Day 2:         Friday, January 23, 2026 (The Fairmont, Winnipeg)

WCEF LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLES

8:30AM                                  Registration & Coffee

9:00AM                                  WCEF Leadership Roundtables Begin (end at Noon)

Roundtable 1:               

Economic Forecasting & Analysis (Invite Only)

Westernomics 2026: An Economic Outlook for Western Canada

Chair: Matthew Stewart, Partner, Deloitte

Lombard Room

Roundtable 2:               

Financing Business Growth in the West (Invite Only)

Chair: Willy Fogang, Regional Director, EDC

Roosevelt Room

Roundtable 3:               

Natural Resources, Trade and Export Infrastructure (Invite Only)

Chair: Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Churchill Room

Roundtable 4:               

Pulse of Rural Manitoba Report Release – Roundtable (Invite Only)

Co-Chairs: RMED and the Rural Development Institute

Sinclair Room

The Pulse of Rural Manitoba report provides a clear, comparable snapshot of how rural municipalities and regions are performing across key areas: demography, economy, housing, climate and environmental readiness, municipal and community capacity, transportation and connectivity in Manitoba. The report is designed to inform policy decisions and strategic planning to support economic development in rural Manitoba.

Roundtable 5:             

Investment Attraction & FDI in Western Canada

Chair: Gillian McCormack, Senior Advisor, WCEF & Shane Jaffer, Director, Global Partnerships, Invest Alberta

Stevenson Room

Roundtable 6:                 

Sponsors’ and Partners’ Appreciation Event

Leadership Seminar

Darci Lang, Leadership Trainer & Author

West Ballroom

12:00PM                               All Roundtables End