ONSEP 2018 Workshop Programme
Submitted by James Gaede on Tue, 04/17/2018 - 09:18Monday, 23 April
4:00pm: Check in and registration
5:00-6:00pm: Opening meeting & keynote (Conference Room)
Brendan Haley. Dalhousie. The politics and public administration of low-carbon transition organizations
6:00-7:00pm: Reception & social (Amelia’s Garden)
7:00pm: Dinner
Tuesday, 24 April (all sessions in Conference Room)
7:00-8:30am: Breakfast (Amelia’s Garden)
9:00-10:30am: Energy transitions (Chair: James Meadowcroft)
- James Gaede & Ian Rowlands. Waterloo. A Canadian energy storage activity database.
- Susan Wyse. York. Barriers to the adoption of heat pump technology in Ontario.
- Hassan Qudrat-Ullah. KFUPM/York. Understanding the dynamics of stocks and flows of energy systems and energy policy.
10:30-11:00am: Break
11:00-12:00pm: Transport (Chair: Stephen Hill)
- Shahab Shokrzadeh, Mark Winfield, & Afshin Rezaei-Zare. York. The Role of Charging Infrastructure to Support Market Adoption of Electric Vehicles: A Study of Technical Challenges and Policy Options
- Randall Wigle. Laurier. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in transport.
12:00-1:00pm: Lunch (Amelia’s Garden)
1:00-2:30pm: Community energy (Chair: James Gaede)
- Kirby Calvert. Guelph. Community energy planning in Ontario
- Alexandra Mallett, Craig Merrett & Nathalin Moy. Carleton. Under Whose Authority? Re-examining interactions within renewable energy projects and processes in Eastern Ontario.
- Scott Harbinson, York. Canada's Energy and Land Use Regimes and their Impacts on Community Energy Planning.
3:30-6:00pm: Meet at parking lot to carpool to craft brewery tour & tasting (optional). Nominal additional cost.
7:00pm: Dinner (Amelia’s Garden)
Wednesday, 25 April
7:00-8:30am: Breakfast (Amelia’s Garden)
9:00-10:30am: Energy resources and development (Chair: Don Dewees)
- Andrew Green. U of Toronto. Canadian Energy Regulators, The Duty to Consult and the Courts
- Carol Hunsberger. Western. Energy justice and the Line 9 pipeline.
- Jennifer McKellar & E. Diependaal. UOIT. The Need for Sustainability Thinking in Ring of Fire Developments.
10:30-11:00am: Break
11:00-12:30pm: Energy resources and development II (Chair: Stephen Hill)
- Richard Hendriks & Bryan Karney. U of Toronto. Leveraging renewal of existing hydropower to meet Canada’s greenhouse gas commitments.
- Amir Hakami, Burak Oztaner, Marjan Soltanzadeh, Shunliu Zhao, and Amanda Pappin. Carleton. Evaluation of Coal Phase-out in Ontario and Alberta.
- Aman Chahal. Carleton. Evaluating Ontario’s low-carbon policy framework for electricity.
12:30-1:30pm: ONSEP working lunch; Prospects/next steps discussion (Conference Room)
1:30pm onwards: Departure