CONFERENCE AGENDA
| Day 1 – Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Casino Windsor Hotel) | |
7:30 - 8:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Welcoming remarks: Representatives of Dalhousie University and University of Windsor; Robert Noble, Consul General, Government of Canada Consulate General - Detroit |
| 8:30 – 9:15 |
Address: Nature of the Border (Steve Flynn—Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations and author of America the Vulnerable and The Edge of Disaster) |
| 9:15 – 10:00 |
Address: Political Challenges of Managing the Security/Commerce Tradeoff (Jim Turner, Arnold & Porter, LLC partner and former ranking Democrat on homeland security issues in U.S. House of Representatives) |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Break |
| 10:15 – 11:15 | Panel 1: Discussion of issues raised by opening addresses (Stephen Blank, Gregory McCann and Sarah Hubbard) |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Panel 2: Preparedness, Response, and Consequence Management (Dave McIntyre, Alok Chaturvedi, and Michael Theilmann) |
| 12:15 – 1:30 | Lunch Address: John Costanzo, President, Purolator USA |
| 1:30 – 2:00 | Research Study: The Cost and Cost Incidence of Canada-U.S. Border Security (Prem Gandhi, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Plattsburgh State University, and Wayne Glass, Schoolcraft College, Livonia, Michigan) |
| 2:00 – 3:15 | Panel 3: Border Control and Trade – Public Sector Perspective (Robert Trotter, Jim Turner and Lynda Watson) |
| 3:15 – 3:30 | Break |
| 3:30 – 4:45 | Panel 4: Border Control and Trade – Private Sector Perspective (Alok Chaturvedi, Ann Arquette, Michael Belzer, and John McPherson) |
| 5:00 – 6:30 |
Reception |
| Day 2 – Friday, October 26, 2007 (Casino Windsor Hotel) | |
7:30 – 8:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Address: The Canada-U.S. Security Partnership (Kevin O’Shea, Political Minister, Canadian Embassy in U.S.) |
| 8:30 – 9:45 | Panel 5: Border Partner Perspectives (Mary Brooks, Paul Storer, and Michael Hart) |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Break |
| 10:00 – 11:15 | Panel 6: Facing (and Planning for) the Future (Pete DiPonio, Robert Trotter, and Edward Alden) |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Closing remarks |
