AME BC Speaker Series

The AME BC Speaker Series events are great networking and educational opportunities for those involved or interested in mineral exploration. The 2010/2011 series is in the planning phase, the first of three events will take place in the fall. If you have a speaker/topic suggestion, or if you are interested in sponsorship opportunities, contact Shannon Norris at snorris@amebc.ca.

Never been to our Speaker Series before? Check out our latest video below featuring the final installment of the 2009/2010 series, “Enabling Development – Reconciling Values” which took place on April 30. This event featured the Honourable George Abbott, BC Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation; and Gwaans (Beverley Clifton Percival), Member and Negotiator, Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs; and Chair, BC All Chiefs’ Task Force.

AME BC recognizes that building respectful and sustainable relationships with Aboriginal Peoples will assist its members in having access to land and resources, security of tenure, access to services and labour, and to operate according to standards of good corporate practice. Click here for AME BC’s Aboriginal Relations Guiding Principles.

 

Past Speakers Include:

  • Don Lindsay, President & Chief Executive Officer, Teck Resources Limited
  • Wei Shao; Counsel, China Practice; Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP (Vancouver office)
  • Geoff Plant, Partner, Heenan Blaikie
  • Hon. Gordon Hogg, former Minister of State for Mining
  • Patricia Mohr; Vice-President, Economics and Commodity Market Specialist; The Scotiabank Group, Toronto
  • Robert Quartermain, President and Director, Silver Standard Resources Inc. / Geoffrey Burns, President and CEO, Pan American Silver Corp.
  • National Chief Phil Fontaine, Assembly of First Nations
  • Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse, President & CEO, NovaGold Resources Inc. / Don Lindsay, President & CEO, Teck Resources Limited (formerly Teck Cominco Limited) / Curtis Rattray, former Chairperson, Tahltan Central Council
  • Rex McLennan, former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, VANOC
  • Hon. Carole Taylor, former BC Minister of Finance
  • Hon. Gary Lunn, former Minister of Natural Resources Canada
  • Carole James, Leader of the Official Opposition, BC Legislative Assembly

AME BC would like to sincerely thank the premier sponsors of the 2009/2010 Series, Heenan Blaikie, Rescan: Engineers and Scientists; the TMX Group, and Wardrop, a Tetra Tech Company, as well as partner sponsor, KPMG LLP.

View Photos of Past Speaker Series Events in Our Photo Gallery

 
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