Conference Speakers

Don Lawton is Director of Science at Carbon Management Canada (CMC) and Professor Emeritus in Geophysics at the University of Calgary.  He is a sought-after expert advisor and thought leader to industry, government, the research community and other stakeholders on carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS).  He led the development of the CMC-UofC Newell County Facility in Southern Alberta where monitoring technologies to verify secure storage of CO₂ are being developed and evaluated.  He was awarded the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG) Medal in 2000 and received Honorary Membership in the Society in 2014.  Recently he was a co-recipient of the 2022 Patricia J. Lee Trailblazer Award from the Canadian Energy Geoscience Association (CEGA) and his team was awarded the 2023 Project Achievement Award from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)