We would like to update you on upcoming events that have been postponed, cancelled, or changed to a webinar due to COVID-19. We hope you are all staying safe and healthy during this difficult time.
APEGA Calgary Branch Luncheon (Webinar)
Thurs. March 26, 2020
12:00-1:00pm
Pioneering Alberta's first conventional geothermal energy facility, Terrapin Geothermics explores the electrical grid benefits, regulatory regime, value additions, and environmental and economic impacts of developing a geothermal project. Through a webinar hosted by APEGA Calgary, speakers Sean Collins, Dan Fipke, and Katie Huang will walk through unlocking geothermal development in Alberta
This event is now being held as a free webinar. Please register by Mar. 25.
Clean Energy BC Lunch + Learn:
Postponed to Jun 9, 2020
This lunch and learn about Canada's geothermal future has been postponed tentatively to June 9, 2020. Organizers will be updating the new schedule soon.
WGC2020: Postponed to May 21-26, 2021
WGC organizers have stated:
"We will strive towards ensuring the Congress program will have only minimal revisions and all the speakers will retain their already allocated slots and all the sponsors and exhibitors will maintain their chosen locations in Harpa and all non-technical events will maintain their designated times and venues."
GeoConvention 2020: Postponed to
Aug. 31- Sept. 2, 2020
New dates have been confirmed with all sessions and presentations to be carried over. Instructions have been sent to authors/presenters.
Joint GRC-SPE Workshop on High Temperature Well Cementing: Postponed to Sept. 14-16, 2020
After careful consideration, and with great sadness, the GRC and SPE have made the decision to reschedule the Joint GRC/SPE High-Temperature Well Cementing Workshop, from its original schedule on March 30 – April 1, 2020.
The new meeting dates are Monday September 14th to Wednesday 16th, 2020. The venue in San Diego has not changed.
All registration fees and sponsorships will be transferred to the rescheduled workshop dates.
Hotel: The Wyndham will cancel all existing reservations in our room block for March/April dates and will send us a new booking link for room reservations for the September dates next week.
Cermak7: Postponed to May 2021
The 7th International Meeting on Heat Flow and the Geothermal Field in Potsdam, Germany has been postponed to from May 2020 to May 2021.
Other News
Clean Technology Targeted Regulatory Review Engagement Session
NRCan's Clean Technology Targeted Regulatory Review engagement session took place February 12, 2020, in Vancouver, BC.
The session provided NRCan with valuable insights regarding the ways in which the federal government can address regulatory barriers and support clean technology innovation and competitiveness.
NRCan will be sharing the proposals that participants provided provided with other lead departments across the federal government so that additional analysis can be undertaken. For proposals that are determined to be within the scope of the review, a course of action will be outlined in the Regulatory Roadmap for Clean Technology, which will be published in Fall 2020/Winter 2021.
For more information, please contact Ali Wagner at alexandra.wagner@canada.ca.