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CONFERENCE CHAIR - Kathryn J. Manning, DMG Advocates LLP, OBA Vice President

Name Session Time
Deborah Enix-Ross
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; President of American Bar Association		 Closing Plenary - Five More Trends in Fifty-five Minutes 3:30 PM
Dr Heidi Li Feldman
Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center		 KEYNOTE Address - Constitutionalizing the Un-Constitutional: Perspectives from American High Courts 12:50 PM
Martha Harrison
McCarthy Tétrault LLP		 Opening Plenary - Five Trends in Fifty-five Minutes 9:05 AM
Liane Langstaff
Gowlings WLG		 Opening Plenary - Five Trends in Fifty-five Minutes 9:05 AM
John Le Blanc
Chief Legal Officer, Figment Inc.		 Opening Plenary - Five Trends in Fifty-five Minutes 9:05 AM
Judith McKay
McCarthy Tétrault LLP		 Opening Plenary - Five Trends in Fifty-five Minutes 9:05 AM
Quinn Ross
The Ross Firm		 Closing Plenary - Five More Trends in Fifty-five Minutes 3:30 PM
Anthony Quevillon
Director of Legal Services, Hub6		 Closing Plenary - Five More Trends in Fifty-five Minutes 3:30 PM
James Teufel
Georgetown University and Law Society of Ontario		 Closing Plenary - Five More Trends in Fifty-five Minutes 3:30 PM
Brent Turner
Thomson Reuters		 Closing Plenary - Five More Trends in Fifty-five Minutes 3:30 PM
Stephen Vella
Adjunct Professor, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law		 Opening Plenary - Five Trends in Fifty-five Minutes 9:05 AM

Business Law: International Perspectives for your Canadian Practice

CHAIR - Hank White, Practical Law Canada

Name Session Time
Jill A. Apa
Apa, Martin & Buscaglia PLLC		 Employment Issues in a Cross-Border Context 1:20 PM
Ricco Bhasin
Torys LLP		 Structuring and Drafting Cross Border M &A Agreements 10:15 AM
Elizabeth Buscaglia
Apa, Martin & Buscaglia PLLC		 Foreign Investment and Cross-Border Trade 2:20 PM
Dr. Neil Campbell
McMillan		 Foreign Investment and Cross-Border Trade 2:20 PM
Foreign Investment and Cross-Border Trade 2:20 PM
Martha Harrison
McCarthy Tétrault LLP		 Foreign Investment and Cross-Border Trade 2:20 PM
Mana Khami
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (Moderator)		 Employment Issues in a Cross-Border Context 1:20 PM
Gideon Kwinter
McCarthy Tétrault LLP		 Special Review and Regulatory Considerations for Cross-Border Transactions 11:20 AM
Kayley C. Leon
Hicks Morley		 Employment Issues in a Cross-Border Context 1:20 PM
Ian Li
Torys		 Special Review and Regulatory Considerations for Cross-Border Transactions 11:20 AM
Anita Mackey
Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Scotiabank		 Structuring and Drafting Cross Border M &A Agreements 10:15 AM
Liz Martin
Apa, Martin & Buscaglia PLLC		 Foreign Investment and Cross-Border Trade 2:20 PM
Catherine Phelps
Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP		 Employment Issues in a Cross-Border Context 1:20 PM
Debbie Salzberger
McCarthy Tétrault LLP		 Special Review and Regulatory Considerations for Cross-Border Transactions 11:20 AM
Paulina Taneva
Torys LLP		 Structuring and Drafting Cross Border M &A Agreements 10:15 AM
Rebecca Wagner
Torys LLP		 Special Review and Regulatory Considerations for Cross-Border Transactions 11:20 AM
Hank White
Practical Law Canada (Moderator)		 Foreign Investment and Cross-Border Trade 2:20 PM
Sylvia Yong
KPMG Law LLP		 Employment Issues in a Cross-Border Context 1:20 PM

Taxation Law: International Perspectives for your Canadian Practice

CHAIR- Jesse Waslowski, McCarthy Tetrault LLP

Name Position Time
Elena Balkos
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP		 GST/HST on Digital Sales 1:20 PM
Andrew G. Besch
Hodgson Russ LLP		 Real Property Transactions Involving Non-Residents 11:20 AM
Simon Douville
McCarthy Tetrault		 Real Property Transactions Involving Non-Residents 11:20 AM
Matthew Getzler
Minden Gross LLP		 Key Tax Implications for Cross-Border Estates 2:30 PM
Bruce Goudy
BDO		 GST/HST on Digital Sales 1:20 PM
Christine Herrington
Grant Thornton LLP		 Cross Border Tax Considerations for Employers 10:15 AM
Daniel Lee
Fasken		 Cross Border Tax Considerations for Employers 10:15 AM
Rebecca Loo
Thorsteinssons LLP		 GST/HST on Digital Sales 1:20 PM
Kathryn Manning
DMG Advocates LLP (Moderator)		 Cross Border Tax Considerations for Employers 10:15 AM
Bhuvana Rai
Mors & Tribute Professional Corporation		 Cross Border Tax Considerations for Employers 10:15 AM
Rahul Sharma
Fasken		 Key Tax Implications for Cross-Border Estates 2:30 PM
Jesse Waslowski
McCarthy Tétrault LLP (Moderator)		 Real Property Transactions Involving Non-Residents 11:20 AM
GST/HST on Digital Sales 1:20 PM
Nicole Woodward
Miller Thomson LLP (Moderator)		 Key Tax Implications for Cross-Border Estates 2:30 PM
Kevin Yip
Fasken		 Cross Border Tax Considerations for Employers 10:15 AM

Technology & Privacy Law: International Perspectives for your Canadian

CHAIR - Christiane Saad, Programme de pratique du droit, University of Ottawa

Name Position Time
Imran Ahmad
Norton Rose Fulbright (Canada) LLP		 Autonomous Vehicles & The Law 10:20 AM
Abdi Aidid
Assistant Professor, U of T, Faculty ofLaw		 Privacy Meets AI - A Regulatory Wake Up Call 1:20 PM
Ian Amirthanathan
IAN ANDREW LAW (Moderator)		 Cross-Border Data Transfers and Cybersecurity 11:20 AM
Stephen Cheeseman
GC Thinktum (Moderator)		 Privacy Meets AI - A Regulatory Wake Up Call 1:20 PM
Hélène Deschamps Marquis
Deloitte Legal Canada LLP		 Cross-Border Data Transfers and Cybersecurity 11:20 AM
Mitch Frazer
Mintz LLP(Moderator)		 Lawyers Working Remotely-Cross Borders-Privacy Perspective 2:25 PM
Caleb Green
Dickenson Wright		 Cross-Border Data Transfers and Cybersecurity 11:20 AM
Raed Kadri
P.Eng., Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Head of Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN), Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI)		 Privacy Meets AI - A Regulatory Wake Up Call 1:20 PM
Ryan MacIsaac
Uber (Moderator)		 Autonomous Vehicles & The Law 10:20 AM
Sarah Millar
Lenczner Slaght		 Cross-Border Data Transfers and Cybersecurity 11:20 AM
Molly Reynolds
Torys LLP		 Cross-Border Data Transfers and Cybersecurity 11:20 AM
Tifani Sadek
Prof at U of Michigan, former counsel at GM		 Autonomous Vehicles & The Law 10:20 AM
Ronak Shah
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP		 Lawyers Working Remotely-Cross Borders-Privacy Perspective 2:25 PM
Andres Williamson Nasi
Asst GC Microsoft Miami		 Privacy Meets AI - A Regulatory Wake Up Call 1:20 PM
Tara Vasdani
Remote Law Canada		 Lawyers Working Remotely-Cross Borders-Privacy Perspective 2:25 PM

Litigation: International Perspectives for your Canadian Practice

CHAIR - Samantha M. Green, Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

Name Position Time
Curtis Allen
Director Canadian Association of Police Governance		 Cyber Security Litigation – Risk Avoidance Strategies and Mitigation 1:15 PM
Jeffrey D. Coren
Phillips Lytle LLP		 Commencing Cross-Border Disputes 10:15 AM
Albert Engel
Folger Rubinoff LLP /td>		 Trends in Environmental Litigation Cross Borders 11:15 AM
Giselle Davidian
Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP		 Trends in Environmental Litigation Cross Borders 11:15 AM
Patrick E. Fitzsimmons
Hodgson Russ LLP		 Cyber Security Litigation – Risk Avoidance Strategies and Mitigation 1:15 PM
Ryder Gilliland
DMG Advocates LLP		 Cyber Security Litigation – Risk Avoidance Strategies and Mitigation 1:15 PM
Samantha Green
Fogler, Rubinoff LLP (Moderator)		 Commencing Cross-Border Disputes 10:15 AM
Rahat Godil
Fasken		 Commencing Cross-Border Disputes 10:15 AM
Peter Henein
Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP		 Get that Judgment Enforced! 2:25 PM
Grace C.Y. Leung
Sr. Claims Specialist, AXIS (Moderator)		 Cyber Security Litigation – Risk Avoidance Strategies and Mitigation 1:15 PM
Laurie MacFarlane
Managing Counsel Litigation, CIBC		 Get that Judgment Enforced! 2:25 PM
William F. McLaughlin
Hodgson Russ LLP		 Trends in Environmental Litigation Cross Borders 11:15 AM
Heather McLeod-Kilmurray
uOttawa Law		 Trends in Environmental Litigation Cross Borders 11:15 AM
Hugh Meighen
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP		 Commencing Cross-Border Disputes 10:15 AM
William Newman
Oberheiden P.C.		 Get that Judgment Enforced! 2:25 PM
Teodora Obradovic
Fogler, Rubinoff LLP (Moderator)		 Get that Judgment Enforced! 2:25 PM
Amanda Pike
Special Agent FBI		 Cyber Security Litigation – Risk Avoidance Strategies and Mitigation 1:15 PM
Kristi M. Ross
Barrister and Solicitor (Moderator)		 Trends in Environmental Litigation Cross Borders 11:15 AM
Sabrina Saltmarsh
FGilbertson Davis LLP		 Get that Judgment Enforced! 2:25 PM
Robert Wisner
McMillan LLP		 Commencing Cross-Border Disputes 10:15 AM
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