Contribution to Networks/Conferences/Workshops

  • Session Chair and Moderator – Sept. 12-13, 2023, Session – The Enbridge Knowledge Bar, Carbon Capture Canada Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
  • Roundtable Chair and Moderator – June 13-15, 2023, Scaling and growing the hydrogen market: The challenges versus the opportunities. Global Energy Show, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Session Chair and Moderator – May 30 – June 1, 2023, The Role of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) in achieving global sustainability, particularly in managing the global carbon budget. A fringe event organized by the University of Alberta at Global Sustainable Development Congress, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
  • Session Chair – Apr. 25-27, 2023, Transport and Storage I, Canadian Hydrogen Convention, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  • Member Technical Committee – Apr. 25-27, 2023, Canadian Hydrogen Convention, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  • Session Chair and Moderator – Sept. 20-21, 2022, Session – The Pathways Alliance Knowledge Bar, Carbon Capture Canada Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
  • Session Chair and Moderator – July 24-27, 2022, Session – Agricultural Engineering 6, Canadian Society for Bioengineering, 2022 Annual General Meeting and Technical Conference, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada.
  • Session Chair and Moderator – April 26, 2022, Session – Production, Canadian Hydrogen Convention, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  • Member Technical Committee – Apr. 26-28, 2022, Canadian Hydrogen Convention, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  • Technical Expert Moderator – 13, 2022, National Partial Upgrading Committee Workshop on Roadmaps for Bitumen Use to 2050, Organized by Alberta Innovates, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  • Organizer and Chair – 17-18, 2021, ConnectH2: Sustainable and Economic – Connecting Hydrogen Technologies between Canada and Germany, Virtual in collaboration with Edmonton Global, Fraunhofer Institute Germany and Ruhr-Universität Bochum-Germany.
  • Session Chair – 14-17, 2019, for session on ‘Bioenergy and Bioproducts’ at the CSBE/SCGAB Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Technical Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Session Chair – Oct. 5-6, 2017, for session on ‘Electric Power Systems’ at the Joint Workshop – Tsinghua University – University of Alberta, Energy and Environment Program, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  • Session Moderator – Jul. 8, 2014, for session on ‘Energy and Environment’ at the 1st International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics, Aberdeen, Scotland, July 8-10, 2014.
  • Session Co-Chair – Jul. 10, 2014, for session on ‘Energy and Environment’ at the 1st International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics, Aberdeen, Scotland, July 8-10, 2014.
  • Session Moderator – Oct. 17, 2012, for two sessions on ‘Carbon capture and sequestration’ at the 62nd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Vancouver, BC, Oct. 14-17, 2012.
  • Session Moderator – Oct. 14, 2012, for session on ‘Feedstocks, Preparation and Pre-treatment’ at the 62nd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Vancouver, BC, Oct. 14-17, 2012.
  • Session Moderator – Sept. 4, 2012, for session on ‘Solar Energy II’ at the 11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sept. 2-5, 2012.
  • Session Organizer and Moderator – Dec. 1, 2011, for session on ‘Reality check: At what scale can we supply biorefineries by 2030’ at the 3rd Annual Biorefining Conversions Network Strategic Retreat, Banff, AB, Canada, Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, 2011.
  • Session Organizer and Moderator – Aug. 8, 2011 session on ‘Heat and Power Generation from Biomass’ organized by Renewable Power Generation Committee (SE-414), Structures and Environment Division, at the American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, August 7-10, 2011.
  • Session Moderator – Nov. 9, 2010, for session on ‘Biomass Pre-processing’ at the 2nd Annual Biorefining Conversions Network Strategic Retreat, Lake Louise, AB, Canada, Nov. 7-9, 2010.
  • Session Co-Chair – Oct. 27, 2010, for session on ‘CO2 Capture and Sequestration Symposium’ at the 60th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Oct. 25-27, 2010.
  • Session Moderator – Jun. 23, 2010, for session on ‘Heat and Power Generation from Renewable Energy’ at the American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual Meeting, David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, June 20-23, 2010.
  • Session Moderator – Jun. 15, 2010, for session on ‘Section IV Combustion and GHG’ at the XVIIth World Congress Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Convention Center, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, June 13-17, 2010.
  • Session Moderator – Jun. 24, 2009, for session on ‘Heat and Power Generation from Renewable Energy’ at the American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual Meeting, Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, NV, USA, June 21-24, 2009.
  • Session Moderator – Oct. 31, 2007, for two sessions on ‘Biomass Energy and Technologies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction’ and ‘GHG Modeling and Analysis and Technologies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction’ at the 57th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Oct. 28-31, 2007.
  • Session Moderator – Jun. 20, 2007, for session on ‘Heat and Power Generation from Biomass’ at the American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual Meeting, Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA, June 16-20, 2007.
  • Session Organizer – Jul. 2006 – Jun. 2007, for sessions on ‘Heat and Power Generation from Biomass’ and ‘Current Issues in Renewable Power Generation’, organized by Renewable Power Generation Committee (SE-414), Structures and Environment Division, at the American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, July 17-20, 2007.
  • Session Moderator – Jul. 17, 2006, for two sessions on ‘Biofuels and Energy-1A’ and ‘Biofuels and Energy-2A’ at the Canadian Society of Bioengineering (CSBE/SCGAB) Annual Conference at Fantasyland Hotel, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 16-19, 2006.
  • Member – for Local Arrangements Committee for the Canadian Society of Bioengineering (CSBE/SCGAB) Annual Conference at Fantasyland Hotel, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 16-19, 2006.
  • Session Moderator – Jul. 12, 2006, for session on ‘Biomass for Heat and Power Generation’ at the American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual Meeting, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon, USA, July 9-12, 2006.