Keynote Speakers
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| OPENING - Tuesday, June 16 | | |  | Danny Williams
Premier of Newfoundland & Labrador
The Member for Humber West since August 2, 2001, Danny Williams served since 2001 as Progressive Conservative Party Leader and as Opposition Leader prior to winning the government on October 21, 2003. Premier Williams studied political science and economics at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Awarded the Rhodes Scholarship in 1969, he received a degree in Arts in Law from Oxford University in England before returning to Canada to earn a Bachelor of Law degree from Dalhousie University. |
| LUNCHEON - Tuesday, June 16 | | |  | Stephen Lewis
Stephen Lewis is one of the world's most influential speakers on human rights, social justice and international development. Named by TIME as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World”. Mr. Lewis is a Professor in Global Health in the Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University, where he teaches a class on the consequences of climate change in both developed and developing countries. |
| OPENING - Wednesday, June 17 | | |  | Kathy Dunderdale
Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Following her election to the House of Assembly in 2003, Minister Dunderdale served as Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, and Minister Responsible for the Rural Secretariat and later as Minister of Natural Resources. On October 31, 2008, she was appointed Deputy Premier, Minister of Natural Resources, Minister Responsible for the Forestry and Agrifoods Agency and Minister Responsible for the Status of Women. |
| LUNCHEON - Wednesday, June 17 | | |  | Michael Economides
Michael Economides is a chemical and petroleum engineer and an expert on energy geopolitics. Bestselling author of "The Color of Oil" he is considered by many as the premier world expert on the geopolitics of energy. Dr. Economides appears regularly as a guest and expert commentator on national and international television programs, major newspapers and internet news organizations. |
| LUNCHEON: Thursday, June 18 | | |  | David Collyer
David Collyer is the President of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP). Formerly the President and Country Chair of Shell Canada, he was appointed the President of CAPP in September 2008. With more than thirty years’ experience in all aspects of the oil and gas industry Mr. Collyer is well respected for both his broad knowledge of energy issues and his deep commitment to the industry. |
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