Speakers
Conference Chairs
Martha Harrison
Partner McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Sirpal Randhawa
Senior Legal Counsel, North America McCain Foods Limited
Lewis Retik
Leader, Food and Beverage Group Gowling WLGGovernment Speakers
Alfred Aziz, PhD
Director, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences Health Canada
Jay Holmes
Director, Consumer Protection and Market Fairness Division Canadian Food Inspection Agency
David K. Lee
Chief Regulatory Officer, Health Products & Food Branch Health Canada
Peter De Souza
Senior Director, Ontario Operations Canadian Food Inspection AgencyKey Associations and Consumer Advocacy Groups
Catherine Bate
President & Chief Executive Officer Ad Standards Canada
Michi Furuya Chang, MHSc, RD
Executive Vice President, Public Policy, Regulatory Affairs and Head, Division Strategy Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada (FHCP)
Ashley Cornell
Director, Regulatory Affairs and Policy Canadian Health Food Association
Christopher Marinangeli, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Regulatory Research and Innovation Protein Industries Canada
Lauren Martin
Senior Director, Government Relations & Policy Canadian Meat Council
Ryan Mills
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary Chicken Farmers of Ontario
Arlene Minott, LL.B/JD, ICD.D
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Beatrice Povolo
Director, Food Safety & Regulatory Affairs Food Allergy Canada
Shelley Samel
Chief Legal Officer Ad Standards CanadaIn-House Counsel and Professionals
Michael Bowmile
Vice President, Legal Coca-Cola Bottling Limited
Timothy Civil
VP General Counsel and Government Affairs PepsiCo Canada
George Ellinidis
Vice President & General Counsel, International The J.M. Smucker Co.
Cailey Greenberg
Lead Counsel, Cannabis The Boston Beer Company
Natasha Grewal
Manager, Legal & Regulatory Affairs Sleeman Breweries
Ola Machnowski
Head of Marketing, Canada The Hershey Company
Jay McMillan
Founder, CEO UberGreen
Desiree Ripo
Lead Open Innovation Counsel, Head of Food Regulatory & Compliance Ferrero
Jacintha Roberts
Director, Regulatory Affairs Nestlé Health Science
Karyn Sullivan
Chief Counsel Mondelez Canada Inc.Esteemed Speakers
Martha Carman
Principal Carman Consulting Inc.
Katrina Coughlin
Partner Gowling WLG
Jean-Luc Couture
Partner Therrien Couture Joli-Coeur LLP
Benjamin L. England
CEO and Founder FDAImports.com, LLC
Guillermo Govela
Counsel – Head of Life Sciences & Healthcare Practice Creel, Garcia-Cuellar, Aiza y Enriquez, S.C. (Mexico)
Kelly Harris
Principal Harris + co
Glenford Jameson
Lawyer & Principal G.S. Jameson & Company
Harrison Jordan
President and Managing Lawyer Substance Law P.C.
Dara Jospé
Partner Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Katia Merten-Lentz
Partner Food Law Science & Partners
Jason Moscovici
Founder, President Provisions Legal Services
Chandimal Nicholas
Partner Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Ashley Paterson
Partner Bennett Jones LLP
Katarina Smolkova
Food Regulatory Specialist Canadian Food Consulting Agency Former Senior Compliance Officer, CFIA
Marco Aurelio Torronteguy
Partner TozziniFreire Advogados (Brazil)
Laura Weinrib
Partner Blakes, Cassels & Graydon LLP
George Wray
Partner Borden Ladner Gervais LLP