National Energy Roundtable - Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters

The first annual National Energy Roundtable will take place on Tuesday June 2, 2015 at the Design
Exchange on Bay Street in Toronto. The conference will gather leaders in the energy sector for
discussions on Realizing Canada’s National Promise.
Home to some of the world's largest reserves of oil and gas, Canada has seen dramatic growth in its energy
sector. Yet efforts to leverage the country’s energy advantage are proving challenging as it struggles with a
transition from locked-in continental producer to a global supplier of oil and gas. Couple this with the
dramatic drop in oil prices, and the country is forgoing billions of dollars in investments and revenues and
losing well-paid jobs.
The Toronto Energy Roundtable conference will serve as an occasion to discuss the strategies that are
being implemented to define Canada’s place in the global energy mix and to review the opportunities, and
challenges, that this presents on a national basis. Topics will include:
•
Establishing and expanding energy trade with new markets
•
Realizing opportunities between energy production and electricity, refining and manufacturing
•
Balancing interests on energy infrastructure projects – the role of the Provinces, First Nations and
other key stakeholders
The tenants of a national energy strategy
•
The fee to attend the event is $395 and includes breakfast, lunch and all conference materials, including
password-protected access to presentations following the event. Participation will be limited to one
hundred delegates. For further information or to register visit www.energyroundtable.org
Title Sponsors
Sponsors
Knowledge Partners
Toronto Energy Roundtable Conference – Realizing Canada’s National Promise
Tuesday, June 2nd - Design Exchange, 234 Bay Street
MC
Andy Bell, Business News Network
8:30 am
Brian Gallant*, Premier of New Brunswick
How a national energy strategy can balance our economic and environmental goals (proposed)
9:00 am
Session I: Oil and gas – what’s in it for the rest of us?
Canada is one of the world’s largest producers of oil and gas. The country is increasingly diversifying
production and seeking to add value by developing new end uses for its energy resources. To achieve
this goal, billions of dollars in new, state of the art infrastructure will be required nationally. Energy
transport will require massive new projects and industrial users, refiners and ports will need critical
infrastructure to achieve their potential in this area. Natural gas can help meet power needs at
competitive rates and can potentially be exported as LNG off both the east and west coasts. The panel
will examine how energy cooperation can spur economic growth and drive an industrial renaissance
across Canada.
•
Ross Bayus, President, Valero Energy Inc.
•
Guillermo Moreno, Managing Director, Canada, Tenaris
•
Alfred Sorenson, President & CEO, Pieridae Energy
•
Wal van Lierop, President & CEO of Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital
• Matt Wilson, Vice President, National Policy, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Chair: Mungo Hardwicke-Brown, Partner (Calgary), Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
10:15 am
Networking break
10:45 am
Address by Francois Poirier, President, Energy East Pipeline, TransCanada
Securing new markets for Canada’s energy resources
11:15 am
Session II: Balancing interests on energy use and infrastructure
Whether developing complex oil projects and moving product to market, finding innovative ways to
produce and export natural gas or building complex electricity infrastructure, the energy sector is
central to the Canadian economy. However, efforts to develop growth opportunities are facing
challenges domestically and abroad, leading producers to consider pan-Canadian options to secure
new markets. The panel will examine the strategies that Canada can pursue, and technologies that can
be implemented, to address key stakeholder interests, gain license for new investments and create jobs
by developing an innovative and efficient electrical system and for moving oil and gas to central
Canada and the Maritimes for use in manufacturing, refining and for export.
Presentation by session chair Greg Lyle, Founder, Innovative Research Group (to be followed by
panel discussion) - Energy infrastructure and trends in NIMBYism
12:30 pm
•
Bob Oliver, Chief Executive Officer, Pollution Probe
•
Robert Hardt, President & CEO, Siemens Canada
•
Elmer Derek, Hereditary Chief, Gitxsan Nation
•
Jim Ellis, Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Energy Regulator
•
Glenn Beaumont*, President, Enbridge Gas Distribution
Luncheon with interview of Helima Croft, MD & Chief Commodities Strategist, RBC Capital
Markets, NYC by Ed Crooks*, US Energy & Industry Editor, Financial Times
Global energy trends and implications for Canada
2:00 pm
Close (note: * indicates speaker tbc)