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Positive Energy Program — Agenda
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN ENERGY DECISION-MAKING
HOW IS CANADA DOING?
APRIL 23 AND 24, 2018
PROGRAM
Welcome to the Conference ........... 3
Agenda ........................................... 4
Speaker biographies ...................... 8
Notes ............................................ 22
3
Final conference for the first three years of Positive Energy
April 23-24 2018, University of Ottawa
Welcome to the Positive Energy Conference, Public Confidence in Energy Decision-Making: How is Canada Doing?, which marks the conclusion of the first three years of Positive Energy.
This major conference draws upon three years of Positive Energy research and engagement on the issues of public confidence in energy decision-making. We will reflect on lessons learned, progress made and the challenges that still remain.
The timing of this gathering is exceptional: many jurisdictions continue to grapple with how to strengthen public confidence in energy decision-making, debate on these issues remains – and may become increasingly – polarized, and domestic and international investors are seriously questioning the ongoing attractiveness of Canada as an invest-ment destination. We hope the Conference will make a meaningful and positive contribution to resolving these vex-ing challenges, including by assessing the federal government’s proposed legislation on environmental assessment and modernization of the National Energy Board (Bill C-69) and its Generation Energy initiative on Canada’s long term energy future.
The conference’s cutting-edge discussions feature political, corporate, NGO, Indigenous and public sector leaders as keynote speakers and panelists. Session themes feature a mix of the completed research streams of Positive Ener-gy (The Role of Public Authorities in Energy Decision-Making; The Role of Communities in Energy Decision-Making), fresh public opinion polling data on Canadians’ views of energy decision-making, big-picture reflection on Canada’s progress towards resolving public confidence challenges, and a look at what’s next for Positive Energy as it turns attention to the low-emission energy transition file.
We are very grateful to all speakers on the program as well as to the organizations that have generously supported Positive Energy in its first three years – Alberta Energy, the Alberta Energy Regulator, the British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission, the British Columbia Utilities Commission, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, the Canadian Electricity Association, the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, the Canadian Gas Association, the Ca-nadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Cenovus, Encana and Natural Resources Canada. Nanos Research is our official pollster.
Sincerely,
Monica Gattinger, PhD
Chair, Positive Energy
Positive Energy Program — Agenda 4
4:00-5:00 pm
RECEPTION AND REGISTRATION
5:00-5:10 pm
WELCOME
Monica Gattinger, Chair, Positive Energy
Sylvain Charbonneau, Vice-President, Research, University of Ottawa
5:10-5:40 pm
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of Natural Resources
5:40-7:00 pm
ARMCHAIR DISCUSSION: PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN ENERGY DECISION-MAKING – HOW FAR HAVE WE COME? WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE? The past three years have seen major reforms in policy and regulation to attempt to deal with a lack of public confidence in energy decision-making. At the federal level, a new energy regulator has been proposed and a new agency for impact assessments will be charged with making public interest determinations on energy projects. “Generation Energy,” a national energy policy discussion was launched, carbon pricing is increasingly widespread and Indigenous representation in decision-making has been solidified in practice and through jurisprudence. Provincial governments have also taken steps to build public confidence, including Alberta’s cap on oil sands emissions, new regulations in Québec for shale gas development, British Columbia’s area based approach to oil and gas development and a renewed long-term energy plan in Ontario. Yet, energy projects – notably but not exclusively pipelines – remain controversial, and challenges to public confidence
continue. This panel of senior leaders from industry, ENGO, policy, regulatory, and Indigenous interests will reflect on how far Canada has come in building public confidence in energy decision-making and what still needs to be done.
Moderator:
Monica Gattinger, Chair, Positive Energy
Participants:
Kim Baird, Senior Advisor, Hill & Knowlton Strategies
Bruce Cameron, former Executive Director, Nova Scotia Dept of Energy
Louis Legault, Chair, CAMPUT, Canada’s Energy and Utility Regulators
Nik Nanos, Chair and CEO, Nanos Research
David Runnalls, Board President, Pembina Institute
Doug Suttles, CEO, Encana
7:00 – 9:00 pm
DINNER KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Corrina Leween, Chief, Cheslatta Carrier Nation,
Vice-Chair of the First Nations Major Projects
Coalition (FNMPC)
The rights of Canada’s Indigenous peoples have come to the fore in energy decision-making. The need for deep consultation is legally entrenched. Many First Nations look to energy development as a tool for community and economic development and potentially a step toward self-determination. Others may have fundamental concerns about the impact of energy development on land, water, air and rights. Differences in world views inform and shape these issues, and regardless of community orientations, questions of capacity and capacity building often loom large. Corrina Leween is Chief of the Cheslatta Carrier Nation and Vice-Chair of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC). Through the
Monday, April 23, 2018
Positive Energy Program — Agenda 5
FNMPC, Member First Nations work collaboratively, cooperatively and cohesively towards the enhancement of the economic well-being of their respective memberships, understanding that a strong economy is reliant upon a healthy environment, supported by vibrant cultures, languages and expression of First Nations’ traditional laws. Chief Leween will reflect on the role of Indigenous peoples in energy decision-making in recent years and into the future drawing on the experiences of her own community and the FNMPC.
8:00 – 8:30 am
WELCOME AND BREAKFAST
8:30 – 8:35 am
WELCOME REMARKS
The Honourable Rachel Notley, Premier of Alberta (video recording)
8:35 – 9:15 am
CANADIANS' ATTITUDES AND CONFIDENCE IN ENERGY DECISION-MAKING
Stephen Bird, Positive Energy, Associate Professor, Clarkson University Through its partnership with Nanos Research, Positive Energy has undertaken public opinion surveys over the last three years, exploring Canadians’ knowledge, attitudes and opinions on various dimensions of public confidence in energy decision-making. This presentation will feature the latest Positive Energy survey, commissioned specifically for the conference.
9:15 – 10:45 am
THE ROLE OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES IN ENERGY DECISION-MAKING – IS CANADA GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT? This panel draws on the “Public Authorities” research stream of Positive Energy, which identified three stresses facing the energy decision-making system. First, the question of “who decides?” given expanded roles for municipal and Indigenous authorities, second, the appropriate relationship between policymakers and regulators, and third, the question of “how to decide?” in the context of societal demands for public participation and investor needs for timeliness, competitiveness and predictability in decision-making. Panelists will offer their reflections in response to an opening presentation highlighting Positive Energy research findings and recommendations.
Moderator:
Dave Collyer, Advisory Council, Positive Energy
Opening speaker:
Monica Gattinger: co-author with Michael Cleland, Durable Balance: Informed Reform of Energy Decision-Making in Canada (final report, Positive Energy’s Public Authorities research)
Participants:
Chris Bloomer, President and CEO, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
Mike Cleland, Senior Fellow, Positive Energy
Elisabeth DeMarco, Senior Partner, DeMarco Allan LLP
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Positive Energy Program — Agenda 6
Ralph Torrie, Senior Associate, Canadian Energy Systems Analysis Research initiative (CESAR), University of Calgary
Stéphanie Trudeau, Senior Vice-President, Regulatory, Customers and Communities, Énergir
Bob Watts, Vice President, Indigenous Relations, Nuclear Waste Management Organization
10:45 – 11:00 am
HEALTH BREAK
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
ARMCHAIR DISCUSSION WITH POSITIVE ENERGY DONORS A Conversation with financial supporters of Positive Energy. Why did they support the initiative? What has their experience been like? What have they learned? What could Positive Energy do better going forward?
Moderator:
Monica Gattinger, Chair, Positive Energy
Participants:
Chris Bloomer, President and CEO, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
Richard Dunn, Vice-President, Government Relations Canada, Encana
Je f f G a u l i n , V i c e - P r e s i d e n t , Communications, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Ian Jarvis, Chief Operating Officer, British Columbia Utilities Commission
Yiota Kokkinos, Director General, International Energy Division, Energy Branch, Natural Resources Canada
Barbra Korol, Executive Director, Strategic Policy Branch, Alberta Department of Energy
Liane Sauer, Director General, Strategic Planning, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
12:00 – 1:30 pm
LUNCH
1:30 – 3:00 pm
THE ROLE OF COMMUNITIES IN ENERGY DECISION-MAKING: ARE WE GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT? This panel draws on the “Communities” research stream of Positive Energy. Undertaken in partnership with the Canada West Foundation, the communities’ research focused on the factors affecting local levels of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with energy infrastructure decision-making processes. Six case studies featuring a mix of linear and non-linear, fossil and renewable, rural and urban projects, offered a rich foundation to generate research findings and recommendations for both policymakers and regulators. Following a brief summary of the study, panelists representing policymakers, academia, Indigenous interests, NGOs and industry will offer their perspectives on where Canada is getting the balance right – and where it’s not – when it comes to the role of communities in energy decision-making.
Moderator:
Stephen Bird, Positive Energy, Associate Professor, Clarkson University
Positive Energy Program — Agenda 7
Opening speaker:
Michael Cleland: lead author - A Matter of Trust: The Role of Communities in Energy Decision-Making (final report from Positive Energy/Canada West Foundation “Communities” research)
Participants:
Catherine Abreu, Executive Director, Climate Action Network
Roxanna Benoit, Vice-President, Public Affairs and Communications, Enbridge
Ted Gruetzner, Vice-President, Corporate Relations and Communications, Ontario Power Generation
Guy Lonechild, CEO, First Nations Power Authority
Louis Simard, Positive Energy, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa
3:00 – 3:15 pm
HEALTH BREAK
3:15 – 4:45 pm
ON THE HORIZON: TRUST IN ENERGY TRANSITION DECISION-MAKING
As the first three-year phase of Positive Energy draws to a close, planning is underway for the next phase of research and engagement, which turn attention to low-emission energy transition. Transitioning Canada’s energy systems to lower emissions configurations will entail, in the relatively brief span of 30 years, a transformation of a nature and scale approximating that last seen at the beginning of the twentieth century, when power grids and petroleum-based transportation came to dominate energy systems. Public confidence and trust in energy transition decision-making – including investor confidence in energy transition decision-making arrangements – will be an essential driver of the speed and effectiveness with which
Canada can transform its energy systems. To that end, Positive Energy’s Trust in Transition project will provide sustained research and engagement on challenges and opportunities to strengthen public confidence in transition decision-making. Trust in Transition will focus on four areas that will drive public confidence and trust in energy transition decision-making: the information base for long-term evidence-based policymaking and regulation; governance and coordination of expanded roles for municipal and Indigenous authorities in decision-making; social acceptance of new energy technologies; and the role of various energy sources (oil, gas, nuclear, renewable, etc.) in energy transition.
Moderator:
Bryson Robertson, Positive Energy, Professor, University of Victoria
Opening Speaker:
Allan Fogwill, President and CEO, Canadian Energy Research Institute
Participants:
Meredith Adler, Executive Director, Student Energy
Chris Henderson, President, Lumos Energy
Robert Hornung, President, CanWEA
Ian Jarvis, Chief Operating Officer, British Columbia Utilities Commission
Vicky Sharpe, former CEO of SDTC, Board Member, QUEST, Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow
4:45– 5:00 pm
CONCLUDING REMARKS AND NEXT STEPS
Monica Gattinger, Chair, Positive Energy
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 8
Catherine Abreu is one of Canada’s foremost sustainable
energy campaigners. As the Executive Director of Climate
Action Network - Réseau action climat Canada, Ms. Abreu
advances policies that work to ensure Canada contributes its
fair share to preventing the worst impacts of climate change.
Catherine is committed to work that confronts climate change
head-on, wielding bold and creative strategies. She is a
dedicated collaborator, having founded six community-based
coalitions working in climate action and the arts. CAN-Rac
brings environmental NGOs together with trade unions, First
Nations, social justice, health and youth organizations, faith
groups and local, grassroots initiatives.
Catherine Abreu
Executive Director,
Climate Action Network
Meredith Adler is the Executive Director for Student
Energy, a global charity creating the next generation of energy
leaders who will accelerate our transition to a sustainable
energy future. She knows that youth innovation can deliver the
sustainable solutions we need, and that they need a seat at the
table wherever their future is being determined. Meredith
works to develop young people’s capacity to be change agents
while working with the energy industry, governments and
organizations to create space for intergenerational
collaboration. Under Meredith’s leadership, Student Energy
was named one of the top 50 youth solutions in the world
delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals, and
Meredith has received the Clean 50 emerging leader award.
Meredith Adler
Executive Director,
Student Energy
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 9
Kim Baird is the owner of Kim Baird Strategic Consulting
and offers First Nation related and strategic advice to
industry, government and First Nations. Ms. Baird has deep
knowledge in relation to First Nation policy, governance and
economic development, as well as First Nation consultation,
communication and engagement issues. In addition to her
consulting business, Kim is a senior advisor with Hill +
Knowlton. Kim was the elected Chief of the Tsawwassen
First Nation for six terms, from 1999-2012. She had the
honour of negotiating and implementing British Columbia’s
first urban treaty on April 3, 2009 and has since overseen
numerous economic and institutional development projects
for TFN.
Kim Baird
Senior Advisor, Hill &
Knowlton Strategies
Roxanna Benoit is the Vice-President, Public Affairs and
Communications for Enbridge. She takes on responsibility
for the Enbridge brand and all Enbridge communications
activities, including digital communications, and Corporate
Social Responsibility. Ms. Benoit is accountable for managing
Enbridge's relationships with local, provincial/state and
federal governments; interactions with members of the
communities in which the company has operations, and in
which it is proposing and constructing new projects and
fostering and growing relationships with Aboriginal
communities. Ms. Benoit was deputy minister with the
Government of Alberta from October 2011 through March
2013.
Roxanna Benoit
VP, Public Affairs and
Comm., Enbridge
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 10
Dr. Stephen Bird is an Associate Professor of Political
Science at Clarkson University. He is also Senior Fellow at the
Centre on Governance and Research Affiliation with Positive
Energy at the University of Ottawa. His current research
focuses on split incentives and smart housing, energy conflict,
drivers of energy acceptance, and new energy technology
governance. Affiliations, engagements, and research grants have
included the U.S. State Department, the European
Commission, New York State’s Energy Research Authority, and
the National Science Foundation. He completed his PhD at
Boston University and his Master’s from Harvard University.
Stephen Bird
Associate Professor,
Clarkson University
Chris Bloomer is the President and CEO of the Canadian
Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA). With more than 30 years
of experience in the domestic and international energy
business, Mr. Bloomer leads the industry association that
represents Canada’s transmission pipeline companies, which
operate 134,000 kilometres of pipeline in Canada and the
United States. Prior to being appointed President and CEO of
CEPA in 2015, Chris spent three years as CEO and Director at
Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd. Before that, he was an executive
with Petrobank Energy and Resources for 10 years, providing
leadership throughout the company’s corporate evolution.
Chris Bloomer
President and CEO,
CEPA
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 11
Bruce Cameron has more than 40 years’ experience in
public policy critique, analysis and development. Bruce
Cameron is the former Executive Director of Electricity,
Renewables, and Efficiency with the Nova Scotia
Department of Energy. He has developed policy leadership
in the areas of electricity, renewable energy – particularly in
the area of in-stream tidal energy, and energy regulatory
development – particularly in offshore oil and gas as well as
marine renewables. Based upon significance experience in
public consultation, policy and strategy development, Bruce
can advise on policy options, alternatives and
implementation strategies for public and private sector
interests.
Bruce Cameron
Former Exec. Dir.,
NS Dept. of Energy
The Honorable James Carr is the Minister of Natural
Resources of the Government of Canada. Minister Carr has
been a dedicated business and community leader in Winnipeg
for more than 30 years. He began his career as a musician, as
an oboist and trustee with the Winnipeg Symphony
Orchestra. He then moved on to journalism, working as an
editorial writer and columnist with the Winnipeg Free Press
as well as for CBC Radio. In particular, Jim was one of the
architects of the ‘Winnipeg Consensus’ process, which
brought together Canadian think tanks and energy leaders,
and informed the Canadian Energy Strategy released in 2015
by Canada’s provinces and territories.
The Hon. James Carr
Minister of Natural
Resources, Canada
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 12
Dr. Sylvain Charbonneau is the Vice-President, Research,
of the University of Ottawa. Mr. Charbonneau received his
B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Ottawa and
his Ph.D. degree in Photonics – Semiconductor Physics from
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia in 1988. For a
period of 10 years, he was involved in a number of research
activities and led such development programs as wavelength
routing and switching for optical fiber communication systems
and more exploratory research efforts in nanophotonics. He
has published over 180 papers and has seventeen patents and
licenses in the field of photonics, nanotechnology and ICT. In
April 2013, Mr. Charbonneau took the position of Associate
VP, Research at the University of Ottawa.
Sylvain Charbonneau
VP, Research,
University of Ottawa
Mike Cleland is a private consultant with extensive
experience in energy and environment policy. He is at present
a Senior Fellow with Positive Energy at the University of
Ottawa, Chair of the Board of Directors at the Canadian
Energy Research Institute and a member of the Board of
Directors of QUEST (Quality Urban Energy Systems of
Tomorrow). He is formerly President and CEO of the
Canadian Gas Association. Prior to joining CGA, he was Senior
Vice-President Government Affairs for the Canadian
Electricity Association (CEA). Before joining CEA, he was
Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM), Energy Sector in the
Department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).
Mike Cleland
Senior Fellow,
Positive Energy
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 13
Dave Collyer is an experienced strategic and operational
leader in the Canadian energy sector, with a strong focus on
integration of technical, economic and public policy
considerations in business decision-making. He currently
provides consulting services to the Canadian energy sector.
Mr. Collyer was President and CEO of the Canadian
Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) from
September 2008 until December 2014. Prior to joining
CAPP, Dave Collyer was President and Country Chair for
Shell in Canada. He also participated in a two-year Executive
Exchange assignment with the federal government in Ottawa
(1989 to 1991) as Director, Supply Branch at the National
Energy Board.
Dave Collyer
Former President,
CAPP
Lisa DeMarco is the senior partner at DeMarco Allan LLP
with over two decades of experience in law, regulation,
policy, and advocacy relating to energy and climate change.
Ms. DeMarco was previously a partner at Macleod Dixon
LLP from 2002 to 2012, and a partner at Norton Rose
Fulbright from 2012 to 2014. She represents several
governments, First Nations, and leading energy companies in
a wide variety of natural gas, electricity, pipeline and energy
storage matters before various regulatory agencies, including
the OEB and the National Energy Board. She has been an
adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, is a guest
lecturer at a number of law schools, and presents regularly.
Lisa DeMarco
Senior Partner,
DeMarco Allan LLP
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 14
Richard Dunn is Vice-President, Government Relations,
Canada at Encana, responsible for federal and provincial
government relations and policy development. Richard joined
one of Encana’s predecessor companies in 1986, where he held
various technical and leadership positions. Since the formation
of Encana in 2002, Richard has been significantly involved with
the formulation and implementation of strategies which have
stimulated increases in Canadian oil and natural gas activity.
Richard completed his undergraduate studies in Mechanical
Engineering at the University of British Columbia, and
obtained his Masters in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
from the University of Calgary.
Richard Dunn
Vice-President, Govt.
Rel., Canada, Encana
Allan Fogwill is the President and CEO of the Canadian
Energy Research Institute (CERI). An energy sector executive
with over 25 years of experience in both the public and private
sectors, Mr. Fogwill’s background has focused on economic
and market analysis of energy sector issues along with policy
development related to energy regulation and efficiency issues.
Mr. Fogwill has previously worked for natural gas distribution
companies in BC and Ontario and for the Ontario Energy
Board dealing with market analysis and the analysis of
distribution costs. Prior to assuming his role at CERI, Mr.
Fogwill provided regulatory consulting services to local
distribution companies in Ontario.
Allan Fogwill
President and CEO,
CERI
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 15
Dr. Monica Gattinger is Director of the Institute for
Science, Society and Policy, Associate Professor at the School
of Political Studies and Chair of Positive Energy at the
University of Ottawa. Professor Gattinger’s research and
engagement focus on strengthening governance, public
policy and regulation in the context of fast-paced innovation,
technological change and markets, fundamental social and
value change, and lower public trust in government, industry,
science and expertise. She explores these issues principally in
the energy and cultural policy sectors. Gattinger is a Fellow
at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and a a member of
the Advisory Councils for Pollution Probe's Energy Exchange
and Energy Ambassadors initiatives.
Monica Gattinger
Chair,
Positive Energy
Jeff Gaulin is the Vice President, Communications at the
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. He is
responsible for enhancing public confidence in Canada’s oil
and gas sector so industry can meet the growing demand for
energy among Canadians and around the world. In his 20
year career, Mr. Gaulin has worked across Canada in a variety
of sectors – on environment, electricity, beer, health care,
newspapers and television. Prior to CAPP, Mr. Gaulin was
Vice-President, Marketing, Communications & Government
Relations at Tervita Corporation. Over his tenure he
successfully led a cultural and brand transformation for
Canada’s largest energy and environmental services
company.
Jeff Gaulin
VP, Communications,
CAPP
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 16
Ted Gruetzner is Vice-President, Stakeholder Relations at
Ontario Power Generation (OPG), Ontario’s publicly-owned
electricity generating company. In his role as Vice-President,
Ted oversees a staff of more than 50 people and is responsible
for the company’s First Nations and Community relationships
across the province. He’s held a variety of positions in the
energy industry, including managing the community outreach
during the construction of a power plant in downtown Toronto.
While this plant was at first controversial, the company’s
ongoing commitment to community engagement has allowed
the station to become part of the neighbourhood.
Ted Gruetzner
VP, Stakeholder
Relations, OPG
Chris Henderson is the President of Lumos Energy. He is
one of the preeminent advisors and commentators on Canada’s
transition towards a clean energy future, informed through
extensive project and market experience across the country,
notably with Indigenous communities. Previously, Chris was
Co-Founder and CEO of The Delphi Group. Currently, he also
serves as: Board Chair of the Globe Series of Conferences;
Board Member of Ontario’s Independent Electricity System
Operator (IESO), Member of the Editorial Board of the
Energy Exchange Magazine; and Ambassador for the Arctic
Inspiration Prize.
Chris Henderson
President,
Lumos Energy
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 17
Robert Hornung has been the President of the Canadian
Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) since 2003. CanWEA’s
200 corporate members include wind energy project
developers, owners and operators, wind turbine
manufacturers and component suppliers and a broad range of
service providers to the industry. Robert is also a member of
the Board of the Global Wind Energy Council. Prior to
joining CanWEA, Robert previously worked with the
Pembina Institute, Environment Canada, the Organization
for Economic Co-operation and Development and Friends of
the Earth Canada.
Robert Hornung
President,
CanWEA
Ian Jarvis is the Chief Operating Officer of the BC Utilities
Commission. Prior to joining BCUC, Ian was the CEO of
TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s public transportation authority
and prior to that he held other senior positions within
TransLink and Metro Vancouver. He holds a Bachelor of
Commerce from the University of British Columbia as well
as a CPA-CA and ICD.D designations. He is an active
volunteer in his community, as the President of the Surrey
Urban Mission Society that operates a community kitchen
and shelter. He also serves on the board of Credit
Counselling Canada that represents and advocates for not-for
-profit financial counselling and Uniti that supports
individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families.
Ian Jarvis
Chief Operating Officer,
BCUC
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 18
Yiota Kokkinos was appointed Director General in the
Energy Sector of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) in April
2017. She provides direct support to the Assistant Deputy
Minister for Energy on energy policy and leads on
international energy policy issues and initiatives. Prior to her
appointment, Ms. Kokkinos was the Director General of the
Office of Energy Research and Development at NRCan,
responsible for energy innovation policy, and managing and
coordinating federal energy research and development
investments and activities. She has also served as Executive
Director of Strategic Planning, in the Priorities and Planning
Sector of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS).
Yiota Kokkinos
DG, International
Energy Branch, NRCan
Barbra Korol is the Executive Director, Strategic Policy
Branch, Alberta Department of Energy. As a steward of
Alberta's energy system, the Department of Energy and its
leadership team take a proactive approach to engaging the
many perspectives, relationships and interactions within
Government, industry and stakeholders. Ms. Korol leads a
professional services branch which supports and enhances
strategic capacity at Alberta Energy. She also provides
leadership, strategic direction and translates Alberta's interests
on intergovernmental energy processes. Barbra Korol
Executive Director,
Alberta Energy
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 19
Louis Legault was admitted to the Barreau du Québec in
1988. He has had an extensive general litigation practice,
including regulatory work within Hydro-Québec’s legal
department, of which he was head of litigation from 2001 to
2003. Since 2008, Mr. Legault has been with the Régie de
l’énergie as Commission Counsel and was appointed General
Counsel of the Régie in October of 2012. Mr. Legault is also
a Member of the Barreau du Québec’s Disciplinary Committee,
Chair of Canada's Energy and Utility Regulators
(CAMPUT), Member of Québec’s Municipal Commission’s
Independent Committee charged with establishing the list of
ethics Advisors in Municipal matters and is a member of the
Montreal Barr Liaison Committee with the Régie de l’énergie.
Louis Legault
Chair,
CAMPUT
Corrina Leween was first elected Chief of the Cheslatta
Carrier Nation on May 23, 2003, the youngest Cheslatta
person and third woman ever to hold that position. She has
served four terms, being re-elected by acclamation as Chief
in 2015 and again in 2017. Chief Leween was appointed Vice
Chair of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition in 2015.
A graduate of the University of Victoria, Chief Leween has
many years experience in First Nations governance. Her
leadership has been a dynamic force in local and regional
economic development initiatives and has helped to make the
Cheslatta Carrier Nation a driving force in the northern BC
economy.
Corrina Leween
Chief,
Cheslatta Carrier Nation
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 20
Guy Lonechild is a member of the White Bear First Nation,
and is Cree and Assiniboine. Priori to becoming CEO of the
First Nations Power Authority and being elected Second Vice-
Chief for the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations of
Saskatchewan (FSIN), Guy served as Band Manager for the
White Bear First Nation and acted as a consultant for Myers &
Norris & Penny, Chartered Accountants, First Nations
Services. His previous experience also includes Technical
Advisor to First Nations Education & Training, Indian Resource
Council of Canada, a consultant for the White Bear First
Nation Oil & Gas Management Initiative, Indian Oil & Gas
Canada.
Guy Lonechild
CEO, First Nations
Power Authority
Nik Nanos leads Nanos Research, one of North America’s
most distinguished research companies. He is one of Canada’s
most trusted pollsters and is regularly called upon by senior
decision-makers to conduct research and provide strategic
counsel. Recognized as a leader in the market and public
opinion research industry, he has led over 1,000 quantitative
and qualitative research projects using telephone, online and in
-person data collection methods. As the founder and President
of Nanos Research, Nik has among the strongest election
research track records in Canada. Mr. Nanos is also featured in
a weekly segment on CTV’s “PowerPlay, Nanos on the
Numbers,” which focuses on the latest political, business and
social trends.
Nik Nanos
Chair and CEO,
Nanos Research
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 21
Rachel Notley is the 17th and current Premier of Alberta,
since 2015. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of
Alberta for Edmonton-Strathcona, and leader of the Alberta
New Democratic Party. The daughter of former Alberta NDP
leader Grant Notley, Notley's career before politics focused
on labour law, with a specialty in workers' compensation
advocacy and workplace health and safety issues. Ms. Notley
won the Alberta New Democrat leadership election on the
first ballot with 70% of the vote and went on to lead the
party to a majority victory in the 2015 provincial election.
Notley leads the first NDP government in the history of the
province and is the first non-Progressive Conservative
Premier of Alberta in forty-seven years.
The Hon. Rachel Notley
Premier of Alberta
Dr. Bryson Robertson is an Adjunct Professor at the
Department of Mechanical Engineering and serves as the
Manager for the 2060 Project and Pacific Regional Institute
for Marine Energy Discovery (PRIMED) in the Institute for
Integrated Energy Systems at the University of Victoria. His
research interests include energy systems analysis, renewable
energy, and shallow water marine coastal processes. With
over a decade of experience in energy systems, renewable
energies, oceanographic measurements and coastal
engineering, Bryson manages two teams of students, all
committed to developing the next generation of tools and
techniques to better understand our future energy system.
Bryson Robertson
Positive Energy, Prof.,
University of Victoria
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 22
David Runnalls is a Senior Fellow of the Smart Prosperity
Institute and a Visiting Professor at the Institute of the
Environment at the University of Ottawa. He is also
Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International
Governance Innovation. He was President and remains
Distinguished Fellow at the International Institute for
Sustainable Development. He is the Board President of the
Pembina Institute in Calgary and of the International Centre
for Trade and Sustainable Development in Geneva. He is a
member of the CSR Advisory Council of Export Development
Canada.
David Runnalls
Board President,
Pembina Institute
Liane Sauer is the Director General (DG), Strategic Planning
with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and is
responsible for strategic policy, Indigenous Consultations,
international, research, evaluation, and planning and
performance. Prior to this, Ms. Sauer was the DG, Corporate
Governance and Accountability with the Canada Border
Services Agency (CBSA) and was the Agency’s Chief Risk
Officer. Ms. Sauer is the Chair of the Standards Council
Canada/CSA Group’s harmonized Risk Management Technical
Committee and has represented Canada at the ISO level for the
past four five. Ms. Sauer has a Masters of Science in
International Relations from the London School of Economics.
Liane Sauer
DG, Strategic Planning,
CNSC
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Dr. Vicky Sharpe has served on multiple boards, having
obtained her ICD.D designation in 2005. Her focus is on
integrating sustainability into business and governance
practices and as such she joined the QUEST (Quality Urban
Energy Systems of Tomorrow) Board in 2014 whose vision is
to make every community in Canada a Smart Energy
Community by 2030. Vicky was the Founding President &
CEO of Sustainable Development Technology Canada
(SDTC), and while CEO, she increased the public funding
pool from $100 million in 2001 to over $1.4 billion in 2014,
and mobilized private sector capital resulting in more than
$4 billion of investments for projects and commercialization
activities.
Vicky Sharpe
Board Member, QUEST
Dr. Louis Simard is an Associate Professor in the School of
Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. His research
focuses on public participation, instruments of public action,
social acceptability and organizational learning in the
environmental and energy sectors. Dr. Simard is the coeditor
(with Laurence Bherer and Mario Gauthier) of the book The
Professionalization of Public Participation (2017), NY,
Routledge. His current work focuses on the evolution of
social acceptability and public participation tools in Québec.
Dr. Simard holds a Master’s degree in political science from
the University of Québec in Montreal and a PhD in sociology
from the Institut d’études politiques in Paris (2003).
Louis Simard
Positive Energy, Prof.,
University of Ottawa
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 24
Doug Suttles joined Encana as President & CEO in June
2013. With over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas
industry in various engineering and leadership roles, he is
responsible for the overall success of Encana and for creating,
planning, implementing and integrating the strategic direction
of the organization. Before joining Encana, Doug held a
number of senior leadership posts at BP, including Chief
Operating Officer, BP Exploration & Production, and
President, BP Alaska. He was a member of the board of BP
America as well as the BP America Operations Advisory Board.
Previously, Doug served as President of BP Sakhalin Inc.,
where he was responsible for BP's activities in Sakhalin, Russia.
Doug Suttles
President and CEO,
Encana Corporation
Ralph Torrie is principal of Torrie Smith Associates and a
senior associate of the University of Calgary Canadian Energy
Systems Analysis Research (CESAR) initiative. Mr. Torrie is an
energy systems expert and a thought leader in the field of
sustainable development. He codirected the first assessment of
the long term potential for energy efficiency and renewable
energy in Canada, and he represented Canadian environment,
anti-poverty and peace organizations before the World
Commission on Environment and Development. He pioneered
the conventions now used by local governments around the
world in their climate change response strategies, and he
conducted Canada’s first low carbon scenario analysis – the
first such analysis done anywhere.
Ralph Torrie
Senior Associate, CESAR,
University of Calgary
Positive Energy Program — Speakers 25
Stephanie Trudeau is Senior Vice-President Regulatory,
Customers and Communities at Énergir, the new Gaz Métro.
When she was appointed Vice-President in October 2012,
she was given responsibility for Sustainable Development and
Public and Governmental Affairs. Marketing and Innovation
and Customer Services were added to her responsibilities in
the spring of 2013, Regulatory Affairs and Rate Structure in
October 2016, and Sales and Market Development in
January 2017. A communications expert and seasoned
strategist, she is as comfortable with strategic and political
matters as she is with crisis management as well as
communications.
Stephanie Trudeau
Senior Vice-President,
Énergir
Bob Watts is a graduate of the John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University, and fellow at the Harvard
Law School. Mr. Watts has been involved in Indigenous issues
for more than 30 years. He is adjunct professor and
Distinguished Fellow at Queens University in the School of
Policy Studies and is a member of the Leadership Council to
McGill University’s Institute for the Study of International
Development Relations. He is also the Vice-President of
Indigenous Relations at the Nuclear Waste Management
Organization (NWMO). Previously, he was Chief of Staff and
Chief Executive Officer for the Assembly of First Nations
(AFN). Robert Watts is of Mohawk and Ojibway ancestry
and resides at the Six Nations Reserve.
Bob Watts
VP, Indigenous
Relations, NWMO
Positive Energy’s financial supporters include:
¼ Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
¼ Canadian Gas Association
¼ Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
¼ Cenovus
¼ Encana
¼ Natural Resources Canada
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¼ Alberta Energy Regulator
¼ British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission
¼ British Columbia Utilities Commission
¼ Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
¼ Canadian Electricity Association