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Committees
To ensure the BQNC is providing relevant information to the agricultural biomass industry, it is governed by a steering committee of experts. In addition, there are three sub-committees, Bioenergy, Biomaterials and Biorefining, that provide support to the BQNC’s activities.
Steering Committees
Murray
McLaughlin
Director and Chairperson
McLaughlin Consulting
Advisor
Donald Smith,
Director,
McGill University
President
France Brunelle,
Observer,
Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation de Québec
Biotechnology Scientific Advisor
Jeff Kraynyk,
Director
Manitoba Agriculture
Leader - Industry Development
Josip Novkovic,
Director,
CSA Group
Program Manager, Fuels and Applications
Lori-Jo Graham
Director,
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Program Lead,
Biomaterials
Alvin Ulrich,
Director,
Biolin Research Inc.
President
Nathalie
Legros
Director
National Research Council Canada
Program Leader, Industrial Biomaterials Flagship
Anita
Gilmer
Observer
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Innovation and Growth Policy Division, Strategic Policy Branch Division
Tam Tekle
Director
TTS
President
Bioenergy Sub-Committee
Ataullah Khan
Mohammed
Sub-Committee Lead
InnoTech Alberta
Dennis St. George
SandGEO
Harvey Chorney
Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institue (PAMI)
Joy Agnew
Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institue (PAMI)
Naresh Thevathasan
University of Guelph
Sabnem Madrali
Natural Resources Canada
Stephane Gauthier
Biovalco Inc.
Victor Cheng
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Anahita Jami
CSA Group
Biomaterials Sub-Committee
Alvin Ulrich
Sub-Committee Lead
Biolin Research Inc.
Mahendra Thimmanagari
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Byron James
InnoTech Alberta
Minh-Tan Ton-That
National Research Council Research
Jianbo Lu
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
John Wolodko
University of Alberta
Oliver Lalonde
Nathalie Legros
National Research Council Canada
Tam Tekle
TTS
Biorefining Sub-Committee
Ray Bergstra
Chair
Sub-Committee Co-Lead
MTN Consulting Associates
Stu Porters
Chair
Sub-Committee Co-Lead
Biofuels Consulting Canada
Baoling Chen
Lambton College
Bridgette Duniece
Permolex Ltd.
David Bressler
University of Alberta
Donald Smith
MacDonald College, Agriculture Campus, McGill University
CEO of BioFuelNet Canada - managing Biomasse Canada Cluster
Donna Fleury
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Jean-Michel Lavoie
Université de Sherbrooke
Murray McLaughlin
McLaughlin Consulting
Affiliations
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