ASC Connect
ASC Connect 2023
The ASC’s seventh annual ASC Connect conference was held on Thursday, October 12, 2023 at the Big Four Roadhouse at Stampede Park. Thank you to all guests and panellists who attended and made the event a success!
Each year, ASC Connect brings together hundreds of Alberta business leaders, industry experts and entrepreneurs to discuss the critical issues and evolving trends affecting Alberta’s capital market.
The theme of this year’s event was Growth, innovation and intelligent regulation. Industry experts and regulatory leaders provided insights on climate-related disclosure, the relationship between data, emerging technologies and capital markets, opportunities for Alberta’s energy industry, and much more.
We hope you’ll join us next year! Be sure to follow the Alberta Securities Commission on LinkedIn for information on upcoming events and other updates.
If you have any questions about the event, please email ascconnect@asc.ca.
For those who were unable to attend the conference, or attendees who would like to view the panel discussions, please enjoy the recordings of each session below. The main themes of three key panel discussion are also summarized in the article below.
- Industry experts and regulators discuss Canadian growth and innovation at ASC Connect conference
- Alberta pursues massive opportunities in traditional and renewable energy as global transition accelerates
- Canadian securities regulators share their efforts to position Canada for success in a time of rapid technological change
- AI and innovation in Alberta’s capital market
We took the opportunity to talk to a few ASC Connect 2023 speakers, watch them here.
Opening Remarks and Panel 1: Harmonizing intelligent regulation
Fireside chat: Building CIRO
Panel 2: Opportunities for Alberta
Minister of Finance remarks
Keynote speaker: Deborah Yedlin
Panel 3: Sustainability disclosure
Panel 4: Catching up with the ASC
Panel 5: Technology & the capital market
Featured Speakers
- The Honourable Nate Horner President of the Alberta Treasury Board & Minister of Finance Stan Magidson Chair & CEO, ASC & Chair, CSA Brian Banderk Chief Accountant, ASC Dr. Jean-Christophe Boucher Scientific Director, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary Craig Burns Manager, Energy Group, ASC
- Cynthia J. Campbell Director, Enforcement, ASC Dr. Ryan Clements Director, Advanced Research & Knowledge Management, ASC Jackie Forrest Executive Director, ARC Energy Research Institute & Managing Director, ARC Financial Corp. Éric Jacob Superintendent, Client Services & Distribution Oversight; Executive Director, Enforcement (interim), AMF Wes Jickling Vice-President, Technology Development & COSIA, Pathways Alliance
- Andrew Kriegler CEO, CIRO Mark Le Dain Vice-President, Strategic Partnerships, Neo Financial Brenda Leong Chair & CEO, BCSC Stephen Mason Chairman & CEO, Reconciliation Energy Transition Inc. John McKenzie CEO, TMX Group
- Jon Mitchell Vice-President, Sustainability, Suncor Katrina Prokopy General Counsel, ASC Samir Sabharwal Executive Director, ASC Charles-Antoine St-Jean Chair, CSSB Jonathan Taylor Manager, Sustainability & ESG Disclosure, ASC
- Lynn Tsutsumi Director, Market Regulation, ASC David Van Den Assem Director, Hydrogen Centre of Excellence & Director, Clean Technology, Alberta Innovates Grant Vingoe CEO, OSC Denise Weeres Director, Corporate Finance, ASC Deborah Yedlin President & CEO, Calgary Chamber of Commerce
- The Honourable Nate Horner President of the Alberta Treasury Board & Minister of Finance
- Stan Magidson Chair & CEO, ASC & Chair, CSA
- Brian Banderk Chief Accountant, ASC
- Dr. Jean-Christophe Boucher Scientific Director, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
- Craig Burns Manager, Energy Group, ASC
- Cynthia J. Campbell Director, Enforcement, ASC
- Dr. Ryan Clements Director, Advanced Research & Knowledge Management, ASC
- Jackie Forrest Executive Director, ARC Energy Research Institute & Managing Director, ARC Financial Corp.
- Éric Jacob Superintendent, Client Services & Distribution Oversight; Executive Director, Enforcement (interim), AMF
- Wes Jickling Vice-President, Technology Development & COSIA, Pathways Alliance
- Andrew Kriegler CEO, CIRO
- Mark Le Dain Vice-President, Strategic Partnerships, Neo Financial
- Brenda Leong Chair & CEO, BCSC
- Stephen Mason Chairman & CEO, Reconciliation Energy Transition Inc.
- John McKenzie CEO, TMX Group
- Jon Mitchell Vice-President, Sustainability, Suncor
- Katrina Prokopy General Counsel, ASC
- Samir Sabharwal Executive Director, ASC
- Charles-Antoine St-Jean Chair, CSSB
- Jonathan Taylor Manager, Sustainability & ESG Disclosure, ASC
- Lynn Tsutsumi Director, Market Regulation, ASC
- David Van Den Assem Director, Hydrogen Centre of Excellence & Director, Clean Technology, Alberta Innovates
- Grant Vingoe CEO, OSC
- Denise Weeres Director, Corporate Finance, ASC
- Deborah Yedlin President & CEO, Calgary Chamber of Commerce