Leading Canadian, American experts to meet at UOIT for workshop on production of hydrogen from non-fossil sources

Industry and academia leaders will share expertise and developments

OSHAWA, ON. - Leading industry and academia hydrogen experts from across Canada and the U.S. will share their incredible wealth of expertise and discuss the latest in research and development, when the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) hosts a Canadian Hydrogen Association workshop on campus next week.

Among the topics of discussion at the Hydrogen Production from Non-Fossil Sources workshop will be the production of hydrogen from wind, solar, biomass and nuclear. The afternoon session features a keynote address by Dr. Alastair Glass, deputy minister of the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation. The daylong event will also feature a number of leading researchers from UOIT, Queen's University and the University of Waterloo, an industry panel discussion and a networking event highlighted by the launch of Dr. David Sanborn Scott's new book, Smelling Land: The Hydrogen Defense Against Climate Catastrophe.

In addition to UOIT, other sponsors of the workshop include the Durham Strategic Energy Alliance, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and Air Liquide. Dr. Kamiel Gabriel, associate provost of Research at UOIT, is a co-organizer of the workshop and a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Hydrogen Association.

When:
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Who:

• Dr. Richard Marceau, Dr. Kamiel Gabriel, Dr. Marc Rosen, Dr. Greg Naterer, Dr. Ibrahim Dincer, Dr. Peter Berg, and Dr. Brad Easton, UOIT;
• Dr. Alastair Glass, deputy minister, Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation;
• Dr. John McLaughlin, president, Canadian Academy of Engineering;
• Michael Angemeer, chair, Durham Strategic Energy Alliance and president and CEO, Veridian Corporation;
• Dr. Michelle Lewis, lead scientist, Argonne National Labs, U.S.;
• Graham Campbell, panel secretary and director general, Office of Energy Research and Development, Natural Resources Canada;
• Dr. Matthew Fairlie, director, Fairfield Group Inc.;
• Dr. Romney Duffey, principal scientist, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River Laboratories;
• Dr. Satyen Baindur, president, Ottawa Policy Research Associates, Inc.;
• Ontario university professors and researchers; and
• Several representatives from leading industry organizations.

Where:

UOIT Science Building, Room 1120
2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON

Parking:

Enter off Simcoe Street North and proceed to the Founders 1 parking lot.

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