7:30AM to 8:30AM

Continental Breakfast

11:30AM to 11:45AM

Welcome/Introductions (SaskFlax)

8:30AM to 9:00AM

Welcome: Dr. Marc Fortin, Assistant Deputy Minister, AAFC

9:00AM to 9:15PM

Opening Remarks: Honourable George Groeneveld - Minister of Agriculture and Food, Province of Alberta

9:15AM to 12:30PM

Presentations of Current Thinking

9:15AM to 9:45PM

World Science and Innovation Overview – Linda Braun, Adrien Pilon, Alvin Ulrich

9:45AM to 10:05PM

Quality Feedstock Production – Lyle Simonson, Swift Current Farmer

10:05AM to 10:25PM

Lanaupole: A new producer business model – Gilles Gagné, Jollette, Quebec

10:25AM to 10:45PM

Coffee Break

10:45AM to 11:05PM

How Can Processing Help Fibres Meet Market Needs? Joe Hogue, Schweitzer-Mauduit

11:05AM to 11:25PM

State of the Art-Status of Bio-Fibres in Canada 2006 – Christine Paquette, CIC

11:25AM to 11:45PM

Getting Value from Every Fibre: Making the Most of Alberta’s Lignocellulose Resource - Alberta's Fibre Roadmap - Daphne Cheel, Alberta Life Sciences Institute

11:45AM to 12:05PM

Environmental and Sustainability Issues – Ariella Eini, Markets Initiative

12:05PM to 12:30PM

Lunch Break

12:30PM to 1:30PM

Lunch Speaker: Consumer Perspectives - Sven Anders, University of Alberta

1:30PM to 3:30PM

Industry Panel: Current and Future Needs - Moderator: Trevor Kloeck, Alberta Government

1:30PM to 2:15PM

Green Building Materials – Moderator Bill Hunter; Speakers: Dale Legare – Above Board Technologies, Gary Neuman - Plant Fibre Technologies

2:15PM to 3:00PM

Transportation Materials – Moderator Bill Hunter; Speakers: Hamdy Khalil – Woodbridge Group, Gordon Surgeoner – BioAuto

3:00PM to 3:15PM

Coffee Break

3:15PM to 4:00PM

Textiles – Moderator Linda Braun; Speakers: Gérard Scheubel – Texel

4:00PM to 5:00PM

Other Products and Chemical/Polymers/Resins – Moderator Linda Braun; Speakers: Randy Goodfellow – ENSYN, Ken Naber – Biofibre Industries, Yaman Boluk – ARC

5:00PM to 5:15PM

Summary / Next day's agenda / Closing Remarks - Leah Soroka, AAFC

Evening

Wine and Cheese

7:30AM to 8:30AM

Continental Breakfast

8:30AM to 9:00AM

Summary of yesterday’s progress; today’s agenda. Moderator: Adrien Pilon, NRC

9:00AM to 10:00AM

Workshop: Exploration of Prospective Futures for Bio-Fibres - Participants explore challenges, opportunities and leverage points from scenarios and systems maps developed by previous 2007 Working Group sessions. – Led by Arden Brummell and Brian Woodward, GBN

10:00AM to 10:15AM

Coffee Break

10:15AM to 12:15PM

Workshop: Manoeuvring to the Desired Future - Groups build on challenges / opportunities / levers to identify actions and strategies to move the bio-fibre industry toward a “good future” such as the "Magic Tapestry" scenario. – Led by Arden Brummell & Brian Woodward, GBN

12:15PM to 1:15PM

Lunch Break

1:15PM to 2:45PM

Workshop: Focusing on Specific Product Priorities and Actions – Groups clarify the value chain, identify key challenges and leverage points for action to create a viable product sector. Five areas of focus: green building materials, transportation materials, textiles, chemicals / polymers / resins and other products (energy, food, etc.) - Led by Arden Brummell & Brian Woodward, GBN

2:45PM to 3:00PM

Coffee Break

3:00PM to 3:45PM

Groups present results on specific product area action plans – Led by Arden Brummell, GBN

3:45PM to 4:00PM

Next Steps & Closing Remarks – Leah Soroka, AAFC