OSC - Dialogue with the OSC 2007

Tuesday, November 27
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
North Building, Level 100
Constitution Hall 105

Live audio webcast

Agenda

8:30 - 9:10 a.m. Keynote Speaker
David Wilson, OSC Chair
9:15 - 10:30 a.m. Plenary One: "Comparing enforcement approaches: Does a border make a difference?"

Moderator: Larry Ritchie, Vice-Chair, OSC

Panelists:
Jeffrey Leon, Partner, Bennett Jones LLP
Linda C. Thomsen, Director, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Peter Unger, Partner, Howrey LLP
Michael Watson, Director, OSC Enforcement Branch
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Coffee break
10:45 - 12:00 p.m. Concurrent break-out sessions
  1. "Registration reform: What it means for registrants"

    Moderator: David Gilkes, Manager, Registrant Regulation, Compliance and Registrant Regulation Branch, OSC

    Panelists:
    Marsha Gerhart, Assistant Manager, Registrant Regulation, OSC Compliance and Registrant Regulation Branch
    Morley Salmon, Chairman, Limited Market Dealers Association of Canada
    Murray Taylor, President and CEO, Investors Group
    Prema Thiele, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

  2. "Financial reporting: Global standards for Canada's capital markets"

    Moderator: Cameron McInnis, Manager, OSC Corporate Finance Branch

    Panelists:
    John Carchrae, Chief Accountant, OSC
    Bob Muter, Lead, Professional, Technical, Risk and Quality, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    Tricia O'Malley, International Accounting Standards Board
    Jean Paré, Vice President, Financial Reporting, Bombardier Inc.

  3. "How Passport will work for Ontario market participants"

    Moderator: Peggy Dowdall-Logie, Executive Director, OSC

    Panelists:
    Rossana Di Lieto, Associate General Counsel, General Counsel's Office, OSC
    Michael Bennett, Senior Legal Counsel, OSC Corporate Finance Branch
    Douglas Hyndman, Chair, B.C. Securities Commission
    Douglas Marshall, Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, and member of the OSC Securities Advisory Committee

12:00 - 12:45 p.m. Lunch
12:45 - 1:15 p.m. Luncheon speech: "Strengthening the Gatekeepers: The importance of independence and accountability to the capital markets"

Arthur Levitt, Former Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
1:15 - 1:30 p.m. Coffee break
1:30 - 2:45 p.m. Plenary Two: "The disclosure environment in today's capital markets"

Moderator: Jim Turner, Vice-Chair, OSC

Panelists:
Deborah Alexander, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel, Bank of Nova Scotia
William Braithwaite, Partner, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Naizam Kanji, Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions, OSC Corporate Finance Branch
Margo Paul, Director, OSC Corporate Finance Branch
2:45 - 3:00 p.m. Closing remarks




 
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