Panel: Growing Geothermal Industrial Opportunities
Webinar Panel Event Hosted by Terrapin Geothermics
Feb. 11, 2021
12:00 - 1:00 pm MT
What makes geothermal energy the renewable to capitalize on today? A panel of industry and academia offers their perspectives.
This panel will highlight economic and energy diversification opportunities, and geothermal project development, with an intended audience of students, workers in the energy sector wanting to make a career change, Alberta municipal and provincial government officials.
About
In a transforming economic and environmental climate, the world looks to clean energy for innovation and development. For Northwestern Alberta, geothermal energy is a key component for economic and energy diversification and for growing this region as an industrial hub.
Join Terrapin and Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) in a conversation about what geothermal energy is, why it is the Northwestern renewable resource of today, and how it can be developed. This webinar features a panel discussion and live Q&A surrounding current and future opportunities, visions for a green energy sector, and how industry can prepare for this new energy future.
See you there! #GrowingGeo
Panel:
Dr. Catherine Hickson, P.Geo. - Chief Geologist of Terrapin Geothermics
Dr. Catherine Hickson, P.Geo, is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable geothermal specialists in Canada. She has been in the industry for almost forty years, spending much of her career in research and innovation related to geothermal energy, followed by ten years in industry working for publicly traded companies. She is experienced in exploration and development of both low and high temperatures systems, ORC and Flash technologies, and heat exchangers for direct use. In addition to her technical and development knowledge of geothermal, she is an experienced and accomplished administrator and senior executive with significant multidisciplinary project management experience. She wields significant subject-matter expertise in geothermal exploration (greenfield), well field exploration and expansion (brownfield), well testing and reservoir management, in addition to science and technical management, community and government relations, risk analysis, and administration.
Marc Colombina - VP of Operations of Terrapin Geothermics
Marc Colombina oversees the management, logistics and procurement for Terrapin’s projects, including the Alberta No. 1 Geothermal Project. Active in strategic planning for Terrapin and the development of its internal processes, Marc conducts all project management activities while remaining aligned with the vision, commitments, and goals of the organization. Beyond project and resource management, Marc maintains Terrapin’s relationships with the various Federal, Provincial, and non-government granting and tax credit organizations while also assisting with lobbying and policy development.
Dr. Robert (Bob) Murray - President & CEO of Grande Prairie Regional College
Dr. Murray has positioned GPRC has an innovative, student-centred and future-focused post-secondary institution since joining the college. In addition to his President and CEO role at GPRC, he serves as the Vice-Chair, Advocacy and Stakeholder relations for the Council of Post-Secondary Presidents of Alberta (COPPOA) and the Chair of the Alberta Colleges Economic Recovery Taskforce. In the spring of 2020, he was appointed to the Guiding Coalition overseeing the Government of Alberta’s Alberta 2030: Building Skills for Jobs system-wide review of Alberta’s post-secondary education sector. He also serves as the Chair of the Government of Manitoba’s Working Group for the Winnipeg Metro Region.
Moderator:
Dr. Andrew Dunlop - Director, Research and Innovation of Grande Prairie Regional College
Dr. Andrew Dunlop guides applied research and innovation activities and supports at GPRC. He is a geographer who has taught extensively in the areas of natural hazard and risk, natural resources, and western Canadian geography. He has a strong research interest in economic system interaction with physical landscapes, primarily the adoption and spatial diffusion of local land use innovations. His past ten years in higher education have been in administrative roles related to student experiential and project-based learning, community engaged teaching and research, and research services. His current work at GPRC focuses on building long term applied research and innovation supports that closely align with the key economic interests of northwest Alberta.