In this instalment of the BluWave-ai Global Energy Transition Summit, the panel of leaders in government and industry will explore a holistic Team Canada approach for the electricity market using made-in-Canada Electricity with made-in-Canada tech platforms.

The panel will discuss consolidating the domestic market through more robust inter-provincial collaboration to export end-to-end energy solutions to global markets, doing so by leveraging Canada’s base strengths in hydro and nuclear power, along with intelligently managing variable sources of renewable energy and the increasing loads of electric vehicles, heat pumps, and AI-driven data centers. The panel will include speakers from the Government of Ontario, the System Operator in Ontario (IESO), electricity generators and independent power producers, and tech innovators from around the energy sector in Canada.

Agenda:

• 10:30 AM - Registration and Networking
• 10:50 AM - Opening remarks
• 11:00 AM - Panel Discussion featuring:
  • Devashish Paul (Moderator): CEO and Founder, BluWave-ai
  • Hon. Erin O'Toole: President and Managing Director, ADIT North America (Former Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Opposition in the House of Commons)
  • Geoff Wright: Senior VP, Brookfield Renewable
  • TBD: Executive from IESO
  • TBA: More Panelists
• 11:45 AM - Audience Q+A
• 12:00 PM - Closing Remarks

Panelists

Erin O’Toole is the President and Managing Director of ADIT North America and serves on the executive committee of ADIT Group. ADIT Group is a Paris-based business intelligence firm that provides global investment due diligence, operational support and economic diplomacy services around the world. He assumed this role after having served as the Leader of the Conservative Party and a Member of Parliament for a decade. In 2021, Erin ran to be the Prime Minister of Canada in the general election held amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

First elected in a 2012 by-election. Mr. O’Toole was quickly promoted to Parliamentary Secretary for International Trade, where he helped the Canadian government finalize trade agreements around the world. He was also responsible for corporate social responsibility efforts for the resource sector and regulatory cooperation with the United States. Promoted to cabinet a year later, Erin modernized the Veterans Affairs department and was a leading voice for the Conservative government on defence and national security issues. In opposition heserved as Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs before becoming Leader of the Opposition.

Erin is one of Canada's most respected thought leaders on economic and foreign policy issues because of his public service, his private sector experience and his service in uniform. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Erin served as an officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force flying on the Sea King helicopter in support of naval operations. A graduate of Dalhousie Law School, Mr. O’Toole practiced law at Stikeman Elliott and Heenan Blaikie in Toronto and spent five years as in-house counsel for Procter & Gamble.

Geoff Wright is the regional Head of Development at Brookfield Renewable where he leads the business team that is responsible for all renewable development in Canada. Prior to this role, Geoff helped to coordinate global commercial and business development strategies across a portfolio of decarbonization solutions in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

Geoff has been with Brookfield since 2013 in progressively senior roles in research, business development and management and has supported Brookfield's significant renewable, infrastructure and private equity investments. With both public and private sector experience, Geoff brings a pragmatic systems perspective to the challenges and opportunities associated with the energy transition.

Geoff is a volunteer director with QUEST, a national non-profit that supports communities in Canada on their pathway to net-zero and holds a Masters Degree in Economics from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and a BA from the University of Manitoba.