2023 Speakers

Conference Co-Chairs

Carmen Francis

Partner
McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Suzanne Hathaway

Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Maple Leaf Foods

Lewis Retik

Partner & Leader, Food and Beverage Group
Gowling WLG

Government Speakers

Jay M. Holmes

Director, Consumer Protection and Market Fairness Division
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

David K. Lee

Chief Regulatory Officer, Health Products & Food Branch
Health Canada

Pamela MacDonald

Senior Director, Ontario Operations
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

Stephen Norman

Director, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences
Health Canada

Key Associations and Consumer Advocacy Groups

Catherine Bate

President & Chief Executive Officer
Ad Standards Canada

Michi Furuya Chang

Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs
Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada (FHCP)

Michael Graydon

Chief Executive Officer
Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada

Shelley Samel

Chief Legal Officer
Ad Standards Canada

In-House Counsel and Regulatory Executives

Susan Blum

Senior Attorney
Cargill

John Cappuccitti

Co-Founder
Evolved Meats

Lauren Cozens

Senior Manager, Labeling Canada & Coffee
The Kraft Heinz Company

George Ellinidis

Vice President and General Counsel – International
The J.M. Smucker Company (Smucker Foods of Canada Corp.)

Angela Giancaterini

Senior Corporate Counsel, Advertising and Marketing
Kellogg Canada Inc.

Adam Grogan

President, Greenleaf Foods and President, Alternative Proteins
Maple Leaf Foods

Allen Langdon

CEO
Circular Materials

Spir Marinakis

Vice President, Food Safety, Quality Assurance, Technical Srvs & Sanitation
Maple Leaf Foods

Marisa Muchnik

General Counsel
Ferrero Canada Ltd.

Jacintha Roberts

Director, Regulatory Affairs
Nestle Health Science

Tony Pavel

Deputy General Counsel, Global Food Law
Perfect Day

Law Firms and Esteemed Speakers

Martha Carman

Principal
Carman Consulting Inc.

Scott Exner

Partner
MLT Aikins LLP

Stan Farber

Retired Senior Counsel
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

Brian Fraser

Principal
Brian Fraser Law

Laura Gomez

Partner
Gowling WLG

Glenford Jameson

Lawyer/Principal
G.S. Jameson & Company

Dara Jospé

Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Craig Lockwood

Partner, Litigation
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Julia Loney

Partner
McMillan LLP

Chandimal Nicholas

Partner
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Amy Pressman

Partner
DLA Piper LLP

Jaclyne Reive

Partner
Miller Thomson LLP

Julia Schatz

Partner
Bennett Jones LLP

Randy Sutton

Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Laura Weinrib

Partner
Blakes, Cassels & Graydon LLP

George Wray

Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP