Abstracts for the presentations can be found on the Presentation Abstracts page
8:00 a.m.
Registration and Networking
8:45 a.m.
Welcome Address
David Cotsman A&WMA OVC Chair
8:50 a.m.
Regulatory Landscape for the Major Cannabis Production Hubs in Canada
Richard Butler
Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
9:15 a.m.
Integrating Cannabis into the Economic Accounts
Ian Donegan
Statistics Canada
9:40 a.m.
The Cannabis Industry: A Survey of Environmental Impacts, Challenges and Opportunities
Jens Schmarbeck
Aurora
10:05 a.m.
The Cannabis Industry & Waste Management – from Seed to Sale and Everything in Between
Valerie Roux
Hexo Corp
10:30 a.m.
Coffee and Networking Break
10:50 a.m.
Solid Waste Management – Composting Cannabis waste
Paul Larouche
BROME Compost Inc.
11:15 a.m.
Sustainable Water and Solids Management Practices for Cannabis Growers
Kevin Bossy
Bishop Water Technologies
11:40 a.m.
Phosphorus Management in Wastewater
Sydney Omelon
McGill University
12:05 p.m.
Lunch and Networking
A&WMA Ontario Section Address
Brian Bobbie
CHAR Technologies Ltd. / Ontario Section Chair
1:00 p.m.
Odour Assessment and Management Speaker Panel
Moderated by Adam Quipp
O2e
Cultivating Odour Management - What's in the Air?
Charles McGinley
McGinley Associates, P.A. St. Croix Sensory Inc.
Does anyone else small skunk?
Kevin Jameson
PureAir Filtration
Environmental Assessments
Q&A
Martin Gauthier
RWDI
2:25 p.m.
Coffee and Networking Break
2:45 p.m.
Energy and GHG Management - Speaker Panel
Moderated by Adam Quipp
O2e
Discussion of electricity demand, onsite generation, emission recirculation, and farm vs. industrial permitting
Q & A
Valerie Roux
Hexo
Jens Schmarbeck
Aurora
3:45 p.m.
Wrap Up
Q & A and Open Discussion
Moderated by David Cotsman
A&WMA OVC Chair
4:15 p.m.
Adjourn