12 IKC Organising Committee 

CONVENOR

CO-CONVENORS

John Ketchum
Director, Northwest Territories Geological Survey (retired)
Government of Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, Canada

Andy Leszczynski
Director, Diamonds, Royalties and Financial Analysis,
Government of Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, Canada

Pamela Strand
Deputy Minister, Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment
Government of Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, Canada

IKCAC AND CONFERENCE ADVISOR

IKCAC AND CONFERENCE FINANCE ADVISOR​

Barbara Scott Smith
Scott-Smith Petrology Inc.
North Vancouver, Canada

Stuart Smith
RPMGlobal
Vancouver, Canada

CONFERENCE COORDINATOR

Kat Duda
The Conference Runner
Sydney, Australia

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS

Venue West Conference Services
Vancouver, Canada

John Daugulis

COMMITTEES:

FINANCE CHAIR

FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Robert Charpentier
Yellowknife, Canada

Stuart Smith (RPMGlobal)

FUNDRAISING CHAIR

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Rory Moore
Vancouver, Canada

George Read (Star Diamond Corporation)
Gary Vivian (Aurora Geosciences)
Pamela Strand (Government of Northwest Territories)
Barbara Scott Smith (Scott-Smith Petrology Inc.)

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME CO-CHAIRS

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME CONVENORS

Graham Pearson
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada

Thomas Stachel
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada

 

 

Sonja Aulbach (Goethe University)
Barrett Elliott (Northwest Territories Geological Survey)
Yana Fedortchouk (Dalhousie University)
Andrea Giuliani (Department of Earth Sciences, Institute of Petrology and Geochemistry)
Geoffrey Howarth (University of Cape Town)
Bruce Kjarsgaard (Geological Survey of Canada)
Maya Kopylova (University of British Columbia)
Graham Pearson (University of Alberta)
Pierre-Simon Ross (L’Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Kelly Russell (University of British Columbia)
Andrew Schaeffer (Geological Survey of Canada)
Barbara Scott Smith (Scott-Smith Petrology Inc.)
​Karen Smit (University of the Witwatersrand)
Thomas Stachel (University of Alberta)
Sasha Wilson (University of Alberta)

FIELD TRIP COORDINATORS

FIELD TRIP LEADERS

Chris Hrkac

Aurora Geosciences

Yellowknife, Canada

Barrett Elliott
Diamond Geologist
Northwest Territories Geological Survey
Government of Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, Canada

Barrett Elliott (Northwest Territories Geological Survey)

Chris Hrkac (Aurora Geosciences)

Gary Vivian (Aurora Geosciences)

Kimberley Webb (SRK Consulting)

Hendrik Falck (Government of Northwest Territories)

Dave Sacco (Palmer Environmental Consulting Group)

Scott Cairns (Northwest Territories Geological Survey)

 

 

INDIGENOUS PROGRAMME CHAIR

INDIGENOUS PROGRAMME COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Rory Moore
Vancouver, Canada

Gary Vivian (Aurora Geosciences)
Grace MacKenzie (Tlicho Government)
Jhillian Adams (Government of the Northwest Territories)
Angela Balsillie (Government of the Northwest Territories)
Kathy Gray (Inukshuk Publishing)
Paul Betsina (Yellowknives Dene First Nation)
Florence Catholique (Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation)
Robert Mercredi (North Slave Metis Alliance)

SOCIAL AND GUEST PROGRAMME CO-CHAIRS

SOCIAL AND GUEST PROGRAMME COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Mary Lou Willows
North Arrow Minerals Inc.
Vancouver, Canada

Barbara Scott Smith (Scott-Smith Petrology Inc.)
Michelle Handley (Government of Northwest Territories)

CONFERENCE VOLUME CO-CHAIRS

CONFERENCE VOLUME EDITORS

Graham Pearson
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada

Thomas Stachel
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada

DELEGATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT CHAIR

DELEGATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT cOMMITTEE MEMBERS

Roberta Rudnick
Department of Earth Science
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, USA

Yana Fedortchouk (Dalhousie University)
Philip Janney University of Cape Town
Colleen Laroulandie (Stornoway Diamonds)
Jingao Liu (Chinese University of Geosciences, Beijing)
Suzette Timmerman (University of Bern)
Greg Yaxley (Australian National University)

AWARDS CHAIR

AWARDS COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Sonja Aulbach
Department of Geosciences
Petrology and Geochemistry
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany

Phil Janney (University of Cape Town)
Tom McCandless (MCC Geoscience Inc.)
George Read (Star Diamond Corporation)
Karen Smit (University of the Witwatersrand)
Kimberley Webb (SRK Consulting)

MARKETING CO-CHAIRS

MARKETING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Evan Smith
Senior Research Scientist
Gemological Institute of America
Toronto, Canada

German Villegas
Manager, Diamond Secondary Industry
Government of Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, Canada

Mike McCubbing (Saskatchewan Research Council)
Lucy Hunt (Saskatchewan Research Council)