Full Schedule

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM MT

Full Conference Attendees Networking Breakfast

Location: Exhibit Halls D, E, and F, BMO Centre

8:00 AM – 2:00 PM MT

Registration Open

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM MT

Keynote Remarks

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM MT

Plenary Session

Location: Palomino A-H, BMO Centre

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MT

Plenary: Power Players: Insights from Canada's Top Utilities and System Operators

Location: Palomino A-H, BMO Centre

Plenary Moderator: – The Globe and Mail

Plenary Speaker: – IESO

Plenary Speaker: – AESO

Plenary Speaker: – Toronto Hydro

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM MT

Exhibit Hall Open

Location: Exhibit Halls D, E, and F, BMO Centre

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM MT

Clean Technology Investment Tax Credit: Understanding the Impact of the New Itc's in the Behind-the-meter Sales Cycle

Show Floor Speaker: – Charge Solar

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM MT

Networking Break

Location: Exhibit Halls D, E, and F, BMO Centre

10:30 AM – 4:00 PM MT

Show Floor Theatre Sessions

Location: Exhibit Halls D, E, and F, BMO Centre

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM MT

Harnessing Real-time VR Technologies for Enhanced Training and Operational Efficiency in Renewable Energy

Show Floor Speaker:

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Navigating the Future: The Evolving Landscape of Electricity Markets Across Canada

Concurrent Session Moderator: – Canadian Renewable Energy Association

Concurrent Session Speaker: – AESO

Concurrent Session Speaker: – IESO

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Raise the Roof: Scaling up Commercial and Industrial Rooftop Solar in Canada

Concurrent Session Moderator: – Cunningham Swan LLP

Concurrent Session Speaker: – AltCrest Energy

Concurrent Session Speaker: – RESCo Energy Inc.

Concurrent Session Speaker: – Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)

Concurrent Session Speaker: – SkyFire Energy Inc

11:00 AM – 3:45 PM MT

Concurrent Education Sessions

Location: Palomino A-H, BMO Centre

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

What Comes After Net-metering: How Industry Can Drive Modernization of Solar Compensation with VDER

Show Floor Speaker: – Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM MT

Alberta’s Restructured Energy Market – Long-term impacts and lessons from other markets

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM MT

Full Conference Attendees Networking Lunch

Location: Exhibit Halls D, E, and F, BMO Centre

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM MT

Solar Modelling Validation and Lessons Learned

Show Floor Speaker: – WSP

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM MT

Preventing Thermal Runaway in Battery Energy Storage Systems

Show Floor Speaker: – Honeywell Commercial Fire

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM MT

Indigenous Equity in Renewable Energy Projects: Financial Options, Legal Structures and Partnership Opportunities

Concurrent Session Moderator: – Clean Energy BC

Concurrent Session Speaker: – First Nations Major Projects Coalition

Concurrent Session Speaker: – MLT Aikins LLP

Concurrent Session Speaker: – Mi’gmawei Mawiomi Business Corporation

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM MT

Should We Join Forces? The Role of Interregional Transmission in Shaping the Future Electricity Grid

Concurrent Session Moderator: – Grid United

Concurrent Session Speaker: – Nergica

Concurrent Session Speaker: – T Eckel Consulting

Concurrent Session Speaker: – Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM MT

Ensuring the Cybersecurity & Safety of BESS Deployments

2:45 PM – 3:45 PM MT

CanREA's Policy and Markets Cross-Canada Update

Concurrent Session Moderator: – Canadian Renewable Energy Association

Concurrent Session Speaker: – Canadian Renewable Energy Association

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM MT

Electricity Resource Compensation Under a Net Zero Future

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM MT

Changing Landscapes: Evolving Environmental and Regulatory Considerations for Utility-scale Renewable Energy Projects in Canada

Show Floor Speaker: – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Show Floor Speaker: