CPD Agenda
Conference Co-Chairs:
Sarah J. Armstrong, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Andrea L. Burke, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Darryl A. Cruz, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Dominique T. Hussey, Bennett Jones LLP
David V. Tupper, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Friday, November 8, 2019
| 8:15 am | – | 8:20 am | WELCOME REMARKS |
| 8:20 am | – | 8:50 am | THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE DORIAN: A DISCUSSION OF RELIEF EFFORTS |
| 8:50 am | – | 9:35 am | LIGHTNING ROUND – CASES ON THE CUTTING EDGE Emily Kirkpatrick, McEwan Partners, Vancouver Jean-Marc Leclerc, Sotos LLP, Toronto Lindsay L. Love-Forester, Lerners LLP, Toronto Tamara Prince, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Calgary Justin Safayeni, Stockwoods LLP, Toronto Moderator: Sarah J. Armstrong, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Toronto |
| 9:35 am | – | 10:05 am | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Martin Felsky, Heuristica Discovery Counsel LLP, Toronto William Platt, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Toronto Moderator: Darryl A. Cruz, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Toronto |
| 10:05 am | – | 10:20 am | NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:20 am | – | 11:10 am | IN CONVERSATION WITH THE JUDICIARY: THE JUDICIARY IN PROGRESS The Hon. Gloria Epstein, Retired Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Toronto The Hon. J. Michael MacDonald, Retired Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, Halifax The Hon. Rubie Nottage, Retired Justice of the Supreme Court of the Bahamas, Nassau Moderator: Brian Gover, Stockwoods LLP, Toronto |
| 11:10 am | – | 11:40 am | JUNKANOO: AN ACT OF ADVOCACY Arlene Nash-Ferguson, Educulture Junkanoo Museum & Resource Centre, Nassau |
| 11:40 am | – | 11:45 am | ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURNMENT |
Saturday, November 9, 2019
| 8:30 am | – | 8:35 am | OPENING REMARKS |
| 8:35 am | – | 9:15 am | CONNECTING TO ACHIEVE CHANGE Erin H. Durant, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Ottawa Atrisha S. Lewis, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Toronto Breanna Needham, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Toronto Moderator: Dominique T. Hussey, Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto |
| 9:15 am | – | 9:55 am | THE PAPERLESS COURTROOM James Bunting, Tyr LLP, Toronto Chantelle T. Cseh, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Toronto Moderator: Andrea L. Burke, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Toronto |
| 9:55 am | – | 10:10 am | NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:10 am | – | 10:45 am | KEYNOTE ADDRESS Dr. David S. Goldbloom, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto |
| 10:45 am | – | 11:25 am | DEBATE Bernard Amyot, Ad. E., LCM Attorneys Inc., Montréal Peter Henein, Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP, Toronto Peter Hrastovec, Shibley Righton LLP, Windsor Moderator: David V. Tupper, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Calgary |
| 11:25 am | – | 11:30 am | CLOSING REMARKS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Scott Maidment, McMillan LLP, President of The Advocates' Society |
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