AGENDA
(as of April 13)
Monday, April 24, 2017
6:30 p.m.
Canadian Club Brand Centre, Windsor
Opening Reception
Dr. Bill Anderson
Director, Cross-Border Institute
University of Windsor
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Cobo Center, Detroit
7:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
7:55 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Mark Fisher, President and CEO
Council of the Great Lakes Region
8:00 a.m.
Plenary Perspectives: North America’s Economic Engine – the State of the
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Regional economy
Speaker:
8:30 a.m.
Doug Porter
Chief Economist, BMO Financial Group
Panel Session 1: Positioning the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region to win
in a turbulent global economy
Moderator: David Welch
Detroit Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News
Panelists:
Doug Porter
Chief Economist, BMO Financial Group
William Testa
Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Andrew Pickersgill
Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company Canada
9:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
9:35 a.m.
Panel Session 2: Setting up the Canada-United States Relationship for
success under President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau
Moderator: David Scanlan
Managing Editor, Bloomberg Canada
Panelists:
Ambassador Bruce Heyman
U.S. Ambassador to Canada (retired)
Ambassador James Blanchard
DLA Piper LLP
His Worship Drew Dilkens
Mayor of Windsor
10:35 a.m.
Keynote: Make the lakes great again! An important economic partnership in
turbulent times
Speaker:
10:55 a.m.
The Honourable Brad Duguid
Ontario Minister of Economic Development and Growth
Panel Session 3: Scaling-up and Expanding Cross-Border SME Trade in
the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region
Moderator: Olivier de Richoufftz
President, Business Families Foundation
Panelists:
Adam Twarog
Regional Manager, Export Development Canada
Daniel Ujczo
Of Counsel, Dickinson Wright PLLC
Roshan Mohan
Director, Ontario Ministry of International Trade
John O’Gara
Regional Manager, Small Business Administration
11:55 a.m.
Lunch and Keynote Addresses: Aligning Canada-U.S. regulatory systems;
enhancing our mutual competitiveness.
The Honourable Scott Brison
Canada’s President of the Treasury Board
The Honorable Mick Mulvaney
Director, Office of Management and Budget, White House
1:00 p.m.
Panel Session 4: The Positive Economic and Social Impacts of Immigration
Moderator: Sarah Goldfeder
Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group
Panelists:
Steve Tobocman
Executive Director, Global Detroit
Sarah Wayland
Project Lead, Global Hamilton Connect
Margaret Eaton
Executive Director, Toronto Region Immigrant Employment
Council
Joe Cimperman
President, Global Cleveland
2:00 p.m.
Plenary Perspectives: Blockchain - More than a buzzword
Andre Boysen
Chief Identity Officer, SecureKey
2:30 p.m.
Panel Session 5: Fail to plan or Plan to Fail – Understanding and
responding to the Risks and Impacts of a Changing Climate
Moderator: Sarah Goldfeder
Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group
Panelists:
Blair Feltmate
Head, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of
Waterloo
Lapo Calamai
Director, Catastrophic Risk and Economic Analysis, Insurance
Bureau of Canada
Kate Gordon
Senior Advisor, Paulson Institute
Stephen Beatty
Vice President, Corporate, Toyota Canada Inc.
3:30 p.m.
Networking Break
3:40 p.m.
Panel Session 6: Increasing regional connectivity while building resilient
and sustainable supply chains
Moderator: Blair Severn
President & Managing Partner, Azure Corporation
Panelists:
Dr. Kathryn Friedman
Director of Cross-Border Research, University of Buffalo
Bruce Burrows
President and CEO, Chamber of Marine Commerce
Dr. David Closs
Professor and Chairperson
Department of Supply Chain Management
Michigan State University
Alex Greco
Public Affairs Manager, GS1 Canada
4:40 p.m.
Plenary Perspectives: Making sense of the North American and global trade
agenda – challenges and opportunities
Speaker:
Dr. Meredith B. Lilly
Simon Reisman Chair in International Affairs and Associate
Professor of International Affairs
Carleton University
5:00 p.m.
Day One Program Concludes
6:00 p.m.
Reception and Keynote
The Honorable Mary Taylor
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
7:00 p.m.
Great Lakes Leaders Dinner – A tribute to United States Ambassador to
Canada Bruce Heyman and Mrs. Vicki Heyman
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
7:00 a.m.
Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Overview of Day One
Mark Fisher, President and CEO
Council of the Great Lakes Region
7:40 a.m.
Plenary Perspectives: The Changing Face of Data – Driving Growth in
Unprecedented Times
Speaker:
8:10 a.m.
Anthony Scriffignano
Chief Data Scientist, Dun & Bradstreet
Panel Session 7: Leading the big data revolution through partnerships
Moderator: Dr. Ratna Babu Chinnam
Professor and Director, Big Data and Business Analytics
Group, Wayne State University
Panelists:
Anthony Scriffignano
Chief Data Scientist, Dun & Bradstreet
Elissa Strome
Executive Director, SOSCIP
Melissa Cragin
Executive Director, Midwest Big Data Hub
Allen Lalonde
Senior Innovation Executive, IBM Canada
9:10 a.m.
Coffee Break
9:15 a.m.
Keynote: Canada - Your Partner in Success
The Honourable Navdeep Bains
Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
9:45 a.m.
Panel Session 8: In Conversation with Business Leaders
Moderator:
Panelists: Patrick Neville
Vice President, Greater Toronto Airport Authority
Sandy Baruah
President and CEO, Detroit Regional Chamber
Michael Cautillo
President and CEO, Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority
Anne Snowdon
Chair, World Health Innovation Network
10:45 a.m.
Destination Great Lakes: Detroit, Design and the Future of Work
Olga S. Stella
Executive Director, Detroit Creative Corridor Center
11:15 a.m.
Plenary Perspectives: The role of the Foundation in powering the three E’s:
Education, Entrepreneurship and Environment
Speaker:
Philippe III de Gaspé Beaubien
President and CEO, de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation
Philippe IV de Gaspé Beaubien
Co-founder of AquaHacking, de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation
11:45 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote Address:
Speaker TBC
12:45 p.m.
Plenary Perspectives: A multimodal transportation vision and strategy for
the Great Lakes region
Speaker:
1:15 p.m.
Marc-Andre Roy
Chief Operating Office, CPCS Transcom Inc.
Panel Session 9: Financing and investing in the U.S.- Canada Economy
Moderator: Scot Crow
Member and Practice Department Manager
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Panelists:
Ilan Jacobson
Founder and CEO, FirePower Capital
Mark W. Kohler
Chairman & CEO, Excelerate Capital
Marty McCormick
Managing Director, Huntington Mezzanine Finance Group
2:15 p.m.
Plenary Perspectives: Buckle Up for a Wild Ride: Trump and the
Environment in the first 100 days
Speaker:
Bernadette M. Rappold
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP
2:45 p.m.
Networking Break
2:50 p.m.
Panel Session 10: In Conversation with the International Joint Commission
Moderator: Doug Haffner
Senior Canada Research Chair in Great Lakes Research
University of Windsor
Panelists:
Gordon Walker
Chair, Canadian Section
Lana Pollack
Chair, United States Section
3:40 p.m.
Destination Great Lakes: Key Tourism Trends and Opportunities for Growth
Andrew Bond
Senior Manager, Deloitte LLP
4:00 p.m.
Panel Session 11: In conversation with Great Lakes Legislators
Moderator: Christopher Smillie
Principal, Tactix Government Relations and Public Affairs Inc.
Panelists:
5:00 p.m.
Cory Mason
Wisconsin 66th Assembly District
Co-Chair, Great Lakes Legislative Caucus
Conference Wrap
Mark Fisher, President and CEO
Council of the Great Lakes Region