| 8:30 ‑ 8:45 | Welcome and Forum Overview by the GMI and CCAC co-chairs | 
                                    
                                        | 8:45 ‑ 9:15 | Opening Remarks 
                                                Dr. Rodolfo Lacy, Undersecretary SEMARNAT, Mexico 
                                                    Methane in the context of Paris Agreement implementation, progress and
                                                    challenges
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                                        | 9:15 ‑ 10:30 | Plenary Session – "Global action on methane mitigation in 2018 and beyond" 
                                                Moderator: Jenifer Collette, Executive Director, Meteorological Service of Canada, ECCCChristophe McGlade, International Energy Agency Jonathan Banks, Clean Air Task Force Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy Division, United Nations Economic Commission for EuropeDr. Joe von Fischer, Colorado State University/Google Methane Project  | 
                                    
                                        | 10:30 ‑ 10:45 | Health Break | 
                                    
                                        | 10:45 ‑ 12:45 | Technical Sessions ‑ Methane Emissions Challenges and Opportunities | 
                                    
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                                                        Agriculture Presentations and Meetings
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    |  | Moderator:  Jorge Antonio Hilbert, Prefesional
                                                                        Asesor de Nivel Internacional en Gestión de Actividades
                                                                        de Innovación (INTA) |  
                                                                    | 10:45 ‑ 11:15 | Agriculture Digesters and Biogas: Driving Green Jobs
                                                                            in India Kolluru Krishan, Skills Council for Green Jobs
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                                                                    | 11:15 ‑ 11:45 | The ‘biogasdoneright’ concept Bruce Dale, PhD, Michigan State University
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                                                                    | 11:45 ‑ 12:15 | One solution to rule them all: detecting every methane
                                                                            emitter on Earth, daily, by using high resolution
                                                                            methane tracking micro-satellites & AI Richard Lachance, CTO, Bluefield Technologies
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                                                                    | 12:15 ‑ 12:45 | RNG as a Transformative Force in the Ag Sector Jennifer Green, Executive Director, Canadian Biogas
                                                                        Association
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                                                        Coal Mine Methane Presentations and Meetings
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
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                                                                    | 10:45 - 10.50 | Opening Remarks Ms. Felicia Ruiz, U.S. Environmental Protection
                                                                        Agency
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                                                                    | 10:50 - 11:10 | Coal's Place in the Global Energy Mix Mr. Scott Foster, United Nations Economic Commission
                                                                        for Europe (UNECE)
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                                                                    | 11:10 - 11:30 | Global Project Scale and Emissions Dr. Meredydd Evans, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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                                                                    | 11:30 ‑ 11:35 | Opening Remarks Mr. Michael Coté, Ruby Canyon Engineering
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                                                                    | 11:35 ‑ 11:55 | Enabling Policy Framework and the Role of Best Practices Dr. David Creedy, Sindicatum Sustainable Resources
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                                                                    | 11:55 ‑ 12:15 | Carbon Market Design: Role of CMM Offsets Ms. Katie Sullivan, International Emissions Trading
                                                                        Association (IETA)
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                                                                    | 12:15 ‑ 12:35 | Current and Potential Policy Impetus for CMM Recovery
                                                                            and Use Projects Ms. Lisa DeMarco, DeMarco Allen, LLP
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                                                                    | 12:35 ‑ 12:45 | Q&A |  
                                                        Municipal Solid Waste Presentations and Meetings
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
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                                                                    | 10:45 ‑ 11:00 | Introductions Ricardo Cepeda, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
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                                                                    | 11:00 ‑ 11:15 | Overview of Financing Challenges Tom Frankiewicz, USEPA, CCAC MSWI Co-Chair
 Overview of financing challenges identified in engagement
                                                                        with CCAC MSWI network cities
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                                                                    | 11:15 ‑ 11:30 | Assessing Financial “Readiness” Nadia Scharen-Givel, Abt Associates
 How cities can evaluate and improve their financial
                                                                        readiness for financing capital waste improvements
                                                                        by using the CCAC MSWI financial readiness checklist
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                                                                    | 11:30 ‑ 11:45 | City Testimonial: Vina del Mar, Chile Pablo Lopez Legarreta, Center for Clean Air Policy
 Coalition pilot city will share experience using public-private partnership as
                                                                        a financing model
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                                                                    | 11:45 ‑ 12:00 | City Testimonial: Naucalpan, Mexico Roger Peniche Sala, City of Naucalpan, Mexico
 City will discuss its experience working with GMI
                                                                        to complete financial readiness checklist and experience
                                                                        navigating the Green Climate Fund process
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                                                                    | 12:00 ‑ 12:15 | National Perspective: Mexico GMI Delegate Ricardo Ortiz Conde, Mexican Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources
 National-level perspective working with cities to
                                                                        support investments in waste management and SLCP
                                                                        mitigation projects in the waste sector
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                                                                    | 12:15 - 12:45 | Moderated Q&A session |  
                                                        Oil and Gas Presentations and Meetings
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
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                                                                    | 10:45 ‑ 10:50 | Opening Remarks GMI Oil & Gas Subcommittee Co-Chairs
 —Mr. James Diamond, Canada Ministry of Environment
                                                                        and Climate Change
 —Ms. Paulina Serrano, PEMEX
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                                                                    | 10:50 ‑ 11:05 | Keynote: Making The Match – Why Successful Climate
                                                                            Policy & Next Generation Innovation Depends On
                                                                            Current Technology Mr. Jackson Hegland, Methane Emissions Leadership
                                                                        Alliance
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                                                                    | 11:05 ‑ 11:45 | Topic I: Methane Leak Detection Presentations on the latest technologies and techniques
                                                                        utilized to detect methane leaks from oil and gas
                                                                        operations
 
                                                                            
                                                                                Government Research Efforts to Advance Monitoring:
                                                                                    Developing Technologies to Detect, Locate
                                                                                    and Quantify Natural Gas Emissions
                                                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                Dr. Joseph King, United States Department
                                                                                of Energy - Advanced Research Projects Agency
                                                                                for Energy (ARPA-E)
                                                                                SENTRY case study: Pilot projects on continuous emissions monitoring
                                                                                Ms. Jeanette Patell, GE Canada
 Mr. Richard Dunn, Encana
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                                                                    | 11:45 ‑ 12:25 | Topic II: Methane Measurement and Quantification Presentations and case studies on the methodologies
                                                                        being used by both the public and private sector
                                                                        to measure and quantify methane emissions
 
                                                                            
                                                                                Overview of Fugitive Emissions Management
                                                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                Mr. Torleif Haugland, Carbon Limits
                                                                                Efforts to Quantify Global Oil and Gas Methane Emissions
                                                                                Mr. Drew Nelson, Environmental Defense Fund
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                                                                    | 12:25 ‑ 12:45 | Topic III: Best Management Practices in the Oil and
                                                                            Gas Sector Updates by international organizations regarding
                                                                        their efforts to identify and promote best management
                                                                        practices to reduce methane emissions in the oil
                                                                        and gas sector
 
                                                                            
                                                                                Joint GMI/UNECE Best Management Practices
                                                                                    Presentation – Upstream oil and gas, and downstream
                                                                                    gas project
                                                                                Mr. Michal Drabik, UNECE
 Mr. Torleif Haugland, Carbon Limits
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                                                        Wastewater Presentations and Meetings
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
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                                                                    | 10:45 ‑ 10:55 | Introductions Monica Shimamura, USEPA Wastewater Technical Expert
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                                                                    | 10:55 ‑ 11:10 | National Context in China: Opportunities and Barriers Focus on national-level drivers that create opportunities
                                                                        for methane recovery, and technical and financial
                                                                        barriers that impede them.
 Jennifer Turner, China Environment Forum, Woodrow
                                                                        Wilson Center
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                                                                    | 11:10 ‑ 11:25 | Case Study: Yuliangzhou’s Sludge-to-Energy Plant
                                                                            in Xiangyang City Practices to reduce methane emissions in the wastewater
                                                                        sector.
 Dou Wenlong, TOVEN
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                                                                    | 11:25 ‑ 11:40 | National Context in Mexico: Opportunities and Barriers Adalberto Noyola, National Autonomous University
                                                                        of Mexico
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                                                                    | 11:40 ‑ 11:55 | Case Study: Juarez's South Wastewater Treatment Plant Michael Theodoulou, Suez Water Treatment Solutions
                                                                        North America
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                                                                    | 11:55 ‑ 12:10 | Technology Innovation and Financing Best Practices
                                                                            from Ontario Indra Maharjan, Ontario Clean Water Agency
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                                                                    | 12:10 ‑ 12:45 | Questions and Answers |  | 
                                    
                                        | 12:45 ‑ 14:00 | Lunch | 
                                    
                                        | 14:00 ‑ 16:15 | Sector Sessions | 
                                    
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                                                        Biogas (Agriculture/MSW/Wastewater)
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    | 14:00 ‑ 14:10 | Welcome and Introductions 
 
                                                                            GMI Biogas Subcommittee Co-Chairs |  
                                                                    | 14:10 ‑ 15:05 | Renewable Natural Gas Panel 
                                                                            
                                                                                Moderator: Jennifer Green, Executive
                                                                                Director, Canadian Biogas AssociationMatt Tomich, President, Energy VisionRicardo Hamdam, Sales Manager – North America,
                                                                                Hitachi Zosen InovaJim Tweedie, Vice-President, Operations and Market
                                                                                Affairs, Canadian Gas Association |  
                                                                    | 15:10 ‑ 16:00 | Methane and Sustainable Development Goals 
                                                                            
                                                                                Moderator: Matt Hamilton, Manager,
                                                                                Waste and GHG Emissions, Environment and
                                                                                Climate Change CanadaRicardo Cepeda-Márquez, Director, Solid Waste
                                                                                Initiative, C40 Cities Climate Leadership
                                                                                GroupDr. Victoria Hatton, Senior Policy Analyst, International Environment & Policy, New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries and Co-Chair to the CCAC Agriculture Initiative.David Donaldson, Commission for Environmental Cooperation – invited |  
                                                                    | 16:00 ‑ 16:15 | ZooShare: North America’s 1st Zoo-Biogas Plant 
                                                                            Daniel Bida, Executive Director, ZooShare |  
                                                        Coal Mine Methane
                                                            
                                                                    
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                                                                    | 14:00 ‑ 14:10 | Opening Remarks Mr. Clark Talkington, Advanced Resources International
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                                                                    | 14:10 ‑ 14:30 | Barriers to Ventilation Air Methane (VAM) Abatement
                                                                            Project Development: Project Developer Perspective Mr. Dominique Kay, Biothermica
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                                                                    | 14:30 ‑ 14:50 | Barriers to Ventilation Air Methane (VAM) Abatement
                                                                            Project Development: Technology Provider Perspective Dr. Jin Yonggang, CSIRO Energy
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                                                                    | 14:50 ‑ 15:10 | Abandoned Mine Methane (AMM): Maximizing Gas Production Mr. Michael Coté, Ruby Canyon Engineering
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                                                                    | 15:10 ‑ 15:25 | Q&A |  
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                                                                            | 15:25 ‑ 15:30 | Introductions Felicia Ruiz, EPA
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                                                                            | 15:30 ‑ 15:50 | CMM and CBM Development in Mongolia Dr. Badarch Mendbayar, Mongolia Nature and Environment Consortium
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                                                                            | 15:50 ‑ 16:10 | The Status and Potential of Abandoned Mine Methane (AMM) Project Development in China Mr. Liu Wenge, China Coal Information Institute
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                                                                            | 16:10 ‑ 16:15 | Closing Remarks |  
                                                        Oil and Gas
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    | 14:00 ‑ 14:30 | Keynote: IEA World Energy Outlook: Oil and Gas Methane
                                                                            Emissions and the Costs and Benefits of Mitigation Christophe McGlade, World Energy Outlook Senior
                                                                        Analyst
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                                                                    | 14:30 ‑ 14:35 | Opening Remarks GMI Oil & Gas Subcommittee Co-Chairs
 
                                                                            Mr. James Diamond, Canada Ministry of Environment
                                                                                and Climate Change Ms. Paulina Serrano, PEMEX  |  
                                                                    | 14:35 ‑ 15:15 | Topic I: Policy Approaches to Address Methane Emissions
                                                                            from the Oil and Gas Sector G20 methane policy status, challenges and prospective
                                                                        impacts on energy production
 
                                                                            Global policy approaches to methane mitigation in the oil and gas sectorMr. Steven Knell, PhD., IHS Energy  
                                                                            Mr. Jonathan Banks, Clean Air Task Force  |  
                                                                    | 15:15 ‑ 16:15 | Topic II: Financial Mechanisms and Approaches to
                                                                            Project Financing Innovation in financing methane emission reductions
 
                                                                            OGCI Climate Investments: Financing the development and deployment of innovative technologies that have the potential to
                                                                        significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from
                                                                        the oil and gas sector
                                                                        
                                                                        Innovative self-financing tool for compressor stations retrofits – pilot projectsMr. Yvan Champagne, Blue Source Canada  
                                                                            Mr. Mark Savage, John Crane Group Ms. Lisa Ceglia, Smiths Group  |  | 
                                    
                                        | 16:15 ‑ 16:45 | Networking Break | 
                                    
                                        | 16:45 ‑ 17:45 | Closing Plenary: The Way Forward - Integrating environmental policy, technology
                                                innovation and project financing 
 
                                                Moderator: Frank Des Rosiers, Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation and Energy Technology Sector, Natural Resources Canada Merlin Cochran, Deputy Director General, Upstream Oil and Gas Division, Mexico Ministry of Energy (SENER)Claudio Alatorre, Climate Change Lead Specialist, Climate Change Division, Inter-American Development BankDr. Rodolfo Lacy, Undersecretary SEMARNAT, Mexico  | 
                                    
                                        | 17:45 ‑ 18:00 | Closing remarks by the GMI and CCAC Co-Chairs | 
                                    
                                        | 18:00 ‑ 20:00 | Side Event - Oil and Gas Methane Leadership Awards More Details | 
                                    
                                        |  | Hosted by Pembina Institute, Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Defence Canada, Clean Air Task Force, and Centre for Clean Air Policy. 
 
 
                                                    Taking action to reduce methane pollution.
                                                            
                                                                
                                                             
                                                                    Disclaimer: This side event is being independently hosted, and is not sponsored or endorsed by GMI.
                                                             The International Energy Agency’s most recent analysis shows that globally, 50 percent of oil and gas methane reductions can be reduced at no net cost. National governments, sub-national jurisdictions, investors, innovators, and companies have all begun to act on this opportunity. The award ceremony will recognize leaders who have endeavoured to achieve this commitment despite obstacles.
 
 Please join us for drinks and refreshments immediately after the Global Methane Forum to celebrate leaders working to reduce methane pollution and protect the climate.
 
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