Conference Co-Chairs

Monika Bear Robe

Senior Manager, Indigenous Consulting
MNP

Bill Whitelaw

Managing Director, Strategy and Sustainability
geoLOGIC systems

Distinguished Faculty

Salah Abouelnaga

Capital Program Manager
NTPC – Northwest Territories Power Corporation

Danalee Baker

Senior Manager, Procurement & Risk
Métis Nation British Columbia

Angie Bates

Vice President, Sector Leader - Infrastructure, Environmental Services Canada
Stantec

Darrell Beaulieu

Chief Operating Officer
Denendeh Group of Companies

Dr. Heather Brooks

Senior Civil/Geotechnical Engineer
BGC Engineering Inc.

George Casimir

General Manager
Community Futures Development Corporation of Central Interior First Nations

Hon. Caitlin Cleveland

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

Susan R. Eaton

President
SR ECO Consultants Inc. 

Kay-Lee Eckhard

Indigenous Relations Liaison
Canada West Land

Heather Exner-Pirot

Senior Fellow
Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Jocelyn L. Hayley

Professor, Civil Engineering (Geotechnical)
University of Calgary

Greg Hopf

Owner/Operator
Moccasin Trails Inc

Rob Huebert

Interim Director, Faculty of Arts, Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies
University of Calgary

Miles Jolliffe

Founder and CEO
Kinetic Canada LP

Katie Kachur

Vice-President, Government Relations, West
Canadian Propane Association

Jeff Krehmer

Chief Engineer
Big Time Engineering Corp.

Jeff Mackey

Director General - Contaminated Sites Branch – Northern Affairs Organization
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Marie-Élise Maurice

Director, Critical Minerals Infrastructure and Regional Strategies
Natural Resources Canada

Kim Redies

CEO
Dena Nezziddi Development Corporation

Shafak Sajid

Interim Director, Engagement
Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation

Benjamin Scott

Working Chairperson
Tlicho Investment Corporation & Group of Companies 

Hon. Doug Schweitzer

Co-Founder
Ultamarii Ltd.

Ben Vogel

Senior Advisor, Closure Readiness
Rio Tinto

Colin Xander

President and Founder
Promise for the North