2026 CanCH4 Symposium Agenda

Day 1
7:30 Registration / Coffee / Light breakfast
8:20 Welcome and Land Acknowledgement: Matthew Johnson – Carleton University
8:25 Opening Remarks: Frank Des Rosiers – Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Efficiency & Technology Sector, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
8:30 Keynote Address: 
  Euan Nisbet – Royal Holloway, University of London

“Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Atmospheric Methane“
9:00 Session 1: Methane Inventories I
9:00 Anna Hodshire Models models everywhere / Shall I compare thee to each other?
9:15 Arvind Ravikumar Integrating Measurement Data with Operational Information for Accurate Methane Emission Inventories
9:30 William Daniels Sampling variability under extreme skewness: sample size guidance for future methane measurement campaigns
9:45 Matthew Johnson Implications of Repeated Measurement-Based UOG Methane Inventories in Western Canada
10:00 Discussion
10:25 Poster Discussions & Refreshment Break
11:25 Session 2: Methane Inventories II
Lightning Talks
11:25 Michael Moy Upstream Emissions Distributions in the State of Colorado
11:35 Bradley Conrad Methane Super-Emitters in the Global Oil and Gas sector: Basin-scale Inventories, Intensities, and Contributions
11:45 Lauren Bowman Comparing Aerial LiDAR Scans with Ground-Based Source-Level Measurements to Inform Robust Oil and Gas Methane Inventories
11:55 Yori Jamin An Industry View on Effective Methane Monitoring and Field Follow-Up
12:05 Discussion
12:30 Catered Lunch
13:30 Session 3: Waste MRV & Mitigation
13:30 David Risk Advancing Landfill Methane Measurement: Insights from the SIMFLEX Controlled Release Facility
Lightning Talks
13:50 Nadia Tarakki Rethinking EPA Method 21 Surface Emissions Monitoring: Quantifying Performance Limits for Methane Detection at Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
13:55 Keyvan Ranjbar Airborne In-Situ and Hyperspectral Characterization of Landfill Emissions in Quebec
14:00 Minxuan Wang Process-based Analysis as a tool to quantify the effectiveness of Methane Oxidation Biosystems (MOBs) to reduce residual landfill emissions
14:05 Wameed Alghazali Can Methane Oxidation Biosystems (MOBs) Survive Winter? Process-Based Evaluation of Passive and Active MOBs Using GEGCSim
14:10 Discussion
14:35 Session 4: Agriculture and Natural Sources
14:35 Nathan Sweet Not Just Burps: Total Methane Emissions From a Cattle Feedlot
Lightning Talks
14:55 Trevor Coates Advances in Measuring, Modeling, and Mitigating Methane Emissions in Canadian Agriculture
15:00 Noah Boss Empirical Modeling of Annual Peatland CH₄ Emissions Across Canada Using Harmonized Flux Dataset and ERA5 Climate Predictors
15:05 Scott Davidson CanFlux: A National Network for Ecosystem-Climate Interactions
15:10 Discussion
15:30 Poster Discussions & Refreshment Break
16:30 Session 5: Satellites
16:30 Sabour Baray Monitoring subnational-scale methane emissions in Canada from space using a constellation of satellites and inverse modelling
Lightning Talks
16:50 Ray Nassar Future satellite observations of CH4 from the proposed Arctic Observing Mission (AOM)
16:55 Joseph Mendonca Identifying Methane Plumes from Space Using a Convolution Neural Network
17:00 Mohammad Marjani Self-Supervised Contrastive Learning for Methane Plume Detection using Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery
17:05 Discussion
17:30 End of Day 1: Closing Remarks

Day 2
8:00 Registration / Coffee / Light breakfast
8:30 Day 2 Welcome
8:35 Plenary Presentation: Felipe Poblete Rojas – ImplementaSur

“Scaling Methane Mitigation in the Waste Sector: Perspectives from Chile and the Global South“
9:00 Session 6: Downstream Sources & Cities
9:00 Roisin Commane Methane sources in cities re-interpreted using new laboratory results
Lightning Talks
9:20 Yuwei Zhao Inefficient Consumption of Natural Gas Drives Methane Emissions from a Megacity
9:30 Mary Kang The role of hydrogen blending on methane and hydrogen emissions from existing natural gas infrastructure
9:40 Joelle Uribe Comparison of Approaches to Estimate Leak Rate from Belowground Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks Using Surface Concentration Measurements
9:50 David Tyner Midstream Infrastructure Measurements: Another Piece of the Methane Pie
10:00 Discussion
10:25 Poster Discussions & Refreshment Break
11:25 Session 7: Methane Benchmarking and Policy I
Lightning Talks
11:25 Chris Donahue Benchmarking Methane Emissions Across Major U.S. Oil and Gas Basins Using Aerial Gas Mapping LiDAR
11:35 Tecle Rufael Source Specific Benchmarking for Oil and Gas Operations from Large Scale Aerial Methane Measurements
11:45 Sue Fraser Overview of Federal Landfill Methane Regulations
11:55 Athar Omidi Integrated measurement evidence and policy modeling reveal limited impact of Canada’s new landfill methane regulation
12:05 Discussion
12:30 Catered Lunch
13:30 Session 8: Measurement Technologies & Fixed Sensors
13:30 Kyle Daun Evaluation of Fixed Sensor Monitoring of Controlled Tanks
Lightning Talks
13:45 Alberto Alva Continuous Monitoring of Tank Methane Emissions Using RT-X: One-Year Experience
13:50 Stefan Bokaemper Vendor agnostic method for determining continuous monitoring sensor numbers and placement for sufficient site coverage
13:55 Evan Dodd Vehicle-Based Quantification of CH4 Emissions using a Hierarchical Bayesian Approach
14:00 Shoma Yamanouchi Optimization of the Gaussian Dispersion Model Inversion for Estimating Methane Emissions in Canada
14:05 Discussion
14:25 Session 9: Methane Sources & Measurement Technologies
14:25 Negar Nazari Detection and Quantification of Methane Emissions Over Snow Using Airborne, Optical, and Continuous Monitoring Technologies
14:45 Robyn Latimer Vehicle-Based Methane Detection, Attribution, and Quantification in Upstream Oil and Gas: Controlled Release Validation and Field Case Study
Lightning Talks
15:00 Liam Woolley Helicopter-based detection and quantification of methane emissions from plugged oil and gas wells in British Columbia, Canada
15:05 Mu-An Tsai Ground-based Hyperspectral Imaging of Methane at Landfills Under Winter Conditions Via a Controlled Release Study
15:10 Milos Krnjaja Field Screening of Engine Exhaust Methane Slip
15:15 Discussion
15:35 Poster Discussions & Refreshment Break
16:15 Session 10: Methane Benchmarking and Policy II
Lightning Talks
16:15 Shona Wilde Stronger Regulations, Lower Methane: A Case Study of Regulatory Ambition Across Canadian Provinces
16:25 Matthew Johnson How Equivalent are the newly updated ECCC and Alberta Methane Regulations?  An ongoing technical Analysis
16:45 Christine Gerbode Canada’s Job Creation Opportunity: An Input-Output Analysis of Federal Methane Regulations
16:50 Discussion
17:00 End of Day 2: Closing Remarks
18:00 Symposium Dinner

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