Speakers

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

Emily Bates

Deputy Director, Infrastructure and Regional Strategies Division
Natural Resources Canada

Darrell Beaulieu

Chief Executive 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

Gerald D. Chipeur

Partner
Miller Thomson

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

G. Kent Fellows

Graduate Programs Director, School of Public Policy
University of Calgary

Jocelyn L. Hayley

Professor, Civil Engineering (Geotechnical)
University of Calgary

Mark Heyck

Executive Director
Arctic Energy Alliance

Greg Hopf

Owner/Operator
Moccasin Trails Inc

Rob Huebert

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

Katie Kachur

Vice-President, Government Relations, West
Canadian Propane Association

Geoff Karcher

Director, Faro Mine Remediation Project
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Jeff Krehmer

Chief Engineer
Big Time Engineering Corp.

Agata Leszkiewicz

eVinci Business Development Lead Canada
Westinghouse Electric Company, Canada

Jeff Mackey

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

Alvin Manitopyes

Founder
EARTHCODE

Mellisa Mercredi

Senior Advisor, Regional Economic Development
Rio Tinto

Damian Panayi

Regulatory Specialist
WSP

Kim Redies

CEO
Dena Nezziddi Development Corporation

Amber Ruddy

Vice President
Counsel Public Affairs Inc

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.

Dale Swampy

President
National Coalition of Chiefs

Ben Vogel

Senior Advisor, Closure Readiness
Rio Tinto

Colin Xander

President and Founder
Promise for the North

Stephanie Wood

Director
Green Cat Renewables Canada Corporation