We would love to invite you to our annual Calgary lender conference being held on Wednesday May 20, 2026. The event will be an exclusive morning for lenders and restructuring professionals in Western Canada to come together and discuss key areas of concern, trends and best practices that we are seeing in the Canadian lending and workout space.

Below are the details and registration link.

Date and Time

Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Location

The Ampersand
112 4 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3N3

Who Should Attend

If you work in commercial banking, asset-based lending, real estate lending, private lending or special loans, you will not want to miss this morning!

Insolvency professionals should also attend to meet lenders and learn about the latest lending trends and issues.

Spots are limited and will be taken quickly, so please register today to reserve your seat!

Agenda

8:00 to 9:00 Registration and Light Breakfast

9:00 to 9:30 Panel 1: On the Ground: Alberta's Economy and the Rise of Borrower Stress

The volume of stressed and distressed files across Alberta is at levels not seen in years. Lenders, advisors, and insolvency professionals are actively managing refinancings, restructurings, and workouts across nearly every sector. This panel takes stock of what the current cycle is teaching us and what lenders should be doing differently as a result.

Panelists will discuss the importance of staying close to borrowers and why lenders who are in front of their clients are catching problems that others are missing entirely. The conversation will cover the case for early negotiated resolutions and what experience across different markets is showing about recovery outcomes. Panelists will also address the challenge of underwriting and covenant monitoring when trade uncertainty makes forward projections unreliable. And at a time when senior lenders need alternative capital markets most, the private credit market in Canada has become thin and fragmented, limiting the exit options available and leaving mainstream lenders with fewer tools to manage their way out of complex files.

9:30 to 10:00 Networking Break

10:00 to 10:20 Fireside Chat: Collateral Damage: What Lenders Get Wrong About Asset Realization

Lenders often have a number in their head for what their collateral is worth. Liquidators and real estate brokers often have a very different one. In this candid conversation, two practitioners who work at the sharp end of asset realization share what they actually see when assets go to market in Alberta. From equipment and inventory to land and buildings, each asset class has its own surprises, its own timing challenges, and its own gap between expectation and reality. Panelists will share what lenders consistently underestimate, what the current market for distressed assets looks like across both sectors, and how to approach asset realization more effectively when it matters most.

10:20 to 10:50 Panel 2: Extending, Enforcing, and Everything in Between

From chartered banks to private lenders, the professionals managing distressed portfolios in Alberta are navigating one of the most complex credit environments in recent memory. This panel brings together lenders from across the capital stack to debate the hardest calls they are making right now. Which sectors are deteriorating fastest? How are fraud and quasi-fraud showing up and how are lenders catching it earlier? What are the triggers that move a file from workout to enforcement? And when private credit is in the capital stack, does it help or complicate recovery? Panelists will share the frameworks and instincts guiding their decisions as the credit cycle evolves.

10:50 to 11:20 Networking Break

11:20 to 11:50 Panel 3: From the File: Real Scenarios, Real Solutions

In this rapid-fire session, a lawyer and a licensed insolvency trustee work through real scenarios drawn from recent Alberta practice. Each situation is one a lender in this room could face tomorrow: a borrower in default, a contested receivership, an RVO under challenge, a workout gone sideways. For each situation, panelists break down the decisions made, the outcomes achieved, and the practical lessons lenders should take away.

11:50 to 12:00: Open Q&A: All Panelists

12:00: Program concludes

CPD

The learning portions of the event will be eligible for CPD credit for both lawyers and accountants.

Pricing

No cost for lenders.

$249 + HST for insolvency professionals.

We very much hope that you can join us for this morning. And please do pass along the invitation to your colleagues. We'd love for them to join as well!

Just make sure to register right away as the spots will be taken quickly. Registration can be done in under a minute.

Looking forward to seeing you!

Henry Louis
Insolvency Insider

Sponsors

Thanks to our generous sponsors for making this conference possible: