International Biochar Conferences:

• Asia Pacific Biochar Conference
  May 17-20, 2009
• North American Biochar 2009
  Regional Conference of the IBI (Americas Region)
  Bolder, Colorado, August 9-12, 2009
• 2008 Conference of the International Biochar Initiative
  Biochar, Sustainability and Security in a Changing Climate
  Newcastle, United Kingdom, September 8 - 10, 2008
• International Agrichar Initiative 2007 Conference
  

Canadian Biochar Conferences

• CBI Fall Conference 2009 - originally planned in conjunction with the Farmfair and the Canadian Finals Rodeo at Edmonton Northlands will not take place at that time
• The next CBI Convention will not be held in the fall of 2009
• Our next conference will be held in Alberta, in conjunction with the Northlands "Farm and Ranch Show" in March 2010

  see: http://www.farmandranchshow.com/

• CBI Winter Conference at McGill University
  December 11 & 12, 2008, Macdonald Campus
  
  

  

  Presentations:
  
  - Biochar 101 and the Global Biochar Effort - Julie Major, Extension Director, International Biochar Initiative, Bowdoinham, Maine
  
  - Pyrolysis and Product Applications, Dr. Peter Fransham, President, Advanced Biorefinery Inc. Ottawa Ontario
  
  - Pyrolysis, Char and Energy, Dr. Fernando Preto, Biomass & Renewable Resources Group Leader, CANMET Energy, NRCan, Ottawa, Ontario
  
  - 2nd Generation Bio-Pellet & Pyrolytic Liquids - René Pigeon, Bioenergy Team, CANMET Energy Technology Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
  
  - Performance of Carbonized Biomass as a Greenhouse Growth Media, Dr. Nick Savidov, Research Scientist, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Brooks, Alberta
  
  - Pyrogenic Carbon as a Component of the Carbon Cycle in Boreal Forests, Dr. Caroline Preston, Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, BC
  
  - Research in South America - Biochar and Rural Development, Dr. Marco Rondon, Senior Program Specialist, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
  
  - Integrated Greenhouse and Pyrolysis Plant Operations - Alex English, Manager, Burt's Greenhouses, Odessa, Ontario

The Canadian Biochar Initiative www.biochar.ca