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AEG Calgary Event: Members and Non-Members with Nathan Neudorf, Minister of Affordability and Utilities & Hon. Sonya Savage, former Minister of Energy, Environment and Protected Areas
About The Event
AEG Members and Future Members: Nathan Neudorf, Minister of Affordability and Utilities & Hon. Sonya Savage, former Minister of Energy, Environment and Protected Areas
Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 – The Ranchmen’s Club (Bennett B Room)
Times:
- 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – AEG Members only with Minister Neudorf
- 4:30 p.m. – Catherine’s introduction and overview
- 4:40 p.m. – 2 Member Spotlights at 5-8 minutes each (max)
- 5:00 p.m. – Presentation by Minister Neudorf (15-20 minutes)
- 5:20 p.m. – Fireside Chat with Minister Neudorf and Hon. Sonya Savage
- 6:00 p.m. – Networking
Location: The Ranchmen’s Club (710 13th Avenue S.W. Calgary)
About the Speakers
Minister Nathan Neudorf
Nathan Neudorf was sworn in as Minister of Affordability and Utilities and Vice Chair of Treasury Board on June 9, 2023. He previously served as Deputy Premier and Minister of Infrastructure.
Prior to his election, Mr. Neudorf worked in commercial construction. He has his civil and structural engineering diploma and is a red seal journeyman carpenter as well as a gold seal project manager.
An active community volunteer and leader, Mr. Neudorf served as the past president of the Lethbridge Construction Association and on the board of directors for the Alberta Construction Association, Alberta Construction Safety Association, and Worker’s Compensation Board.
Mr. Neudorf, his wife, Deanne, and their five children live in Lethbridge. In his spare time, he enjoys running with his wife and pet beagle and spending time outdoors.
Nathan Neudorf was sworn in as Minister of Affordability and Utilities and Vice Chair of Treasury Board on June 9, 2023. He previously served as Deputy Premier and Minister of Infrastructure.
Honorable Sonya Savage
Sonya Savage is Senior Counsel at Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG). She also sits on the Board of Directors for E3 Lithium Ltd and Reconciliation Energy Transition Inc, as well as Navigator’s Expert Panel on the Purpose of the Corporation. Prior to returning to the legal profession, she served as a Senior Minister in the Alberta Government, as Minister of Energy, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas and Minister of Justice and Solicitor General.
Prior to being elected, Savage was a leading advocate in the energy industry. A lifelong Albertan, Savage started her career practising law before working for 13 years in the pipeline industry, at Enbridge and the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association. She earned a Master of Laws in Environment and Energy in 2015 with a published thesis on the evolving role of the National Energy Board.
As Minister of Energy, she led the Ministry during the global pandemic and price collapse, representing the province at OPEC meetings and across North America and Europe. She implemented a liability management framework to help accelerate reclamation of oil and gas wells, overhauled the Alberta Energy Regulator, and modernized Alberta’s legal, policy and fiscal frameworks in new and emerging growth areas, including strategies to accelerate energy transition investments in critical minerals, hydrogen, geothermal, energy storage, and Small Modular Reactors. In 2022 she developed the province’s framework to advance Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) through CCUS hubs, allocating pore space to 25 projects across the province in 2022.
As Minister of Environment and Protected Areas she developed Alberta’s net-zero climate strategy – the Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan in 2023. She retired from politics in 2023 and returned to private practice where she continues to provide strategic advice on energy transition opportunities across Canada.
