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Corporate Counsel, Corporate Leaders: Strategies for Risk Management and Business Planning
Toronto, ON
April 13 - 15, 2008
Hilton Hotel Toronto
The CCCA 2008 National Spring Conference "Corporate Counsel, Corporate Leaders: Strategies for Risk Management and Business Planning" took place on April 13 - 15 in Toronto. The conference was a huge success, drawing a record-number of attendees, including a record-number of first-time attendees, from across Canada and around the world. The conference co-chairs were Jacqueline P. Famulak, Regional Legal Counsel - Canada, Latin America & Caribbean, Apple Canada Inc. and Barry Michael Fisher, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, SAP Canada Inc.
This year’s program addressed the evolving role of in-house counsel in the 21st century corporation and presented valuable, practical information to help corporate counsel contribute to the financial health and stability of their company and ensure that the corporation's strategic goals and objectives are met
The conference kicked off with the Opening Cocktail & R.V.A. Jones Award Reception, honouring our two award winners for 2008: Kathryn Chisholm (EPCOR) and Alex Shorten (Bull, Houser & Tupper LLP). CCCA founder Robert V.A. Jones was on hand to present the awards.
Our keynote speakers included Duncan Hannay, President, E*TRADE Canada Securities Corporation and Paul Godfrey, President and CEO, Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club.
Our international guests included Peter Turner, CEO and General Counsel, Australian Corporate Lawyers Association; Ralph Ybema, President, Hong Kong Corporate Counsel Association and Brad Brubaker, Sr. Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, SAP America Inc. They joined David McFadden, Q.C., Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP and Roger Fulton, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Linamar Corporation for an exceptional Opening Plenary session on The Role of the General Counsel: Risk Management and Business Strategy in the Global Context.
Conference Co-chairs:
Jacqueline P. Famulak
Regional Legal Counsel - Canada, Latin America & Caribbean
Apple Canada Inc.
 Barry Michael Fisher
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
SAP Canada Inc.
We are very pleased to have been asked to serve as the conference co-chairs for the CCCA 2008 National Spring Meeting. This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the founding of CCCA and we have every expectation that the Spring Meeting will meet – and exceed – the high standards set by previous conferences.
Increasingly, corporate counsel are expected to master a variety of disciplines and play multiple roles within their organizations: legal advisor, risk manager, business strategist and corporate leader. In recognition of the evolving role of in-house counsel, our conference theme this year is “Corporate Counsel, Corporate Leaders: Strategies for Risk Management and Business Planning.”
Developed with extensive input from corporate counsel across Canada, this conference is designed to help you identify the challenges and opportunities ahead and address them effectively, whether they involve substantive law, risk management, strategic business planning or law department leadership. In addition to workshops on privilege, intellectual property, restructuring, parents and subsidiaries, outsourcing, knowledge management and law department performance, we are pleased to provide an entire stream of programming on litigation risk management – identified as the number one risk management concern by CCCA members.
In addition to providing the very best workshops, seminars and speakers to assist corporate counsel, the National Spring Conference also offers many opportunities to meet and network with your fellow corporate lawyers from Canada and around the world. These include the Opening Cocktail & R.V.A. Jones Award Reception, Monday evening reception and networking dinners hosted by local law firms – all generously provided by our wonderful partners and sponsors.
We hope you will join us in Toronto for the CCCA 2008 National Spring Conference and discover the strategies for risk management and business planning that will help you in your transformation from corporate counsel to corporate leader!
Past Meetings
2008 - Toronto, ON
2007 - Toronto, ON
2006 - Ottawa, ON
2005 - Toronto, ON
2004 - Halifax, NS
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