U.S.-Canada Energy Summit: Re-energizing the Policy Dialogue

This event takes place in Chicago but will be webcast live from this page. 

The United States and Canada sit at the center of a global energy transformation that has huge implications for both countries. Join leading investors, stakeholders, practitioners, and energy experts in this one-and-a-half day event to examine the scope of, and recommend a future course for bilateral energy cooperation.

This even is co-sponsored by the Wilson Center. Director of the Canada Institute, David Biette, will moderate the final panel.  

SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS

• Pierre Arcand, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Quebec, Canada
• Dennis Blair, former Director of National Intelligence, former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command, and Cochair, Commission on  Energy and Geopolitics, Securing America’s Future Energy
• Daniel Poneman, former Deputy Secretary of Energy, US Department of Energy
• The Honorable Greg Rickford, Minister of Natural Resources, Canada
• Adam Sieminski, Administrator, Energy Information Administration
• Scott Thomson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Manitoba Hydro

OTHER SPEAKERS

• Jean Charest, former Premier of Québec, Canada; Partner, McCarthy Tétrault   
• David Jacobson, former US Ambassador to Canada; Vice Chairman, BMO Financial Group
• Eric Axford, Executive Vice President, Business Services, Suncor
• David Biette, Director, Canada Institute, The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
• George Bilicic, Vice Chairman of US Investment Banking, Head of Midwest Investment Banking, Lazard Freres and Co. LLC
• Douglas J. Black, Senator (Alberta), Parliament of Canada
• Steve Brick, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Climate and Energy, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
• Rachel Bronson, Senior Fellow for Global Energy, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
• Robert Collier, Consultant, Energy and Climate Policy
• Ivo Daalder, President, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
• Roxanne Decyk, former Executive Vice President, Global Government Relations, Royal Dutch Shell
• Gary Doer, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
• Byron Dorgan, Senior Policy Advisor, Arent Fox LLP, former Senator (D-ND)
• Dawn Farrell, President and Chief Executive Officer, TransAlta Corporation
• William J. Fehrman, President and Chief Executive Officer, MidAmerican Energy Company; President, MidAmerican Renewables, LLC
• Gordon D. Giffin, Former US Ambassador to Canada; Chair, Public Policy and International Department, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP 
• Wenran Jiang, Director, Canada-China Energy and Environment Forum
• Robert J. Johnston, Director, Global Energy & Natural Resources, Eurasia Group
• Dylan Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada West Foundation
• Howard A. Learner, President and Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center
• Christoph Löwer, Director Government Relations & CSR, Alstom Germany
• Jim Murphy, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Invenergy LLC
• Lana Pollack, Chair of the US Section, International Joint Commission
• Roy Norton, Canadian Consul General in Chicago
• Soma Somasundaram, President & Chief Executive Officer, Dover Energy
• Scott Vali, Vice President and Portfolio Manager, CIBC Global Asset Management
• Jodi White, Chair, Board of Directors, Tides Canada
• Dan Wicklum, Chief Executive, Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA)
• Duncan Wood, Director, Mexico Institute, The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars