8:00AM: Registration – Coffee and Networking

8:30AM: Welcome to Regina – A Thriving Prairie Economy 

Chris Lane
Chief Executive Officer
Economic Development Regina

8:45AM: The Land, The Partnership, the Pain & The Possibilities

Cadmus Delorme
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OneHoop
& Former Chief, Cowessess First Nation

9:00AM: Government of Canada: Growth in the West and Growth in Canada

Speaker TBD

9:30AM: Global Investments into Canada and the West – A Growth Catalyst

Laurel Broten
Chief Executive Officer
Invest in Canada

Karina Gistelinck
President Potash
BHP

10:00AM: Stretch Break & Coffee Talk 

10:15AM: REPORT RELEASE: Westernomics - The 2025 Economic Outlook for Western Canada presented by WCEF and Deloitte.

Presented by:

Dr. Trevin Stratton
Americas Economic Advisory Leader & Partner
Deloitte

Alex Fallon
Chair
Western Canada Economic Forum

Panel:

Mark Parsons
Vice-President & Chief Economist
ATB Financial

Rebekah Young
Vice President & Head of Inclusion and Resilience Economics
Scotiabank

11:00AM: The Biggest Challenges to Growing the Western Economy

Moderator: Prabha Ramaswamy, Chief Executive Officer, Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce

Adam Legge*
President
Business Council of British Columbia

Chuck Davidson*
Chief Executive Officer
Manitoba Chamber of Commerce

David Williams
Vice-President of Policy
Business Council of British Columbia

*Invited

12:00PM: Lunch

12:45PM: PRESENTATION:

The Westerly Award for Outstanding Contribution to Economic Development in the West

Presented by: WestJet (TBC)

1:00PM: Financing Business Growth Across the West

Moderator: TBD

Mark Livingston
Vice-President
Export Development Canada

Chana Martineau*
Chief Executive Officer
Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation

Justine Hendricks (Tentative)
Chief Executive Officer
Farm Credit Canada

*Invited

1:30PM: Western Canada: Exports, Asia and Giant Thinking

“From the Prairies to the World - by Rail, Road and Ocean Liners”

Chris Dekker
Chief Executive Officer
STEP (Saskatchewan Trade & Export Partnership)

“5 Reasons why Asia is Western Canada’s biggest opportunity, and its largest challenge”

Vina Nadjibulla
Vice-President, Research & Strategy
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

2:00PM:  Stretch Break & Coffee Talk  

2:15PM: Industry Session: Business Strategies that Drive Economic Growth in the West and in Canada

Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL)
Cenovus Energy

3:00PM: How Clean Energy, Net Zero and Nuclear in the West can Create Economic Growth

Moderator: Heather Exner-Pirot, Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment program, Macdonald-Laurier Institute  

Christophe Owttrim
Executive Director
Emissions Reduction Alberta

Sarah Goodman*
President & Chief Executive Officer
British Columbia Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE)

*Invited

3:45PM: KEY NOTE

4:30PM: The Unguessable Host City for WCEF 2026 & Your VIP Code

Alex Fallon
Founder and Co-Chair
Western Canada Economic Forum

4:45PM: Close  

Networking and Beverages Available

6:30PM: WCEF Reception & The West 40 Leadership Recognition