The Summit features six talks culminating in a panel discussion that will form the basis of the Summit communiqué.
The following speakers will provide Summit participants with a solid foundation for discussing how to resolve the dichotomy between the environment and the economy.
| Robert Bateman | Wildlife Artist |
| Elena Bennett | Associate Professor in the School of Environment and Department of Natural Resources Science at McGill University |
| Kai Chan | Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair (tier 2) at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia |
| Robert Sandford | Director of the Western Watersheds Research Collaborative and associate of the Centre for Hydrology at the University of Saskatchewan |
| Daniel Simberloff | Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Tennessee |
| Peter Victor | Professor of Environmental Studies at York University |
Special Guests | |
| Summit Moderator: | Peter Sale United Nations University’s Institute for Water, Environment and Health |
| Panel Session Moderator: | Paul Kennedy CBC Radio |
