SPEAKERS
Panelists and moderators confirmed and invited to date:
Fawaz Al-Alamy
Senior Advisor to HRH the President, Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Rick Amantea
Vice President, Park Royal Shopping Centre, West Vancouver, BC, Canada
Steve Anderson
Executive Director, Climate Change and Intergovernmental Relations, Ministry of Environment, Government of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada
Helmi Ansari
Sustainability Director, Frito Lay Canada, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Nick Apostolidis
General Manager, Client Development, GHD, Brisbane, Australia
Roland Aurich
President & CEO, Siemens Canada Limited, Burlington, ON, Canada
Shari Austin
Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Stefan Bachu, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Distinguished Scientist, CO2 Geological Storage, Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures (formerly Alberta Research Council), Edmonton, AB, Canada
Ajay Badhwar
Strategic Marketing Manager, Oil and Gas Power & CO2, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, USA
Geoffrey Battersby
Project Coordinator, Revelstoke Community Energy Project, Revelstoke, BC, Canada
Debbie Baxter
Vice President, Corporate Sustainability and Facilities Management & Chief Sustainability Officer, LoyaltyOne, Toronto, ON, Canada
Peter Beattie
Commissioner, Queensland Government Trade and Investment Office, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Stephen Beatty
Managing Director, Toyota Canada Inc., Scarborough, ON, Canada
Brian Beck
Project Manager, Sustainability Group, City of Vancouver, BC, Canada
Bradley Berman
Founder, BermanWorks, Berkeley, CA, USA
Iain Black
Minister of Small Business, Technology, and Economic Development, Government of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada
Stephen Blank
Co-Chair, North American Transportation Competitiveness Research Council, New York, NY, USA
David Bonn
Associate, Masdar Venture Capital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Samir Brikho
Chief Executive, AMEC plc, London, UK
Peter Busby
Managing Director, Busby Perkins+Will, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Oliver Bussler
Senior Manager, Environmental and Emissions Portfolio, Capital Power Corporation, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Chris Campbell
Executive Director, Ocean Renewable Energy Group, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Anthony Cary
British High Commissioner, British High Commission, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Clarence Cazalot Jr.
President & Chief Executive Officer, Marathon Oil Corporation, Houston, TX, USA
Ambarish Chandra
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Jeff Chapman
CEO, Carbon Capture and Storage Association, London, UK*
David Cheesewright
President & CEO, Walmart Canada Corporation, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Paul Clements-Hunt
Head, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI), Geneva, Switzerland
Linda Coady
Vice President, Sustainability, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver, BC, Canada
John Coburn
Managing Director, XPV Capital Corporation, Toronto, ON, Canada
Al Cormier
Executive Director, Electric Mobility Canada, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Paul Cousens
North American Sales Manager, Clean Technology Industry, Autodesk, Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Amy Curry-Staschke
Head, Global Compliance, Quality Assurance and Community Legacies, lululemon athletica, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Issam Dairanieh
Director, Ventures-Americas, BP Alternative Energy, Chicago, IL, USA
Barbara De Rosa-Joynt
Multilateral Initiatives Coordinator, US Department of State, Washington, DC, USA (APP Administrative Support Group Member)
David R. Demers
Chief Executive Officer, Westport Innovations Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Henry Derwent
President & CEO, International Emissions Trading Association, Geneva, Switzerland
Isabelle Des Chênes
Vice President, Market Relations, Forest Products Association of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Joe Deutscher
Vice President, Dow Chemical Canada ULC, Fort Saskatchewan, AB, Canada
Dianne Dillon-Ridgley
Director, Interface Inc., Iowa City, IA, USA
David Downie
General Manager, Office of Water, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victorian Government, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mark Dubois-Phillips
Senior Manager, Technology Development, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, BC Hydro, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ann Duffy
Corporate Sustainability Officer, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Greg Ebel
President & CEO, Spectra Energy, Houston, TX, USA
Richard Emerton
Managing Partner, EMEA Leadership Consulting, Heidrick & Struggles, London, UK
Stuart Evans
Director, Business Development, Delta-Q Technologies Corporation, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Judy Fairburn
Executive Vice President, Environment and Strategic Planning, Cenovus Energy, Calgary, AB, Canada
Robert Falls
Chief Executive Officer, ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Karen Farbridge
Mayor, City of Guelph, ON, Canada
Blair Feltmate
Professor, Faculty of Environment, Unversity of Waterloo, ON, Canada
Hellmuth Frey
Project Manager, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Karlsruhe, Germany
Dale Friesen
Vice President, Aboriginal Affairs, Health, Safety, and Environment, ATCO Utilities, ATCO Group Ltd., Calgary, AB, Canada
Daniel J. Gagnier
Chairman, Board of Directors, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Rawdon, QC, Canada
John Gartner
Senior Anaylst, Pike Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Michael Geller
President, The Geller Group, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mark Ginsberg
Senior Executive, US Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA (Co-Chair of the APP Buildings and Appliances Task Force)
Jay Giraud
CEO, Rapid Electric Vehicles, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Christopher Glaisek
Vice President, Planning and Design, Waterfront Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Judy Glazer
Director, Global Social and Environmental Responsibility Operations, Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Darren Goetze
Director, Strategic Engagement, Environment Canada, Gatineau, QC, Canada (APP Policy and Implementation Committee Member)
David Ian Gray
Principal, DIG360, Vancouver, BC, Canada
James Gray-Donald
Associate Vice President, Sustainability, Sears Canada Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Deborah Greaves
Reader, Coastal and Marine Engineering (Wave Hub), School of Marine Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth, UK
Anthony Haines
President & CEO, Toronto Hydro Corporation, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sheeraz Haji
President, Cleantech Group LLC, San Francisco, CA, USA
Gwendolyn Hallsmith
Founder, Global Community Initiatives & Director, Department of Planning and Community Development, City of Montpelier, VT, USA
Harry J. Haney III
Associate Director, Logistics Operations, Kraft Foods, Inc., Northfield, IL, USA
Jim Hanna
Director, Environmental Impact, Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, WA, USA
Colin Hansen
Minister of Finance & Deputy Premier, Government of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada*
Mike Harcourt
Chairman, QUEST, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Jim Hartzfeld
Founder & Managing Director, InterfaceRaise, Atlanta, GA, USA
David Helliwell
Co-Founder & CEO, Pulse Energy, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Christopher Henderson
President, Lumos Energy, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Jim Hendricks
US Department of Energy / Edison Electrical Institute, Washington, DC, USA (Acting Chair of the APP Power Generation and Transmission Task Force)
Daniel T. Hendrix
President & Chief Executive Officer, Interface Inc., Atlanta, GA, USA
Catherine Higgens
Director General, Environmental Affairs, Transport Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Trevor Hill
President & CEO, Global Water Resources LLC, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Jeffrey Hollender
Co-Founder, Executive Chairman, & Chief Inspired Protagonist, Seventh Generation, Burlington, VT, USA
Christina Ianniciello
Manager, Communities and Transportation, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Government of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada
Erfan Ibrahim
Technical Executive, Smart Grid Communications and Cyber Security Lead, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Mitch Jackson
Staff Director, Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, FedEx Corporation, Memphis, TN, USA
Stefan Janhager
Senior Program Officer, Greenhouse Gas Accreditation Program, Standards Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Marty Janowitz
Vice President, Sustainable Development, Stantec, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Michael Jantzi
CEO, Jantzi-Sustainalytics, Toronto, ON, Canada
Randall Jespersen
President & CEO, Terasen, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ken Johnston
President, Novex Couriers, Richmond, BC, Canada
Sadhu Johnston
Deputy City Manager, City of Vancouver, BC, Canada
Tom Katinas
President & CEO, Syncrude Canada Ltd., Fort McMurray, AB, Canada
David Harris Kolada
Vice President, Corporate and Market Development, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Sue Kruse
General Manager, International, Resources Development and Taxation Branch, Australian Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, Canberra, ACT, Australia (Chair of the APP Aluminium Task Force)
Sonia Lacombe
Senior Manager, Climate Change and Sustainability, Ernst & Young, Toronto, ON, Canada
Gord Lambert
Vice President, Sustainable Development, Suncor Energy Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada*
Uzi Landau
Minister of National Infrastructure, Government of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel*
Isabelle Landry
Program Manager, Greenhouse Gas Verification Program, Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ), Québec, QC
Donna LeClair
Chief Technology Officer, BC Hydro, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Denis LeClerc
President & Chief Executive Officer, Écotech Québec, Montréal, QC
Blair Lekstrom
Minister of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Government of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada
Tim Lesiuk
Executive Director & Chief Negotiator, Business Development, Climate Action Secretariat, Victoria, BC, Canada
David Lewin
Senior Vice President, IGCC Development, Capital Power Corporation, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Sandra Locke
Executive Director CCS Policy Development, Alberta Energy, Edmonton, AB, Canada
D. Scott MacDonald
President & Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Carbon Trust, Victoria, BC, Canada
John S. MacDonald
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Day4 Energy Inc., Burnaby, BC, Canada
Tony Manwaring
Chief Executive, Tomorrow's Company, London, UK
Ben Marans
Manager, Grants and Special Projects, Toronto Atmospheric Fund, Toronto, ON, Canada
Eric Marsh
Executive Vice President, Natural Gas Economy, EnCana, Denver, CO, USA
Matt Mattila
Consultant, Transportation, Rocky Mountain Institute, Boulder, CO, USA
James F. McArdle
Senior Vice President, Legal Services & Secretary, Export Development Canada, Ottawa, ON
Velma McColl
Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Terry McIntyre
Senior Science Advisor on Biofuels and Bioenergy, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Gatineau, QC, Canada (Chair of the APP Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation Task Force)
Michael A. Mehling
President, Ecologic Institute, Washington, DC, USA; Berlin, Germany
Jon Mitchell
Lead, Environment Policy and Strategy, Cenovus Energy, AB, Canada
Michel Morvan
Vice President, Research and Innovation, Veolia Environment, Paris, France
Paul Murray
Director, Environmental Safety and Sustainability, Herman Miller Inc., Zeeland, MI, USA
Mark Newton
Chief Strategist, Environmental Sustainability, Dell Inc. Round Rock, TX, USA
John O'Dell
Senior Editor, Edmunds.com, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Sandra Odendahl
Director, Corporate Environmental Affairs, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Booky Oren
Executive Chairman, Miya, Arison Group., Tel Aviv, Israel
Nick Otter
CEO, Global CCS Institute, Canberra, Australia
Mustapha Ouyed
Project Director, Climate Change, Golder Associates Ltd., Montréal, QC, Canada
David Pacyna
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Siemens Energy Inc., North American Transmission and Distribution Divisions, Siemens USA, Wendell, NC, USA
Robert Page
Chair, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 207 on Environmental Management & Chair, National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, Calgary, AB, Canada
David Parker
Vice President, Sustainability, Teck Resources Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Nicholas Parker
Executive Chairman, Cleantech Group LLC, San Francisco, CA, USA
Janet Peace
Vice President, Markets and Business Strategy, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Arlington, VA, USA
Mark Pearson
Director General, External Relations, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Gordon R. Peeling
President & Chief Executive Officer, Mining Association of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Normand Pellerin
Assistant Vice President, Environment, CN, Montréal, QC, Canada
Eamonn Percy
President & Chief Operating Officer, Powertech Labs Inc., Surrey, BC, Canada
Robert Peterman
Senior Manager, Global Clean Technology, Toronto Stock Exchange & TSX Venture Exchange, Toronto, ON, Canada
Michael Phelps
Chairman, Dornoch Capital Inc. & GLOBE Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Sevag Pogharian
Architect, Sevag Pogharian Designs, Montréal, QC, Canada
Jim Prentice
Minister of Environment, Government of Canada, Gatineau, QC, Canada
Pedro Pablo Quirós
President & CEO, Grupo ICE, San José, Costa Rica
Christian Rakos
CEO, proPellets,Wolfsgraben, Austria
Stacy Reichert
President, PepsiCo Beverages Canada, Mississauga, ON, Canada*
Jonathan Rhone
President & CEO, Nexterra Systems Corp.; Chair, Cleantech CEO Alliance, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Claude Robert
President & CEO, Robert Transport, Boucherville, QC, Canada
Ric Robertshaw
Co-Chair, National Roundtable for Sustainable Infrastructure (NRTSI), Brampton, ON, Canada
Gregor Robertson
Mayor, City of Vancouver, BC, Canada
John Robinson
Professor, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Nicola Ross
Executive Editor, Alternatives Journal, Waterloo, ON, Canada
David Runnalls
President & Chief Executive Officer, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Constantine Samaras
Associate Engineer, RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Bruce Schlein
Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, Citigroup, New York, NY, USA
Dave Schwass
Senior Advisor, Environment, NOVA Chemicals Corporation, Calgary, AB, Canada
Rob Seeley
General Manager, Sustainable Development & Manager, External Affairs, Shell Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada
Vicky Sharpe
President & CEO, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Mira Shenker
Editor, ReNew Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Adam Sherman
Program Director, Biomass Energy Resource Center, Montpelier, VT, USA
Sam Sidawi
Practice Lead, Community Infrastructure, AECOM, Toronto, ON, Canada
William Smith
Senior Vice President, Energy Sector, Siemens Canada, Burlington, ON, Canada
Steve Snyder
President & CEO, TransAlta Corporation, Calgary, AB, Canada
Esther Speck
Director, Sustainability and Community, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Nigel Steward
Vice President, Technology Sales, Operational Excellence and Climate Change, Rio Tinto Alcan, Montréal, QC, Canada
Suzanne Stormer
Vice President, Novo Nordisk, Novo Alle, Denmark
Coro Strandberg
Principal, Strandberg Consulting, Burnaby, BC, Canada
James Suciu
President, Global Sales & Marketing, GE Energy, Atlanta, GA, USA
Graeme Sweeney
Executive Vice President, CO2, Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd., London, UK
Dane Taival
Vice President, Contracting Solutions, Trane, St. Paul, MN, USA
James Tansey
Co-Founder & President, Offsetters; Executive Director, Centre for Sustainability and Social Innovation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Alison Thompson
Vice President, Corporate Relations, Magma Energy Corp., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Luke Tonachel
Vehicles Analyst, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, USA
Anne Marie Toutant
Vice President, Mining, Suncor Energy Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada
David Trueman
Technical Consultant, Thor Lake, Avalon Rare Metals, Richmond, BC, Canada
Grant Trump
President & CEO, ECO Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada
Barbara Turley-McIntyre
Director, Sustainability and Corporate Citizenship, The Co-operators Group Ltd., Guelph, ON, Canada
Liesbeth van der Pol
Chief Government Architect, Government of The Netherlands, The Hague, Netherlands
Wal van Lierop
President & CEO, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Johan van't Hof
CEO, Tonbridge Corporation, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sharon Walck
Senior Vice President, HSBC North America, Buffalo, NY, USA
Anthony Watanabe
President & CEO, The Innovolve Group, Toronto, ON, Canada
Caroline Waters
Director, People and Policy, BT Group, London, UK
Matthew Webb, Ph.D
Head of International Coal and CCS Policy, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, UK
Michael Weedon
Executive Director, BC Bioenergy Network, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Gary Weilinger
Vice President, Strategic Development and External Affairs, Spectra Energy Transmission, Calgary, AB, Canada
Dennis Welch
Executive Vice President, Environment, Safety & Health, and Facilities, American Electric Power, Columbus, OH, USA
William F. Wescott
Managing Director, Cleantech Group LLC, San Francisco, CA, USA
Victor Westerlind
General Partner, RockPort Capital Partners, Menlo Park, CA, USA
David Wheeler
Pro Vice-Chancellor & Dean (Designate), Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, UK
Peter White
Director, Global Sustainability, Procter & Gamble Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Richard White
Director, Community Development, City of North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Steve Williams
Chief Operating Officer, Suncor Energy, Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada
Donna Wilson
Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Sustainability and International Client Services, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), Vancouver, BC, Canada
Frank Wouters
Chief Executive, Masdar Power, Abu Dhabi, UAE
John Yap
Minister of State for Climate Action, Government of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada
* Invited