2nd Annual Strategic Retreat
November 7 - 9, 2010

“Refining Technology for Biomass Conversion: Conventional Products through Unconventional Approaches”

The Biorefining Conversions Network (BCN) is holding their Second Annual Strategic Retreat November 7-9, 2010 at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. Based out of the University of Alberta, the BCN aims to advance the bioindus-trial sector in Alberta by strategically aligning research activities in the area of biorefining conversions to accelerate technology development and implementation, facilitating collaborative partnerships between all levels of academia, industry, and government providing an innovative space to develop concepts with easy access to a large pool of ex-pertise and resources. We aim to bridge an indentified gap in the innovation chain between feedstock supply and product distribution.

The Canadian Triticale Biorefinery Initiative (CTBI) is developing triticale as a dedicated bio-industrial crop for Canada. Triticale is a man-made hybrid of wheat and rye which produces significant biomass material which could be used to produce chemicals, bio-based materials, fuel and energy. CTBI’s mission is to create industrial bioproducts and processes to establish triticale as an economically sustainable and key component of locally established biorefineries.