This year’s conference is all about energy and the environment, and will feature plenary sessions discussing cutting-edge innovations, best practices, and approaches to the urgent problems and issues that the environmental and energy industries face in our carbon-challenged world.  Current research and examples of technology in action will also be offered in breakout sessions organized into two tracks, Oil & Gas & Energy and Other Energies & Fuels, as well as in poster presentations and trade show exhibits.

Featured Keynote Speakers:

Andrew Heintzman, Investeco Capital
Scott Vaughan, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Christopher J. Zygarlicke, University of North Dakota,Energy & Environmental Centre

Concurrent Session Presenters:

Dr. Ajay Dalai, University of Saskatchewan
Carmen Dybwad, IPAC CO2
Dr. Richard Farrell, University of Saskatchewan
Todd Han, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy & Resources
Kevin Hudson, City of Saskatoon
Prof. Matthew Johnson, Carleton University
Brian Kristoff, Saskatchewan Research Council
Nathan Lemphers, Pembina Institute
Lucas Miller, Stantec
Lymam Moreno, University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Mehdi Nemati, University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Pedro Pereira, University of Calgary
Kim Sigurdson, Aboriginal Ankur Corporation
Philip Solseng, Barr Engineering
Doug Soveran, Saskatchewan Research Council
Greg Wortham, Texas Wind Energy Clearinghouse

List of exhibitors:

• PALS Environmental
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geologists of Saskatchewan
• CEDA International Corporation
• Check-It Monitoring Solutions Inc.
• Clarence Campeau Development Fund
• Earthmaster Environmental Strategies
• Enterprise Saskatchewan
• Federated Co-operatives Limited
• HAZCO Environmental Services
• HiQual Engineered Structures Ltd.
• Innovation Place
• JSK Consulting Inc.
• Klohn Crippen Berger
• Koenders Windmills Inc.
• Matrix Solutions Inc.
• Nelson Environmental Remediation Ltd.
• Oak Environmental Inc.
• Peer Bearing Incorporated
• PetroBakken Energy
• Prince Albert Model Forest
• Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources
• SaskPower
• Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Who should attend?

• Professionals in the environmental and energy industries
• Policy leaders
• Government representatives
• Investors
• Researchers
• Members of Aboriginal and Métis groups
• Students

Conference Profile:

Hosted in alternating years by Saskatchewan Environmental Industry Managers Association (SEIMA) and the Manitoba Environmental Industries Association (MEIA), the inaugural EnerCan West conference took place in 2009 in Regina, and focused on the role of nuclear power and the role that Saskatchewan’s mining resources might play in transforming this potential energy source into a mainstream option for clean, reliable power generation.  The 2010 conference was held in Winnipeg, and shifted focus to examine emerging issues in renewable energy research and application.  Now in its third iteration, EnerCan West 2012 promises to build on these productive conversations and expand into new areas of interest to members of the environmental industries as it examines energy and the environment from two perspectives.  One program track will consider the pivotal role of Oil & Gas as a source of energy and as an area of particular strength within the Prairie Provinces and Western Canada, and the other program track examines Other Energies & Fuels as a source of future development and sustainable growth.

In addition to the conference sessions, the EnerCan West 2012 Trade Show features equipment, displays and information from industry and policy leaders, key businesses, innovators, researchers and academics in a range of sectors within the environmental and energy industries.

Other program highlights include:

• The Green Dragon’s Lair, where environmental innovators have a chance to convince the audience and a panel of media judges that they deserve the title of “The Braggin’ Dragon of Innovation,”
  
  
• The exhibitor Pitch Patch, which provides a forum for a limited number of exhibitors to take to their soapboxes and present an old-style, rapid-fire sales pitch to conference delegates
  
  
• Cocktails, Canapés and Commerce: the opening night reception, featuring entertainment by BlackSalt and Brenda Q.