Named by the Alberta Venture magazine as one of the 50 most influential people in Alberta for 2014, Dr. Wenran Jiang is the President of Canada-China Energy and Environment Forum. He organized 13 large-scale annual conferences between Canada and China on energy and environmental issues between 2004 and 2017.

He was a tenured professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. Before he took early retirement, Dr. Jiang was also a Japan Foundation Fellow, a Resident Fellow, and a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, and a Special Advisor to the Alberta Department of Energy on Asian market diversification. He also served as Special Advisor on China to the US and Canada-based Energy Council, a visiting professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia and a visiting professor at the School of Business, China University of Petroleum (Beijing). During his tenure as the Founding Director (2005-08) of the University’s China Institute, Dr. Jiang played a leading role in securing a donation of $37.2 million permanent endowment from the Alberta government.

In recent years, Dr. Jiang has advised government agencies and private companies in the energy, mining, forestry, and agricultural sectors on Asian market access and on how to engage with China, with a particular focus on energy efficiency and environmentally friendly technologies. His op-ed articles appear regularly in Canadian and international media.

Tristan Sanregret is the Assistant Deputy Minister for the Government of Alberta’s International Relations division. His division is responsible for managing Alberta’s relationships with foreign jurisdictions. The Division’s international priorities include: undertaking policy research and analysis on emerging international issues; engaging foreign governments and advocating for Alberta’s priorities; managing Alberta’s international office network; facilitating incoming and outgoing missions by senior government officials; and negotiating and implementing international agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) as they relate to Alberta’s sister-state relationships and broad economic cooperation agreements.

The division also manages the Alberta International Office network (consisting of 16 offices) and assumes a leadership role in the planning and coordination of missions by the Premier, and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta who represent the government in various Transboundary organizations across the United States.  

From 2005-2012, Tristan served as Director, Alberta-U.S. Relations, in the Alberta Office in Washington, D.C, a position he assumed shortly after the office first opened in 2005.  During his time in Washington, D.C., Tristan worked with three successive Alberta Representatives to promote and defend Alberta’s economic and political interests in the U.S. Capital and throughout the U.S. 

Prior to his tenure in Washington D.C., Tristan was with Alberta Economic Development and supported Alberta’s trade and investment activities in a variety of geographic areas, including the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia and North Asia. He was also posted to the Canadian Consulate in Mumbai, India.

Tristan holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with Distinction, following study at the University of Alberta and Edinburgh University.