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september 25-26, 2019montréal, qc

waterpower:acceleratingcanada’s cleanelectrification transition

montréal, qc

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5:00pm-6:00pm WaterPower Canada Member Annual General Assembly Room: Duluth

6:00pm-7:00pm WaterPower Canada Member only pre-opening reception Room: Square Victoria

tuesday, september 24


Tradeshow sponsored by:

7:30am-8:30am Breakfast Room: Place du Canada Sponsored by:

8:30am-8:45am Opening remarks Room: Place du CanadaMike Martelli – President, Renewable Generation | Ontario Power Generation

and Chair of WaterPower Canada Board of Directors; &Anne-Raphaëlle Audouin – President, WaterPower Canada

8:45am-10:00am Fireside chat with Executives: Insights on Canada’s waterpower sector in an era of change and adaptationRoom: Place du CanadaWaterpower provides more than 60% of Canada’s total electricity today; what are the opportunities remaining and how are we adapting to a changing technological, regulatory and operating environment?

WaterPower Canada Conference 2019 kicks off with a lively “fi re-side chat” between senior executives from two of Canada’s largest electricity generators: Ken Hartwick – President & CEO, Ontario Power Generation; David Murray – Chief Operating Offi cer and President of Hydro-Québec Production.

Join them and moderator Jeffrey Simpson, national affairs columnist for The Globe and Mail, for this casual, thought-provoking chat.

Cover photo credits:Top: © OPG

Left, centre, and bottom: © Hydro-Québec

Photo © Innergex

wednesday, september 25



10:00am-10:30am Break and Trade Show

10:30am-11:45am CONCURRENT SESSIONS

PlenaryElectrifying our economy: How much more renewable electricity is needed and what role will hydro play?Room: Place du CanadaFollowing the comments made during the previous plenary panel, this session will offer a deeper dive into the actual road map to decarbonization. Hear from experts and clean electrifi cation researchers on how much more clean electricity is needed and the reasons why we need it now!

Moderated by Merran Smith (Executive Director | Clean Energy Canada), and with speakers: Pierre-Olivier Pineau (Chair in Energy Sector Management | HEC Montreal), Normand Mousseau (Professor and Director of the Trottier Energy Institute.), Marco Presutti (Director General Electricity Resources Branch | Natural Resources Canada), Richard Hendriks (Researcher | University of Toronto) this session sure promises to come up with real suggestions for implementation.

Technical stream & workshopsLegal implications of refurbishing your hydro facilityRoom: DuluthAmy Carruthers, Charlene Hiller and Jean-Philippe Therriault | Fasken MartineauJoin us for this workshop to learn about the ways in which the legal risks and issues associated with facility refurbishment differ from new project development and construction, and how those risks and challenges can be managed and addressed.

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11:45am-12:15pm Break and Trade Show


12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch Room: Place du CanadaKeynote Speaker: Michelle Branigan – CEO | Electricity Human Resources Canada

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1:45pm-3:00pm The waterpower forecast: What projects are coming up over the next 5 – 10 years? Room: Place du CanadaTake a peek at the hydropower horizon, and discover the trends in refurbishment, reinvestment and redevelopment from Canada’s ‘original renewable’. With a greater focus on climate action and adaptation, join us for an in-depth discussion on the current and future state of Canada’s largest electricity industry; and the importance of modernization and innovation in an era of refurbishment and re-investment.

Moderator: Marie-Hélène Briand – Global Director, Water Power | Hatch

Speakers:• George Porter – Director in Business Development and Strategic Planning |

NB Power • Simon Racicot – Senior Director – Production and maintenance |

Hydro-Québec Production• Lonny Tulk – Director Asset Management | OPG• Andy Darby - Director of Stations Asset Planning | BC Hydro

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Photo © Ontario Power Generation



3:00pm-3:45pm Break and Trade Show

3:45pm-5:00pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS

PlenaryFast forward to the future: What will the grid need and what will consumers want? Room: Place du CanadaHow will the grid evolve over the next few decades and how will power producers and distributors adapt? Generators and operators across North America and the world are adapting to the rapid increase in penetration of variable renewable electricity generation. A new paradigm is emerging that includes: more complex dispatch and curtailment to balance supply and demand; distorted price formation in energy markets; and ancillary service markets seeking products that are no longer fi t-for-purpose. Hydropower facilities and equipment are under growing pressure to adapt to this new operating environment, as well as address cybersecurity, digitalization and technological evolution of customer service in an ever-changing environment.

Moderator: Katherine Sparkes, Director – Innovation, Research and Development | Independent Electricity System Operator

Speakers:• Raed Abdullah – Distribution Engineer | Hydro Ottawa • Dan Prowse – Transmission and Special Projects Offi cer | Manitoba Hydro • Robert Hornung – President | Canadian Wind Energy Association• John Maniawski – Senior Vice-President, Business Development | Evolugen

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3:45pm-5:00pm Technical stream & workshops Room: Duluth

Innovation and optimization in an era of refurbishment Cost-effective small hydro rehabilitations typically face a number of unique risks and cost challenges that need to be addressed in order to be successful. This presentation discusses some of the innovative techniques and the commercial structure used in the evaluation and execution of a repowering project nearing completion in Ontario to meet stringent cost and schedule requirements.

• Andrew Treble – Chief Financial Offi cer | Canadian Hydro Components

Prioritization of capital investments and risk mitigation approach to rehabilitation projectsRisk-based economic life cycle management is gradually becoming the preferred approach to determine optimum strategies for asset management over the long term, to undertake business case analyses for life extension and upgrade projects of hydroelectric and substation equipment.

A tool, developed to support this approach, calculates annual cost streams of failure risks and considers these together with maintenance costs, capital expenditures and performance benefi ts, optimizes both type and timing of interventions, using key economic parameters, and balances risk and maintenance costs against capital costs to manage long-term plant reliability at minimum cost. Practical examples of this approach on recent projects performed in Canada, Latin America and Asia will be presented highlighting the specifi c challenges and benefi ts for the owners.

• Andrew Bridgeman – Project Manager | Hatch

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5:00pm-6:30pm WaterPower Canada reception Room: Trade Show Floor

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6:30pm-8:30pm Gala dinner Room: Place du Canada

Keynote Speaker: Jean Charest Sponsored by:


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7:30am-8:30am Breakfast Room: Place du Canada8:00am-8:30am: Denis Tremblay, President and CEO of the ‘Association de l’industrie électrique du Québec’


What do others think of waterpower? Room: Place du CanadaIt is often said that a good friend is the best mirror. Understanding how other sectors, researchers, communities and experts perceive waterpower is a fundamental (and eye opening!) exercise. While the facts and fi gures are indisputable about the waterpower sector’s contribution to Canada’s clean economy, ensuring that we take stock of how we are viewed more broadly is critical as we strive to continuously improve. Attend this panel session for a frank discussion of how waterpower is perceived today, where education is required to improve the understanding and increase appreciation for the value of waterpower, and how our sector could improve and overcome challenges in the future.

Moderator: Roseline Simard – Marketing & Communications Director | BBA

Speakers:• David Browne – Director of Conservation | Canadian Wildlife Federation• Tony Maas – Director, Legislative Affairs | Ecojustice• Eric Atagotaaluk – President | Pituvik• Ian Bruce – Policy Director | David Suzuki Foundation

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thursday, september 26



Technical stream & workshopsGenerator asset management Room: DuluthAir gap monitoring systems have been used increasingly over the past 30 years, especially in the hydropower industry, although frequently used in other industries as well.

This session will address issues such as, what tests need to be performed, and why, in order to observe and understand the Units performance and compare to existing standards. Finally, this session will also cover specifi c techniques to analyse rotor and stator dynamic parameters such as, rotor radial relative expansion rates, stator relative radial thermal expansion rates, rotor and stator apparent circularity (rotor and stator shape or roundness) and concentricity (rotor and stator position).

• André Tétreault – Director, Tests & Diagnostics | VibroSystM

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9:45am-10:30am Break and Trade Show


PlenaryRecent legislative changes and what the waterpower sector should know Room: Place du CanadaModerator: Patrick Bateman, Vice-President, Government & Regulatory Affairs | WaterPower Canada

Speakers:• Eric Advokaat, Director General, External Relations and Engagement |

Impact Assessment Agency• Chad Ziai, Director, Fisheries Protection Program | Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Technical stream & workshopsStrategic aspects of operating hydropower facilities: Digitalization and cybersecurity Room: DuluthDrawing on real world experiences, this presentation will fi rst explore the application of solutions to support customers in their digital transformation: condition monitoring systems, remote assistance, augmented reality, asset management and then will provide solutions to protect the OT environment from cyber threats without disrupting the business operations.

Speakers:• Jeff Huff | Voith• René St-Pierre | Voith

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11:30am-12:00pm Break and Trade Show

12:00pm-1:30pm Closing lunch Room: Place du Canada

Hackathon results

Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder | Nanos Research Corporation

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2:00pm-4:00pm Training: Synchronous Condenser Room: DuluthFor Continuing Education Units (CEU) Professional Development Accreditation

André Saint-Pierre, Section Head of Plant Engineering | Group Division Hydro | Voith


Closing lunch Room: Place du Canada


thank you to our other sponsors!

WIFI brought to you by:

General sponsors:

Hackathon brought to you by:

Trade show coffee station:

On September 24-26, Waterpower Canada is organizing its annual conference in Montréal around the theme “Accelerating Canada’s clean electrifi cation transition”. GE Renewable Energy is taking this opportunity to organize,

with some of its employees and students from local universities, a Hackathon to brainstorm ideas around new solutions for the hydropower industry. Teams will be invited to solve some challenges on the key topics that will support our industry in defi ning its future. They will identify new business models around some major disruptive trends that the

hydropower industry is addressing or will soon face.

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