The Glidden House Inn
1901 Ford Drive
Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Welcoming Remarks

• Robert Rawson
  Interim Dean
  School of Law
  Case Western Reserve University
  & President Canada-United States Law Institute
  Cleveland, Ohio
  
  
• Robert Noble
  Consul General
  Consulate General of Canada-Detroit
  Detroit, Michigan
  
  

Opening Presentation – Economic Recovery in the Canada-United States Relationship

• Moderator:
  • David Crane
    Syndicated Columnist
    Toronto, Ontario
    
    
• Speakers:
• Hon. James Blanchard
  Partner, Co-Chair, Government Affairs Practice Group
  DLA Piper LLP(US)
  Washington, DC
  
  
• Hon. James S. Peterson, P.C.
  Counsel
  Fasken Martineau
  Toronto, Ontario

School of Law
Case Western Reserve University
11075 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Opening of Friday Proceedings

• Presenter:
• Daniel D. Ujczo
  Managing Director
  Canada-United States Law Institute
  Cleveland, Ohio
  

The Economic Impact of Canada-US Regulatory Convergence from the Canada-US Auto Pact to the North American Free Trade Agreement and Beyond
Description: The session will feature prominent scholars that will evaluate the economic impacts of various Can-US regulatory arrangements, as well as domestic regulations that foster harmony/disharmony in bi-lateral relationship.

• Panellists:
• Wilbur Leatherberry
  Professor
  School of Law Case Western Reserve University
  Cleveland, Ohio
  
  
• Meera Fickling
  Research Analyst
  Peterson Institute for International Economics
  Washington, DC
  
  
• Maureen Irish
  Professor
  Faculty of Law University of Windsor
  Windsor, Ontario

Achieving Canada-US Economic Competitiveness through Regulatory Convergence – A Common Cause Agenda
Description:The session will feature corporate officers representing entities having significant cross-border operations who will provide insights as to the importance Can-US trade and investment (i.e., the benefits of NAFTA).  These officers additionally will provide case studies as to the manner in which Canada-US regulatory harmonization/disharmony impacts their respective operations.

• Panellists:
• Paul Meyer
  Senior Counsel
  Towers Watson
  Arlington, Virginia
  Session Chair
  
  
• Dr. David Fung
  Chairman and CEO
  ACDEG Group
  Vancouver, British Columbia
  
  
• Timothy E. Boyle
  Counsel – Trade Regulation
  Eaton Corporation
  Cleveland, Ohio
  
  
• Greg Wilkinson
  Vice President, Public & Government Affairs
  NOVA Chemicals
  Moon Township, Pennsylvania

 

Regulatory Convergence in the Canada-US Automobile Sector
Description:  The session will address Canada-US regulatory issues confronting the design, manufacture, distribution, and sales in the automobile sector.

• Introduction:
• David Porter
  Visiting Professor
  School of Law
  Case Western Reserve University
  Cleveland, Ohio
  

• Presenter:
• Brett Smith
  Group Director, Automotive Analysis Group
  Center for Automotive Research
  Ann Arbor, Michigan
  

 

Food and Product Safety in Canada and the United States
Description: The session will address the future of the Canada-US relationship through the lens of regulating agricultural and food products. Panellists will address domestic and cross-border regulatory issues and current legislation.

• Panellists:
• Robert Strassfeld
  Professor
  School of Law Case Western Reserve University
  Cleveland, Ohio
  Session Chair
  
  
• Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
  Counsel
  Lang Michener LLP
  Toronto, Ontario
  
  
• Stephanie Lariviere
  Regulatory Manager, Sunsation Acres Inc.
  Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers Food Safety Board Committee Leamington, Ontario

 

Intellectual Property Rights in the Canada-US Relationship
Description: This session will examine protection and enforcement of IP rights in Canada and the United States and potential methods to achieve convergence.

• Panellists:
• Christopher H. Hunter
  Assistant General Counsel
  Parker Hannifin
  Cleveland, Ohio
  Session Chair
  
  
• William D. Manson
  Deputy General Counsel
  The Lubrizol Corporation
  Wickliffe, Ohio 
  
  
• Margaret Ann Wilkinson
  Professor Faculty of Law
  The University of Western Ontario
  London, Ontario

Welcome

• Presenter:
• Daniel D. Ujczo
  Managing Director
  Canada-United States Law Institute
  Cleveland, Ohio

 

Presentation of the Henry T. King, Jr. Award

• Presenters:
• Chios Carmody
  Canadian Director
  Canada-United States Law Institute
  & Professor
  Faculty of Law
  University of Western Ontario
  London, Ontario
  
  
• Michael P. Scharf
  John Deaver Drinko - Baker & Hostetler Professor of Law
  Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
  School of Law
  Case Western Reserve University School of Law
  Cleveland, Ohio
  
  
• Honoree:
  • Hon. George V. Voinovich
    United States Senator
    Ohio
    
    

School of Law
Case Western Reserve University
11075 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Opening of Saturday Proceedings

• Presenter:
• Jon Groetzinger
  United States Director
  Canada-United States Law Institute
  & Professor
  School of Law
  Case Western Reserve University
  Cleveland, Ohio

 

The Canada-United States Tax Regime
Description:  The session will examine Canada-US taxation issues such as “competent authority” resolutions and “advance pricing agreements” (APAs) as well as recent changes to the Canada-US tax treaty.

• Panellists:
• Jon Groetzinger
  United States Director
  Canada-United States Law Institute
  & Professor
  School of Law
  Case Western Reserve University
  Cleveland, Ohio
  Session Chair
  
  
• Jeffrey Shafer
  Associate
  Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
  Toronto, Ontario
  
  
• E. Miller Williams
  Partner/Principal
  National Transfer Pricing Group
  Ernst & Young LLP
  Atlanta, Georgia
  

The Can-US Customs Transaction— The Invisible Border?
Description:The session will examine the current legal and regulatory regimes governing Canada-US customs transactions.

• Panellists:
• Jessica LeCroy
  Senior Advisor
  Bennett Jones LLP
  Toronto,Ontario
  Session Chair
  
  
• Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
  Counsel
  Lang Michener LLP
  Toronto, Ontario
  
  
• Dr. Kathryn Friedman
  Director of Strategic Relations and Internal International
  The Regional Institute
  University of Buffalo
  Buffalo, New York
  
  
• Laurie Tannous
  Vice President
  Sandler Travis Trade Advisory Services
  Detroit, Michigan

Working Lunch  The Canada-US Regulatory Regime as the Road to Recovery
Description: This broad panel session will summarize the conference proceedings, as well as the Canada-United States Law Institute’s ongoing efforts regarding climate control/energy, international trade, foreign investment, and security.  The panel will engage in dialogue with the conference attendees in an effort to propose a set of recommendations to policymakers in Canada and the United States. 

• Panellists:
• Christopher Sands
  Senior Fellow
  The Hudson Institute
  Washington, DC
  Session Chair & Moderator
  
  
• Donald B. Cameron, Jr.
  Practice Group Leader
  International Trade
  Troutman Sanders LLP
  Washington, DC
  
  
• Lawrence L. Herman
  Partner
  Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  Toronto, ON
  
  
• James P. Mcllroy
  Counsel on Public Policy
  Mcllroy & Mcllroy, Inc. 
  Toronto, Ontario
  
  
• R. Richard Newcomb
  Chair, International Trade Practice Group
  DLA Piper LLP (US)
  Washington, DC
  
  
• J. Michael Robinson, Q.C.
  Counsel
  Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, LLP
  Toronto, Ontario