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2010 Palmer Conference on Public Sector Leadership Participants

Palmer Conference Named in Honour of James S. Palmer, C.M., A.O.E., Q.C

James Palmer is a founding partner of the Calgary law firm Burnett Duckworth Palmer.His ancestors include two Prince Edward Island Premiers, a representative at the 1864 Charlottetown Conference, and several jurists. Mr. Palmer’s dedication and passion for public policy is demonstrated through the James S. and Barbara A. Palmer Chair in Public Policy at the University of Calgary.

 

Palmer Conference Host

H. Wade MacLauchlan C.M., President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island

 

Palmer Conference Chair

Kevin Lynch, Vice Chair of BMO Financial Group,  Former Clerk of the Privy Council

 

Palmer Conference Keynote Speakers

John Manley, President and Chief Executive Officer. Canadian Council of Chief Executives

David Emerson, Senior Legal Advisor and Executive Chair, BC Transmission Corporation

 

Palmer Conference Moderators

David Emerson, Business, Political and Public Service Leader

H. Wade MacLauchlan C.M., President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island

Dale Eisler, Canadian Consul General, Denver, Colorado

Bruce Carson, Executive Director, Canada School of Energy and Environment & Adjunct Professor, School of Public Policy,  University of Calgary

 

Palmer Conference Panelists

Penny Ballem, City Manager, Vancouver

Monique Collette, President, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Joan Dawe, Former Deputy Minister of Health and Community Services and Social Services, Newfoundland and Laborador

Daniel Gagnier, Chair, International Institute for Sustainable Development; former Chief of Staff for Premier Jean Charest 

Peter J. Kelly, Mayor, Halifax Regional Municipality

Janice MacKinnon, Professor, University of Saskatchewan; former Saskatchewan Minister of Finance

Kady O’Malley,  Ottawa Bureau, CBC

Jeremy Leonard, Rapporteur, Institute for Research on Public Policy

L. Ian MacDonald, Montreal Gazette and Sun Media Group

Paul Wells, MacLean's Magazine