2011 Conference

List of Participants



Name Title Organization
Stephen Acker Counsel Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Eric Albert Executive Vice President Stingray Digital
Mark Allen Director‚ Research & Strategic Analysis CBC/Radio-Canada
Susan Annis Executive Director Cultural Human Resources Council | Conseil des ressources humaines du secteur culturel
Pia Anthonymuttu Policy Analyst/Economist Industry Canada | Industrie Canada
Robert Armstrong Communications Médias inc.
Kelly Lynne Ashton Director of Policy Writers Guild of Canada
Lynn Asselin Senior Radio Analyst‚ Broadcasting CRTC
Robert Backhouse Vice President Wireless Huawei Technologies Canada
Ruth Bacon DG‚ Copyright and International Trade Policy Branch Canadian Heritage | Patrimoine canadien
Douglas Barrett President/CEO PS Production Services Ltd.
Anin Basu Partner‚ Technology‚ Media and Telecommunications KPMG LLP
Marie-France Bazzo Producer and Host Les Productions Bazzo Bazzo
Paul Beaudry Associate Stikeman Elliott LLP
Patrick Beauduin Executive Director‚ Radio Radio-Canada
Michèle Beck Director NA Sales Telesat
Patrick Béhar Partner Bain & Company
Dennis Béland Senior Director‚ Regulatory Affairs‚ Telecommunications Quebecor Media
Charlotte Bell Vice President‚ Regulatory and Government Affairs Shaw Media
Tyrone Benskin‚ M.P. House of Commons
Sophie Bernard-Piche CBC/Radio-Canada
Rosemary Bernath Senior Analyst CRTC
Mirko Bibic Senior Vice President‚ Regulatory and Government Affairs BCE Inc.
Amir Bigloo Chief Executive Officer CCI Wireless
Jon Blakey Assistant General Counsel BCE Inc.
Bob Boron General Counsel Public Mobile
René Bouchard Executive Director‚ Portfolio Affairs Canadian Heritage | Patrimoine canadien
Eric Boyko Co-Founder‚ President and CEO Stingray Digital
Nancy Boyle Radio-Canada
Scott Bradley Vice President Corporate & Government Affairs Huawei Technologies Canada
Rob Braide Vice President Content and Regulatory Affairs Stingray Digital
Jean Brazeau Senior Vice President‚ Regulatory Affairs Shaw Communications
Andrew Briggs Consultant AGBriggs Consulting Inc.
Kim Brisson-St-Jean Analyst CRTC
Kathy Brulé Senior Policy Advisor Industry Canada | Industrie Canada
Michel Bruyère CEO Neotelis
Grant Buchanan Partner McCarthy Tétrault LLP
André Bureau Chairman of the Board Astral Media
George Burger President Spotlight Consulting
Marten Burns Senior Regulatory Legal Counsel TELUS
Paul Bush Vice President‚ Business Development North America Telesat
André Caissy Analyste principal Canadian Heritage | Patrimoine canadien
Samantha Caldwell Spectrum Policy Analyst Industry Canada | Industrie Canada
Pierre Campeau Communications Manager Canada Media Fund
Denis Carmel Director‚ Media and Parliamentary Relations CRTC
Bernard Caron Vice President Communications Research Centre Canada | Centre de recherche sur les Communications Canada (CRC)
Caitlin Carrol Research Analyst Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA | ACTS)
Tim Casgrain Chair‚ Board of Directors CBC/Radio-Canada
Benoit Celestino STARF
Bill Chambers Vice-President‚ Brand‚ Communications and Corporate Affairs CBC/Radio-Canada
Shan Chandrasekar Chairman‚ President and CEO ATN-Asian Television Network International Limited
Barry Chapman Vice President‚ Regulatory Affairs Bell Canada
Peter Charbonneau Board of Directors CBC/Radio-Canada
Hamilton Cheng Director of Board Public Television Service Foundation (PTS‚ Taiwan)
Tony Cicero Director‚ Directorate Assignment and Licensing Systems Industry Canada | Industrie Canada
John Clare Director Industry Canada | Industrie Canada
Tom Clark Host Global TV’s The West Block
Amanda Cliff Director General Canadian Heritage | Patrimoine canadien
Ken Cochrane Partner KPMG Canada
Ronald Cohen National Chair Canadian Broadcast Standards Council
Sandra Collins Vice President‚ Finance and Administration Canada Media Fund
Cindy Cook Director‚ Mobile Services Engineering Industry Canada | Industrie Canada
Antica Corner Senior Analyst CRTC
Jocelyn Côté Senior Vice President‚ Regulatory and Government Affairs Astral Media
Sylvie Courtemanche Vice President‚ Government Relations Corus Entertainment
Rita Cugini Commissioner‚ Ontario Region CRTC
Jeremy de Beer Associate Professor‚ Faculty of Law University of Ottawa
Emilia De Somma Articling Student CRTC
Patrick De Sousa Lahey
Lisa de Wilde Chief Executive Officer TVO
Joanne Deer Director of Public Policy and Communications ACTRA National
Erika Denis Audiovisuel Attachée French Embassy in Canada
Tim Denton Commissioner CRTC
Daniel Deschamps CBC/Radio-Canada
Denis Desjardins CBC/Radio-Canada
Gilles Desjardins Consultant Serdy Média
Marie-Julie Desrochers Agente de recherche‚ radiodiffusion et recherche Association québecoise de l’industrie du disque‚ du spectacle et de la vidéo (ADISQ)
Kevin Dick Director of Marketing Huawei Technologies Canada
Arlene Dickinson CEO Venture Communications
Janet DiFrancesco Director General‚ Electronic Commerce‚ Spectrum‚ Information Technologies and Telecommunications Sector Industry Canada | Industrie Canada
Pamela Dinsmore Vice President‚ Regulatory Rogers Communications
Kate do Forno Director of Government and Public Relations TekSavvy Solutions Inc.
Isabelle Doyon SCFP
Solange Drouin Vice-présidente aux affaires publiques et directrice générale Association québecoise de l’industrie du disque‚ du spectacle et de la vidéo (ADISQ)
Elizabeth Duncan Commissioner‚ Atlantic Region CRTC
Michelle Dupuis Senior Regulatory Legal Counsel TELUS
Stephanie Duquette Chief of Staff‚ President’s Office CBC/Radio-Canada
Simon Dwyer Director BCE
David Elder Counsel Stikeman Elliott LLP
Morgan Elliott Director‚ Government Relations Research In Motion Limited
Kirsten Embree Partner Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
Ken Engelhart Senior Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer Rogers Communications
Michel Eric Director Technology & Operations Inukshuk Wireless
Don Falle General Manager Inukshuk Wireless
Lynne Fancy Director General‚ Competition‚ Costing and Tariffs CRTC
Michael Ferras Vice President‚ Regulatory Affairs Shaw Communications
Paul Fitzpatrick Director of Regulatory Affairs‚ Assistant General Counsel & Privacy Chief Bell Aliant
Steve Fletcher Technical Research Officer CRTC
Marlene Floyd Principal Earnscliffe Strategy Group
Joel Fortune Partner Joel R Fortune Professional Corporation
Peter Foster Director General‚ Television Policy & Applications CRTC
Carmen Francis Heenan Blaikie LLP
John Frelinghuysen Bain & Co
Chad Gaffield President Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC | CRSH)
Paul Gaffney
Donna Gill Manager‚ Digital and Interactive Media CRTC
Paul Godin Director General‚ Industry and Market Analysis CRTC
Kevin Goldstein Vice-President Regulatory Affairs Bell Media
Sandra Graham Senior Consultant The Capital Hill Group
Peter Grant Counsel McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Teresa Griffin-Muir Vice President MTS Allstream
Geneviève Grimard Analyste‚ radiodiffusion et recherche Association québecoise de l’industrie du disque‚ du spectacle et de la vidéo (ADISQ)
Pieter Grootes General Manager: Markets and Competition Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
Steven Guiton Vice President and Chief Regulatory Officer CBC/Radio-Canada
Karna Gupta President and CEO Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC | ACTI)
Ron Hale Senior Manager‚ International CRTC
Heather Hall Associate Director‚ Spectrum Management Operations Industry Canada | Industrie Canada
Alan Hamilton Senior Regulatory Advisor TELUS
Michael Hennessy Senior Vice President‚ Regulatory and Government Affairs TELUS
Denis E. Henry Vice President‚ Regulatory‚ Government Affairs & Public Law Bell Aliant
Mike Hollingworth Advisor to the Commissioner Competition Bureau | Bureau de la concurrence
Crystal Hulley Legal Counsel CRTC
Dawn Hunt Vice President‚ Regulatory Rogers Communications
Lawson Hunter Counsel Stikeman Elliott LLP
Randy Hutson Distribution Policy & Applications / Senior Director‚ Alternative Dispute Resolution CRTC
Scott Hutton Executive Director‚ Broadcasting CRTC
Hank Intven Partner McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Stuart Jack Partner Nordicity Group Limited
Devon Jacobs Director Government Affairs Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA | ACTS)
Sarah Jennings Writer/Broadcaster Independent
Pauline Jessome Senior Regulatory Analyst MTS Allstream
Pamela Jones Consultant
Martin Jourdenais Director‚ Programming Services and Content Policy Canadian Heritage | Patrimoine canadien
Sylvie Julien Distribution Analyst CRTC
Gregory Kane Partner Stikeman Elliott LLP
Suneil Kanjeekal Manager‚ Emerging Networks Industry Canada | Industrie Canada
Len Katz Vice-Chairman‚ Telecommunications CRTC
Mark Kelley CBC News Network
John Keogh Senior General Counsel CRTC
Jay Kerr-Wilson Partner Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Nick Ketchum Consultant Ketchum Advisory
Raja Khanna CEO GlassBOX Television
David Kidd Lawyer Blake‚ Cassels & Graydon LLP
Barry Kiefl President Canadian Media Research Inc.
Charlie Kim Bain & Co.
Charles King Vice President‚ Government Relations Shaw Communications
Martha King Manager‚ Strategic Policy‚ Convergence Policy CRTC
Bev Kirshenblatt Senior Director‚ Regulatory Affairs CBC/Radio-Canada
Brigit Knecht Policy Analyst Canadian Heritage | Patrimoine canadien
Kathy Koch MBA - Arts & Media Management Schulich School of Business
Aspa Kotsopoulos Senior Policy Analyst CRTC
Peter Kovacs Director‚ Regulatory Rogers Communications
François La Roche Directeur Stratégie et recherche Téléfilm Canada
Lyne Labelle Returns Database Analyst CRTC
Anthony Lacavera Chairman and CEO Globalive Holdings and WIND Mobile
Hubert T. Lacroix President and CEO CBC/Radio-Canada
Annie Laflamme Director‚ Radio Policy and Applications CRTC
Claude Laflamme Vice-présidente‚ affaires corporatives et réglementaires Astral Radio et Astral Affichage
Louis Lalande Executive Vice President Radio-Canada
Suzanne Lamarre Commissioner‚ Quebec Region CRTC
Suzanne Lambert Director‚ Spectrum Planning Industry Canada | Industrie Canada
Nelson J. Landry Commissaire Copyright Board of Canada | Commission du droit d'auteur Canada
Lise Lareau CMG and CBC/Radio-Canada
Emmanuelle Latraverse Head of Parliamentary Bureau‚ Ottawa Radio-Canada
Marc Philippe Laurin Canadian Media Guild
Simon Lavergne Administrative Assistant CRTC
Valentina Lavigne Junior Radio Analyst CRTC
John Lawford Counsel Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Liliane Lê Government Relations CBC/Radio-Canada
Jean-François Léger Legal Counsel J-F Leger Professional Corporation
Jeff Leiper Manager‚ Strategic Policy CRTC
Natalie LeMay-Calcutt Director‚ Business Affairs CPAC
Catherine Lemieux Senior Analyst CRTC
Peter Lenardon Manager‚ Government Relations Research In Motion Limited
Francine Letourneau Director‚ 75th anniversary celebrations CBC/Radio-Canada
Moira Létourneau Legal Counsel CRTC
Ezra Levant News Anchor Sun News Network
Alex Levasseur SCRC
Tara Levine Decisions Writer CRTC
Andrew Lewman Executive Director The Tor Project
Simon Lockie Chief Regulatory Officer WIND Mobile
Julie Look Director of Research Canada Media Fund
Bernard Lord President and CEO Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA | ACTS)
Josiane Lord Analyst CRTC
Sarah Lue Corporate Communications CBC/Radio-Canada
Peter Lyman Senior Partner Nordicity
Cynthia Lynch Manager‚ Research and Strategic Planning Ontario Media Development Corporation
Gary Maavara Executive Vice President and General Counsel Corus Entertainment
Murray MacDonald Senior Director‚ Public Affairs Bell
Alfred MacLeod CBC/Radio-Canada
Michael MacMillan Chief Executive Officer Blue Ant Media Inc.
John MacNab Executive Director Canadian Broadcast Standards Council
Jean-Claude Mahé Director‚ Public and Government Affairs Téléfilm Canada
Ann Mainville-Neeson Director‚ Broadcast Regulation TELUS
Paolo Maiorino Information Officer CRTC
Claude Majeau Vice Chairman and CEO Copyright Board of Canada | Commission du droit d'auteur Canada
Robert Malcolmson Partner Goodmans LLP
Hersha Malkani Decisions Writer‚ Telecommunications CRTC
Steve Malowany Manager‚ Industry & Policy Monitoring CRTC
Anthony Manera
Phillip Marchesiello Partner Wilkinson Barker Knauer
Sarah Mayes Manager - DGCI Canadian Heritage | Patrimoine canadien
Helen McDonald Senior Assistant Deputy Minister‚ Spectrum‚ Information‚ Technologies and Telecommunications Industry Canada | Industrie Canada
Janice McDonald President Mymusic
Michael McEwan Media Asset Capital
Keith McIntosh Senior Director‚ Policy and Regulatory Affairs Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA | ACTS)
Josh McJannett Director Rogers Communications
Angus McKinnon CBC/Radio-Canada
Trina McQueen Adjunct Professor Schulich School of Business
Craig McTaggart Director‚ Broadband Policy TELUS
Martine Ménard Senior Director‚ Corporate Communications CBC/Radio-Canada
Okacha Merabet Senior Analyst CRTC
Anne-Marie Migneault Director‚ Regulatory Affairs CBC/Radio-Canada
Cal Millar President and COO Channel Zero
Pamela Miller Director General Industry Canada | Industrie Canada
Peter Miller Lawyer and Consultant
Bernard Minuk Technology Analyst CRTC
Denise Moore Manager‚ Distribution Compliance CRTC
Danny Moreau Senior Analyst CRTC
Emmanuel Morin Senior Strategist‚ Government Affairs Playbook Communications
Michel Morin Commissioner CRTC
Suzanne Morin Assistant General Counsel‚ Privacy Research In Motion Limited
Suzanne Morris Vice President and CGO CBC/Radio-Canada
Bill Munson Vice-President‚ Policy Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC | ACTI)
Valery Navarrete Manager Canadian Heritage | Patrimoine canadien
Geoff Norquay Principal Earnscliffe Strategy Group
Greg O’Brien Editor and Publisher Cartt.ca
Glenn O’Farrell Président et Chef de la direction GroupeMédia TFO
J. Aidan O’Neill Partner Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Mark O’Neill President and CEO Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
Carol Off Co-Host‚ As It Happens CBC Radio
Dan Oldfield Canadian Media Guild
Maggie Papoulias Director Government Affairs Bell
Richard J. Paradis Government and Institutional Relations Super Channel
Maureen Parker Executive Director Writers Guild of Canada
Jim Patrick Senior Vice President Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA | ACTS)
Margot Patterson Counsel Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
David Peaker Associate Blake‚ Cassels & Graydon LLP
Denis Pellerin Radio-Canada
Tom Pentefountas Vice-Chairperson‚ Broadcasting CRTC
Tom Perlmutter Commissaire National Film Board of Canada | Office national du film du Canada (NFB | ONF)
Pierre-Marc Perreault Senior Policy Analyst CRTC
Avvey Peters Vice President Communitech
Kern Phung Lu Senior Industry Analyst CRTC
Alain Pineau CCARTS
Carl Pineau Analyst CRTC
Louise Poirier Commissioner CRTC
Shaun Poulter Director‚ Government Relations CBC/Radio-Canada
Scott Prescott Lawyer Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Chris Prince Strategic Policy Analyst Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada | Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée du Canada
Dean Proctor Chief Development Officer SSi Micro
Annie Provencher Directrice de la radiodiffusion et de la recherche Association québecoise de l’industrie du disque‚ du spectacle et de la vidéo (ADISQ)
C.J. Prudham Chief Legal Officer Xplornet Communications Inc.
Bill Roberts President & CEO ZoomerMedia Limited‚ Television Division
Pierre Rodrigue Vice President‚ Government Affairs and Industry Relations Astral Media
John Roese Senior Vice President and General Manager Huawei United States R&D Centre & Enterprise Business Group
Eric Romanica CBC/Radio-Canada
William Rosenfeld President Rosenfeld Corporation
Genevieve Rossier Radio-Canada
Isabelle Roulaud
Guylaine F. Roy Assistant Deputy Minister Canadian Heritage | Patrimoine canadien
Randal Rudniski Managing Director RJR Communications Insights
Bill Sandiford President Telnet Communications
J. Serge Sasseville Vice President‚ Corporate and Institutional Affairs Quebecor Media
Mark Saunders Wireless Communications Analyst Industry Canada | Industrie Canada
Ian Scott Executive Director‚ Government and Regulatory Affairs Telesat
Mark Scott Managing Director Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Marc Séguin Senior Vice President‚ Policy Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA)
Chris Seidl Director General‚ Convergence Policy CRTC
Scott Shortliffe Deputy Director General Canadian Heritage | Patrimoine canadien
Richard Simoens Radio-Canada
Lecia Simpson Senior Regulatory Advisor TELUS
Jan Skora President Jan Skora Consulting
Arthur Smolarkiewicz Senior Consultant KPMG
Sally Southey Director General‚ Strategic Communications and Parliamentary Affairs CRTC
Paul Spurgeon Vice President‚ Legal Services and General Counsel SOCAN
Leonard St-Aubin Consultant Len St-Aubin Consulting
Christian Tacit Principal Christian S. Tacit‚ Barrister & Solicitor
Christopher Taylor Barrister & Solicitor
Kate Taylor Globe and Mail
Paul Temple Senior Vice President‚ Regulatory and Strategic Affairs Pelmorex Media Inc.
Jacinthe Théberge Commissaire Copyright Board of Canada | Commission du droit d'auteur Canada
Hannah Thibedeau National Reporter‚ Ottawa Parliamentary Bureau CBC Television
Ariel Thomas Associate Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Caroline Thomson Chief Operating Officer British Broadcasting Corporation
Jay Thomson Vice-President‚ Broadcasting Policy and Regulatory Affairs Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA)
Michael Tiger Retired (Industry Canada) Consultant
Bryan Tramont Managing Partner Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP
Christine Trauttmansdorff Director‚ Policy‚ Planning‚ Governance and International Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC | CRSH)
John Traversy Executive Director CRTC
André Tremblay Président et Chef de la direction Terrestar Solutions Inc.
Michel Tremblay Senior Vice President‚ Corporate Strategy and Business Partnerships CBC/Radio-Canada
Kevin Tuer Managing Director‚ Canadian Digital Media Network Communitech
William Vancise Chairman Copyright Board of Canada | Commission du droit d'auteur Canada
François-Yannick Vézina Senior Corporate Analyst CRTC
Ryan Victor Senior Vice President‚ Business and Legal Affairs NBC Universal Television Distribution
Konrad von Finckenstein Chairman CRTC
Chris Waiting British Broadcasting Corporation
Jodi White Sydney House
Karen Wirsig Canadian Media Guild
Linda Wollenschlager Analyst CRTC
Ted Woodhead Vice President‚ Telecom Policy and Regulatory Affairs TELUS
Mike Woollatt Vice President Government Relations Bell Media
Reilly Yeo Managing Director OpenMedia.ca
Henry Zhang Vice President Marketing Huawei Technologies Canada
Stephen Zolf Partner Heenan Blaikie LLP