2017 IGUA Spring Seminar

Tuesday, May 16th, 2017 - Thursday, May 18th, 2017
DoubleTree by Hilton Gatineau-Ottawa, Gatineau, Québec
1170 Chemin Aylmer
1-819-778-0000



 
Program


Natural Gas Infrastructure and a Low Carbon Future

IGUA’s 2017 Spring Seminar occurs at a time when the restructuring of the natural gas infrastructure is partly complete and major additional changes are underway that could transform the energy and industrial landscape in Canada.  Climate change policy, Aboriginal rights and the changing role of energy regulation could have a significant impact on natural gas markets as could growing US protectionism and the potential unraveling of NAFTA. The keynote speakers will set the scene for the two panel discussions of the day that will examine the impact of the above changes.




Title
Director, Commercial East
Company
TransCanada Corporation
Bio
As TransCanada’s director, Mainline East for Canadian Pipelines, Don Bell is responsible for the Toronto office, including eastern customer interface, relationships, contracts and negotiations for the Canadian Mainline. Prior to his current role, he was Director, LNG, Gas Development where he was responsible for negotiating commercial terms and agreements underpinning the business fundamentals of TransCanada’s proposed LNG projects and for providing commercial advice to the LNG project teams. Mr. Bell has 37 years of diverse leadership, commercial and technical experience in the pipeline, natural gas and LNG industry. Don’s experience in customer relations and sales andmarketing is instrumental in developing relationships in our Eastern Canadian market. In addition to his customer experience, Don has many years of technical operations, planning and international experience. At TransCanada, he has held key leadership roles in the areas of business development, customer service, system operations, and information systems. Previous roles include: gas development, customer relations, sales and marketing, information systems, gas control, gas measurement, gas supply, gas accounting, field maintenance, operational and system planning, and contracting. Don also has six years of international experience working in the joint venture company Transportadora de Gas del Norte (TGN) while living in Argentina.