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Canada as a bio-energy superpower: towards a sustainable bio-economy
Presented by:
David B. Layzell, PhD
President and CEO, BIOCAP Canada Foundation
Thursday, November 9, 2006
7pm (to 8:30 pm)
Reception to follow
For more than 25 years, David Layzell has been working to generate environmental and economic value by understanding and optimizing the exchanges of gases between plants and the atmosphere. His work as a professor at Queen?s University (Kingston, Ontario) has led to more than 100 peer reviewed publications, 6 US patents, election as a Fellow in the Royal Society of Canada, and the creation of a biological instrumentation company called Qubit Systems Inc. (www.qubitsystems.com). In 1998, he established BIOCAP Canada (www.biocap.ca), a national, non-profit research foundation that is supporting Canada?s transformation to a sustainable bioeconomy. With support from federal and provincial governments, leading industries and environmental groups, BIOCAP has initiated more than $38M of biomass energy and biosphere management research involving over 100 government and 200 university researchers at 32 universities across Canada. Dr. Layzell is the President and CEO of BIOCAP.
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