12 IKC Organising Committee 

CONVENOR

CO-CONVENORS

John Ketchum
Director, Northwest Territories Geological Survey
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
Principal Advisor, Commercial
Diavik Closure Project
Yellowknife, Canada

Stuart Smith (RPMGlobal)

FUNDRAISING CHAIR

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Rory Moore
President and CEO
Arctic Canadian Diamond Company
Calgary, 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)
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 (University of the Witwatersrand)
Thomas Stachel (University of Alberta)
Sasha Wilson (University of Alberta)

FIELD TRIP COORDINATORS

FIELD TRIP LEADERS

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

Gary Vivian 

Chairman

Aurora Geosciences

Yellowknife, Canada

Barrett Elliott (Northwest Territories Geological Survey)

Gary Vivian (Aurora Geosciences)

Hendrik Falck (Northwest Territories Geological Survey)

Scott Cairns (Northwest Territories Geological Survey)

Dave Sacco (Palmer Environmental Consulting Group)

 

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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

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

Barbara Scott Smith (Scott-Smith Petrology Inc.)

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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

MARKETING CO-CHAIRS

MARKETING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Karen Smit
School of Geosciences
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa

German Villegas

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

Janina Czas (Carnegie Institution for Science)
Mike McCubbing (Saskatchewan Research Council)
Lucy Hunt (Saskatchewan Research Council)