2nd Advanced Summit on Food Law & Regulation 2024 - Canada | Canadian Institute | 25 September 2024 | Delta Hotels Toronto Mississauga, 3670 Hurontario St, Mississauga, ON L5B 1P3, Canada

In the last decade, there have been major legal and regulatory developments impacting food and beverages in Canada. From the Safe Food for Canadians Act to labeling changes to supplemental foods to ESG concerns to new advertising restrictions to children – there is no shortage of legal and regulatory challenges. These challenges also cross the border as U.S. food and beverage manufacturers need a strong working knowledge of these developments to service and do business with their Canadian affiliates. As such, the need for this conference for North America food manufacturers has never been greater. Join us in the Greater Toronto Area this fall and learn from the masters of this events. Register today to obtain the tools and techniques you need to meet the evolving legal and regulatory challenges which the food industry is now facing as well as anticipating in Canada.

2024 Speakers

Martha Harrison
Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Sirpal Randhawa
Senior Legal Counsel, North America, McCain Foods Limited

Lewis Retik
Leader, Food and Beverage Group, Gowling WLG

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 Agency

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 Canada

Michael Bowmile
Vice President, Legal, Coca-Cola Bottling Limited

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.

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

Marco Aurelio Torronteguy
Partner, TozziniFreire Advogados (Brazil)

Laura Weinrib
Partner, Blakes, Cassels & Graydon LLP

George Wray
Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Sara Zborovski
Partner, Stikeman Elliott

2024 Sponsors

ASSOCIATE SPONSOR:
• Gowling WLG

DAY 1 LUNCHEON SPONSOR:
• McCarthy Tetrault