Conference Schedule

  MONDAY
October 15, 2007
TUESDAY
October 16, 2007
WEDNESDAY
October 17, 2007
7:00am   Registration
Posters Displays
Coffee & Donuts
Registration
Posters Displays
Coffee & Donuts
7:10am
7:20am
7:30am
7:40am
7:50am
8:00am   Welcome & Introductions Welcome & Introductions
8:10am
8:20am   The Arctic is Hot: A Perfect Storm of Northern Issues at the Dawn of the 21st Century
Benoit Beauchamp,
Arctic Institute of North America
Alaska's North Slope:
Petroleum Exploration History
and Future Potential

Andrew Willis, Petro-Canada
8:30am
8:40am
8:50am
9:00am   Past Exploration, Resources & Reserves in the Arctic
Gerry Reinson, Geological Consultant
and Ken Drummond, Drummond Consulting
The Development of Northern Energy Resources and Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security
Rob Huebert, University of Calgary
9:10am
9:20am
9:30am
9:40am   COFFEE BREAK COFFEE BREAK
9:50am
10:00am
10:10am   The Central Mackenzie Corridor: Recent Frontier Discoveries in a Northern Producing Basin
Paul Price and John Hogg,
MGM Energy
Exploration Opportunities in the Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Ashton Embry,
Geological Survey of Canada
10:20am
10:30am
10:40am
10:50am   The Regulatory Process North of 60: Current Challenges and Thoughts on a Simpler Future
Nick Poushinsky, Jacques Whitford/AXYS
Lower Paleozoic Petroleum Systems in the Canadian Arctic
Keith Dewing,
Geological Survey of Canada
11:00am
11:10am
11:20am
11:30am   POSTER DISPLAYS POSTER DISPLAYS
11:40am
11:50am
12:00pm   LUNCH LUNCH
12:10pm
12:20pm
12:30pm
12:40pm
12:50pm
1:00pm   Prospectivity and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Mackenzie Delta/Beaufort Sea Petroleum Province, a Northern Gulf of Mexico Waiting for it’s Time
Dennis Johnston,
Devon Canada Corporation
Gas Hydrates – Fuel of the Not So Distant Future
Kirk Osadetz, Geological Survey of Canada
1:10pm
1:20pm
1:30pm
1:40pm   Northern Pipelines:
They Look Pretty Good from this End

Doug Matthews,
Energy Consultant
Seabed Geoenvironmental Constraints to Hydrocarbon Development in the Canadian Arctic
Steve Blasco,
Geological Survey of Canada
1:50pm
2:00pm
2:10pm
2:20pm   (Withdrawn) Giant Untested Basins on Canada's Arctic Frontier: Northern Baffin Bay, Lancaster Sound and the Nares Strait Region
Chris Harrison, Geological Survey of Canada
2:30pm
2:40pm
2:50pm
3:00pm   COFFEE BREAK COFFEE BREAK
3:10pm
3:20pm
3:30pm   Yukon Oil and Gas - Past and Future
Lee Pigage,
Yukon Geological Survey
Shipping Gas from the Arctic Islands: Pipedream or Not?
Georges Eynon, Canadian Energy Research Institute
3:40pm
3:50pm
4:00pm Registration Pick Up
4:10pm

Key Environmental and Societal Issues Relevant to Oil and Gas Development in the North
Bonnie Gray-Wallace,
Environmental Consultant

Panel Discussion
Arctic Energy Exploration: Where do we go from Here?
Panelists:

Henry Sykes, President, MGM Energy
Michel Scott, Vice-President, Devon Canada Corporation
Murray Todd, President and CEO, Canada Hibernia Holding Corp
Moderator:

Kirk Osadetz,
Geological Survey of Canada

4:20pm
4:30pm
4:40pm
4:50pm  
5:00pm Special Presentation
5:10pm
5:20pm
5:30pm  
5:40pm
5:50pm
6:00pm
6:10pm Cocktail Reception
6:20pm
6:30pm
6:40pm Banquet
6:50pm
7:00pm Icebreaker Reception
7:10pm
7:20pm
7:30pm
7:40pm
7:50pm
8:00pm
8:10pm
8:20pm
8:30pm
8:40pm  
8:50pm
9:00pm
9:10pm
9:20pm
9:30pm
9:40pm
9:50pm
10:00pm

*Preliminary presentation title

 

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