Speakers

Conference Chairs

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

Government Speakers

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

Key Associations and Consumer Advocacy Groups

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

In-House Counsel and Professionals

Michael Bowmile

Vice President, Legal
Coca-Cola Bottling Limited

Timothy Civil

VP General Counsel and Government Affairs
PepsiCo Canada

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.

Esteemed Speakers

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
Former Senior Compliance Officer, CFIA

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