Final Agenda

Transportation Border Working Group Plenary Meeting

November 8-10, 2005

Fairmont Royal York, Toronto, Ontario

DAY ONE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Quebec Room
12:00 – 15:00 /

Registration

12:30 – 14:30 / Trade and Traffic Data Subcommittee Session
Leaders: Alicia Nolan, Northern Border Coordinator, Federal Highway Administration
Gary Tulipan, Director, Transport Canada
14:30 – 15:00 /

Coffee Break

15:00 – 17:00 / Compendium Subcommittee Session
Leaders: Paul Arvanitidis, Policy Advisor, Transport Canada
Petar Duvnjak, Economic Officer, Transport Canada
19:00 – 21:00 / Evening Reception with
Hors d’oeuvres and Cash Bar
British Columbia Room
DAY TWO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Tudor Room (7 & 8)
07:30 – 08:30 /

Continental Breakfast and Registration

08:30 – 08:45 /

Call To Order, Welcome

Isabelle Trepanier, TBWG Co-Chair, Transport Canada
Jill Hochman, TBWG Co-Chair, Federal Highway Administration
08:45 - 09:30 / Washington/Ottawa Updates:
The Security & Prosperity Partnership
Isabelle Trepanier, TBWG Co-Chair, Transport Canada
Jill Hochman, TBWG Co-Chair, Federal Highway AdministrationSteve Tzikas, Management Analyst, Customs and Border ProtectionWayne Sauer, Manage, Canada Border Services Agency
09:30 – 10:00 /

SAFETEA-LU Highlights

Roger Petzold, Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration
10:00 – 10:15 / Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 / Manitoba’s Inland Port Strategy & Hemispheria 2006
Rich Danis, Director, Manitoba Department of Transportation
and Government Services
11:00 – 11:45 /

West Coast Corridor Presentation

Gordon Rogers, Deputy Director, WHATCOM Council of Governments
11:45 – 12:00 /

Update on Policy Subcommittee Activities

Hugh Conroy, Project Manager, WHATCOM Council of Governments
12:00 – 13:45 /

Plated Lunch with Keynote Speaker

Bruce McQuaig, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
13:45 – 14:00 /

Update on Trade and Traffic Data Subcommittee Activities

Alicia Nolan, Northern Border Coordinator, Federal Highway Administration
14:00 – 14:30 /

New TBWG Website and On-Line Compendium

Paul Arvanitidis, Policy Advisor, Transport Canada
14:30 – 15:00 /

Applying the Border Information Flow Architecture

Mike Onder, Team Leader, Federal Highway AdministrationJonathan Sabean, Policy Advisor, Transport Canada
15:00 – 15:15 /

Coffee Break

15:15 – 16:00 /

Border Crisis Simulation Exercise: Lessons Learned

Mark Nantais, President, Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers Association
16:00 – 17:00 /

What’s Hot: Open Dialogue Session

17:00 – 17:30 /

Action Items; Next Plenary Meeting; Closing Remarks

TBWG Co-Chairs
DAY THREE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Manitoba Room
07:30 – 08:30 /

Continental Breakfast

08:30 – 10:15 /

Policy Subcommittee Session

Leader: Hugh Conroy, Project Manager, WHATCOM Council of Governments
10:15 – 10:30 / Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 / SAFETEA-LU Question and Answer Session
Jill Hochman, TBWG Co-Chair, Federal Highway Administration
Roger Petzold, Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration