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Monday, June 9, 2014

Beginning at Welcome and registration

11 am Hôtel des Commandants, lobby

1 pm - 5 pm Industrial tour presented by Le Groupe Ohméga inc.

1 pm: Buses leave from the Hôtel des Commandants (178 rue de la Reine, Gaspé) • Unveiling of the TechnoCentre éolien Smart Dynamic Microgrid

• Tour of the TechnoCentre éolien research site and a presentation by Collineo (Rivière-au-Renard).

Plan to pick up your badge before you get on the bus. Flat-soled, closed shoes mandatory.

6 pm - 10 pm 8th Québec Wind Energy Conference opening evening

Sponsored by Senvion Canada Inc. Gaspé Cathedral

(20 Rue de la Cathédrale, Gaspé - Just across from the Hôtel des Commandants)

Come and enjoy Gaspesian fine food and meet conference participants in a friendly, musical atmosphere!

Host: Martin Roussy Music: Lounge Jazz Quartet

WSP Exhibitor’s marquee

Next to the Hôtel des Commandants

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7 am - Breakfast

8:45 am Restaurant Terra Nova et O'Pub resto-bar, Hôtel des Commandants 8:45 am - Conférences d’ouverture

10 am Restaurant Terra Nova and O'Pub resto-bar, Hôtel des Commandants • Overview of the wind energy system in Québec

Frédéric Côté, General Manager, TechnoCentre éolien

• Québec’s wind energy industry in North America: A status report

Jean-Frédérick Legendre, Regional Director – Québec, Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) • Utility – wind integration: Lessons learned

Charlie Smith, Executive Director, Utility Variable Generation Integration Group (UVIG) 10 am - Networking break

10:30 am WSP Exhibitor’s marquee, next to the Hôtel des Commandants 10:30 am - Presentations – Asset management

12 pm Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles Conference Room, Hôtel des Commandants

• Wind turbine operation optimization under icing and cold climate conditions

Amélie Camion, Technical Support, Icing and Cold Climate, Americas, Senvion Canada Inc. • Developing a fleet-wide performance reporting tool

Melissa Valgardson, Wind Performance Engineer, TransAlta

• Asset management with the objective of operating beyond 20 years

Marion Hill, Senior Manager, Engineering, DNV GL

• Evaluating and improving the performance of operating wind power plants

Francis Pelletier, consultant

12 pm - Lunch sponsored by Innergex Renewable Energy

1:30 pm Gaspé Cathedral

(20, rue de la Cathédrale, Gaspé - Just across from the Hôtel des Commandants)

P R O G R A M

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

The ideal place for B2B meetings!

Hôtel des Commandants Registration mandatory

LUNCH Women of Wind Energy (WoWe) - Québec

O'Pub resto-bar, Hôtel des Commandants

At the same time

At the same time WSP Exhibitor’s

marquee

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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

1:30 pm - Presentations – Developing the wind energy system:

2:30 pm A Québec perspective

Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles Conference Room, Hôtel des Commandants

• Support for innovation by SMEs in Québec: The Technostrobe experience in developing its LIDS solution

Francis Lacombe, Vice President, Technostrobe

• Aluminium: A source of competitive and high-performance innovation for the wind energy supply chain

Jean-François Pouliot, General Manager, Réseau Trans-Al inc. • Market diversification: Imperative for the industry

Mireille Focquet, Founding Partner and Managing Director, Dersam International 2:30 pm - Tools to support innovation

3 pm Presentation of support programs available to Québec enterprises - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

- National Research Council of Canada (Industrial Research Assistance Program) NRC-IRAP - Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions

- Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et des Exportations - INNOVARE

3 pm - Networking break

3:30 pm WSP Exhibitor’s marquee, next to the Hôtel des Commandants 3:30 pm - Presentations – Grid integration

4:30 pm Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles Conference Room, Hôtel des Commandants

• Hydro-Québec research activities on the integration of renewable energies into off-grid systems

Jacques Brochu, Researcher, Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec (IREQ) • Stocking energy: A major issue

Philippe Coulombe-Pontbriand, Energy Lead, Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. (RES)

• Raglan - Integrating Québec know-how in a cold climate wind power project

Nicolas Bourbonnière, Commercial Manager, ENERCON Canada Inc.

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P R O G R A M

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

7 pm - 11 pm 4th Québec Wind Energy Industry Gala sponsored by EDF energies nouvelles

Gaspé Cathedral (20 Rue de la Cathédrale, Gaspé - Just across from the Hôtel des Commandants)

We invite conference attendees to take out their feathers and fedoras, and step back into the Roaring 20s to celebrate with us!

Host: Monica Normand Music : Théâtre à Tempo

11 pm Post-Gala party sponsored by ENERCON Canada Inc.

Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles Conference Room, Hôtel des Commandants

Come boogie to DJ Racky’s electro-swing jazz tunes!

Host: DJ Racky

Presented by

CATEGORIES

Wind Farm Developer and Operator Manufacturing Enterprise

Service Enterprise Rising Star Innovation

Excellence in Human Resources Personality of the Year

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

7 am - Breakfast

8:30 am - Restaurant Terra Nova and O'Pub resto-bar, Hôtel des Commandants 8:30 am - Presentations – International cold climate developments

10 am Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles Conference Room, Hôtel des Commandants

• O2’s wind pilot project – Large-scale, Cost-effective Wind Energy Development in Icing Climates

Göran Ronsten, CEO, WindREN

• International Energy Agency TASK 19 site ice assessment: Case studies and recommendations

Rebecka Klintström, analyste, énergie éolienne, Meventus

• Performance of ENERCON wind turbine under icing conditions in Europe

Silke Dierer, Wind Analyst, Meventus

• Validation of a new cold climate standard at a site in Québec

Ville Lehtomäki, Scientific Researcher, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland 10 am - Networking break

10:30 am - WSP Exhibitor’s marquee, next to the Hôtel des Commandants 10:30 am - Presentations – Adapting wind energy development to

12 pm the Québec context

Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles Conference Room, Hôtel des Commandants

• Class actions and Québec’s wind energy industry: Where do we stand?

Nicolas Moisan and Jean Lortie, Partners, McCarthy Tétrault S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l. • A case study: Using LIDAR in cold climates and complex terrain in Canada

Cédric Arbez, Project Manager, TechnoCentre éolien

• Keeping disruptions to a minimum when powering up several parallel transformers via a single breaker on a distribution network

Robert O’Reilly, Director of Technological Innovation & Architectures Automation and Integration, Vizimax inc.

• Preventive stoppages as a solution to icing

Sébastien Trudel, Senior Wind Analyst, EDF Energies Nouvelles

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12 pm - Lunch

1 pm Restaurant Terra Nova and O'Pub resto-bar, Hôtel des Commandants 12:30 pm - TechnoCentre éolien annual general meeting

1:30 pm Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles Conference Room, Hôtel des Commandants

All TechnoCentre éolien members are invited to participate. 1:30 pm

-3:30 pm

Cold climate workshop (English only)

Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles Conference Room, Hôtel des Commandants In partnership with International Energy Agency (IEA) TASK 19

A panel of international cold climate experts will be facilitating this activity.

By means of short presentations and discussions, this workshop will deal with current cold climate issues. Proposed topics

- Ice throw

- Ice protection systems - Ice detection

- Ice prediction - Market study

- Cold starts and low temperature wind farm operation - Standards Everyone’s welcome! End of activities 10