Alan Pelman
Chair
Past Vice President, Technology
Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.

Dr. Alan Pelman retired as Vice President, Technology, Canada of Weyerhaeuser. Previously, he was Vice President of Research and Technology of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. Dr. Pelman holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from UBC, and began his career at Alcan Aluminum where he held a series of positions in technology management in Arvida, PQ and Kingston, Ontario, becoming Director of Alcan's R&D Centre in Kingston in 1987.

Prior to joining MacMillan Bloedel, Dr. Pelman was President and CEO of Powertech Labs Inc. - an applied technology company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of B.C. Hydro. He has served as Chair of the Canadian Advanced Industrial Materials Forum, Chair of the Innovation Management Association of Canada, on the Board of PRECARN, a pre-competitive research consortium for artificial intelligence and robotics, on the Board of Forintek Canada Corporation, and as a member of NABST, the National Advisory Board on Science and Technology. Dr. Pelman was also a member of the Ministers’ Advisory Council for Science and Technology of Natural Resources Canada (MACST), the federal Council for Science and Technology Advisors (CSTA), the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the Advisory Board of NRC’s Institute for Research in Construction.

Dr. Pelman is currently Chair of the Departmental Audit Committee for the National Research Council of Canada.