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2006

The Centre for Energy would like to thank David MacInnis, President, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association and Cheryl Knight, Executive Director & CEO, Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada, for volunteering to make energy-related presentations in coordination with the Centre for Energy speakers bureau program.

Presentations

“Canada Think Day,“ presentation about unconventional natural gas development in Canada by Kin Chow, Chair, Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas, March 9, event hosted by the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology’s Houston Center for Energy Economics.

“Sustainable Energy,” Environmental Studies Program, presentation, “Fossil Fuels: Friend or Foe,” by Mark Jaccard, professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University, March 9, Schenectady, New York, hosted by Union College.

2006 Federal Energy and Environmental Matters Conference, presentation about natural gas lines and U.S./Canada relations by David MacInnis, President, Canadian Pipeline Association, March 9-11, Washington, D.C., hosted by The Energy Council.

U.S. National Association of Business Economics, presentation, “Energy Policy: The Role of Nuclear Power and Climate Exchanges in Achieving Energy and Environmental Security,” by Dr. Hans Tammemagi, Ph.D., writer and environmental consultant, March 13-14, Washington, D.C.

Presentation about U.S./Canada relations as it relates to energy by Peter Howard, P. Eng., Research Director, Canadian Energy Research Institute, March 30-31, Boston, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine.

2005

Michael Cleland, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Gas Association, will speak at the Northwest Independent Power Producers Coalition (NIPPC) annual meeting on September 8 at the Hood Canal Alderbrook Resort in Washington. He will talk about Canada’s overall energy supplies, demands and challenges with a focus on provincial or state roles in addressing these challenges. NIPPC is an association that actively pursues informal and formal (i.e., laws, policies, rules and regulations) avenues and forums to ensure a competitive electric power supply marketplace in the Pacific Northwest.

Malcolm Wilson, Ph.D., CO2 Management Program Director, EnergyINet, will speak about carbon sequestration at The Energy Council Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, September 23. Dr. Wilson played an instrumental role in the evolution of the Weyburn carbon sequestration project and the Petroleum Technology Research Centre. He is also a Canadian representative to the International Energy Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Programme.

Bob Dunbar, President, Strategy West Inc., The Oil Sands – Canada’s World-Scale Hydrocarbon Resource, Alaska Support Industry Alliance, Anchorage, Alaska, March 10.

Nancy Hughes Anthony, President, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canada’s Contribution to a Secure North American Energy Future, The Energy Council’s 2005 Federal Energy and Environmental Matters Conference, Washington, D.C., March 11.

Fiona Oliver, Director of Operations, Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance, LDCs and Demand Side Management in Ontario, 4th Annual Energy Conference hosted by the Chicago Federation Reserve Bank, Detroit, Michigan, March 14.

Michael J. Tims, Chair, Peters & Company, "An Investors Perspective on Continental Security of Natural Gas Supply" Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., March 21.

Michael Cleland, President, Canadian Gas Association and Chair, Energy Dialogue Group, Overview of the Canadian/U.S. Energy Relationship, Southern Center for International Studies, Atlanta, Georgia, March 22.

Francis Bradley, Vice President, Corporate and Communications, Canadian Electricity Association, will speak at the Midwestern Legislative Conference (MLC) of The Council of State Governments on August 1 at the Delta Regina hotel in Saskatchewan. He will talk about Canada’s overall energy supplies, demands and challenges with a focus on provincial or state roles in addressing these challenges. The MLC is an association of 11 Midwestern state legislatures. The provinces of Saskatchewan, Ontario and Manitoba are affiliates of the MLC.

2004

Murray Smith, Alberta’s former Minister of Energy, kicked off the Centre for Energy™’s speakers bureau with a presentation at the December 2004 Integrating North American Energy Conference in Washington D.C. sponsored by the Council of the Americas. Participants at this trilateral conference included industry and government representatives from Canada, the United States and Mexico. Smith spoke about energy needs in the Americas, securing efficient and affordable energy for the region and developing unconventional resources such as the oilsands.

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