Speakers
Co-Chairs
George Ellinidis
Vice President and General Counsel - Canada & International Smucker Foods of Canada Corp.
Lewis Retik
Leader, Food and Beverage Group Gowling WLGGovernment Speakers
Jason Baillargeon
Director, Food Policy Division Strategic Policy Branch Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Joyce Boye
Director GeneralFood and Nutrition Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch Health Canada
Shalene Curtis-Micallef
Deputy Minister of Health Health Canada
John Field
Chief, Chemical Health Hazard Assessment Division - Contaminants and Packaging, Bureau of Chemical Safety Health Canada
Matthew Smith
Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director General,Trade Agreements and Negotiations Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
Key Associations and Regulatory Bodies
Catherine Bate
President & CEO Ad Standards
Lara Boulanger-Stewart
Executive Director, Consumer Protection and Market Fairness Division, Food Safety and Science Branch Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Keith Currie
President Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Michi Furuya Chang
EVP, Public Policy, Regulatory Affairs and Head Division Strategy Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada
Jay Holmes
Executive Director, Business Enablement and Regulatory Services Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Prianka Kalraiya
Associate Director Legal WK Kellogg Canada Corp
François Larose
Principal Smart & Biggar LLP
Janine MacNeil
Partner, Advertising & Marketing McMillan LLP
Barbara McLeod
Senior Legal Counsel, Sustainability McCain Foods
Joanna O’Reilly
Director General, Horizontal Business and Transformation, Food Safety and Science Branch Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Sonia Parmar
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations Canadian Health Food Association
Julia Schatz
Partner Bennett Jones LLP
Katarina Smolkova
Food Regulatory Specialist Canadian Food Consulting Agency Former Senior Compliance Officer, CFIA
William Yan
Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Faculty of Health Sciences University of OttawaIn-House Counsel and Regulatory Executives
Victoria Asikis
Assistant General Counsel Ferrero Canada Ltd
Tural Gulmammadov
Founder & CEO Mergen AI
Roselynn Okobia
Manager, Food Regulation & Strategy The Kraft Heinz Company
Jean-Emmanuel Poitras
Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs Food and Beverage Canada
Dinesh Puravankara
Director-Scientific & Regulatory Affairs The Coca-Cola Company
Pavan Virdee
Data Protection Officer and Senior Legal Counsel, Marketing & Privacy UnileverLaw Firms and Consultants
Martha Carman
Principal Carman Consulting Inc.
Katrina Coughlin
Partner Gowling WLG
Yolande Dufresne
Counsel Torys LLP
Angela Giancaterini
Senior Counsel Mars Canada
Kelly Harris
Principal & Founder Harris + co.
Matthew Kronby
Partner - International Trade Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Jason Moscovici
Founder, President Provisions Legal Services Inc.
Brian P. Sylvester
Partner Morrison Foerster