The New Perimeter Initiative: Will Security Trump Trade?
The Henry T. King, Jr. Annual Conference on 
Canada-United States Relations
Annual Conference – March 22-23, 2012

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Thursday March 22, 2012 – Opening Dinner, Sponsored by the Canadian Consulate of Detroit

5:30 PM                Opening Reception - Hors d'oeuvres, beer, and wine served

7:00 PM                Dinner Served to Conference Attendees

7:45 PM                 Welcome and Introduction – Law School Rotunda
Hon. James S. Peterson, PC and Hon. James J. Blanchard

8:00 PM                Opening Address: Ambassador Gary Doer, The Beyond the Border Action Plan Introduced by Hon. James S. Peterson, PC

9:00 PM                Adjourn


Friday March 23, 2012

7:00 AM                Breakfast –Glidden House Dining Room

7:30 AM                The Canada-United States Law Institute Annual Advisory Board Meeting
  Sharp

8:30 AM                Adjourn to Walk to Case Western Reserve School of Law
  Sharp

8:45 AM                Conference Commencement
David R. Kocan, Managing Director, CUSLI

8:47 AM                Welcoming Remarks and Morning Keynote Introduction – Moot Courtroom (A59)
Hon. James J. Blanchard

8:51 AM

Opening Address: U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson Introduced by Hon. James J. Blanchard

9:35 AM              Welcoming Remarks by Canada-US Law Institute's Presidents
Dean Iain Scott, Dean, Western Ontario Faculty of Law
Dean Lawrence Mitchell, Dean, Case Western Reserve School of Law

9:45 AM                Break

10:00 AM             Morning Panel 1: Managing the Perimeter: Joint Law Enforcement & 
Detecting Threats Early: This panel will discuss the joint law enfrocement efforts and other
regulatory programs like Shiprider.

Chaired by David Crane, Toronto Star

• Theresa Brown, Sentinel HS
• Anne McLellan, PC, QC, Bennett Jones
• Andrew Sugimoto, U.S. Coast Guard

11:15 AM             Break

11:30 AM             Morning Panel2: Harmonizing the Border: Increase Jobs by 
Harmonizing Regulations. This panel will discuss the efforts of the Regulatory Cooperation Counsel 
to reform laws and regulations to make them more similar in Canada and the United States in order 
to increase trade and jobs.

Chaired by Peter Gerhart, Prof. of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

• Laura Dawson, PhD, Dawson Strategic
• Kelly Johnston, In House Counsel, Campbell’s Soup
• Chris Sands, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

12:45 PM              Break for Lunch

1:00 PM

Lunch Keynote Address: Amb. John Negroponte Introduced by Davis Robinson

1:45 PM                Henry T. King Honoree Award - Professor Sidney Picker, Jr. (accepted by Professor Lewis Katz, Case Western Reserve School of Law)
Presented by Michael P. Scharf, Professor of Law and Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve School of Law

1:55 PM                Break

2:15 PM                Afternoon Panel 1: Trade and Jobs

Chaired by Juscelino Colares, Prof. CWRU Law. This panel will discuss the proposed Trade and 
Jobs section of the Action Plan and determine how it addresses problems the U.S. and Canada 
face with trade and jobs. The discussion will then turn to other legal agreements that will influence 
trade and jobs in the future.

• Paul Vandevert, In House Counsel, Ford Motor Co.
• Birgit Matthiesen, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
• Dick Cunningham, Int’l Trade Atty at Steptoe and Johnson LLP

3:30 PM                Break

3:45 PM                Afternoon Panel 2: Cyber Security and Infrastructure: 
This panel will discuss Canada and the United States’ plans to reform cybersecurity and 
critical infrastructure and some of the secondary impacts that will have on privacy rights and trade. 

Chaired by Eric Miller, Canadian Embassy

• Paul Rosenzweig, Private Practitioner focusing in Cyber Security Law
• Michael McDaniel, Professor of Law at Cooley
• William de Laat, de Laat Global

5:00 PM                Break

5:15 PM

Closing Keynote Address Rear Admiral Michael N. Parks, Ninth District Commander U.S. Coast Guard Introduced by Chios Carmody, Professor of Law, Western Ontario Faculty of Law

5:55 PM             Closing Remarks
Hon. James S. Peterson, PC

6:00 PM              Conference Officially Adjourns

The Consulate General of Canada in Detroit invites attendees to a special screening of: Sense of Humor (Le sens de l'humour)      Where: Tower City Cinema      When: 7:30 PM      Details: www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/films/2012/sense-of-humor Reception to follow at: The Oak Room, 230 W Huron Rd # 7273, Cleveland, Ohio 44113