Global First Nations CARBON SUMMIT Saskatoon, Oct 3

A packed agenda with key learnings : A comprehensive learning experience of Carbon 101 with the Dean of USask Dr Angela Bedard-Haugh of the importance of carbon in soil, Measuring carbon with satellite sensing with Pieter Du Plessis and a thoughtful view about the United States indigenous engagement in Washington DC with Retired Chief Reginald Bellerose leading a delegation from Canada to the USA. Heather Chalmers was part of a panel called Powering the Future exploring how sustainable energy development with inclusion of First Nations, capacity building and technology adoption. Rupen Pandya provided a memorable quote " The Energy transition is a profound moment for economic reconciliation" and the trend with the most impact on how we produce power for the future. Jonathan Huntington spoke of Cameco many initiatives to address the challenges in skills, labour shortages, education and supply chain development and indicated the need for government to work alongside business and the labour community in Canada -this is a whole of society responsibility. The panel was deftly moderated by Sheldon Wuttunee who led all the panelists through a discussion of the important opportunity Canada has ahead to play a global role in the energy transition. Heather spoke of how GE helps power 30% of the world electricity and helping our customers grow renewables and nuclear as quickly as possible, as well as decarbonize our world leading gas fleet. Decarbonizing gas turbines needs the supply of low carbon fuel such as hydrogen and also carbon capture. We are starting our journey to take important first steps and we are grateful for the partnership of Paul-Emile A. McNab at the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business as well as David Acco and others who are providing careful guidance on our path forward.