Bailey Schwarz is a professional engineer with a decade of hands on engineering experience that focused on data analytics and process optimization. Ms. Schwarz has a passion for innovation, actively seeking opportunities to trial new technologies and push boundaries. During her tenure at Cenovus Energy, Ms. Schwarz led a multi-disciplinary team of engineers to commission and operate industry leading, large scale steam assisted gravity drainage facilities spanning cogeneration, steam generation, processing and water treatment. Bailey graduated with a Degree in Chemical Engineering from McGill University and recently passed her CFA Level I exam.

Candice is the Director for Regulatory Affairs & External Relations at Enhance Energy, a privately-owned Alberta-based energy development company reducing carbon emissions through CCS and CCUS. She has 15 years of experience in technology development and innovation in energy systems. 

Candice is passionate about energy technologies, environmental performance and impact in communities. She holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering. She is registered as a Professional Engineer with APEGA and is a Fellow with the Energy Futures Lab. She has been recognized as a leading female innovator as part of the Alberta Chapter of SHEInnovates and as an energy industry influencer in the Young Women in Energy 2020 awards.

She is a recognized thought leader in her community, volunteering with the Women in Leadership Calgary Chapter, Cybermentor, the Alberta Clean Technology Industry Alliance (ACTia), the Edmonton Ski Club, and the Technical Committee for the Global Energy Show. She developed and co-hosts a podcast, For the Sake of Argument, exploring skills to help navigate critical conversations. Her family feels at home in Edmonton and Calgary and spends as much of their free time as possible exploring mountains by foot, by ski or by snowboard.

As Vice President of Investments at Evok Innovations, Robert oversees deal flow and assists in portfolio company engagement and integration with Evok’s funding partners. Robert is active on the boards of the following Evok portfolio companies: ARIX Technologies, Rotoliptic Technologies Inc., Osperity Inc., SensorUp, and Expeto Wireless. Prior to Evok, Robert was a Director of a Greenwich, CT, based family office and venture capital firm. There he led deal origination, asset management, and was the principal liaison between the firm and its portfolio companies. Included in his responsibilities was managing a 200-acre industrial complex and Class I rail terminal in central New York, specializing in material handling and storage for the oil & gas sector.

In 2011, Robert relocated in Seoul, Korea, where he worked as a Project Leader within Samsung Group’s internal strategy division, with a speciality in renewable and conventional energy.

Robert earned a Masters of Business Administration and Masters of Environmental Management from Duke University in Durham, NC, as well as a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, PA.

Cal is an innovator with a passion for seeking different ways of addressing challenging opportunities with a keen interest in sustaining and diversifying Alberta’s natural resource economy; he is trained as an accountant and understands and appreciates the importance of strong financial management and controls.

As an innovator and risk-taker, which is understandably an oxymoron for an accountant, Cal began his current career seeking solutions for some of the challenges and opportunities in the oilsands and spent the last ten years focused on the impact that viscosity has on Alberta’s heavy oil.

Cal has started several start-up businesses, most recently a company supplying industrial degreasers and coatings to oilsand companies leading to this exciting new business opportunity to move crude oil as a semi-solid.

Aaron has worked in technical roles in oil and gas with Talisman and Repsol, working in London working for a mezzanine debt fund which funded renewable energy projects in Africa, and investment banking. He currently works in management consulting with Criterium Group across the energy landscape including renewables, oil and gas, petrochemicals, mining and clean tech.  Aaron is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of ENERGYminute, a digital media organization focused on energy, technology and the environment.