CALGARY, Alberta, April 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2019 Scotiabank CAPP Energy Symposium takes place April 16-17 at the Delta Toronto Hotel. This premier energy conference connects Canada’s upstream oil and natural gas industry with the investment community. Presentations, discussions and keynote speakers will address how the upstream industry adjusts to challenging market conditions while emerging stronger in the future and prepared for long-term supply growth.

The 2019 Scotiabank CAPP Energy Symposium features more than 130 institutional investors, 70 corporate presenters and prominent guest speakers.

When:Tuesday, April 16, 2019 – 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
 Wednesday, April 17, 2019 – 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
  
When:Delta Toronto Hotel
 75 Lower Simcoe Street, Toronto, Ont.
  
Who:More than 130 oil and natural gas institutional investors, and more than 70 corporate presenters, including CAPP oil and natural gas producer member companies, pipeline and upstream service sector companies.
  
Speakers:April 16, 2019
 Opening keynote: Delivering a Canadian LNG mega project to meet global energy demand
 Andy Calitz, CEO, LNG Canada
  
 Lunch keynote: Investing in Oil and Natural Gas?!?!....perspectives on energy investment globally and in North America
 Jackie Forrest, Senior Director, ARC Energy Research Institute
  
 Panel: ESG and Canada’s Hydrocarbon Business in a Global Context
 Andrew Chisholm
 Deborah Ng, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
 Ben Brunnen, VP of Oil Sands, Fiscal and Economic Policy, CAPP
 Sarah Neilson, RBC Asset Management
  
 Panel: Unlocking the Value of Western Canadian Natural Gas
 Myron Stadnyk, President and CEO, ARC Resources Ltd.
 Jeffery Tonken, President and CEO, Birchcliff Energy Ltd.
 Tracy Robinson, SVP and GM, Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines, TransCanada Corp.
  
 April 17, 2019
 Lunch keynote: Recovering Investor Confidence After a Decade of Foreign-Funded Activism: A Path Forward
 Vivian Krause, Researcher and Writer
  
Presentations:Corporate presentations continue throughout the conference. Companies provide overviews, followed by Q&A sessions.
  
Media Pass:All media are required to register with elisabeth.besson@capp.ca in advance of the conference or present credentials at the registration desk. A media pass is required to attend any portion of the symposium. The 2019 Scotiabank CAPP Energy Symposium is a registration-required business conference and is not open to the public.
  

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) represents companies, large and small, that explore for, develop and produce natural gas and oil throughout Canada. CAPP’s member companies produce about 80 per cent of Canada’s natural gas and oil. CAPP's associate members provide a wide range of services that support the upstream oil and natural gas industry. Together CAPP's members and associate members are an important part of a national industry with revenues from oil and natural gas production of about $101 billion a year. CAPP’s mission, on behalf of the Canadian upstream oil and natural gas industry, is to advocate for and enable economic competitiveness and safe, environmentally and socially responsible performance.

For additional information:

Elisabeth Besson Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (P):  403-465-2548 (E):  elisabeth.besson@capp.ca