Karla Palardy

Senior Originator in Energy Origination and Development, TC Energy Karla Palardy is with TC Energy’s Origination and Development team in the Power & Energy Solutions business. In this role, she is responsible for developing customer focused low carbon solutions across the spectrum of renewable energy sources including the development of hydrogen production facilities throughout North […]

Francois Girard

As Research Council Officer and Programs Advisor, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies, Dr. Francois Girard provides strategic and technical support to National Research Council (NRC) and its research programs that include a hydrogen component in them. He represents NRC and Canada on various national and international committees and manages relationships with relevant stakeholders to NRC’s […]

Will Trower

CFO, Vice President and Head of Strategy, ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada Will Trower is CFO, Vice President and Head of Strategy at ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada. Will has over 20 years of professional experience in financial management, business transformation, strategy and decision support & advisory, within the metals & mining industry, aerospace and renewable energy […]

Geoff Budd

Principal, G&S Budd Consulting Geoff Budd has broad and deep experience in the business development of fuel cells, hydrogen production and storage related products spanning more than 20 years, including over that period work for Ballard Power Systems, business development activities for ITM-Power, OMB-Saleri and BayoTech.

Mark Kirby

Mark Kirby is a seasoned chemicals and cleantech executive with a decade of experience in the hydrogen and fuel cell industry. Mr. Kirby has held senior positions at Ballard Power Systems, where he managed the $100 million divestiture of the company’s automotive fuel cell business to Daimler and Ford, as well as Questair Technologies. Mr. […]

Bruno G. Pollet

Professor of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Bruno G. Pollet is a Professor of Chemistry at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), Director of the UQTR Green Hydrogen Lab, Deputy Director of the UQTR Institute for Hydrogen Research (IHR), Adjunct Professor of Renewable Energy at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), […]

Agatha E. Ojimelukwe

Portfolio Manager of Energy and Environment, Industry Solutions, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) Dr. Agatha E. Ojimelukwe is the Portfolio Manager of Energy & Environment programs in Industry Solutions at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT). Agatha leads the development and continuous improvement of programs focused on enabling the re-skilling and up-skilling of […]

Simon Fraser

Business Development and Funding Manager, AVL Fuel Cell Canada Simon Fraser is the Business Development and Funding Manager of AVL Fuel Cell Canada. Before joining AVL Fuel Cell Canada, Simon spent more than seven years at AVL’s headquarters in Austria working as Business Development Manager, Product Manager, and Program Manager. Prior to that he spent […]

Friedrich Dehem-Lemelin

CEO, Hydrolux Friedrich Dehem-Lemelin is a bilingual mechanical engineering graduate from École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) in Montréal, Québec. It was during his studies that his entrepreneurial spirit developed. Being a big fan of cars and the environment, Friedrich founded Hydrolux in early-2019 with the ambition to decarbonize the transportation industry. Hydrolux is a company […]

Walter Mérida

Associate Dean, Research and Industrial Partnerships, University of British Columbia (UBC) Walter began his career working with Ballard Power Systems, British Gas Investments Canada, and universities more than twenty years ago. He was a founder and Board member for General Hydrogen Corporation, and the Institute for Breakthrough Energy Technologies in Vancouver. He worked at the […]