WCEF 2026: Day 2 (January 23)
Leadership Roundtables (invite only)
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