Keynote speakers presented below include their title at the time of presentation.
2020 – Nation Building: Canada 2.0
David Dodge, Former Governor of the Bank of Canada
Curtis Stange, President & CEO, ATB Financial
Anthony Viel, CEO, Deloitte Canada
Nancy Southern, Chair & Chief Executive Officer, ATCO Group and Executive Chair, Canadian Utilities Limited
Alicia Dubois, CEO, Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation
Don Lindsay, President & CEO, Teck Resources Ltd.
Ambassador Kelly Craft, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations
David Frum, Social & Political Commentator and Senior Editor at The Atlantic
Premier Jason Kenney, Government of Alberta
Dr. Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Dr. Ted Morton, Executive Fellow, The School of Public Policy and Professor Emeritus, Political Science, University of Calgary
Rex Murphy, Social Commentator, Editorialist & Distinct Canadian Voice
Therese Brisson, President & CEO, Alpine Canada
John Cassels, Chairman, Winterstart Events Ltd.
2019 – Leadership in Uncertain Times
David Dodge, Former Governor of the Bank of Canada
Adam Legge, President, Business Council of Alberta
Mary Moran, President & CEO, Calgary Economic Development
Edward Sims, President & CEO, WestJet
Dr. Karen MacNeill, Founding Partner & Chief Product Officer, headversity
Sean Willy, President & CEO, Des Nedhe Development Corporation
Christy Clark, Former Premier of British Columbia
Vivian Krause, Researcher & Writer
Jason Kenney, Premier of Alberta
2018 – World in Transition: Trade, Trump & Technology
David Dodge, Former Governor of the Bank of Canada
Jim Gibson, CEO, JAGYYC
Oren Berkovich, CEO, SingularityU Canada
Rex Murphy, Social Commentator, Editorialist & Distinct Canadian Voice
Laura Dawson PhD, Director, Canada Institute
Lu Xu, Consul General, People’s Republic of China, Calgary
Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque CMG, British High Commissioner, Canada
Kelly Craft, US Ambassador to Canada
2017 – Navigating Disruption
David Dodge, Former Governor of the Bank of Canada
Siegfried Kiefer, Chief Strategy Officer, ATCO Ltd & Canadian Utilities Ltd. and President, Canadian Utilities Ltd.
Todd Roberts, Senior Vice-President, Enterprise Payments & Innovation, CIBC
Judy Fairburn, Executive Vice-President, Safety and Chief Digital Officer, Cenovus
Gary Kovacs, Former CEO AVG Technologies, Board Member, Advisor, Technologist
Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque, CMG, British High Commissioner, Canada
Peter Tertzakian, Executive Director, ARC Financial Corp.
Hon. John R. Baird, P.C., Former Federal Minister (Foreign Affairs, Environment, Transport & Infrastructure)
2016 – Business of Politics: The Changing Nature of Democracy
Kevin Chan, Head of Public Policy, Facebook Canada
The Honourable John Manley, P.C., O.C., President & Chief Executive Officer, Business Council of Canada
Ian Anderson, President, Kinder Morgan Canada
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, PC, MP, Former Interim Leader of the Conservative Party and former Leader of the Official Opposition
Rex Murphy, Social Commentator, Editorialist & Distinct Canadian Voice
2015 – The Future of Energy: Innovation and Competitiveness
Peter Tertzakian, Chief Energy Economist & Managing Director, ARC Financial Corp.
Tim McMillan, President & CEO, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Andrew Swart, Partner, Monitor Deloitte, Deloitte Canadian Mining Consulting Leader
Peter Istvanffy, President & CEO, Centre for Educational Research Applications
2014 – Water: The New Oil?
Marq de Villiers, Journalist and Author
Nancy C. Southern, Chair, President & Chief Executive Officer ATCO Ltd. & Canadian Utilities Limited.
Bob Sandford, EPCOR Chair and United Nations Water for Life Decade, Canada
Kim Sturgess, Founder & CEO, Alberta WaterSMART
Dr. Dan Wicklum, Chief Executive, COSIA (Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance)
2013 – North American Energy: Market Access
Premier Alison Redford, Government of Alberta
Premier David Alward, Government of New Brunswick
Miles Richardson, Former President of the Haida Nation and Former Chief Commissioner of the BC Treaty Commission
Ian Anderson, President, Kinder Morgan Canada
Douglas Bloom, President, Canadian LNG, Spectra Energy
Paul Browning, President & CEO, Irving Oil Limited
Russell Girling, President & CEO, TransCanada Corporation
Al Monaco, President and CEO, Enbridge Inc.
Rex Murphy, Writer & Broadcaster
2012 – Global Energy: The Canadian Challenge
David Dodge, O.C. – Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP and Former Governor, Bank of Canada
N. Murray Edwards – Chairman, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
Honourable Jim Prentice P.C., Q.C. – Senior Executive Vice President and Vice Chairman, CIBC
Peter Tertzakian – Chief Energy Economist and Managing Director, ARC Financial Corporation
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2011 – Contemporary Capitalism: Governments and the Markets
Dominic Barton – Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company
Felix Chee – China Investment Corporation (CIC), Representative Office in Toronto
Lorraine Mitchelmore – Vice-Chair, President & Canada Country Chair, Shell Canada Limited
David Dodge, O.C. – Former Governor of the Bank of Canada, Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP
2010 – Canada Rising: Our Future as a Global Economic Leader
David Dodge, O.C. – Former Governor of the Bank of Canada, Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP
Dr. Wenran Jiang – Mactaggart Research Chair, China Institute at the University of Alberta
Hal Kvisle – Retired President & CEO, TransCanada Corporation
The Honourable Kevin G. Lynch, P.C. – Vice-Chair, BMO Financial Group
Jiang Shan – Minister Counsellor of Commercial Affairs, Embassy of The People’s Republic of China in Canada
2009 – The Great Reckoning: Shaping the New Economic Order
Douglas Porter – Managing Director & Deputy Chief Economist, BMO Capital Markets
Christopher Burnham – Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Deutsche Asset Management
Claudio X. González – Chairman of the Board & CEO, Kimberly-Clark de México, S.A.B.
David Dodge, O.C. – Former Governor of the Bank of Canada, Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP
2008 – The Business of Climate Change
The Honourable Jim Prentice – Minister of Environment
Nancy Southern – President & CEO, ATCO Ltd. & Canadian Utilities Limited
Pete Wilson – Former Governor of California, US Senator, Mayor of San Diego
Gray Taylor – Partner & Chair of Climate Change and Emissions Trading Practice, Bennett Jones LLP
2007 – The Business of Climate Change
Dr. David Keith – Director, ISEEE Energy & Environmental Systems Group, Canada Research Chair in Energy and Environment, University of Calgary, Adjunct Professor Department of EPP, Carnegie Mellon
The Honourable Maxime Bernier – Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Honourable Jim Prentice – Minister of Industry
Jeff Rubin – Chief Economist & Chief Strategist, CIBC World Markets Inc.
2006 – Global Security and its Impact on the North American Economy
The Honourable Thomas J. Ridge – Former Governor of Pennsylvania, the nations first Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
Gwynne Dyer – noted Canadian authority on global events
Dr. Richard Reiner – Chief Security & Technology Officer, Telus Information Security Solutions
2005 – Energy – Canada’s Role in the 21st Century
Pierre Alvarez – President, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Hal Kvisle – President & CEO, TransCanada Corporation
The Honourable Richard Neufeld – Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, BC
2004 – North American Free Trade
Peter Watson – Former member of the National Security Council under President Bush Sr., current Chairman, President & CEO, U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Peter Lougheed – Former Premier of Alberta, Co-Chair of the Canadian Alliance for Trade and Job Opportunities, member of the Privy Council of Canada and is a current Companion of the Order of Canada and Chancellor, Emeritus of Queen’s University
2003 – Corporate Governance
Stephen Sibold – Chairman of the Alberta Securities Commission, Chairman of the Canadian Securities Administrators
Michael Phelps – Chairman of the Wisepersons Committee on Securities Law Reform in Canada
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