HUB Connect Event: National Bank of Canada

Oil prices got you down?  At Leadstone Group we don’t believe in falling victim to the black cloud hanging over the oil and gas industry right now.  So on Wednesday April 22^nd, we threw an Oil Pity Party in downtown Calgary.  Our HUB Connect Event was sponsored by our friends and HUB Benefactor’s at National Bank of Canada.

With presentations from Howard McCourt, Sr. Supply Chain Financing, and Greg Colman, Energy Services Analyst, the crowd got some valuable insight into what we can expect in the upcoming months in the industry.

The event drew in over 110 people (see the invitation here), our biggest turn out yet! The crucial takeaway of the night was strength in numbers. There’s a distinct need for everyone in the oil and gas industry to band together. We need to make things happen during these hard times, and not just sit back and wait and see how it plays out while the market recovers.

We want to encourage companies to work together and get more aggressive about marketing their services to companies that are still actively drilling during this downturn to sustain momentum for when things turn back around.  And we know they will!

Several door prizes were given away as part of the event and you can view a list of those winners here.  We will also be holding another grand prize draw for a night’s stay at the Carriage House Inn, a $50 gift card to their Peanuts Public House and a one page Advertorial to promote your company in an upcoming issue of Oilfield PULSE.  Whether you attended the event or not, and would like to enter the grand prize draw you can find the contest entry form here.

Thanks to Amy Kittilsen and her fantastic team at Black Betty Burger & Wine Bar for the great venue, food and drinks, and to Doug Hodgson and Marc McPherson from FreshCut HD Communications & Training for capturing some great images at the event.

Last but certainly not least a special thanks to our event co-sponsors, National Bank, Evolution Oil Tools, Plains Fabrication and Catch Resources and for their ongoing support of our Oilfield HUB service, and online business community as well as everything they contributed to help make this event a huge success.

We hope to see you at our next HUB Connect Event in June.  Stay tuned for our pre-Stampede networking event details!