The 2027 Major Projects Summit: Vancouver
From Approval to Investment Decision: Making BC's Major Projects Investable at Speed
The Vancouver Club | Friday, February 2027 | By invitation
The owners, investors, builders and First Nations behind BC's major projects, in one room, on what makes a project investable.
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about the event
BC is about to see lots of major projects approved. Getting them to an investment decision is the harder part.

LNG Canada's partners have committed to a second phase. Cedar LNG, Ksi Lisims, the northwest mines and the power lines behind them all need the same thing next: capital that's ready to commit.

The time between approval and investment decision is where projects lose time and money: approvals investors can't plan around, delivery risk nobody wants to carry, power that arrives late, and equity partnerships that take years to structure.

The summit brings together the owners, investors, builders and First Nations behind BC's major projects to work out what makes a project investable, and how to make more of them investable. A focused morning program, followed by lunch.

who will be in the room
If you own, finance or build major projects in BC, you'll be among your peers.

Project owners and proponents: the companies behind BC's LNG, mining, power and industrial projects, Crown corporations, port authorities and First Nations development corporations.

Investors and lenders: pension plans, life insurers, infrastructure funds and the banks financing long-life Canadian assets.

Builders and engineers: EPC contractors, engineering firms, and the lawyers and advisors who structure and deliver BC's major projects.

attendance
By invitation
Limited to senior leaders.
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the programme
Draft agenda
Thursday evening
Capital Dinner (invitation only)
Format:
Dinner
A private dinner the night before for capital providers, proponents and First Nations leaders.
8:00 AM
Registration & Networking Breakfast
Format:
Networking
8:30 AM
Welcome from The Major Projects Forum
Format:
Opening
8:35 AM
Opening Address
Format:
Opening
8:50 AM
How LNG Canada Phase 2 Got to Yes
Format:
Case study
LNG Canada's partners have committed to doubling the plant. What they needed to see before they signed, what took longest, and what the next BC proponent can take from it.
9:15 AM
Approvals as a Cost of Capital
Format:
Panel
Investors price permitting risk into the return they ask for. The people who run BC's approvals, and proponents who've been through them, on what would make a timeline something a lender can underwrite.
9:50 AM
What Investors Need to See
Format:
Panel
Canada's pension plans and banks finance energy and infrastructure around the world. What gets a BC project through their investment committee, and what sends it to the bottom of the pile.
10:25 AM
Coffee + Conversation
Format:
Break
10:50 AM
Who Carries Delivery Risk?
Format:
Panel
Fixed-price contracts are harder to find, and lenders still want cost certainty. How owners, contractors and engineers are splitting the risk on BC's largest builds, and what that does to the financing.
11:25 AM
First Nations as Owners
Format:
Panel
Cedar LNG is majority-owned by the Haisla Nation, and Ksi Lisims is led by the Nisga'a. How those stakes get structured and financed, and what nations, lenders and proponents need from each other.
12:00 PM
BC's Next Investment Decisions
Format:
Closing fireside
Which BC projects are closest to an investment decision, and what would move each one over the line in the next year?
12:30 PM
Lunch
Format:
Break
1:30 PM
Getting Power Where Projects Need It
Format:
Optional roundtable
BC's industrial growth depends on power arriving when it's promised. Who pays for new transmission, and who gets to own a piece of it?
1:30 PM
How to Make Non-Market Housing Investable
Format:
Optional roundtable
BC's non-profit housing providers own thousands of rental homes and struggle to raise money to build more. Could pooled portfolios give investors a steady return?
2:30 PM
Close
Format:
Close
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