Feb. 1, 2012
Wednesday Day - 1
Registration / Continental Networking Breakfast / Tradeshow Open Continental Breakfast ~ Sponsored by Baker Consulting & Cenex of New Town Opening Ceremonies Master of Ceremonies, Dr. Clayton Small, Northern Cheyenne Welcome Address & Opening Remarks by TAT Tribal Vice Chairman Eagle & Tribal Business Council Members Introduced by David Williams, CEO Missouri River Resources
Opening Speaker: Mr. Ron Ness, President, North Dakota Petroleum Council Keynote Presentation: Byron Dorgan, Senior Policy Advisor, Arent Fox LLP, Washington, D.C Coffee Break ~ Sponsored by: Rensch Chevrolet
Special Guest Speaker: Tracy Lebeau, Director of the Office of Indian Energy Policy & Programs United States Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
Lunch Break ~ Sponsored by: J & J Oilfield Services & Charging Eagle Enterprises, LLC Prepared by FBCC All Chiefs Society Keynote Presentation: Governor Jack Dalrymple Gov. of North Dakota Panel: Francis Ziegler, ND Department of Transportation Dave Glatt, ND Department of Health Lynn Helms, ND Industrial Commission, Div. of Mineral Resources Major Mike Gerhardt, ND Highway Patrol Moderator: Scott Davis, Executive Director, North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission
Building The Human Resources To Support The Oil Boom – University & College Presidents Panel. Moderator: Mr. Russell Mason Jr., President, Fort Berthold Community College Coffee Break ~ Sponsored by: North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission
SESSION 1: Investing For Your Future - Royalties and Revenues:
Cafeteria Whitney Bell, Tribal CFO & MRR, and , Steve Gunderson, Tallsalt Advisors. Moderator: Valerian Three Irons SESSION 2: The Energy & Utility Corridor: Texx Lone Bear, TAT Easement Program BGC Class Water Law: Ken Royse, Bartlett & West Moderator: Thomasina Mandan SESSION 3: Engineers Panel – Jeff Hunt, P.E. Hal Cooper, P.E. Moderator: Dr. Frank Mosley
International Energy Roundtable – Visiting Dignitaries & Allottees Facilitated by Dr. Clayton Small Chief Marvin Yellowbird, Samson Cree Nation, Senator CJ Steward, Crow Nation, Lisa Lonefight The Owners Reception ~ Sponsored by WPX Energy Prepared by TDH Entertainment: M.C. Charles Moran Comedian Duo – James & Ernie, Navajo Nation. Singer - Bobbi Rae Sage Ranger
NUETA HIDATSA SAHNISH ALLOTTEES International Energy Oil & Gas Summit “Looking Out For Our Interests Today, For Tomorrow” Feb. 2, 2012 Thursday Day – 2
Registration / Continental Networking Breakfast / Tradeshow Opens Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Reservation Telephone Cooperative
Opening Ceremony & Posting Colors Master of Ceremonies, Dr. Clayton Small Welcome & Review Of Summit Process L. Kenneth Hall, MHA Energy Division Missouri River Resources, Chairman of the Board
Knowing Whose Land You’re On ~ Tribal Historians of MHA Nation, Panel: Edward Hall, Marilyn Hudson, Dr. Edwin Benson, Greta Whitecalfe Moderator: Alyce Spotted Bear, Director of Native American Studies, Fort Berthold Community College
“Indian Lands In Indian Hands”: Terry Janis, Esq. , Indian Land Tenure Foundation
Moderator: Mary Fredericks, Director, Beginning Farmer & Rancher Program, Fort Berthold Community College
Coffee Break ~ Sponsored by: Fredericks, Peebles and Morgan Keynote Presentation Ethan Shenkman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, US Dept. of Justice Environment & Natural Resource Division, Washington, D.C.
The Future of Oil & Gas on Fort Berthold Indian Reservation: Tribal Entities & Oil & Gas Industry Experts Panel 1- Charles Foote- TERO, Richard Mayer- Refinery, Joe Gillis-Tribal Environment, Elgin Crows Breast- THPO, Doyle Bell-Roads, Dawn White –TAT Law Enforcement, Arne Sorenson-Elbow Woods Memorial Clinic Panel 2 – Dave Williams - Missouri River Resources, WPX Energy, Petro Hunt, QEP, Enerplus. Arrow Pipelines, Enbridge Pipelines Moderator: David Williams, CEO Missouri River Resources
Lunch Break Sponsored by EOG Resources Congressman Berg Video Prepared by FBCC All Chiefs Society
Session 1: Federal Government Partners – Bureau of Indian Affairs / Bureau of Land Management / Office of the Special Trustee / Office of Natural Resources Revenue / Environmental Protection Agency Moderator: Whitney Bell, Tribal CFO & MRR Board Director Session 2: NEPA Process Mark Herman, Env. Engineer & Marilyn Bercier, Regional Environmental Scientist Division of Environmental, Safety and Cultural Resource Management BIA, Aberdeen Area NEPA Moderator: Roger White Owl Jr.
Coffee Break ~ Sponsored by: Bartlett & West Shaping Development to Maximize Benefits: Professor Ray Cross, University of Montana International Energy RoundTable - Visiting Dignitaries & Allottees Facilitated by Dr. Clayton Small
Closing Remarks by Vice Chairman Eagle, Retiring of the Colors, Friendship Dance NUETA HIDATSA SAHNISH ALLOTTEES International Energy Oil & Gas Summit “Looking Out For Our Interests Today, For Tomorrow”
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