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2025 CanCH4 Speakers

The 2025 symposium featured a broad range of speakers from academia, government, industry, and NGOs. Learn more about each speaker below!

Keynote

Giulia Ferrini

United Nations Environmental Programme’s International Methane Emissions Observatory (UNEP IMEO)

Giulia Ferrini has played a leading role in establishing UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory. As IMEO Transparency Lead, she manages the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0., UNEP’s flagship oil and gas reporting and mitigation framework. Giulia has worked across governments, international financing institutions, the private sector and not-for-profit organisations to scale climate change solutions. With UNEP for over a decade, she previously engaged in the establishment of the UNFCCC Climate Technology Centre and Network and of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants. Giulia holds a MA in International Relations from the III University of Rome and a MSc in Politics and Governments from the London School of Economics.

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Amanda Bryant

  • Pembina Institute

Sabour Baray

  • Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Aneta Bieniada

  • Carleton University

Michael Bisaga

  • Peace River Area Monitoring Program

Daniel Bon

  • Carbon Mapper

Daniel Cusworth

  • Carbon Mapper

Julie Doan-Prévost

  • Alberta Energy Regulator

Simon Festa-Bianchet

  • Energy & Emissions Research Lab., Carleton University

Alanna Friesen

  • Apis Innovation

Lawson Gillespie

  • University of Toronto / Environment and Climate Change Canada

Marc Godin

  • Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada

Regina Gonzalez Moguel

  • McGill University

Anna Hodshire

  • Energy Institute, Colorado State University

Rafee Hossain

  • FluxLab, St. Francis Xavier University

Kate Howell

  • Carbon Mapper

Matthew Johnson

  • Energy & Emissions Research Lab., Carleton University

Mary Kang

  • McGill University

Sina Kiaei

  • GeoSensorWeb Lab, University of Calgary
Afshan Khaleghi

Afshan Khaleghi

  • FluxLab, St. Francis Xavier University

Christina Ma

  • Alberta Energy Regulator
Masoud Mahdianpari

Masoud Mahdianpari

  • C-CORE / Memorial University of Newfoundland
Rebecca Martino

Rebecca Martino

  • Fluxlab, St. Francis Xavier University

Gabriel Mathias

  • Process Ecology

Jason McKeever

  • GHGSat, Inc.

Peter Morse

  • Natural Resources Canada

Christiane Lemieux

  • University of Waterloo

Erin Li

  • University of Calgary

Gianni Micucci

  • McGill University

Athar Omidi

  • FluxLab, St. Francis Xavier University

David Risk

  • FluxLab, St. Francis Xavier University

Mohammad Salehi

  • Fluxlab, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Caroline Saul

  • Environmental Research and Education Foundation

Scott Seymour

  • Environmental Defense Fund

Sina Talebi

  • University of Waterloo

Nazia Tabassum

  • University of Waterloo

Michael Thorpe

  • Bridger Photonics Inc.

Emma Tomalty

  • Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada

Mu-An Tsai

  • University of Waterloo

David Tyner

  • Energy & Emissions Research Lab., Carleton University

Andrew VanderZaag

  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Felix Vogel

  • Environment and Climate Change Canada

Shona Wilde

  • Energy & Emissions Research Lab., Carleton University

Jin-Ya Wang

  • University of Calgary

Trevor Webber

  • Southern Methodist University

Dan Zimmerle

  • Methane Emissions Program, Colorado State University