Past Conference

Conference Co-Chairs

Bill Whitelaw

Executive Director
Rextag

Mellisa Mercredi

Senior Advisor, Regional Economic Development
Rio Tinto

Honourable Danielle Smith

Premier
Government of Alberta
Pre-recorded remarks

Paul Gruner

Chief Executive Officer
Tlicho Investment Corporation & Group of Companies

Jim Landon

President
ATCO Frontec

Honourable Senator Dawn Anderson

Senator-Northwest Territories
Senate of Canada

Hon. Caitlin Cleveland

Minister of Industry, Tourism, and Investment and Minister of Education, Culture and Employment
Government of the Northwest Territories

Heather Exner-Pirot

Director of the Natural Resources, Energy and Environment Program
Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Colin Xander

President and Founder
Promise for the North Charities

Heather Stewart

CEO
BBE

Menzie McEachern

Assistant Deputy Minister, Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Government of Northwest Territories

Christopher Cornish

Director General, Lands and Economic Development
Indigenous Services Canada

Katie Kachur

Vice-President, Government Relations, West
Canadian Propane Association

Keynote: Creating Arctic Sovereignty Through Northern Infrastructure and Natural Resource Development

Transforming Indigenous Communities with Artificial Intelligence

Mission Critical: Why the Time is Now to Explore Gold and Precious Metals

What are the Department of Defense’s Plans for Energy Sovereignty

Managing the Unpredictable for Predictable Results: Addressing Logistical Challenges in Northern Canada

Arctic Investment Roundtable

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