

Kimberley Van Vliet
CEO & Founder of WaVv & ConvergX
Welcome to ConvergX® 2018!
We are very pleased to have you join us at the third annual conference in Calgary, Alberta! This conference was originally created to bring together two global industries with the focus on partnering to diversify. This type of conference is the first and remains the only one of it’s kind. We congratulate you for paving the road to a future full of collaboration, innovation, and partnerships.
ConvergX® was conceived, and designed with new relationships in mind. With time to network on each day, and B2X (Business-to-Business, Business-to-Government and Business-to-Academia) sessions throughout both days, you will have time to connect over meals, breaks, and over scotch at the ConvergX® Awards Night Reception.
Senior Executives in Aerospace, Defence & Security, Energy and Mining have already contributed their time to shape the agenda with valuable information, and we thank them for graciously giving us their valuable feedback and guidance. The moderators and speakers joining us as panelists have all been carefully selected to ensure that your time is spent feeling engaged in each session.
Our Sponsors, Supporters, Partners and Hosts have generously contributed time and resources to making this conference possible. We would like to acknowledge their efforts, and extend our sincere gratitude for being a part of this year’s event.
Thank you for seeing the vision, and for taking the time to make a difference in your industry. Together, we will make industry lines disappear.
Sincerely,
Kimberley Van Vliet
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 6TH - PRE-CONFERENCE DAY
13:00 – 15:30| NEW!! Executive Round Table – INVITATION ONLY
15:30 – 17:30| Government Programs Workshop:
AEEP, BCIP, ISC, IDEaS, WIN
17:00- 21:00| Registration, Cocktail Networking & Opening Reception
Todd Hirsch – ATB Financial – Keynote
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7TH - CONFERENCE DAY 1
08:00 – 08:30| Breakfast
08:30 – 09:00| Welcome & Opening Remarks: Keynote: Honourable Michelle Rempel – Member of Parliment
09:00 – 10:15| ConvergX-U:
Dave Perry – CGAI – Updates on ADS
Ray Smith – Halliburton – Updates on Energy
10:15 – 10:30| Break
10:30 – 11:45| Rise of the Robots:
Ken Brizel – ACAMP
Phil Cole – Marinvent
Robert Mereau – White Whale Analytics
Shawn Ovenden -Jepeddo
Dwayne Dreger – Invest Alberta *Moderator*
11:45 – 12:15| Pre-Lunch Networking Reception
12:15 – 13:30| Lunch – Keynote: Charles Bouchard – LMCO
13:30 – 14:45| Clean & Green:
Joy Romero – CNRL
Darrell Haight – Trace Associates
Bettina Pierre-Gilles – Luxeum Renewables Group
Peter Tsantrizos – Terragon Environmental Technologies
Zoë Kolbuc – SDTC – Moderator
14:45 – 15:00| Break
15:00 – 16:15| Tech Innovation:
Cara Wolf – Ammolite Strategies
Kevin Bosch – Hill & Knowlton
Tom Pierce – Halliburton
Jim Landon – ATCO Frontec
David Jackson – LMCO – Moderator
16:15 – 17:15| Networking Cocktail Reception
17:15 – 19:30| ConvergX Awards & Networking – Keynote: The Honorable Deron Bilous, Minister of Economic Trade & Development
Stay tuned for an exciting announcement*
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8TH - CONFERENCE DAY 2
09:00 – 10:15 | Indigenous Panel
Joe Dion – Frog Lake Energy Resources
Melissa Quesnelle
Cheryl Cardinal – Indigenous Center of Energy
Alexandria Shrake – EnergyMinute & Chevron
10:15 – 10:30| Break
10:30 – 11:45 | North of 60:
John Vandenberg – Government of NWT
Rear Admiral Craig A. Baines , MSC, CD – Commander, Maritime Forces Atlantic and Joint Task Force Atlantic
Melissa Quesnelle
John Higginbotham – CIGI
Lee Carson – NORSTRAT – Moderator
11:45 – 12:15| Pre-Lunch Networking Reception
12:15 – 13:30|Lunch – Keynote: John Kirton – G20 Research Group
13:30 – 14:45 | Cyber Security/ Counter Terrorism
Vernon D’souza – Network Test Labs
Nav Dhunay – Imaginea.IO
Dave Bradley – Oleum Capital
CDR Stephan King – Director of Naval Strategy 2, Concept Development, Experimentation and Innovation – Royal Canadian Navy – Canadian Armed Forces
Kevin Crowe – Long View Systems – Moderator
14:45 – 15:00| Break
15:00-16:15| Beyond Borders
CG Caroline Saunders – British Consulate in Calgary
CG Paloma Villasenor Vargas – Consulate of Mexico in Calgary
CG Thomas Palaia – United States Consulate in Calgary
Chris Steele, Investment Consulting Associates
Chris Van Vliet – Moderator
16:15 – 17:15 | Closing Remarks, Cocktail’s