Our next Café will happen on Tuesday April 22nd, from 6:30-7:30pm at at the Railway Club on 579 Dunsmuir St. Join us for a friendly discussion lead by our guest speaker Dr. James Olsen on the emerging BC forest bio-economy. Title: The emerging BC forest bio-economy: What does Origami have to do with bio-materials? Abstract: The presentation will […]
Our next Café will happen on Tuesday March 11th, from 6:30-7:30pm at at the Railway Club on 579 Dunsmuir St. Join us for a friendly discussion lead by our guest speaker on achieving sustainable waste management practices through production of biogas from municipal organic waste to fuel waste collection vehicles, a project in development at […]
Dear friends of the Biorenwables Café, Our next Café will happen on Tuesday January 21st, from 5:30-7pm at at the Railway Club on 579 Dunsmuir St. In this café, Chris Bush will lead a friendly, informal discussion on sustainable agriculture through biorefineries. A sustainability pioneer from Abbotsford, Chris took the first anaerobic digester for agriculture in British […]
Dear friends of Biorenewables Cafe, We are pleased to announce that Toby Reid, Founder and CEO of Solegear Bioplastics, a Vancouver-based advanced material start-up company has agreed to share his experience with us on technology development and starting a technology-based start-up company in Vancouver. Title: “Adventures in Advanced Materials: What You Need To Know About […]
Dear friends of Biorenewables Cafe, We hope everyone had a great summer! Yes, Biorenewables Cafe is now back in full speed, and we are delighted to host Professor Gary Bull, the Professor of Forest Economics and Forest Policy at the University of British Columbia for our first Cafe after a long summer break. Gary has kindly […]
Dear friends of the Biorenewables Cafe, We are excited to invite you to our next Biorenewables Cafe on May 27. This month’s talk will feature Dr. Alex Skyba, a post-doctoral fellow from the University of British Columbia. He will share with us his research on fungal degradation of woody biomass. This is an important step […]
Dear friends of Biorenewables Cafe, Our next Biorenewables Cafe will feature a talk by Darcy Quinn, director of Business Development, Nexterra Systems Corp. We will have the Cafe on Tuesday, April 9 at 6:30 pm at the Railway Club. Abstract : Technology won’t save us. The need to explore new business models in bioenergy Conversion technology is […]
Dear friends of Biorenewables Cafe, We are excited to announce that the Biorenewables Cafe will feature a talk by Dr. Sergios Karatzos, a post-doctoral fellow with the Forest Product Biotechnology/ Bioenergy Group at UBC. Sergios will share his perspective on drop in biofuels. We will have the Cafe on Monday, March 18 at 6:30 pm at […]
Our next Biorenewables Cafe will be on February 12th at the Railway Club from 6:30pm-8:00pm. The speaker for the evening will be Paul Torriero, Chief Executive Office at Highbury Energy. Abstract: Producing a successful business from early stage has its challenges. The fact that your company is producing green, sustainable energy or products, puts you now into an interesting […]
Our first Biorenewables Cafe of 2013 will on Tuesday, January 8t at the Railway Club. Hope you can join us from 6-8 pm to network and learn about S2G Biochemical’s technology from MarK Kirby, CEO. Abstract: S2G Biochemicals Inc is a North Vancouver based cleantech startup with strong roots in the Pacific Northwest. With a proven […]
