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2009 CUSLI Annual Conference April 2-4,2009PRESENTATIONS:

2009 CUSLI Annual Conference
April 2 - 4, 2009
Cleveland, Ohio, USA



 

FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2009
Session 1 The North American Economic Relationship from the Canada-US Auto Pact to the Security and Prosperity Partnership - Public Perceptions and Economic Realities

Paul Storer
Professor and Chair of Economics
College of Business and Economics
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington

Birgit Matthiesen
Special Advisor to the President ( US Government Relations)
Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Washington, D.C.
Nikita Nanos
President & CEO
Nanos Research
Toronto, Ontario


Session 2

Canada-US Economic Competitiveness in a Period of Financial Instability - A Common Cause Agenda

Daniel Desjardins
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Bombardier Inc.
Montreal, Quebec
Jeff Weedman
Vice President
External Business Development
Proctor & Gamble
Cincinnati, Ohio

Session 3

Canada-US Energy Trade, Security and Policy

   

 

Session 4

The Future of the Canada-US Relationship - Innovation and Technology

Bob Williams
President, Global Health Services
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

 

Session 5

Regional Actors in the Canada-United States Relationship

Ed Wolking
Vice President
Detroit Regional Chamber and
President Great Lakes Manufacturing Council
Detroit, Michigan
Kathryn Friedman
Deputy Director
University at Buffalo
The Regional Institute Buffalo
New York

 

SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2009
Session 1A

Great Lakes Emerging Legal Issues regarding the International Boundary Waters Treaty and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

Murray Clamen
Secretary, Canadian Section
International Joint Commission
United States and Canada
Captain Lorne Thomas
Chief - Prevention Division
United States Coast Guard, Ninth District
Cleveland, Ohio
David Naftzger
Executive Director
Council of Great Lakes Governors
Chicago, Illinois


Session 2A

Local Governance of the Great Lakes

David B. Brooks
Senior Advisor – Fresh Water
Friends of the Earth Canada
Session 3A

Great Lakes Commercial Development of the Great Lakes

Rose Ann DeLeon
Vice President
Strategic Development
Cleveland Cuyahoga Port Authority
Cleveland, Ohio


Session 3B

North American Dispute Resolution

Elliot J. Feldman
Leader, International Trade Practice
Baker Hostetler LLP
Washington, D.C.
Plenary Session - Saturday

Canada-US Trade Policy Beyond North America

Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Counsel, Lang Michener LLP
Toronto, Ontario
   
   


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