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.

Amanda Bryant
- Pembina Institute
Sabour Baray
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
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
- FluxLab, St. Francis Xavier University
Christina Ma
- Alberta Energy Regulator
Masoud Mahdianpari
- C-CORE / Memorial University of Newfoundland
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