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Add to Calendar: Add to Calendar: 2022-04-21 15:30:00 2022-04-22 17:00:00 Canada-United States Law Institute 46th Annual Conference: Supply Chain Challenges for North America Event Description Platinum Sponsors Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. DLA Piper Gold Sponsor Canadian Consulate - Detroit Silver Sponsors Ontario Power Generation BakerHostetler Cassidy Levy Kent LLP Suncor Energy, Inc Dickinson Wright, PLLC Bronze Sponsors Quebec Office in Chicago Barudan America Inc Pile Dynamics, Inc. Formica Taft Stettinius & Hollister Community Partners Council of the Great Lakes Region Greater Cleveland International Lawyers Group (GCILG) Cleveland Council on World Affairs The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Canada Institute This program is eligible for up to 6.0 substantive CPD hours in Ontario at no cost. Thursday April 21, 2022 View this day via Livestream. Opening & Awards Banquet Location: George C. Gund Hall, �ǿմ�ý School of Law 11075 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106*          5:30 p.m.  Opening Reception and Dinner for all Conference Attendees – Law School Rotunda 6:30 p.m.  Welcome and Introduction – Law School Rotunda Introductory Remarks: Consul General Joe Comartin, Consul General of Canada in Detroit Remarks: Consul General Joe Comartin, Consul General of Canada in Detroit 6:45 p.m.  Presentation of the Henry T. King Award and Sidney J. Picker Award         Henry T. King Award         Sidney J. Picker Award 7 p.m.  Opening Address & Distinguished Lecture  Introduction: The Honourable. Jim Peterson, Co-Chair of the CUSLI Executive Committee, Counsel, Fasken LLP, former Canadian Minister of International Trade, Canadian Member of Parliament “Securing our future: why we must renew the U.S.-Canada partnership”  Presenter: Goldy Hyder, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of Canada   8:00 p.m.  Adjourn Friday, April 22, 2022 View this day via Zoom registration. Location:     Cleveland Botanical Garden (across the East Blvd. from �ǿմ�ý School of Law) 11030 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106* Master of Ceremonies: Stephen Petras, Director, Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, School of Law, U.S. Director, Canada-United States Law Institute, School of Law 8:00 a.m.  Registration and Breakfast – Cleveland Botanical Gardens, Woodland Hall 8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introduction Dean Erika Chamberlain, President of the Canada-United States Law Institute, Dean of Law at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law Dean Michael P. Scharf, President of the Canada-United States Law Institute, Dean of �ǿմ�ý School of Law 9:00 a.m.  Distinguished Welcome and Remarks  Introduction: The Honorable James Blanchard, Co-Chair of the CUSLI Executive Committee, Senior Counsel at DLA Piper, formerly Governor of Michigan, United States Ambassador to Canada, United States Representative from Michigan The Honorable David L. Cohen, United States Ambassador to Canada  9:10 a.m.  Panel 1: Journalist Roundtable  Moderator: Professor Diane Francis, Editor-at-Large at the National Post, Distinguished Professor at Ryerson University’s Ted Rogers School of Management, CUSLI Executive Committee  Alex Panetta, Washington Correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation  Professor David Shribman, McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy, formerly Executive Editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Bureau Chief at the Boston Globe, Pulitzer Prize Winner  Todd Spangler, Washington Correspondent for the Detroit Free Press         10:40 a.m.  Break  10:50 a.m.  Panel 2: Supply Chain Challenges for the North American Automotive Industry  Moderator: Dr. Chris Sands, Ph.D., Director of the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Senior Research Professor at Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), CUSLI Executive Committee Warren Ali, Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) Ann Wilson, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) Sarah Goldfeder, Manager of Government Relations at General Motors Canada, formerly Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to Canada Tim Goodman, Partner, Thompson Hine LLP, former chief legal officer for litigation and enforcement at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 12:20 p.m.  Break  12:30 p.m.  Friday Luncheon Keynote – United States Distinguished Lecture  Introduction: The Honorable James Blanchard, Co-Chair of the CUSLI Executive Committee, Partner Emeritus at DLA Piper US LLP, Senior Counsel at DLA Piper, formerly Governor of Michigan, United States Ambassador to Canada, United States Representative from Michigan  Presenter: Rachel Poynter, Deputy Assistant Secretary For Mexico and Canada Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs 1:10 p.m.  Break 1:30 p.m.  Panel 3: Building the Future of Energy Supply Chains in North America Moderator: Martha Hall Findlay, Chief Climate Officer at Suncor Energy Inc., former Member of Parliament (Canada), CUSLI Executive Committee Member Pete Sheffield, Vice President for External Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer, Enbridge Inc. Heather Ferguson, Senior Vice President, Business Development and Strategy and Corporate Affairs, Ontario Power Generation J.B. Chronister, Senior Director of Business Development at Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., and Chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute Automotive Applications Council  Gary Sutherland, Director, Strategic Affairs and Stakeholder Relations at Hydro-Quebec 3:00 p.m.  Break 3:15 p.m.  Panel 4: ESG Challenges and Opportunities in North American Supply Chains: Human Rights, Financial and Natural Resource Sector Dimensions Moderator: Selma Lussenburg, Corporate Director at MAG Silver Corp, Ontario Power Generation, and Muskoka Airport; Chair of Ontario Justice Sector Internal Audit Committee; Former VP Safety, Security & Governance, General Counsel and Corp. Secretary, Toronto Pearson Airport Jonathan Drimmer, Partner at Paul Hastings LLP Prof. Fen Hampson, Chancellor’s Professor & Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University  Michael Torrance, Chief Sustainability Officer at BMO Financial Group Reg Manhas, Global Fellow at Wilson Center, VP ESG & External Relations at Lapis Energy 4:45 p.m.  Closing Remarks Professor Chios Carmody, Canadian National Director of the Canada-United States Law Institute, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law 5:00 p.m.  Close of Conference CLE Reading Materials Sponsors:       Platinum Sponsor: Gold Sponsor:     Silver Sponsors:          Bronze Sponsors:       Thursday, April 21 George C. Gund Hall, �ǿմ�ý School of Law 11075 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106 and Friday, April 22 Cleveland Botanical Garden (East Blvd., across the street from �ǿմ�ý School of Law) 11030 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106 * All conference proceedings will also be available for viewing and participation via Zoom. School of Law School of Law America/New_York public