Media Advisory - Scotia Capital's Bioenergy Day Conference to be Broadcast on
Web

TORONTO , Nov. 23 /CNW/ - Scotia Capital Inc. extends an invitation to you to participate in our 1st Annual Bioenergy Day Conference webcast. Investors interested in power, oil refining, forest products, fertilizers and sustainable fuel companies will benefit from participating. Audio portions of the presentations will be broadcast live on the web beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Scheduled presenters and times* are:

    
    Tuesday, November 24
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    9:30 a.m.    Canadian Biopower - Producing
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                 Boralex, Patrick Lemaire, President and Chief-Executive
                 Officer
                 Emera, Rob Bennett, President and Chief Executive Officer
                 (CEO) of Nova Scotia Power
                 Capital Power Income L.P., Graham Brown, Senior Vice-
                 President (SVP) Operations
                 Ontario Power Generation, Chris Young, Vice-President of
                 Projects
                 Q&A Session

    11:00 a.m.   Canadian Biofuels - Producing
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                 Canadian Bioenergy, Doug Hooper, CEO and Chair
                 GreenField Ethanol, Ken Field, Chairman and Founder
                 Q&A Session

    11:45 a.m.   Canadian Advanced Biofuels - Producing
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                 Biox, Tim Haig, President and CEO
                 Iogen, Jeff Passmore, Executive Vice-President
                 Q&A Session

    1:00 p.m.    North American Advanced Bioenergy - Cellulosics
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                 Catchlight Energy LLC, Maro Imirzian, Vice-President Finance
                 Enerkem, Dino Mili, Vice-President Business Development
                 Lignol, Ross MacLachlan, President and CEO
                 Q&A Session

    2:00 p.m.    North American Advanced Bioenergy and Other - Non-
                 Cellulosics
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                 Algae-OriginOil, Dr. Vikram Pattarkine, Chief Scientist
                 Renewable DME - Blue Fuel Energy, Juergen Puetter, President
                 and CEO
                 Q&A Session

    2:45 p.m.    North American Bioenergy - an Engineering Perspective
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                 AMEC Power and Process Americas, Charles Clerecuzio, Vice-
                 President
                 Alter NRG, Dr. Pieter van Nierop, Vice-President Engineering
                 Q&A Session
    

Listeners may access the conference live via a web audio link at www.scotiacapital.com. The conference will be archived on Scotia Capital's website for three months.

* Agenda is subject to change. See www.scotiacapital.com for most current schedule.

Scotia Capital is the wholesale banking arm of the Scotiabank Group, offering a wide variety of products to corporate, government and institutional clients. Scotia Capital provides full-service coverage across the NAFTA region, and also serves selected niche markets globally through two divisions, Global Capital Markets and Global Corporate and Investment Banking. Scotia Capital has 28 offices and more than 300 relationship managers organized around industry specialties.

Scotiabank is one of North America's premier financial institutions and Canada's most international bank. With close to 69,000 employees, Scotiabank Group and its affiliates serve approximately 12.8 million customers in some 50 countries around the world. Scotiabank offers a diverse range of products and services including personal, commercial, corporate and investment banking. With more than $485 billion in assets (as at July 31 , 2009), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (BNS) and New York Exchanges (BNS). For more information please visit www.scotiabank.com.

For further information: Joe Konecny at [phone] or [email protected]