Oct 11, 2017   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Generation Energy Forum/

OTTAWA, Oct. 10, 2017 /CNW/ - Join Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, as he hosts the Generation Energy Forum from October 11 to 12, 2017, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

More than 600 people -- from youth to industry, academic, Indigenous and community leaders -- will come together in Winnipeg to explore Canada's path to affordable energy, the next generation in technology and innovation, energy governance and Canada's role in the global energy transition.

Keynote speakers at the Forum will include international energy experts, such as:

    --  Jeremy Rifkin -- President, Foundation on Economic Trends and Advisor to
        the European Union;
    --  Fatih Birol -- Executive Director, International Energy Agency;
    --  Eldar Saetre -- Chief Executive Officer, Statoil Global;
    --  Annette Verschuren -- Founder and Chief Executive Officer, NRStor; and
    --  Elyse Allan -- President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Canada.

Minister Carr and keynote speakers will be available for on-site interviews.


    Location:                       RBC Convention Centre
                                    Winnipeg
                                   375 York Avenue
                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3C 3J3





    Events of particular interest to
     media include:



    Opening plenary session

    Remarks by Minister Carr, Dr. Fatih
     Birol (Executive Director,
     International Energy Agency),
     Jeremy Rifkin (President,
     Foundation on Economic Trends),
     and Rainer Baake (State Secretary,
     Federal Ministry for Economic
     Affairs and Energy, Germany)


    Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2017

    Time: 08:30-10:30 CDT

    Location: Main Plenary



    Media availability

    Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2017

    Time: 10:30-11:00 CDT

    Location: Media wall (adjacent to
     Southeast Concourse)



    Closing plenary discussion

    Date: Thursday, October 12, 2017

    Time: 14:45-15:15  CDT
    Location: Main Plenary



    Press conference and media callback

    Date: Thursday, October 12, 2017

    Time: 15:30-16:00 CDT
    Location: Room #17




    For more information or a full list
     of events visit: the Generation
     Energy website and the Generation
     Energy Forum schedule.


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SOURCE Natural Resources Canada