Katie leads Business Development for Industry Diversification at Spartan Controls. Katie is also Executive Director of Young Women in Energy (YWE), an Alberta non-profit organization of more than 4,500 members that provides voice, presence, development, and leadership of women working in the energy industry. She is a founding board member of Axis Connects, a collaborative effort across women-focused organizations and initiatives in Calgary; and is a Cabinet Member for OWN.CANCER, helping to raise $250M for the new Calgary Cancer Centre. She is currently pursuing her MBA, Executive Management.

Kaila is a dedicated leader who guides both the organization and a growing client base. Her experience as a Program and Project Manager has allowed her to create extremely successful process flows for project and transaction execution. Kaila’s degrees in Natural Science and Electrical Engineering were the catalyst for her 10 years of environmental, operations, change management, and strategic growth in both the midstream energy sector and in the advancing sustainability industry. Kaila has created the perfect combination of big-picture thinking and immediate deliverable execution to the Guardy

Mike Toffan knew early in life that he wanted a job that allowed him to work in nature. As the Founder and Executive Director of Project Forest, Mike secures land, creates planting plans and raises funds for Project Forest’s rewilding projects. Connecting with people and communities is among the most impactful parts of his work through Project Forest. Mike values his opportunity to contribute to making a positive impact in people’s lives through building forests; this is a rare and extremely fulfilling part of his job. One of Mike’s biggest passions is to share the human impact stories of his

Heidi is a corporate communications and investor relations professional with more than 25 years of diverse experience. She has worked for some of Canada’s largest and most respected companies across a number of industries with the majority of her career focused heavily on advancing Canadian energy on the global stage. Heidi currently leads corporate communications for Pathways Alliance, where Canada’s largest oil sands producers are working together to address climate change. Pathways’ six companies operate about 95% of Canada’s oil sands production and have set an ambitious goal to achieve n

Justin Riemer has dedicated his career to strengthening the province he loves. Now the CEO of Emissions Reduction Alberta, Justin leads the team dedicated to advancing innovations that are reducing Alberta’s greenhouse gas emissions and diversifying its economy. He has earned a reputation for skillfully navigating Canada’s innovation system, building relationships inside and outside of Alberta, and developing a strong network in support of innovation and economic development. He has achieved results in regional economic development, industry expansion, investment attraction, and innovation.

Over the past 18 years Jelena has worked with highly skilled individuals in South Africa, UK, Saudi Arabia and Canada in various capacities, from Energy Advisory as an Advisor at Tetra Consulting in the UK to Research Operations as the Managing Director at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Her experiences have taught her that prioritizing staff learning and professional development always pays dividends through increased innovation, engagement and productivity, driving greater team and organizational impact.

Jana McDonald is the Corporate Development Officer at Obsidian Engineering and President of Guardyan Conservation. As a highly ambitious CEO, Jana is passionate about building incredible teams and creating incomparable resource and capital growth within the two sister companies which she owns and supports. Guardyan Conservation is a women-owned, impact-driven company based in Calgary, Alberta. The team of environmental strategists is dedicated to simultaneously protecting the environment and clients by identifying the most profitable path toward emission reduction goals. Jana’s leadership has

Keri Lee is a visionary leader in the tech industry, currently serving as Managing Director at BlueMarvel.ai. She leads a team of top-performing engineers, developers, and machine learning experts, developing software products that are revolutionizing the complex industrial operations sector. In just two years, Keri and her team have successfully deployed products for enterprise-level customers. Previously, Keri held several leadership roles at AltaML, a leading North American applied AI company, including Chief of Staff and Head of Scale. Before her work in tech, Keri served as Vice...

Tim is a seasoned technology professional with diverse expertise across multiple industries. Beginning in the software industry, he quickly transitioned into IT services across engineering and construction in the energy sector, honing his foundational skills and later applying them to IT consulting, mining, and retail. For nearly a decade, Tim has shone in the realm of cloud transformation, and is a driving force in efficient transitions to cloud-based solutions. In turn, he has become a leader in leveraging cloud technologies to innovate and optimize operational efficiencies for businesses.

In 2019 Demian founded GreenWorks ESG, a platform designed to increase transparency by making it easier for any size company to track, manage, and validate their true ESG impacts. GreenWorks ESG is built on the belief that ESG is the key to building real, tangle, quantitative substance into Sustainability reporting. Over the past four years Demian has had the pleasure of lecturing at the UofC’s accredited ESG course in addition to numerous ESG seminars and workshops throughout North America. He’s also thrilled to have built a team which includes experts in both sustainability and technology.

Dani Urton is a director with Vertex Professional Services, leading provider of environmental services for North American energy. Dani oversees Emissions Management and Emissions Assurance service lines, and develops and implements growth strategies related to energy transition initiatives to support the energy industry in meeting ambitious sustainability targets. She has over ten years' experience in the environmental sector of energy including experience in environmental regulatory compliance, liability management...

Mike is an accomplished senior engineer and the technical authority at Enfinite in his role of VP – Engineering, Projects and Operations. With his expertise and dedication, he leads interdisciplinary teams to design, plan, develop, construct, and operate Enfinite’s projects and developments. Driven by passion for advancing the field of battery energy storage, he has worked tirelessly to implement trailblazing battery energy storage solutions. His expertise in optimizing and integrating innovative technologies has played a pivotal role in the successful deployment of large-scale energy storage.

National Thermovoltaics (NTV) has pioneered breakthrough, safe, heat-to-power at megawatt (MW) scale. NTV’s modular solid-state systems are not only more efficient but offer unmatched density and scalability. NTV’s architecture features industry-leading controls design, cyber security certification, tamper monitoring, and location tracking. Through novel material science and advanced engineering, NTV’s innovations yield thermal efficiencies and scale not formerly thought possible.

Thomas is driven by a deep-rooted desire to reshape the foundational elements of our existence—through our food, shelter, energy, and transportation systems. Throughout his career, he has championed innovative solutions that emphasize efficiency, economic viability, and sustainability, resulting in remarkable strides in reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. By grounding decisions in both quantitative and qualitative data, Thomas focuses on pragmatic change, guiding the world towards a sustainable and resilient future. Thomas's belief in circular processes and stacked func

Jon Isley is Head of Technology at Fluor Canada, with responsibilities in providing strategic direction and technical oversight for projects and pursuits in Fluor’s Energy Solutions business line. He has over 29 years of process technology leadership experience in the oil and gas processing industries with a lean towards decarbonization and energy transition technologies. His long list of projects includes technical lead on Shell’s Quest carbon capture project and Imperial Oil’s Strathcona hydrotreated renewable diesel project (SHRED). He continues to support business development and provide..

Julie's spent the past 15 years in Canada’s Energy sector as an engineer focused on Oil Sands technology and innovation, including on site roles in Alberta. Through this experience she noted the contrast in challenges faced by her female vs male peers once they became parents. Julie founded the STEM Moms Project to understand unique challenges and nuances of being a Mother and STEM professional utilizing a focus group approach; and identifying recommendations to improving retention of mid-career STEM women. Julie is a dedicated volunteer for Alberta's Energy, and Canada’s net-zero ambitions.

Mark Brown is a Senior Vice President at ATCO with responsibility for Engineering, Construction and Operations for the ATCO EnPower division. Mr. Brown has spent the last 25+ years in various leadership roles in the Energy, Infrastructure, and Technical Services sectors. His time has been spent in engineering, construction, project management, fabrication and corporate portfolios throughout North America, Europe and Asia. He enjoys pushing for new innovations, challenging the status quo, engaging in the community and spending time with his family in the outdoors.

Gurpreet Lail is a proven executive with a track record of leadership success building alliances, developing value added programs, growing revenues, fund raising and achieving positive policy outcomes that benefit Canadians broadly. A lawyer by education and strategic leader by experience, Lail’s career includes more than 20 years of policy accomplishments and government advocacy across Western Canada and at national levels from progressive roles at the Fraser Institute, the Manning Centre, as Executive Director of Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS), President and CEO of Big Brothers...

Bill has been involved in the design and construction industry for nearly 4 decades in a broad variety of roles and industry segments. Through his diverse network of industry practitioners and leaders, he is a fixture in the CCA community and the industry at large. Bill is known for his ability to take all situations in stride, and uses his experience, and built-in resilience to motivate others to take on challenges through teamwork and strong focus on culture and values. As a leader his goal is to help others find their true fit within their career path through a sense of team achievements.

Katherine worked in the petroleum industry for two decades in technical, planning, change management, and leadership roles of increasing responsibility. Notable career highlights include her time in Chevron’s Energy Technology Company worldwide consulting team where, in addition to her role as a reservoir simulation engineer, she led Chevron’s global Reservoir Simulation Network of nearly 1000 members. While working in the Gulf of Mexico, she created the organizational competency and processes to steward major capital funding requests for more than two dozen projects in just one year...

With a strong connection to her Anishinabe roots in Manitoba, Winona lives out her passion through storytelling, philanthropy and supporting the economic, social, and cultural aspirations of Indigenous people across Western Canada. Her work and volunteer experience spans over three decades, focusing her efforts on empowering and engaging with youth and Indigenous leaders to address social, environmental, technological, and economic challenges. As owner of Indigenous Innovative Solutions, she continues to create innovative solutions that focus on regeneration and restoration of Mother Earth.

Vittoria Bellissimo is President & CEO of CanREA, the voice of Canada’s wind energy, solar energy and energy storage industry. She was previously Executive Director of the Industrial Power Consumers Association of Alberta, and worked in renewable energy procurement at both Ontario Ministry of Energy and Ontario Power Authority (now IESO). Vittoria serves on the Board of Emissions Reduction Alberta and is a founding Board member of Women+Power. She holds an M.Sc. in Environmental Sustainability from the University of Edinburgh and is a licensed professional engineer (B.Sc. Queen’s University).

Dale Hansen is the Dean in the MacPhail School of Energy at SAIT, providing leadership for its academic programs that span across the energy industry. Prior to joining SAIT, Dale spent 25 years in the oil and gas and mineral resource sectors. Through the course of his career in oil and gas, Dale filled a wide variety of leadership roles across many functions, including time spent infield locations such as the Oil Sands near Fort McMurray. This has provided him with a well-rounded perspective on the industry and an absolute passion for energy in all of its forms. Dale is an experienced

Scott Jenkins is CEO & Co-Founder of ZS2 Technologies Ltd. ZS2 has developed advanced building technologies including proprietary fire-rated, non-toxic, low-carbon prefabricated building materials. Scott was President and Director of DIRTT Environmental Solutions where he oversaw expansion of manufacturing in Georgia and Arizona, and opened sales offices in the U.K. and Singapore. Prior to joining DIRTT, Scott helped grow Pure Technologies Ltd as CFO, providing innovative infrastructure monitoring technologies. Scott's a member of the CFA, Young Presidents Organization, and graduate of UofA.