2025 YWE Summit Agenda

Thursday, February 27, 2025

    • Grab your nametag and hand-beaded lanyard by TLC Creations Native Hand Crafted Jewelry, sponsored by Sancon Commissioning

    • You’ll get a Swag Bag with goodies inside sponsored by LNG Canada, ENSERVA, Kiewit, & Strike Group

  • Katie Smith-Parent, Executive Director, YWE

  • Doreen Bergum, Metis Elder, Metis Nation of Alberta Region 3

  • Danielle Gifford, Director, AI, PwC Canada

  • Trevor Mayoh, Principal Consultant, Equity Leaders, a Next Gen Men Initiative

    • Raffle sponsored by Comco Pipe & Supply

    • Snack Break sponsored by Gibson Energy

  • Patricia Bailey, Director of Strategic Engagement, Pathways Alliance (Moderator)

    Maury Porter, Vice President, Canadian Operations and Operations Services, Enbridge

    Jeff Lawson, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Development & Chief Sustainability Officer, Cenovus Energy

    Ross Middleton, Senior Partner and Managing Director and Head of Calgary Office, BCG

    • Sponsored by Enbridge

  • Chelsie Klassen, Global Director, Community Engagement and Social Performance, Associate, Environment and Sustainability (E&S) (Moderator)

    Chana Martineau, President & CEO, Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (AIOC)

  • Susan Grey, Director, Sustainability, Cenovus

    Amberly Dooley, VP, GR & Policy, Pathways Alliance

    • Raffle sponsored by Comco Pipe & Supply

    • Snack Break sponsored by ConocoPhillips Canada

  • Alice Yu, Senior Advisor, GHG and Air Emissions, Pembina Pipeline Corporation & a 2018 YWE Award Winner

    Lauren Savoie, President and Chief Executive Officer of PTAC Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada

    Colleen Sherry, Vice President, Sustainability & Emissions Management at GLJ Ltd

  • Ken Cameron, Founder & CEO, Corporate Culture Shift

    • Madame Premier Button Bar, sponsored by Emissions Reduction Alberta

    • Headshots sponsored by Ovintiv

    • Sponsored by Imperial Oil

  • Sponsored by Cenovus Energy, enjoy an incredible meal prepared by the Pomeroy — purple-themed!

    *Vegetarian and Dietary Restriction Options Available*

    APPETIZER

    Vietnamese Salad Roll

    Served with peanut sauce and chili sauce (gf,df,veg)

    SALAD

    Beet Salad

    Goat cheese, pickled onions, sunflower seeds, micro greens, white balsamic vinaigrette (gf,v)

    ENTREE

    Purple Gnocchi with Coq au Vin

    Braised chicken, red wine reduction, goat cheese, hazelnuts, micro greens, and purple potato chip (gf)

    DESSERT

    Blueberry and Blackberry Macarons (gf)

    • DJ Sonidef

    • Roving Neon Entertainers

Friday, February 28, 2025

    • Sponsored by SAIT

    • Sponsored by ATCO

  • Teresa Waddington, VP, Corporate Affairs, LNG Canada (Moderator)

    Kim Williams, VP & GM, Canadian Operations, Ovintiv

    Cheryl Gomez-Smith, SVP, Upstream, Imperial Oil

    Heather Christie-Burns, VP, Transmission Business Unit, Pembina

    • Raffle sponsored by Comco Pipe & Supply

    • Snack Break sponsored by Suncor

  • David Ghoris, Senior Director, Strategy and Content, DMG Events

    Jarom Moriyama-Bondar, Co-Founder, Pride in Business

    Chi Illiya-Ndule, Associate, Blake, Cassels & Graydon (Blakes) and President, Calgary Black Chambers

    Marni Panas, Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, ATCO

  • Kelsey Hahn, Co-Founder & CEO, Monark

    • Sponsored by TransAlta

  • Aaron Foyer, Vice President, Data & Analytics, Orennia

    Daphne Deng, Analyst, Power & Renewables, Orennia

    Delane Garner, Senior Associate, Decarbonization, Orennia


  • Ellen Embury, Employment Lawyer, Embury & West LLP

    • Raffle sponsored by Comco Pipe & Supply

    • Snack Break sponsored by dmg events

  • Melissa Caouette, Founder, Pocket Lobbyist and Principal, MC Consulting (Moderator)

    Gitane De Silva, Global Fellow, The Wilson Center, Former CEO, Canada Energy Regulator, Former Alberta Senior Representative to the US, Former Canadian Foreign Affairs and International Trade Executive

  • Katie Smith-Parent, Executive Director, YWE (Moderator)

    Melinda Park, Partner, Securities and Capital Markets Group, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)

    Dawn de Lima, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Services & Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, TC Energy

    Kerry O’Reilly Wilks, Executive Vice President of Growth and Energy Marketing, TransAlta

  • Katie Smith-Parent, Executive Director, YWE

    • Headshots, sponsored by Ovintiv

    • Moonshot Wall - “What’s your Moonshot?”

    • Sponsored by PETRONAS Canada

  • Sponsored by Pathways Alliance, enjoy an incredible meal prepared by the Pomeroy — purple-themed!

    Vegetarian and Dietary Restriction Options Available

    STARTER

    Golden Bruschetta

    Toasted sourdough, yellow tomatoes, micro greens, sea salt, balsamic reduction and EVOO (v)

    SOUP

    Dairy Free Cream of Butternut Squash Soup with cold pressed canola oil (gf,df,v)

    ENTREE

    24 Carat Beef Tenderloin

    Yellow and orange carrots, potatoes, red wine jus with edible glitter (gf,df) (you could rename it celestial red wine jus rather than listing glitter – up to you)

    DESSERT

    Honey and Yogurt Bombe

    Coated in white chocolate and brushed with edible gold paint (gf)

    • Sponsored by TC Energy, we have a buy-out of the entire Kananaskis Nordic Spa!

    • Spa Refreshments, sponsored by Spartan Controls