Keynote Speaker

Globe and Mail reporter and columnist

Kelly Cryderman

Kelly Cryderman is a Globe and Mail reporter and columnist who has been writing about politics, energy and all things Alberta for more than two decades.

She has a journalism and political science degree from Carleton University, and a master's degree in international history from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In her journalism career, she has worked for the Ottawa Citizen, Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald, and briefly reported from Afghanistan.

Kelly makes regular appearances on CBC political panels, and has been a member of the Globe’s Calgary bureau since 2013.