Derya is emerging as one of the top technical and business minds driving renewable energy entrepreneurship based in Canada. Mr. Yinanc has a background in physics, electrical engineering, international business and investment banking, is a graduate of the IMBA program at the Schulich Business School at York University in Toronto and a graduate of master of engineering program of University of Alberta. Derya conducted research on solid state physics and astrophysics while studying at Rutgers University, NJ and was a founding and managing member of four high tech ventures in Information Technology (IT) field. In the last few years he focused on bringing technological and business innovation tackling diverse challenges plaguing humanity such as the climate change, and resultant food and water shortages all around the world. Lastly, he was the President of Gaia Shakti Group, a cutting edge renewable energy firm that established the largest ethanol feedstock trial in Western Canada in collaboration with First Nations.

Paul is an active researcher studying fundamental electromagnetics, power transmission, high voltage electronics, biomass energy, hydrogen production, alternative fuels, hydrodynamics, noble gas chemistry, fluid mechanics, biochemistry and plasma physics. Previously Paul was a vibrant member of the internet revolution, acting as a founding member and Chief Technical Officer of iStockphoto. He also worked as a senior internet application designer for Webcore Labs / Evolvs. Paul has spent the last few years creating Aurea Media Inc, a leading CD / DVD replication house in Calgary Alberta.

Independent Businessman, Director and Advisor to companies in the Energy Industry, Technology Industry and Provincial Government. Garry has over 35 years of experience building and developing global businesses in Energy, Petrochemicals and Infrastructure. He has held senior positions with Toromont Energy Systems (President and CEO), Husky Energy (Vice President of Oil Sands and Heavy Oil), Mancal Corporation (Senior Vice President Business Development), TransCanada Pipelines (President), Amoco Corporation (Senior Vice President), Dome Petroleum (General Manager), General Crude Oil (Engineering Manager) and Texaco Exploration Canada Ltd. (Engineering).

Garry is a Director of Badger Daylighting, Greenfields Petroleum Corporation, Translang Technologies, Alberta Economic Development Authority, University of Calgary Social Sciences Faculty, and the Friends of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.

He also advises Oil and Gas companies and Technology companies from start-ups to developed companies, on financing and strategy, technology evaluations and tactics to develop their products and projects.

Many years in key roles for industrial and natural resource developments. Main disciplines of practice are engineering geology and geotechnical engineering. Projects include large civil projects, industrial projects, natural resource developments, northern development, oil sands and mining developments.

In recent years works as an independent advisor to natural resource developments and to consultants. Main areas of expertise include site exploration and evaluation, development planning, extraction and upgrading process selection, tailings management, reclamation and closure, due diligence reviews, expert witness in litigation.

Public service experience include President of APPEGGA (1994-1995), President of Canadian Geotechnical Society (1984-1986), President of APPEGGA Education Foundation (2007-2008) and Founding member of Alberta Economic Development Council (1995-1997).

Bob is a Professor in the Strategy and Global Management(SGMA) and Business and Environment(BSEN) areas. He has been teaching at the Haskayne School of Business since 1973. He received his BA(Mathematics) from St. Vincent College(Latrobe, Pa.), BS in Mechanical-Industrial from University of Notre Dame, MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, and PhD in Business Administration from The Ohio State University. Bob is currently the Academic Director for the Petroleum Land Management concentration. Prior to joining Haskayne, Bob was Education Director for Management Horizons Data Systems in Columbus, Ohio. He has taught Strategic Decision-Making for MBAs as an Adjunct Professor for Mendoza College of Business at University of Notre Dame.

Bob teaches the capstone senior Business Strategy course for undergraduate students, Management Education for doctoral students, first-week intensive Strategy course for EMBAs, major project management course for EMBAs, and executive education programs. Bob particular areas of research interest include time management, telework, manager as coach, and the future environment of business.

Bob is currently researching virtual work and telework in Calgary, a continuation of his previous research. Bob's work has been published in Growing the Virtual Workplace: The Integrative Value Proposition for Telework by Verbeke, Schulz, Greidanus, Hambley , a book published by Edward Elgar in 2008. He has won 21 outstanding teaching and student service awards and has been named to 7 Who's Who publications.

Bob coached undergraduate student intercollegiate competition teams to 73 national championships and ranked #1 or #2 overall for 31 consecutive years, won 2 world-level undergraduate titles, and won 3 world-level MBA championships. In his spare time he enjoys golf.

Independent businessman, and advisor to companies in the energy industries. Various ventures over the last 35 years have included starting new companies, Board of Director /advisor involvement, technical/strategic guidance, and investment, management, and technical roles.

George is a founder, Director, and Chairman of Mosaic Energy, a private Calgary oil & gas company active in horizontal well resource developments in Alberta and currently producing 4000+ Boe/d. Mosaic followed Grid Resources where George was the President, Chairman and CEO, and Stellarton Energy, Stellarton Resources, and SGS Limited partnership where he was a director and COO. Other companies founded during this time frame included Advanced NPD (Oil Tools and Compression), and Absolute Engineering.

He is a director and former Chairman of Simmax Corp, a private Edmonton conglomerate with subsidiaries (ADCO Power Ltd., ADCO North, Simson-Maxwell) active in design, construction, service and sales of powerplants and related equipment in Canada, as well as in domestic and international construction projects. He is also a director of Canfrac Sands, a private frac sand mining and processing operation northeast of Lloydminster that began production spring of 2008.

Previous employment included various engineering, troubleshooting, and managerial roles at Aquitaine, Canadian Hunter, and American Hunter.

Robert Peterson has over 30 years experience in the oil and gas industry, managing international exploration, asset development, and R&D programs. He has held senior management positions at Mobil, ExxonMobil, IBM and Schlumberger. He currently leads the North American Oil and Gas practice for Charles River Associates as well as running his own technology advisory firm.

Mr. Peterson holds a BA in Physics from Carleton College, an MSEE from Michigan, and an MBA from Southern Methodist University, and is named as the principle inventor on 6 patents related to exploration and imaging methods.

He advises oil and gas technology companies, from start-ups to majors, on financing and product strategy, market positioning as well as on effective management of the innovation process from inception to monetization, and partnering strategies. He is currently advising a number of clients on oil sands and tight gas on technology and business strategies, and has assisted 6 oil and gas technology firms in successful launch in the past 5 years.

A Senior Executive with over 40 years of experience serving both private and public sector organizations, Allen recently retired from the Coal Association of Canada after 10 years as its President and CEO to form Wright Strategic Counsel Inc. This new firm offers services in corporate leadership and governance, stakeholder/government relations planning and implementation, program re-engineering, communications and investor relations, marketing, project management and team building.

As the leader at the Coal Association of Canada, Allen established the Association as the voice for coal in Canada. He was instrumental in re-engineering the Association to ensure its long term viability by significantly increasing membership and by organizing six successful and highly profitable international coal conferences. As President, Allen led industry delegations before government committees, acting as spokesperson.

Prior to joining the Coal Association, Allen was President and a Principal of PGA Communications Inc., a full service public affairs consulting practice, which he co-founded in Calgary, Alberta in 1993. Before establishing PGA Communications, he directed the government relations efforts for Dome Petroleum and Amoco Canada (now BP Canada) and was a member of the external affairs team with Imperial Oil. He began his public affairs career in 1975 serving as a senior member on the staff of two Federal Cabinet Ministers in Ottawa.

A winner of the CIM Coal Award in 2010, Allen was also the recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medals and the Queen’s Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation. He has also served on the Board of Directors of a number of organizations including the Mining Association of British Columbia and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.

Ted is a partner in the Intellectual Property Group of Bennett Jones LLP. He holds a BSc. in Microbiology and an LLB from the University of Alberta. He specializes in patent procurement for clients primarily in the energy and pharmaceutical industries. Ted teaches patent law at the Faculty of Law at the U of A, and is a member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, Licensing Executives Society and Association of University Technology Managers. He also sits on the board of The Arthritis Society, Edmonton Korean Community Centre Foundation and Scottish United Soccer Club.

Dr. Abedi earned his M.A. Sc. and Ph.D. from University of Toronto and B.Sc. from Abadan Institute of Technology, Iran.

Dr. Abedi is an associate professor with department of chemical enginering of University of Calgary. Dr. Abedi works on issues relating to energy and environment. His areas of expertise are phase behaviour of heavy oils/solvents, renewable energy, biomass/waste gasification and pyrolysis, biofuel production, and hazardous air pollutant removal. He is currently conducting research studies on biomass pyrolysis and solvent solubility in bitumen and phase behaviours. His research work involves the use of high performance computing and modeling.

Dr. Adamovich is a professor in the department of aerospace and mechanical engineering of Ohio State University. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from Ohio State University. He is author of over 300 papers and a speaker in over 40 talks.

Dr. Adamovich's research interests focuses on generation of stable high-pressure nonequilibrium plasmas, novel plasma chemical synthesis, plasma assisted combustion, kinetics of gases, plasmas, and liquids at extreme thermodynamic disequilibrium, high-speed flow control by plasmas, and nonequilibrium MHD flows.

Paul retired as Director of Fuel Supply for TransAlta Utilities on January 1, 2006. This was a position that he held for the fourteen years. In this capacity, he was responsible for operations of the TransAlta’s Alberta coal mines, research of solid fuel technologies, and due diligence on new coal opportunities. In January 2006, he formed Ripley Canyon Resources in order to provide consulting services to the energy industry

Mr. Clark holds a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering and a M.Sc. in Mineral Industry Management from the University of Alaska. His education in the mining area started in 1962 and he graduated from The Haileybury School of Mines in 1964.

His career of over forty years has included senior positions in engineering, operations and consulting. He is a Fellow with the Canadian Institute of Mining and Petroleum, a professional engineer in Alberta (retired), a former Director and member of the executive of the Alberta Chamber of Resources, and a past Director of Science Alberta Foundation. He was TransAlta’s technical representative on the Canadian Clean Power Coalition, and was a Trustee and Clean Carbon Champion for Alberta Energy Research Institute’s EnergyINet.

On the basis of his efforts to further the development of clean coal, he was the 2005 recipient of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Petroleum’s the Coal Award.

Dr. Harding earned his Ph.D. from University of Alberta, and M.Sc. as well as B.Sc. degrees from University of Calgary.

Dr. Harding joined the University of Calgary's Schulich School of Engineering in January 2004 after a 28 year career in the petroleum industry. He has varied engineering experience related to heavy oil, conventional oil and gas production operations both domestic and international. His main areas of research interest are in:

• Advanced oil recovery including methods for heavy oil and oil sands extraction and enhanced recovery of conventional oil. Current research focuses on optimization of the steam-assisted gravity drainage process (SAGD) including optimization of well arrangements and use of additives to steam to reduce energy consumption and environmental impact of the process.
• Management of produced water associated with oil and gas recovery operations. This work emphasizes minimization of fresh water usage for hydrocarbon recovery and beneficial reuse and recycling of produced water. Current work is focused on removal of organic contaminants in produced water from thermal oil recovery operations.

Andrew Hessel is a human enzyme catalyzing useful reactions in the biological space. As co-chair of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology at Singularity University, a fellow at the University of Ottawa Institute for Science, Society, and Policy, and a life science entrepreneur, Andrew helps organizations better understand the changes ahead made possible by fast, inexpensive genetic engineering, while also encouraging young scientists and engineers to get involved and create the future.