PNWER Initiatives




  

 


2010 Summit a Success


Hon. Mel Knight takes the podium during the
PNWER Summit
Hon. Mel Knight Elected as PNWER President
Alberta Minister of Sustainable Resource Development was elected as the new PNWER President for 2011 during the PNWER Summit.  Minister Knight has been involved with PNWER for many years as both a delegate and Vice President.  Minister Knight is the 14th PNWER President and the third from Alberta.   

Regional University Presidents at the Summit in Calgary
Regional University Presidents Meet at Summit
Presidents from twelve universities from both sides of the border met during the PNWER Summit in Calgary.  The Presidents agreed to continue this annual meeting during the PNWER Summit and will meet in Portland in 2011.  A liaison was also assigned to represent the group to work closer with PNWER throughout the year.  

AB Premier Ed Stelmach presents Hal Kvisle with the
Robert Day award along with Past PNWER President Sen.
Lesil McGuire and Current PNWER President Hon. Mel Knight
PNWER Robert Day Memorial Award
PNWER presented former TransCanada CEO Hal Kvisle the Robert Day Award for his outstanding leadership and service to the entire PNWER region.   








Hon. Stockwell Day, President of the Treasury Board of Canada and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway
 
US Ambassador  to Canada David Jacobson speaks
about the US-Canadian relationship at the PNWER Summit

US Ambassador David Jacobson stated at the Summit, "As I’ve traveled throughout both the US and Canada I have heard from leaders everywhere that PNWER is the ‘Gold Standard’ in advancing cross-border regional issues."
Canada's Minister of Environment Jim Prentice addresses delegates at the 2010 Summit in Calgary

Public & Private Sector Leadership

Founded in 1991, PNWER is the only statutory, non-partisan, bi-national, public/private partnership in North America. PNWER is the forum for collaborative bi-national planning involving both the public and private sectors and offers leadership at the state/provincial level in Salem, Olympia, Boise, Helena, Juneau, Edmonton, Regina, Victoria, Yellowknife and Whitehorse, and at the national level in Washington, DC and Ottawa.

PNWER facilitates working groups consisting of public and private leaders to address specific issues impacting our regional economy.  Each working group produces an action plan based on regional input.  For information on each working group, please see links below

PNWER Events

 PNWER 2010 Economic Leadership Forum November 17-20, 2010

Stevenson, Washington


 

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 PNWER 2011 Annual Summit
July 19-22, 2011

Portland, Oregon


 

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