NEW YORK, NEW YORK--(Marketwire - Jan. 3, 2012) - BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (NYSE:BMO)(TSX:BMO), will host its 9th Annual Unconventional Resource Conference on Tuesday, January 10 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York. Join the BMO Capital Markets Energy's Research and Leading Services teams as well as Exploration and Production (E&P) companies for an in-depth discussion on trends and developments in identifying and accessing unconventional oil and gas resources.

"The conference provides a timely opportunity to hear directly from the industry's leading developers of North American unconventional oil and natural gas resources. We are also thrilled to have keynote speaker, Dr. Daniel Yergin, who will be discussing The Quest, the highly anticipated sequel to his best-seller and Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Prize," said Randy Ollenberger, Managing Director, who leads the BMO Capital Markets Energy Research team.

Participants at the 2012 conference will include:

An [ agenda ] with presentation times for the conference is also available online.

Media Registration:

Media interested in attending the event and/or scheduling an interview are asked to contact Martha McInnis at (212) 702-1992 or [ Martha.mcinnis@bmo.com ].

About BMO Capital Markets

BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service North American financial services provider, with 2,300 employees operating in 17 North American offices and 30 worldwide, offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a complete range of investment and corporate banking products and services. BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE:BMO)(TSX:BMO), one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with US$479 billion total assets and more than 47,000 employees as at October 31, 2011.