Invitation
PTAC Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada invites you to join us for this informative full-day event. Sustainable resource development and access to the resource are some of the leading challenges facing industry today. The oil and gas industry is committed to integrated resource management by managing physical footprint on the landscape and minimizing industry-based effects on species, ecosystems and ecosystem components. The challenge facing industry is to reduce impacts to all levels of biodiversity and ecological processes while continuing to develop oil and gas reserves, and to effectively restore impacted areas. At the same time, it is important that the policy and regulatory requirements governing oil and gas activity in these areas be based in science. Thus, research is needed to affect the direction of current and emerging policy and legislation.
An event highlight this year will be a keynote address from the Chancellor of the University of Calgary. She will bring the academic perspective with how innovation and integration of business can make the energy sector stronger. Oil and gas producers have in recent years invested millions of dollars in ecological related research projects to address these challenges. The broad focus areas of these projects include the role of predation in woodland caribou population declines; the effectiveness of footprint reclamation or functional restoration; the effectiveness of mitigation activities; and wildlife responses to oil and gas activity. This event will provide technical updates from the 2017 industry sponsored research that have had oversight from industry and government technical champions. The intent of projects selected through multi-stakeholder review and funded through the AUPRF program is that they may lead to changes in best practices, policy and regulations. Interspersed among the project-based presentations will be presentations related to recently identified priority issues and initiatives for the oil and gas sector.
Session 1: Caribou
Session 2: Impact of Disturbance
Session 3: Cross Cutting Technologies
Forum Partners:
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| Time | Presentation | |
| 8:30 AM | Registration, Networking, and Breakfast | |
| 9:00 AM | Opening Remarks
Soheil Asgarpour | |
| 9:10 AM | Keynote Speaker
Chancellor Deborah Yedlin, University of Calgary
Innovation and Integration of Business, Academia and the Energy Sector | |
| 9:50 AM | ERPC Committee Technical Update, Carol Engstrom, Independent | |
| 10:05 AM | Session 1: Caribou
Speakers: | |
| 10:05 AM | Laura Finnegan, fRI Research
Landscape Management in Caribou Ranges: Alternate Prey and Caribou Calf Survival | |
| 10:30 AM | Networking Break | |
| 10:45 AM | Paula Bentham, Golder Associates Ltd.
Influence of Forest Fires on Legacy Seismic Line Revegetation and on Caribou Habitat Restoration Treatment | |
| 11:10 AM | Andrew Vandenbroeck, Silvacom
Algar Caribou Habitat Restoration Project | |
| 11:35 AM | Marco Musiani, University of Calgary
Redefining Designable Units (DUs): Phase 2, Mountain and Boreal Caribou in Alberta and BC | |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00 PM | Session 2: Impact of Disturbance
Speakers: | |
| 1:00 PM | Anja Sorensen, fRI Research
Evaluation of New Grizzly Bear Genetic Scat Results with DNA Results from Hair Collection – A Test and Comparison of Population Monitoring for theFuture of Provincial Grizzly Bear Monitoring | |
| 1:25 PM | Cole Burton, UBC
Efficient Monitoring of Wildlife Responses to Seismic Line Restoration in the Algar Habitat Restoration Program | |
| 1:50 PM | Anja Sorensen, fRI Research
Grizzly Bears and Pipelines in Alberta: A Provincial Update | |
| 2:15 PM | Networking Break | |
| 2:30 PM | Session 3: Cross Cutting Technologies
Speakers: | |
| 2:30 PM | Jocelyn Gregoire, University of Alberta
Canada Warbler Response to Vegetation Structure on Recovering Energy Sector Disturbances | |
| 2:55 PM | Mark Kapfer, LOOKNorth
Development of Remote Sensing Techniques for Regional Reclamation Monitoring of Peatlands in Alberta | |
| 3:20 PM | Closing Remarks | Forum Closes | |
Early Bird-Event Fee (Nov 9):
Members: $95
Non-Members: $395
Student: $75
NGOs: $95
Pre-Event Fee (Nov 10-14):
Members: $195
Non-Members: $495
Student: $175
NGOs: $195
For information on sponsorship opportunities for this event, please see the Sponsorship Fee Package here
Contact Lorie Mayes mailto:[email protected] to discuss sponsorship.
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| Presentation | |
| Registration, Networking, and Breakfast | |
| Opening Remarks
Soheil Asgarpour | |
| Keynote Speaker
Chancellor Deborah Yedlin, University of Calgary
Innovation and Integration of Business, Academia and the Energy Sector | |
| Carol Engstrom | ERPC Committee Technical Update, Carol Engstrom, Independent | |
| Session 1: Caribou
Speakers: | |
| Laura Finnegan, fRI Research
Landscape Management in Caribou Ranges: Alternate Prey and Caribou Calf Survival | |
| Networking Break | |
| Andrew Vandenbroeck | Andrew Vandenbroeck, Silvacom
Algar Caribou Habitat Restoration Project | |
| Marco Musiani | Marco Musiani, University of Calgary
Redefining Designable Units (DUs): Phase 2, Mountain and Boreal Caribou in Alberta and BC | |
| Lunch | |
| Session 2: Impact of Disturbance
Speakers: | |
| Anja Sorensen | Anja Sorensen, fRI Research
Evaluation of New Grizzly Bear Genetic Scat Results with DNA Results from Hair Collection – A Test and Comparison of Population Monitoring for theFuture of Provincial Grizzly Bear Monitoring | |
| Anja Sorensen | Anja Sorensen, fRI Research
Grizzly Bears and Pipelines in Alberta: A Provincial Update | |
| Networking Break | |
| Session 3: Cross Cutting Technologies
Speakers: | |
| Jocelyn Gregorie | Jocelyn Gregoire, University of Alberta
Canada Warbler Response to Vegetation Structure on Recovering Energy Sector Disturbances | |
| Mark Kapfer | Mark Kapfer, LOOKNorth
Development of Remote Sensing Techniques for Regional Reclamation Monitoring of Peatlands in Alberta | |
