with premier sponsors
Hatch and Fasken Martineau

current program

Thursday June 7, 2012
08h30 - 16h30
Simon Fraser University
Strategy Room 320
580 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Register to attend.

The final program will be posted here closer to the event.

The current program as of May 14 is as follows:

Seminar Co-chairs:
Tina Charalambu, Social Impact Management Specialist, Hatch (am)
Kevin O'Callaghan, Partner, Fasken Martineau LLP (pm)

0830 - Registration and Networking

0900 - Welcoming Remarks - Bruce Shapiro, President, Canada-Southern Africa Chamber of Business and MineAfrica Inc. and Michael McPhie, Chairman, The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia

0910 - Keynote Address - Enhancing collaboration across boundaries - Dr. Zhenyi Li, Associate Professor of Intercultural Communication, Easy Learning Centre

0930 - CSR and Risk Mitigation: Our experience, our best management practices - Anne-Raphaelle Audouin, Environmental and Social Impacts Management Specialist, Hatch

0950 - Managing Risk in Africa and Latin America: A Comparative Perspective - Alison Taylor, VP, Corporate Investigations, Control Risks

1010 - Grant Geall, Founder & Chairman, resourceINTELLIGENCE

1030 - Break

1050 - On the rails in Tibet: a case study in risk mitigation - Debra Rasmussen, Senior Agricultural Economist and Robin D'Arcy, Private Sector Development Specialist Tibet, Agriteam Canada Consulting Ltd.

1110 - FPIC (Free, Prior and Informed Consent): When is it a requirement - Kevin O'Callaghan, Fasken Martineau LLP

1130 - Signi Schneider, Director, Political and Human Rights Risk Department, Export Development Canada

1150 - Q&A

1210 - Lunch

1310 - Corporate Social Irresponsibility: Why many don't trust corporate CSR initiatives and how you can change that - Radcliffe Dockery, President and Chief Executive Officer, HigherEye International

1330 - Thack Skidmore, Kroll Advisory Solutions

1350 - Corporate Social Responsibility: Business Imperative with Legal Implications - Michael Torrance, Lawyer, Norton Rose Canada LLP

1410 - Investing in social and economic development in the eastern DR Congo - Martin Jones, Chairman, Banro Foundation

1430 - Break

1450 - From intentions to impact, the practical implementation and measurement of economic empowerment programs - Bonnie Lyn de Bartok, Founder and Managing Partner, MacCormick IMC

1510 - Tom Paddon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation

1530 - Tbd

1550 - Q&A

1610 - Wrap up

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