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Annual IT.Can conference in Halifax

By Dominic Jaar

As a board member of the Canadian IT Law Association ("IT.CAN"), I am pleased to announce the Twelfth Annual IT Law Conference which will be held on Monday, October 27-Tuesday, October 28, 2008 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, at the Lord Nelson Hotel. The program offers comprehensive topics on the latest IT and IP legal issues presented by a faculty of top lawyers and judges.

The conference is co-chaired by David T.S. Fraser, from McInnes Cooper (Halifax), who was one of the speakers LegalIT2008, and Richard C. Owens, from Blake, Cassels & Graydon llp (Toronto). We have lined-up an incredible group of speakers and the most interesting topics. Here is a sample:

Information Technology IP Annual Update
Moderator: Barry B. Sookman, McCarthy Tétrault llp (Toronto)
Patents: Donald M. Cameron, Cameron MacKendrick llp (Toronto)
Copyright: Daniela F. Bassan, Stewart McKelvey (Halifax)
Trade Marks: Daniel R. Bereskin, Bereskin & Parr (Toronto)

Luncheon & Guest Speaker
Mr. Justice Michel Bastarache, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada & counsel to Heenan Blaikie llp
-Hosted by: Borden Ladner Gervais llp

We also have 8 roundtables. Here are my favourites:

e-Discovery Rules in Canada: Sedona and Beyond
Greg Bembridge, Forensic Analyst, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Atlantic Region Integrated Tech Crime Unit (Halifax)
Timothy J. Chorvat, Jenner & Block (Chicago, il)
Robert J.C. Deane, Borden Ladner Gervais llp (Vancouver)
Extraterritorial Application of Laws: The Borderless Internet
Professor Stephen Coughlan, Dalhousie University, Faculty of Law (Halifax)
Professor Teressa Scaasa, Canada Research Chair in Information Law, University of Ottawa (Ottawa)

Emerging Topics in Privacy & Data Security: Practical Approaches
Richard Pearse, Senior Counsel - ww hps Legal Team, Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. (Toronto)
Ariane Siegel, Gowling Lafleur Henderson llp (Toronto)

And last but not least:

Recent Developments in IT Law in Quebec: A Civil Law Update
Charles Morgan, McCarthy Tétrault llp (Montréal)
Daniel Paul, Davis llp (Montréal)

Au cours de cette séance, on fera une mise à jour des derniers développements en matière de droit civil au Québec. La séance est conçue à l?intention des avocats du Québec, mais également à ceux d?autres régions du pays, qui conseillent des clients qui font affaire dans la province. La séance sera bilingue et passera en revue les éléments suivants :
? Intégrateurs de systèmes et conflits d?imprimés
? Les pièges qui vous attendent quand la situation dégénère et que les assureurs sont appelés au front
? Les tribunaux du Québec prennent la question de la violation de la vie privée très au sérieux et attribuent des dommages-intérêts punitifs pour violation de la vie privée : examen des cas récents
? Directives récentes sur le domaine d?application concernant Internet, relativement à d?importants recours collectifs
? Nouvelles ententes concernant la distribution de jeux vidéo en français au Québec
? Examen de diverses affaires traitées par les tribunaux du Québec et de leurs implications

For further information please see the PDF brochure [En français]

To register, please fill the following form [Formulaire d?inscription]

Full post as published by Wines and Information Management (WIM) on July 24, 2008 (boomark / email).