Premiers, energy ministers, CEOs and a throng of international visitors are poised to descend on Calgary next week, when the annual Global Energy Show kicks off against a vastly different backdrop than the event last year.
A year ago Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was just beginning to float the idea of a new West Coast oil pipeline, her government had yet to sign an energy accord with Ottawa setting out conditions for that plan and there was no war in the Middle East upending energy markets.
Nick Samain, senior vice-president at DMG Events, says organizers are expecting more than 30,000 attendees at the conference and trade show this year—much of it driven by international visitors interested in what Canada has to offer….