Three evening receptions are a time to network with members of NYC business community (i.e. investors, analysts, bankers et al) and hear thoughtful talks by leading subject matter experts - guest keynote speakers. Read details below.
On Monday, May 18, 2026:
Mike McGlone, Senior Commodity Strategist, Bloomberg
On Tuesday May, 19, 2026:
"Geopolitics and China": by Keith Spence, Global Mining Capital with Greg McNab, Dentons
Second Speaker and Topic to be announced
On Wednesday, May 20, 2026:
Scott Potolsky, Principal Investments, Hartree Partners
You may register solely to attend the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday receptions. The cost of each reception is $75. Attendance for the Welcome Reception on Monday May 18, 2026 is limited to the first 150 registrants. Registered CTMF conference delegates are welcome to attend the receptions and register additional guests. People interested to just attend reception(s) do not have to attend the conference. All must register in advance for building access.
View the details of each evening reception guest speaker below.
Monday, May 18, 2026
The first of two guest speakers at the Welcome Reception will start at 5:45 PM:
Mike McGlone, Senior Commodity Strategist, Bloomberg
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
The first guest speaker, Keith Spence ( 石凯 ), CEO & Partner, Global Mining Capital with Greg McNab, Partner, Dentons in a discussion and Q&A will speak about: Geopolitics and China
Keith Spence is CEO and Partner of Global Mining Capital. The company is engaged in Private Equity Investments and M&A globally. The company has extensive funding relationships with its partners in Asia. A field geologist; he held positions in Capital Markets and Investment Banking at RBC Capital Markets, Scotia Bank and BMO Capital Markets. He has been CEO of Alliance Pacific Resources, which explored for gold and base metals in western China. He has conducted business in China for over two decades, and has written and spoken extensively on China’s international mining investments.
Keith is a member of the Board of PDAC and has been a member of the Board of the Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (CIM). Mr. Spence is Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the “world recognized” Canadian Mining Valuation Standards and Guidelines for mining projects; which is referenced by the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX-V) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchanges. He received the CIM Distinguished Lecturer Award, the SME Mineral Economics Award (USA), the PDAC Distinguished Award, the Robert Elver Mineral Economics Award for outstanding contributions to Canadian mineral economics and received the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal Award, for contributions to Canada. A Commonwealth Scholar; he is a graduate of the Global Management program at Harvard University, has an Honors B.Sc. in Geology and an MBA both from Western University.
Greg McNab is a partner in Denton's Corporate group and Canada Co-chair for Dentons' Mining group. His main areas of practice include financings of public and private securities issuers (including private equity and hedge funds), investment management products, capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions and resources and energy matters, both domestically and internationally. Greg also advises on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, continuous disclosure and stock exchange matters for public issuers. As a former mechanical engineer, Greg has extensive experience in both the energy and mining sectors. He regularly speaks at conferences, writes articles and appears in the media with respect to a variety of securities, mining and energy matters. He is a director and Canadian Chair of the Canadian Australian Chamber of Commerce.
Greg focuses his practice on public and private financing matters and services and cross-border joint ventures involving jurisdictions that include Asia, Australia, Africa and Canada, among others. His practice includes the negotiation and drafting of prospectuses, circulars, shareholder agreements, opinion letters, applications for regulatory relief, share purchase agreements and related transaction documents. He has been involved in a range of energy and resource industry transactions and financings. He also provides related regulatory advice with respect to climate change issues and has worked on a variety of renewable and clean tech matters, including wind, solar and hydro projects.
Scott Potolsky, Principal Investments, Hartree Partners
* Space is limited. The organizers may need to close registration early. Registration closed early in 2023, 2018 and 2017. We may require some registered delegates to be present in a second and or third board room with live video and audio feed to large flat screens from/ to the main conference room or other meeting rooms and or to attend in adjacent boardrooms to view via live audio/ video feeds the proceedings. Additional rooms and space adjacent to the main conference room are also places to relax, network, meet one on one, for quiet conversations, or work. Join the sponsors. Revisit this site. All is subject to change.
