Chair:
Laurent Pellerin
President
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Speakers:
Dr. Paul Arnison
President
Botanical Alternatives Inc.
Chris Attema
Water Quality Specialist
Ontario Cattlemen’s
Association
JoAnne Buth
President
Canola Council of Canada
Glyn Chancey
Executive Director, Plant Health and Biosecurity Directorate
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Jeff Clark
Manager, National Traceability Program
Canadian Pork Council
Dr. John Culley
Director, OIPC
Science Partnerships Directorate Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Elizabeth DeMarco
Partner
Macleod Dixon LLP
Dr. John Fitzgibbon
Professor of Planning, School of Environmental
Design and Rural Development
University of Guelph
Dr. Randal Giroux
Science and Regulatory Leader – Agricultural Biotechnology
Cargill Incorporated
Dr. Lorne Hepworth
President
CropLife Canada
Dr. Peter Jones
Director, Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
University of Manitoba
Dr. Wilf Keller
President and CEO
Genome Prairie
Kristine Kring
Counsel
Bayer CropScience LP
Dennis Laycraft
Executive Vice President
Canadian Cattlemen’s Association
Dr. Wayne Lees
Chief Veterinary Officer
Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
Daniel Lutz
Director, Integrated Traceability, Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada
Paul Manning
Partner
Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Rory McAlpine
Vice President, Government & Industry Relations
Maple Leaf Foods
Don McCabe
Environment Committee, Canadian Federation
of Agriculture and Vice-President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Dr. Konrad Sechley
Partner
Gowling, Lafleur Henderson LLP
Cliff Sosnow
Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Chi Mai Vu
Interim Director, Institut National de Santé Animale, Agriculture, Pêcheries et Alimentation Québec
Richard Wansbutter
Vice President of Government & Commercial Relations, Viterra and Director, Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance
Workshop leaders:
Workshop A:
Dr. Konrad Sechley
Partner
Gowling, Lafleur Henderson LLP
Dr. Mark T. Skoog
Attorney
Merchant & Gould P. C.
Workshop B:
Joel Richler
Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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