2024 Speakers

Conference Co-Chairs

Meaghan Conroy

Partner
MLT Aikins

Shaleigh Raine

Consultation Office
Louis Bull Tribe

Distinguished Speakers

Melvin Abraham

Consultation Coordinator
Frog Lake First Nation

Todd Bailey

Consultation Director
Swan River First Nation

Morgan Bamford

Senior Manager, Indigenous Relations
EPCOR

Jeremy Barretto

Partner
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Harold Blyan

Councillor
Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement

Delanie Bulldog

Indigenous Relations Manager, Strategic Opportunities
First Nations Financial Management Board

Robb Campre

Member
Fort Mckay First Nation

Troy Chalifoux, B.A., L.L.B

Executive Director, Negotiations
Maurice Law

Melanie Daniels

President
Chickadee Indigenous Relations Ltd

Callie Davies-Flett

Regulatory Advisor
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation

Eriel Deranger

Executive Director
Indigenous Climate Action

Brian Fung

Manager, Government Relations
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation

Devin Gambler

Owner
Pamihtâw Consulting Inc.

Florence Glanfield, PhD

Vice-Provost (Indigenous Programming & Research), University of Alberta
Citizen, Métis Nation of Alberta

Bryn E. Gray

Partner
McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Catherine James

Analyst
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Kate Kempton

Senior Counsel
Woodward & Company

David K. Laidlaw

Research Fellow
Canadian Institute of Resources Law
University of Calgary

Ryan M. Lake

Partner
Maurice Law

Jeremy Makokis

CEO and Founder
Turtle Island Solutions

William (Bill) Mcelhanney, K.C.

Partner
Ackroyd LLP

Violet M. Meguinis

Consultation Director
Tsuut’ina Nation

Jaimy Miller

Director, Indigenous Relations, Social Development, Community Services
City Of Edmonton

Terry M. Mitchell

Vice-President – Indigenous Relations
Graham Construction

Dale Swampy

President
National Coalition of Chiefs

Carol M. Wildcat

Consultation Coordinator
Ermineskin Cree Nation

Monika Wilson

Vice President
Fort McKay Landing