12 IKC Organising Committee
CONVENOR
CO-CONVENORS
John Ketchum
Director, Northwest Territories Geological Survey
Government of Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, Canada
Tiffany Hall
Director, Diamonds, Royalties and Financial Analysis,
Government of Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, Canada
Pamela Strand
Assistant Deputy Minister, Minerals and Petroleum Resources
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
SRK Consulting
Vancouver, Canada
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT PROJECT TEAM
Venue West Conference Services
Vancouver, Canada
John Daugulis
Kat Duda
Clare Taylor
COMMITTEES:
FINANCE CO-CHAIRS
FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Robert Charpentier
Principal Advisor, Commercial
Diavik Closure Project
Yellowknife, Canada
Rhona Stanislaus
Financial Security Advisor
ITI Financial Inc.
Kelowna, Canada
Amanda Gillander (Government of Northwest Territories)
Tiffany Hall (Government of Northwest Territories)
Stuart Smith (SRK Consulting)
FUNDRAISING CO-CHAIRS
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Rory Moore
Vice President, Exploration
Dominion Diamond Mines
Calgary, Canada
George Read
Senior Vice President, Exploration and Development
Star Diamond Corporation
Saskatoon, Canada
Barbara Scott Smith (Scott-Smith Petrology Inc.)
Pamela Strand (Government of Northwest Territories)
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 (University of Melbourne)
Bruce Kjarsgaard (Geological Survey of Canada)
Maya Kopylova (University of British Columbia)
Bob Luth (University of Alberta)
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 (Gemological Institute of America)
Thomas Stachel (University of Alberta)
Sasha Wilson (University of Alberta)
FIELD TRIP CHAIR
FIELD TRIP LEADERS
Barrett Elliott
Diamond Geologist,
Northwest Territories Geological Survey
Government of Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, Canada
Scott Cairns (Northwest Territories Geological Survey)
Barrett Elliott (Northwest Territories Geological Survey)
Hendrik Falck (Northwest Territories Geological Survey)
Jennifer Pell (De Beers Group)
Malcolm Robb (Government of Northwest Territories)
Dave Sacco (Palmer Environmental Consulting Group)
SHORT COURSES CO-CHAIRS
SHORT COURSE INSTRUCTORS
Scott Cairns
Manager, Mineral Deposits and Bedrock Mapping
Northwest Territories Geological Survey
Government of Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, Canada
Herman Grütter
Principal Consultant
SRK Consulting
Vancouver, Canada
Neil Buxton (Diamonds International Canada (DICAN) Limited)
Herman Grütter (SRK Consulting)
Graham Pearson (University of Alberta)
David Sacco (Palmer Environmental Consulting Group)
Barbara Scott Smith (Scott-Smith Petrology Inc.)
Richard Wake-Walker (Diamonds International Canada (DICAN) Limited)
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
CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS CHAIR
CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Kumari Karunaratne
Manager, Geoscience Information Services,
Northwest Territories Geological Survey
Government of Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, Canada
Sarah Gervais (Northwest Territories Geological Survey)
SOCIAL AND GUEST PROGRAMME CO-CHAIRS
SOCIAL AND GUEST PROGRAMME COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Michelle Handley
Tourism Development Officer
Government of Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, Canada
Mary Lou Willows
North Arrow Minerals Inc.
Vancouver, Canada
Tiffany Hall (Government of Northwest Territories)
Barbara Scott Smith (Scott-Smith Petrology Inc.)
DELEGATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT CHAIR
DELEGATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT cOMMITTEE MEMBERS
Roberta Rudnick
Department of Earth Science
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, USA
AWARDS CHAIR
AWARDS COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Sonja Aulbach
Department of Geosciences
Petrology and Geochemistry
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING CHAIR
COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Miles Welsh
Manager, Diamond Secondary Industry
Government of Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, Canada
Janina Czas (University of Alberta)
Amanda Gillander (Government of Northwest Territories)
Cristiana Mircea (Saskatchewan Research Council)
Karen V. Smit (Gemological Institute of America, Inc.)