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Task Force on Spam: Stakeholder Roundtable
Fairmont Château Laurier
December 3, 2004

08:00 - 09:00
Registration

09:00 - 09:05
Opening Remarks
(Greetings on behalf of Industry Canada)

09:05 - 09:15
Overview - Task Force Process and Milestones
Michael Binder, ADM, SITT, Industry Canada

09:15 - 09:35
Keynote Address
Peter Coroneos, Chief Executive - Internet Industry Association of Australia

09:35 - 10:35
Public Education and Awareness
From Awareness to Action

Views from the Task Force:
Suzanne Morin, Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Law and Policy, Bell Canada
Bernard Courtois, President, Information Technology Association of Canada

Views from Stakeholders:
Anne Taylor, Director of Marketing, Media Awareness Network
Bill Huzar, Secretary, the Consumers Council of Canada
Michael Murphy, Senior Vice President, Policy, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Jannick Desforges, Counsel, Legal Services Option Consommateurs

General Discussion

10:35 - 10:45
Break

10:45 - 13:00
Legislation and Enforcement
Does Canada need new legislation?

10:45 - 10:55
Introductory Remarks
Honourable Donald H. Oliver Q.C., Senator

10:55 - 13:00

Views from the Task Force:
Roger Tassé, Partner, Gowlings Lafleur Henderson LLP
Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair, Internet and e-Commerce Law, University of Ottawa

Views from Stakeholders:
Heather Black, Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Ray Pierce, Deputy Commissioner of Competition,Competition Bureau, Industry Canada
Philippa Lawson, Executive Director, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
Michael Eisen, Vice President, Law and Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Canada
Paul Misener, Vice President, Global Public Policy, Amazon.com
Gary Funderlich, Vice President and General Counsel AOL Canada Inc.
Jay Thomson, Asst. Vice President, Broadband Policy, Telus

General Discussion

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 14:20
Keynote Address
Joseph Alhadeff, Vice Chair of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Chair of the BIAC Task Force on Information Security

14:20 - 15:20
Validating Commercial Email
Canada as a Leader for Certification

Views from the Task Force:
Neil Schwartzman, President, CAUCE.ca
Amanda Maltby, Senior Vice-President, Canadian Marketing Association

Views from the Stakeholders:
John Levine, Co-Chair of Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG) of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)
Mitchell Wolfe, Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary, Visa Canada
Sylvain Carle, President, Groupe Interstructure
Bernard Brun, Senior Counsel, Commercial et technologie Desjardins Sécurité financiàre
Jay Aber, President, 24/7 Canada Inc.

General Discussion

15:20 - 15:30
Break

15:30 - 16:30
Network and Technology Working Group
Beyond Best Practices

Views from the Task Force:
Lori Assheton-Smith, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel, Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association
Tom Copeland, President, Canadian Association of Internet Providers

Views from the Stakeholders:
Gerry Miller, Executive Director, University of Manitoba
Alex Leslie, Vice President, Technology, AOL Canada Inc.
Mary Carman, Chief Information Officer, Industry Canada
Glenn Ward, Vice President, Customer Service Assurance Bell Canada

General Discussion

16:30 - 17:00
Summary and the Way Forward
Michael Binder, ADM, SITT, Industry Canada