CHOA 2022 HeritageSTOMP! Family Picnic

Sunday, September 25, 2022 - 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

It's time for a family CELEBRATION OF ENERGY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

The Canadian Heavy Oil Industry (CHOA) is celebrating 36 years of supporting Canada's heavy oil and oil sands industry. The gains that have been made in the production and delivery of energy to our community are most amazing and must be celebrated! To celebrate, CHOA members, their families, sponsors, media, and special guests are coming together at Heritage Park to connect and share the positive impacts of innovation in our industry.

And at the very same time, Heritage Park is also launching its new and exciting Innovation Crossing station speaking to energy production, societal shifts and the ways of the past and how learning from yesteryear is invaluable in paving our future.

How we produce energy in the future will look dramatically different from yesterday. This is a given. This family-centric CHOA event, together with the launch of Heritage Park's new facility, will take families through a journey of discovery about why and how we must evolve to the needs of tomorrow and offer inspirational education stations, fun picnic games and special opportunities to explore the roles we all play in the vision of tomorrow.

Do you want to be a part of the energy sector's future?

Join our event where you and your family will enjoy fun and interactive excursions down the energy lane of past, present and future. This is your chance to stay informed and be proactive in shaping the use of hydrocarbons in the years to come and inspire the next generations.

It's time to CELEBRATE!

Your admission includes:

• Entrance to Heritage Park ($30 value)
• Buffet Lunch ($40 value)
• Energy Evolution Educational Tours Sponsored by Halliburton
• Indigenous Dances
• Live Music Performances
• Mini-tipi Painting 
• Story Book Reading
• Face Painting and Caricature Artists
• IndigeSTEAM Robotic Performance
• Picnic Games for Kids of All Ages
• Steam Train Ride
• Full access to Heritage Park Facilities

Join CGEF for their upcoming Lunch meeting to be held on September 28th, 2022 at the Calgary Petroleum Club. The luncheon will feature Hydrocarbon Opportunities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. CGEF's special guests will include His Excellency Didier Budimbu Ntubuanga, the Minister of Hydrocarbons for the DRC, who will highlight and discuss exploration opportunities including the upcoming Exploration Bid Round to be held in 2023. In addition, Alfajiri Energy will be presenting on gas extraction opportunities from a unique lake in the eastern DRC.

Register Now

Agenda:

• 09:00 am - 09:05 am - H.E. Yuliya Kovaliv, Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada -- Welcoming remarks
• 09:05 am - 09:10 am - Tristan Sanregret, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Relations and Trade Division, Jobs, Economy and Innovation, Alberta Government -- Welcoming remarks
• 09:10 am - 09:15 am - Mykola Kolisnyk, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine -- Welcoming remarks
• 09:15 am - 9:30 am - Artem Petrenko, Executive Director, Association of Gas Producers of Ukraine - presentation Natural Gas Production in Ukraine - Opportunities & Challenges

Panelists:

09:30 am - 10:00 am - Panel 1 - How Alberta could provide support to Ukrainian natural gas current operations and future development

• Oleg Tolmachev, Director of Exploration & Production Division, Naftogaz
• Gurpreet Lail, CEO, PSAC
• Soheil Asgarpour, CEO, PTAC
• Curtis Evert, Director, CGEF
• Bill Whitelaw, Managing Director, Strategy & Sustainability geoLOGIC systems & JWN Energy

Panelists:

10:00 am - 10:30 am - Panel 2 - Technical and geological challenges facing natural gas development in Ukraine

• Maksym Dorokhov, CTO, DTEK Oil & Gas
• Wally Kozak, Director, Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources (CSUR)
• Bill Gwozd, Board Member, Center for Natural Gas and Liquids Monetization
• Kevin Kobwel, Vice President, Drilling & Completions, Wennwest Global Technologies
• Jodi Anhorn, President and CEO, GLJ
• Bard Leckie, Partner, Seidel Technologies Inc.