Manufacturing Industry

National Conference & AQP Annual General Meeting

Propane Canada, Mar/Apr 2006

PGAC's 2006

May 30 - June 2 at Québec City's Château Frontenac

TUESDAY, MAY 30

3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

PGAC Board of Directors Meeting (Québec Room)

5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Registration Open (Le Chateau Frontenac Lobby)

6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

PGAC Board of Directors Dinner (Bibliothèque Room)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 31

7:30 a.m.

Registration Open (Vercheres Room)

7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

Delegates/Companions Continental Breakfast (Petit Frontenac Room) Sponsored by BP

Welcome/Opening Remarks (Frontenac Room)

* Conference Chair, Guy Marchand

* Québec City Representative, Ralph Mercier

Pierre Corbeil, Québec's Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife

Brigitte Rivard, Manager, Freight Efficiency & Technology Initiative, Transport Canada

Wayne Moore, Senior Vice President International Operations, CleanFuel USA

SEQUIN Technology

Dan Granger, President and CEO, EDPRO Equipment Inc.

Doug Martin, Manager, Ground Handling Services Limited Partnership, Air Canada

Fleet Experience With Propane (panel discussion)

* K. G. (Gar) Irwin, Director, Fleet & Facilities Branch, London Police

* George Doughty, Head Mechanic, Trans Help

* Doug Martin, Manager Ground Handling Services Limited Partnership, Air Canada

Trader Influences in Today's Market and the Tools Employed

Jeff Thompson, Propane Resources

12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

BBQ & Lobbying on Provincial Hill (Québec)

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Companions Guided Tour (Walking Through Québec)

5:00 p.m.

Registration Opens (Le Concorde hotel)

5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception (Le Concorde hotel) Sponsored by Superior Propane

Make new friends and reconnect with old friends, then decide your dinner destination and enjoy the evening

THURSDAY, JUNE 1

7:30 a.m.

Registration Open (Vercheres Room)

7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Delegates/Companions Buffet Breakfast (Petit Frontenac Room)

Working Together with Regulatory Authorities to Ensure Long Term Industry Success

Mike Scarland, Manager of Operations Fuel Safety, Technical Standards & Safety Authority (TSSA)

Welcome Back Remarks

Guy Marchand, Conference Chair

PERC Virtues of Having a Check-Off Program

Roy Willis, President, PERC US

Propane Use for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Gordon McAlary, Project Leader - Core Science Group, Fuel Cell Technologies Ltd.

Composite Propane Cylinders - Current and Future Uses

Rod Osborne, Associate, Applied Energy Systems Group, Battelle Memorial Institute

PERC Panel

Leslie Siegman, General Manager, Public Affairs, Propane Gas Association of Canada

Normand Fournier, President, Association Quebec Propane

René Chartier. Managing Director. Ontario Propane Association

Change Management: Critical for Implementing New Technology

Randall R. Doyle, CPA, MBA, Randall Doyle Consulting

The Shifting Sands of North America

Bard Black, Energy Consultant, Propane Resources

21st Century Developing Trends in Propane Supply, Demand & Pricing

Gerry Goobie, Associate, Purvin & Gertz Inc.

9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Companions Guided Tour (Shopping in the prestigious Petit Champlain Quarter)

12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Luncheon (Champlain & Bibliothèque)

1:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

PGAC Annual General Meeting (Champlain & Bibliothèque)

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

AQP Annual General Meeting (Frontenac Room)

3:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Networking Break

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Companions Guided Tour (Human Civilization Museum and Chevalier Historic House)

*Sponsors include:

American Welding & Tank Co.

Association Québécoise du propane

BP Canada Energy

Budget Propane 98 Inc.

CHS Inc.

CN

Lamplighters

LPG Emergency Response Corp.

Propane Gas Association of Canada Inc.

Propane GRG Inc.

Propane*Training*lnstitute

Purvin & Gertz Inc.

Shell Canada Limited

Sherwood LP Products

Superior Propane

Total Energy Corp.

World LP Gas Association

* as of May 1, 2006

FRIDAY, JUNE 2

Annual Golf Tournament at Le Grand Vallon, Mont-Sainte-Anne

Only 30 minutes from Québec City. Le Grand Vallon, one of the most challenging golf courses in Eastern Canada, is a beautifully rolling 18-hole, par 72 course set against the breathtaking backdrop of MontSainte-Anne. This course features 6.583 yards of impeccable fairways from the back tees, challenging treelined stretches, wide open midcourse sections, four lakes and 40 pure white sand traps.

6:00 a.m.

Bus arrives at Le Château Frontenac to pick up golfers

6:30 a.m.

Bus departs from Le Château Frontenac

8:00 a.m.

Shotgun start

Québec Metro Tour (optional)

Tour consists of a greeting from Le Chateau Frontenac, a visit tolle d'Orléans with a stop at Montgometry Falls (including a break for a snack), and a visit to world-renowned Ste-Anne Basilica.

9:00 to 9:30 a.m.

Bus arrives at le Chateau Frontenac to pick up delegates/companions.

9:30 a.m.

Bus departs Le Chateau Frontenac

9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Québec metro tour

2:00 p.m.

Bus arrives at le Chateau to drop off delegates/companions who are not attending the BBQ at Mont-Sainte-Anne

2:15 p.m.

Bus departs from Le Chateau Frontenac and travels to Mont-Sainte-Anne

3:00 p.m.

Bus arrives at Mont-Sainte-Anne for BBQ

3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

BBQ at Mont-Sainte-Anne

5:00 p.m.

Bus arrives at Mont-Sainte-Anne to pick up delegate/companions


 

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