PRAC hosted the first-ever Atlantic Petroleum R&D Forum on May 8th and 9th at The Fairmont Newfoundland. The event brought industry leaders, scientists, engineers and conference participants together to discuss the challenges facing the industry in Atlantic Canada and how R&D can help realize them.
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PROGRAM
PRESENTATIONS
SPEAKER BIOS
FINAL REPORT
Above: Over 150 delegate attend R&D Forum
Dr. Axel Meisen
Mary Preville
Graduate student Alessandro Tugnoli reads research results at poster session.
Poster sessions
Above: PRAC President Dave Finn welcomes delegates to R&D Luncheon
The Honourable Kathy Dunderdale, Minister of Natural Resources, NL
Alexy Cheremovksy and Jocelyn Frankow are presented with PRAC's Outstanding Corporate Contribution Award by Dr. Michael Enachescu (centre)
Above: Dr. David Keighley accepts Award for R&D Excellence on behalf of Dr. Georgia Pe-Piper (Saint Mary's University)
Photography by Johanna Goodyear
Further conference details: J Barnable (709) 753-5528.
MEDIA RELEASES: View our News section.
Thank you to our sponsors and steering comittee for making this event possible.
Steering Committee
Paul Barnes (CAPP)
Charles Randell (C-CORE)
Byron Sparkes (NL Dept Natural Resources)
Natalie Shea (NRCan)
Shawn Hurley (Petro-Canada)
Mark Gourley (ACOA)
Glen Lochte (Husky Energy)
Ken Lee (Fisheries & Oceans Canada)
Brian Veitch (Memorial University)
Ian Atkinson (PPSC)
Jim Wright/Randolf Cooper (OGDP)
Ed Graham (ExxonMobil)
Rob Strong (Consultant)
Tim Murphy (Chevron Canada Resources)
PRAC staff:
David Finn, Rod Doane, Carey Ryan, Dorothea Hanchar,
Jennifer Barnable, Nadine MacDonald, Joy MacPherson
