2012

The technical presentations are normally scheduled for the second Wednesday of the months of
February through to June and September through to November of each year at
The Danish Canadian Club, 727, 11th Avenue S.W., Calgary.

We meet at 6.30 pm. for a 7.00 pm. start.
The presentation ends with a Q & A session by 8:30 pm.
There will be a complimentary light dinner snack to conclude the event.
Spouses and guests are always welcome.

CPGCE is actively arranging technical events for the many years, bringing together industry experts to get an update on projects, challenges, and opportunities.

These events provide an excellent networking opportunity for professionals in a relaxed setting. A typical distribution of our attendees is shown below:

Wednesday, March 14, 2012.

Guest speaker:

Stuart Russell, President, Livingstone Range Consulting Services, Calgary.

Introduction:

Stuart Russell has established himself as a result oriented transportation and logistics expert with a broad knowledge of all modes of transport utilized in the delivery of arctic cargo.
From his early start as a ground handler on the Yellowknife NWT airport ramp with Pacific Western Airlines in 1971, to his worldwide travels as a Loadmaster on the Lockheed Hercules cargo aircraft and on through to his assignments in Contract and Charters and Airport Operations, he continued to expand his knowledge of air transportation systems, capabilities and processes.
While with Canadian Airlines International, Mr Russell was responsible for managing system wide Airport Standards and Procedures for Aircraft Weight and Balance, Load Planning, De-icing, Aircraft Handling and Servicing. He later went on to complete his 29-year career in the airline industry by overseeing and managing the airline schedule for 80 jet aircraft operating on 5 continents.
In 2001 Stuart returned to the arctic logistics world with Braden-Burry Expediting playing an instrumental role in expanding BBE from a Yellowknife based organization to one with operations across Canada, supporting some of the largest resource companies who were developing their projects in remote locations across the North with harsh climatic conditions and limited access.
Mr Russell has been actively encouraging the airship and Hybrid Air vehicle development efforts for Northern Canada, believing the time is right to move beyond the current delivery methods that are constrained by high operating costs of aging cargo aircraft, changing operating windows with a warmer climate and environmental concerns, as well as the need for improved efficiencies.

Abstract:

Over the course of the past 25 years there has been a renewed interest in airships, a very old method of air transportation and it has the potential to revolutionize the Arctic Supply Chain.
Modern materials, technology and determined people in the airship industry around the globe have produced a scenario where many organizations are developing similar, but different models of airships and hybrids to fly heavy lift cargo into remote locations.
For determined individuals like Dr Barry Prentice of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, who has become the "lightning rod" for airship development in Canada, the potential is huge. Barry and his industry colleagues have organized and gathered International airship enthusiasts 6 times across Western N America since 2001 with the amazing " Airships to the Arctic " Conferences and have presented at many major oil and gas and mining symposiums.
Interest by government, military and the resource industry is finally becoming very strong as the potential to use airships and hybrids for numerous activities in Northern Canada and across the arctic regions. An example of that diversity and interest is the contract from the US Army for Hybrid Air Vehicles of the UK and Northrup Grumman of the US to build unmanned aerial surveillance platforms LEMV that can stay at very high altitudes for very long times over war zones observing.
The technology that HAV has incorporated into the LEMV for the military has been incorporated into a commercial design that utilizes 60% helium lift, 40% forward motion over the body, with hovercraft capability for on the ground maneuvering and load transfer requirements, as well as bow-thrusters similar to those huge ships utilize and vectored turbine engines to allow vertical lift.
At the Airships to the Arctic Conference (A2A6) in Seattle in December 2011 experts outlined and demonstrated their designs, capabilities, timelines, materials, weather systems, ballast management methods and marketing plans. From Lockheed Martin US, to Varialift UK, AIRSHIP GP, RU and our own BASI from Winnipeg are all at various stages of development but certainly moving forward toward production, with encouragement from groups like NASA and other interested parties.
The most exciting news in 2011 for northern Canada based Logistic companies and their resource industry clients, was the announcement by HAV and Montreal based Discovery Air Innovations to proceed with plans to bring to the market the HAV hybrid airships in early 2015 with a 50 tonne payload that will operate in cold climates in winter conditions.
The potential to utilize HAV's to access remote resource deposits and offshore facilities, resupply arctic communities, replace melting winter roads, reduce aircraft fuel consumption & noise, airlift materials too large for convention aircraft and allow resource companies and government to improve current methods of doing business and limit the footprint on the land when development is complete.
Please join us on March 14, 2012 to hear the latest news on lighter than air and share your thoughts!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012.

Guest speakers:

"To be Confirmed"

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

Guest speaker:

"To be Confirmed"

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012.

Guest speaker:

"To be Confirmed"

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Summer break: July and August.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012.

Guest speaker:

Dr. Bruce C W McGee CD, Ph.D., P.Eng.
McMillan-McGee Corp.

Introduction:

Dr. McGee is the President and CEO of McMillan-McGee. Founded in 1991, McMillan-McGee has successfully remediated over 45 contaminated sites using ET-DSP™, achieving or surpassing non-detect targets. Dr. McGee has over 25 years experience in the energy and environmental industries focusing on engineering and technological development of electro-thermal processes for the remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater.

Abstract:

Thermal recovery methods, as applied in heavy oil and oil sand deposits, and in environmental remediation, have the common objective of accelerating the hydrocarbon recovery process. Raising the temperature of the host formation reduces the oil and bitumen viscosity, and, in environmental remediation, increases vapour pressure. There is a cost to increasing the temperature of the reservoir and to producing the hydrocarbons to surface with this approach. For bitumen recovery, the costs are key to the overall economics of the process, and our field testing and view of the commercial application of ET-DSP™ for the oil sands all point to a very economic and robust process.

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The technical events listed above are subject to change – please check this site for the latest update.

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