TORONTO, Oct. 9 /CNW/ - Scotia Capital is hosting its annual Energy
Trusts conference on Wednesday, October 10 and Thursday, October 11 in
Toronto. This year's thematically structured event provides participants with
access to the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the sector in panel
discussions focused on key topics and current issues that impact the
successful operation of an energy company. Audio portions of the presentations
will be broadcast live on the web beginning at 9:00 a.m.Scheduled presenters(*) and times are:

    Wednesday, October 10th
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    9:00 a.m.    Canadian Oil Sands Trust, Marcel Coutu, President & CEO
                 Harvest Energy Trust, John Zahary, President & CEO
                 Provident Energy Trust, Laurie Stretch, Senior Manager
                  Investor Relations (IR) and Communications

    10:25 a.m.   Baytex Energy Trust, Anthony Marino, Chief Operations
                  Officer (COO)
                 NAL Oil & Gas Trust, Andrew Wiswell, President & CEO and
                  Jonathan Lexier, COO
                 Vermilion Energy Trust, Paul Beique, Director, Investor
                  Relations

    1:00 p.m.    Daylight Resources Trust, Anthony Lambert, President & CEO
                 Paramount Energy Trust, Sue Riddell-Rose, President & CEO

    Thursday, October 11th
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    9:00 a.m.    Advantage Energy Income Fund, Andy Mah, President & COO
                 Crescent Point Energy Trust, Scott Saxberg, President & CEO
                 Progress Energy Trust, Art MacNichol, Vice-President
                  Finance & CFO

    10:25 a.m.   Fairborne Energy Trust, Aaron Grandberg, CFO
                 Freehold Royalty Trust, David Sandmeyer, President & CEO
                 Zargon Energy Trust, Craig Hansen, President & CEO

    12:55 p.m.   ARC Energy Trust, John Dielwart, President & CEO
                 Trilogy Energy Trust, Michael Kohut, Chief Financial
                  Officer (CFO)
                 Pengrowth Energy Trust, Chris Webster, CFO

    2:20 p.m.    ARC Energy Trust, John Dielwart, President & CEO
                 Focus Energy Trust, Derek Evans, President & CEO
                 Penn West Energy Trust, David Middleton, Executive Vice-
                  President & COO

    Listeners may access the conference live via a web audio link at
www.scotiacapital.com. The conference will be archived on Scotia Capital's
website for three months.

    (*) Agenda is subject to change. See www.scotiacapital.com for most
        current schedule.Since 1998, Scotia Capital's Industry Conferences have been ranked No. 1
in Canada by independent surveys. Scotia Capital represents the global
corporate and investment banking and capital markets platform of the
Scotiabank Group, one of North America's premier financial institutions. The
Scotiabank Group has combined assets of $408 billion (as at July 31, 2007) and
almost 60,000 employees worldwide, including affiliates. It is also Canada's
most international bank, serving customers in some 50 countries around the
world. For more information, visit www.scotiabank.com or
www.scotiacapital.com.