News

16-Jan-08

Alberta Enterprise Group

Washington, D.C. Trade Mission 2008

Roster of Speakers

 

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

No public presentations

 

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

2:00pm          

Alberta: Leading the Way on North American Energy Security

215 Dirksen Senate Office Building (Senate Finance Committee Room)

 

Host:

Senator Orrin Hatch (R) Utah

 

Keynote:

Hon. Ed Stelmach, Premier of Alberta

 

Expert Panel:

Paul Michael Wihbey, President, GWEST

 

Theodore W. Boll, Senior Economist, Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress

 

Mr. Gary Kalynchuk, Senior Consultant, North American Construction Group

 

Todd Dana, Chairman, Red Leaf Resources

 

Michael C. Hagood, Idaho National Laboratory Technology

 

N. Murray Edwards, CEO Edco Financial and Vice Chair, Canadian Natural Resources Limited

 

 

4:00pm          

Friends of Canada Caucus Reception - Honouring Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach and the Alberta Enterprise Group Capitol Building Meeting Room HC-5

 

Hosts include:

Congressman James Oberstar (D) Minnesota

 

Congressman Henry Brown (R) South Carolina

 

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee (D) Texas

 

AEG Representative                                                                     

                                                                       

6:00pm          

Reception at the Canadian Embassy

 

Speakers include:

Honourable Michael Wilson, Ambassador of Canada to the United States of America

 

Honourable Ed Stelmach, Premier of Alberta

 

Thursday, January 17, 2008

                        All sessions in the morning at the Mayflower Hotel

9:00am          

Breakfast Keynote: Hon. Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (invited) State Room

 

9:30am

Business Session:  Alberta’s Strategic Gateway in the Emerging Asia-North America Trade and Transportation Land Bridge

 

Moderator:    

David Manning, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, KeySpan Corporation


Panel:

Hon. Walter Bastian, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for the Western Hemisphere

Paul Garbiar – Vice President – Infrastructure and Technology- Edmonton Airport Authority

Hon. Daniel J. Hickey, Senior Government Relations Advisor, King & Spalding, former Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Transportation

His Worship David Bronconnier, Mayor of Calgary


Strategic Business Intelligence Briefing


Speaker:

Melinda K. Redman, Senior Director of Intelligence and Analysis Terrorism Research Center


11:15am

Business Session: Leveraging, Diversification & Sustainability: The Growth & Importance of Alberta’s Knowledge Sectors

Moderator:

Ed Badolato, President & CEO of Integrated Infrastructure Analytics, Inc. (IIA), former Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Energy


Panel:

Hon. Gary Mar, QC, Minister-Counselor, Representative of the Government of Alberta at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC

Ron Gilbertson, President and CEO, Edmonton Economic Development Corporation

Bruce Graham, CEO, Calgary Economic Development Corporation

Christopher Moakley, CEO Meridian Investments


12:30pm

Keynote Luncheon Address: U.S.-Canadian Relations: Opportunities and Challenges


Speakers:

Hon. Andrew Card, former White House Chief of Staff and former Secretary of Transportation

Hon. Ed Stelmach, closing address


5:30pm

Reception with Ted Leonsis

Dewar’s 12 Club, Verizon Centre





 




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