbusiness relationships and strategic initiatives. He enhanced relationships with government representatives at federal,provincial and municipal levels. He has managed a range of organizations, including technology start–up ...

President & CEO, Western Hydrogen & Field Upgrading

Neil Camarta is a chemical engineer and currently President and CEO of Field Upgrading Ltd. He also co-founded and served as the CEO of Western Hydrogen Ltd. Previously, he held positions as Executive Vice President – Natural Gas at Suncor Energy, leader of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project at Shell, and Senior Vice President of Petro-Canada's oil sands business. Neil Camarta directorships includes ENMAX Corp., MindFuel and Alberta Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society. Camarta founded and heads the FSHD Canada Foundation that supports research into facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) a ...

Professor, University of Waterloo

Claudio Cañizares has done pioneering work in the field of stability analysis and control of power systems, helping electric utilities worldwide to understand and avoid stability problems in power grids. His current work with a variety of industry partners on smart grids and energy systems concentrates on the modeling, analysis and control of the users' energy demand and supply and its interactions with the overall energy system to reduce peak demand, energy consumption and overall costs, while considering the proper utilization and integration of renewable resources. He is widely ...

Professor, Henan Polytechnic University

Prof. Cao has made major contributions to clean energy and safety engineering research and practice. He is the pioneer to establish the integrated geology and engineering as a solution system to enhance energy production while eliminating safety risks and carbon emissions. He is the innovator and published the first paper on CO2-fracking that launched this field of research for sustainable energy development. He has established companies to transfer his research to field application that demonstrated his leadership in engineering innovation. He has played active roles in promoting engineering ...

CEO, Kiwetinohk Energy Corp.

Pat Carlson is an internationally respected chemical engineer and business leader contributing to many successful start-up ventures enhancing the economic security of communities and connecting Canadians from coast to coast to great opportunities in innovation and entrepreneurialism. Spending much of his career building and leading oil and gas operating companies, Pat is known for his seamless integration of environmental and entrepreneurial themes leading to transformative disruption of the status quo. Passionate about the environment and making a broader social impact, Pat works to ...

Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Power Authority

Dr. Jan Carr has significantly shaped the development of electricity systems in Canada and abroad. As an engineer, senior executive, public servant, and corporate director he has made significant contributions to the design, commercial operations and public policy framework of electricity services and infrastructure in several provinces of Canada. He has been at the forefront of initiatives in deregulating and restructuring the electricity industry.

Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Professor Victor Castañohas pioneered the surface modification of nanostructures, in particular carbon nanotubes, where some of his papers are among the most cited in literature. He has received numerous awards in Mexico and internationally and is one of the most prolific and cited Latin American scholars, with over 700 peer-reviewed articles and more than 12,500 citations. He has had academic and industrial relations with Canada for more than three decades, promoting student and faculty exchanges, starting Mexican-Canadian companies and organizing joint conferences. He is the only scientist ...

Professor, University of Alberta

Dr. Rick Chalaturnyk's renowned contributions in subsurface assurance for energy projects focus on well integrity, CO2 storage, and risk assessments to support global climate and energy goals. A leader in major international initiatives, his work shapes global best practices in carbon capture and storage (CCS). Dr. Chalaturnyk chaired the committee that developed the world's first CO2 storage standard (CSA Z741) and contributed to Alberta's CCS regulatory framework. Dr. Chalaturnyk is a distinguished researcher, entrepreneur, and SPE Distinguished Lecturer, attracting over $25M in research ...

Professor, University of New Brunswick

Dr. Chang, Professor at the University of New Brunswick, is recognized as an authority and a world leader in the field of renewable energy conversion and distributed electric power systems. His accomplishments included innovation and development of electronic power converters that enable the integration of wind energy, solar energy and marine energy systems with the electric power grid. He has created a world class research lab at UNB where he has trained new graduates as leaders in the field and he has established the Canadian Wind Energy Strategic Network, a nationwide partnership among ...