Archive, 2018
Session 1: Federal & Territorial Energy Programs & Priorities For The Arctic
Andrew Stewart, Director Energy Division, Government of the Northwest Territories
Matthew Spence, Indigenous & Northern Affairs Canada
Stephanie Zimmerling, Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Canada
Session 2: Arctic Energy Planning & Strategies
John Higginbotham, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance & Innovation
Session 3: Energy from the Arctic for Arctic Needs
Travis Balaski, VP Canadian LNG, Ferus Natural Gas Fuels
Robert Cooke, Senior Technology Advisor, Polar Knowledge Canada
Grant Sullivan, Executive Director, Gwich'in Council International
Geraldine Byrne, Manager Energy Research & Development, Government of the Northwest Territories
Session 4: Emerging Technologies for Arctic Energy
Peter Lang, President, Dundedin Energy Systems
Pam Strand, Assistant Deputy Minister, Mineral & Petroleum Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories
Presentation
Plenary Address
Else Kveinen, Minister Counsellor, Norwegian Embassy Ottawa
Session 5: Resource Development In The NWT, Yukon
Paul Barnes, Director Atlantic Canada & Arctic, Candian Association of Petroleum Producers
Menzie McEachern, Director, Mineral & Petroleum Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories
Paul Gruner, CEO, Det'on Cho Corporation
presentation
Session 6: Energy Conservation in the Arctic
Alexandra Giroux, Energy Management Specialist, Arctic Energy Alliance
Klaus Dohring, President, Green Sun Rising
Presentation
**Session 7: Global and regional forces of economic and geopolitical change affecting development in the Beaufort Sea Region
John Higginbotham, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance & Innovation
Else Kveinen, Minister Counsellor, Norwegian Embassy Ottawa
Wenran Jiang, President of the Canada-China Energy & Environment Forum
Session 8: Unlocking economic development potential and confronting challenges in the Western Arctic / Beaufort Sea region
John Higginbotham, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance & Innovation
Kells Boland, Principal PROLOG Canada, Vice-Chair Yukon Chamber of Commerce
Neil O'Rourke, Senior Director Safe Shipping & Economic Intelligence, Canadian Coast Guard
Jim Parsons, Academic Director, Marine Institute of Memorial University
Erin Abou-Abssi, Policy Advisor, Oceans North