Media Advisory - Williams F1 CEO Races into Niagara Falls to Fuel the Future at the 43rd Annual H.G Acres Seminar

NIAGARA FALLS, ON, April 24, 2012 /CNW/ - Media are invited to attend Innovation: Fueling the Future, at the Niagara Fallsview Casino April 26-27, 2012.  The event will feature keynote speaker Alex Burns, Chief Executive Officer of Williams F1, one of the world's leading Formula One teams. The CEO will discuss the applicability of Williams F1 technology to Canada's power sector and the role of innovation in an industry that virtually never stands still.

The H.G. Acres Seminar is an annual event, hosted every spring since 1970. Hatch clients and colleagues from around the world will gather to share their insights and expertise on issues facing Canada's power sector and the latest developments in power technologies. More than 150 attendees from Ontario's power sector will be in attendance.

The Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort site is particularly suitable for this year's seminar as it was once the transformer station building for the Ontario Power Generating Station located at the foot of the Horseshoe Falls. The east facade of the complex retains the walls of the terrace and front entrance of the transformer station built in 1904. The area where the transformers reside is now the Grand Hall Convention area.

WHO:	Hatch, H.G. Acres and Speakers
WHAT:	Innovation: Fueling the Future
	43^rd Annual H.G. Acres Seminar
WHERE:	Niagara Fallsview Casino
	6380 Fallsview Boulevard
	Niagara Falls, Ontario
	L2G 7X5
	Grand Hall B & C
WHEN:	8:30 am April 26 & 27, 2012
WHY:	Hatch is pleased to invite you to the 43^rd Annual H.G. Acres Seminar, Innovation: Fueling the Future. The H.G. Acres Seminar is an annual event, hosted every spring since 1970. It brings together colleagues from all facets of the power industry to share their insights and expertise on issues facing Canada's power sector

 

April 26 Topics and Speakers Include:
Keynote Address	Alex Burns Chief Executive Officer, Williams F1
Dambusters: Lessons Learned from a Dam  Designed to Last a Day	Rick Donnelly, Director, Water Power Hatch
Hydro in Chile	Rick Fletcher Executive Manager, Hydro Projects, Pacific Hydro
Environmental Innovations in Renewable Power	Sean Male, Terrestrial Ecologist, Hatch Trion Clarke, Senior Environmental Scientist, Hatch
Utility-Scale, High- Temperature Fuel Cells	Dr. Olivera Kesler, Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Panel Discussion: Latest Cold Weather Turbine Technologies	Michael Weidemann, Executive Vice President, Enercon Mike Tyson, Vice President of Engineering, Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation Moderator: Michael Morgenroth
Solar as a Cost-Effective Power Source for Romote Mining Locations	Rob Lyndan, Director, Solar Power, Hatch
Effects of Fatigue loading on Large Turbine Foundations	Masha O'Mara, Fatigue Specialist, Wind Power, Hatch
Worldwide interoperability of Microwave Access	Homer Lensink, Director, Energy Projects, Algonquin Power Rick Harrop, Project Manager, Algonquin Power
Influence of Ice Processes on Fluvial Sediment	Rajib Ahsan, Manager, Project Delivery
Transport in the Lower Nelson River	Group, Hatch Winnipeg Joe Groeneveld, Lead Hydraulic Engineer, Hatch Calgary
April 27 Topics and Speakers Include:
Waste/ Biomass Gasification	Kerry McKenna, Global Managing Director, Hatch
Turbine Layout Optimization Research with the University of Toronto	Michael Morgenroth, Wind Power Technologies, Hatch Joaquin Moran, Noise Specialist, Wind Power Hatch Dr. David Romero, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Toronto
Panel Discussion- Thoughts on Renewables and the implications of integration into the Power System: Perspectives from Across Canada	Gordon Dobson- Mack, Manager, Transmission Issues, Powerex Corp. Mike Law, Vice President, Operations, Alberta Electric System Operator Bob Gibbons, Director, Resource, Integration, Power System Planning, Ontario Power Authority Greg Jones, Manager, Business Development, Nalcor Energy Moderator: Bob Griesbach
Ocean Renewable Energy	Chris Campbell, Executive Director, Ocean Renewable Energy Group

 

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