Conference Agenda

CONFERENCE AGENDA
09:15 – 09:30 / REGISTRATION
09:30 – 11:00 / BREAKFAST
1.  Welcome Address
2.  Career Opportunities in International Law
Panelists:
·  Ato Kwamena Dadzie, Country Director, Ghana, Journalists or Human Rights
·  Sandra L. Flow, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
·  G. Thomas Johnson, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
·  Edward J. Waitzer, Partner, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Moderator:
·  Shannon Leo, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
11:00 – 12:30 / PANEL DISCUSSIONS – SESSION 1
1.  Protection of Canadian Intellectual Property Rights in China: The IP challenges faced by Canadian companies entering China.
Panelists:
·  Douglas George, Director, Intellectual Property, Information and Technology Trade Policy Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
·  John Orange, Patent Agent, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
·  Franny Lee, Articling Student, Cassles Brock & Blackwell LLP
Moderator:
·  Emir A. C. Mohammed, LL.B., LL.M., PhD Candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School
2.  Canada’s Role In Afghanistan
Panelists:
·  Rex Brynen, Professor, McGill University
·  G. Thomas Johnson, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
·  H.E. Omar Samad, Ambassador of Afghanistan
Moderator:
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12:30 – 14:00 / LUNCH AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Keynote Speaker:
·  Senator Hugh Segal, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Canada and Associate Secretary of the Ontario Cabinet. President of the Institute for Research on Public Policy of Canada since 1999.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
14:00 – 15:30 / PANEL DISCUSSIONS – SESSION 2
1.  Canadian Corporations and Human Rights Violations Abroad: Questions of Legal Liability
Panelists:
·  Catherine Coumans, Ph.D., MiningWatch Canada
·  Aaron A. Dhir, Assistant Professor, University of Windsor Faculty of Law
·  Sara Seck, Ph.D. Candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School
Moderator:
2.  The International Criminal Court
Panelists:
·  Payam Akhavan, Associate Professor, McGill University Faculty of Law
·  Valerie Oosterveld. Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law
·  Darryl Robinson, Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Moderator:
15:30 – 15:45 / COFFEE BREAK
15:45 – 17:15 / PANEL DISCUSSIONS – SESSION 3
1.  Kyoto, Carbon Markets, and Climate Change
Panelists:
·  Lisa DeMarco, Partner, MacLeod Dixon LLP
·  Christine Elwell, Friends of the Earth
·  Erik Haites, Margaree Consultants
Moderator:
·  Stepan Wood, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
2.  International Law and Praxis (The Case of Israel)
Panelists:
·  H.E. Alan Baker, Ambassador of Israel
·  Ed Morgan, Associate Professor, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, National President, Canadian Jewish Congress.
·  Mohammad Wattad, Post-Doctoral Fellow & Visiting Scholar, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Moderator:
·  Mathew Goldstein
17:15 – 18:15 / CLOSING REMARKS AND RECEPTION
Special Guest Speaker:
·  Hon. Bill Graham, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Member of Parliament for Toronto-Centre