CPANS Student Chapter Air Quality November Dinner

CPANS is proud to present the CPANS Student Chapter AQ Dinner

Air Quality (AQ) dinners are intended to connect industry, academia and government in a neutral and informal setting. Short presentations (20 minutes) with a focus on air and waste management are given from an invited speaker, followed by an interactive discussion over dinner. A large variety of dishes (including vegetarian) are ordered and the cost is divided between all who attend (except the presenter); usually the cost is $20-$25/person. We encourage everyone to arrive around 6:00 pm as the presentation starts at 6:30 pm sharp.

Topic: AER’s role in the development of a methane reduction regulatory framework

Presenter: Maria Lavelle, Climate Lead, Regulatory Development, Alberta Energy Regulator (AER)

Maria has 20 years of experience in policy and regulatory development. She has a J.D. and an LL.M. and has completed her post-graduate education in natural resources, energy and environmental law along with professional programs in regulatory design and development. At AER, Maria is the Climate Lead Regulatory – Development for the Climate Policy Assurance Team where she leads, and is accountable for, regulatory development processes related to methane reduction. This includes assuring the design of regulatory approaches and instruments subscribes to a high standard of regulatory excellence, and that they are legally and economically viable.

Before joining the Climate Policy Assurance Team, Maria was a senior regulatory analyst with the AER where she led regulatory development in a number of projects, including: determining the regulatory approach that would best reduce the number of pipeline incidents; the governance and regulatory framework that would best monitor air quality in the Peace River Area, and as part of the NALA Process Team – envisaging the future regulatory process for a single, integrated approval across the lifecycle of an energy development project.

Prior to joining the AER, Maria was a legal counsel with the Alberta Law Reform Institute where she led and/or contributed to a number of major legislative reform projects that resulted in new legislation being introduced in the province of Alberta. She was also a diplomat with the Canadian Foreign Service and occupied various legal and policy positions within the Government of Canada/

Please RSVP at uccpans@gmail.com before noon on Monday, November 28, 2016