8:00 am REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST - MEMORIAL HALL - BURGUNDY ROOM
9:00 am OPENING SESSION - MEMORIAL HALL - BURGUNDY ROOM
Greetings: Frank Dimant, Executive Vice-President, B¹nai Brith Canada, and acknowledgement of conference sponsors Welcome: David Langtry, Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission Introductory Remarks: Madam Justice Gertrude Speigel, Superior Court of Justice, Ontario; member, Hate on the Internet Conference Advisory Board
9:15 am PLENARY PANEL:
Web based hate and extremism: new forms - new challenges
This panel will give a cross-disciplinary overview of the current state of hate, extremism and cyber crime on the Internet.
MODERATOR:
David Matas, Senior Legal Counsel, B¹nai Brith Canada
SPEAKERS:
Mark Potok, Director, Intelligence Project, Southern Law Poverty Centre Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Director, Center for Democratic Studies, University of Haifa; member, UNESCO International Clearing House on Children and Violence on the Screen Ian Wilms, President, Canadian Association of Police Boards; Police Commissioner, Calgary Dr. Peter Leitner, National Centre for Bio-Defence and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University Christopher Wolf, Chair, International Network Against Cyberhate; partner, Proskauer Rose LLP
10:45 am BREAK
11:00 am WORKING GROUPS
Legal/legislative/government - The legal route or the human rights system?
MEMORIAL HALL - GOLD ROOM A
MODERATOR:
Richard Warman, Ottawa lawyer & complainant to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on Internet hate cases
PRESENTERS:
Marvin Kurz, National Legal Counsel, B¹nai Brith Canada; Co-Chair, 2nd International Symposium on Hate on the Internet Harvey Goldberg, Team Leader, Proactive Initiatives, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Technology- Towards a safer cyberspace
NOVOTEL - SHEPPARD ROOM
MODERATOR:
Michael Hennessy, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Telus
PRESENTER:
Alexander Macgillivray, Senior Intellectual Property and Product Counsel, Google; affiliate, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School
Education/Community - How hate groups target kids: do you know where your children are?
NOVOTEL DUNCAN ROOM
MODERATOR:
Professor Alain Goldschlager, Director, Holocaust Literature Research Institute, University of Western Ontario; Co-Chair, League for Human Rights, Ontario
PRESENTERS:
Marilyn Mayo, Director, Center for the Study of Right-Wing Extremism, Anti-Defamation League Professor Steve Scheinberg, Professor Emeritus, Concordia University; former National Chair, League for Human Rights; Chair; B¹nai Brith Quebec Regional Board
Law enforcement - Police Training CLOSED SESSION MEMORIAL HALL GOLD ROOM B
MODERATOR:
Abbee Corb, Open Source Intelligence Operations Specialist, Ontario Hate Crimes/Extremism Investigative Team
PRESENTERS:
Anita Bromberg, In House Legal Counsel , Police Liaison, B¹nai Brith Canada Brian Marcus, Director, Internet Monitoring, Civil Rights Division, ADL
12:30 pm LUNCH
MEMORIAL HALL BURGUNDY ROOM
INTRODUCTION:
Gary Lloyd Gottlieb, QC, Bencher, Law Society of Upper Canada
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
OPP Deputy Commissioner Jay C. Hope, O.O.M.
APPRECIATION:
Abe Silverman, National Vice President, B¹nai Brith Canada
2:00 pm PLENARY PANEL:
How different countries respond what works, what doesn¹t
MEMORIAL HALL - BURGUNDY ROOM
This panel will look at what individual countries have done to counter web-based hate and extremism.
MODERATOR:
Professor Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa; Co-Chair,
League for Human Rights, Ontario Region
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, CyberLaw Research Unit, Faculty of Law, University of Leeds Michael Gennaco, Chief Attorney, Office of Independent Review, Los Angeles Sheriff¹s Department Jeremy Jones, Past President, Executive Council of Australian Jewry Karen Izzard, Senior Policy Advisor, Policy and Regulatory Affairs Division, Knowledge Center, Canadian Human Rights Commission
3:30 pm BREAK
3:45 pm WORKING GROUPS
Legal/legislative/government - How to access existing protections MEMORIAL HALL - GOLD ROOM A
MODERATOR:
Allan Adel, National Chair, League for Human Rights
PRESENTERS:
Jennifer Woolcombe, Counsel, Crown Law Office - Criminal Christine Bartlett-Hughes, Counsel, Crown Law Office - Criminal Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, CyberLaw Research Unit, Faculty of Law, University of Leeds
Technology - Using technology as an investigative tool NOVOTEL - SHEPPARD ROOM
MODERATOR:
Pam Dinsmore, Vice President, Regulatory, Rogers Communications Inc.
PRESENTERS:
Tom Warren, President, Net-Patrol International Inc.
Rick Eaton, Senior Researcher, Simon Wiesenthal Centre, USA
Education/Community - A multi-media approach to hate targeting kids NOVOTEL DUNCAN ROOM
MODERATOR:
Delia Opekokew, Barrister and Solicitor; member, Aboriginal Bar Association
PRESENTERS:
Professor Valerie Steeves, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa Catherine Thurm, Project Manager, Media Awareness Network Drew Ann Wake, President, Livewires Design Ltd.
Law enforcement - Police Training CLOSED SESSION MEMORIAL HALL GOLD ROOM B
MODERATOR:
Detective Sergeant Steve Irwin, Intelligence Services, Toronto Police Force
PRESENTER:
Dr. Peter Leitner, National Centre for Bio-Defence and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University
6:00 pm DINNER TRIBUTE TO THE POLICE SERVICES
MEMORIAL HALL BURGUNDY ROOM
INTRODUCTION:
Aaron Remer, National Chair, Institute for International Affairs; Director, GROUPE-ACCES Communications
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Chief William Blair, Toronto Police Services Chief Armand La Barge, York Regional Police Services
APPRECIATION:
Aubrey Zidenberg, Chair, Government Relations, B¹nai Brith Canada
8:00 pm PUBLIC FORUM AND 9/11 COMMEMORATION
Terrorism: A threat to us all
NOVOTEL GIBSON ROOM
MASTER OF CEREMONIES:
Rochelle Wilner, International Vice-President, B¹nai Brith Canada
TRIBUTE TO 9/11 VICTIMS
Consul General John Nay, US Consulate General in Toronto The Hon. Monte Kwinter, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Ontario Commissioner Julian Fantino, Emergency Management, Province of Ontario Pierre Poilievre, Member of Parliament, Nepean - Carleton, with a message from the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
PRAYER OF REMBERANCE FOR THE VICTIMS
Rabbi Ronald Weiss, Chaplain, Jewish Family and Child Services; Toronto Police Force MEMORIAL CANDLE LIGHTING CEREMONY
PANEL DISCUSSION
³Cyber-Terror What can be done?²
SPEAKERS:
Stewart Bell, Chief Investigative Reporter, National Post Professor Brian Levin, Director, Centre for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University, San Bernardino Christopher Wolf, Chair, International Network Against Cyber Hate (INACH)
APPRECIATION:
Jason Kimelman, Doreinu, B;nai Brith Canada Young Leadership & brother of terror victim
8:00 am NETWORKING BREAKFAST
MEMORIAL HALL BURGUNDY ROOM
9:00 am PLENARY PANEL: Shaping a Response - The Task Ahead
MEMORIAL HALL BURGUNDY ROOM
This panel will look at multi-disciplinary, cross-border solutions to the growing problem of hate and extremism on the Internet
MODERATOR:
Ben Soave, OOM, former Chief Superintendent, RCMP; President, Soave Strategy Group
SPEAKERS:
Professor Jane Bailey, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa Professor Brian Levin, Director, Centre for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University, San Bernardino Michael Nelson, Vice-President, Policy, Internet Society; Director, Internet Technology and Strategy, IBM Corporation, Washington Professor Richard Owens, Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, former Director, Centre for Innovation, Law and Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
10:30 am BREAK
10:45 am WORKSHOPS
Legal/legislative/government: The continuum of remedies: what works best?
MEMORIAL HALL BURGUNDY ROOM A
MODERATOR:
Mervin Witter, Director, Canadian Human Rights Commission, Ontario Region
PRESENTER:
Professor Andrea Slane, Executive Director, Centre for Innovation Law and Policy, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Associate, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
Technology - Using technology what can be done?
NOVOTEL SHEPPARD ROOM
MODERATOR:
Aaron Remer, National Chair, Institute for International Affairs; Director, GROUPE-ACCES Communications
PRESENTER:
Perry Roach, President, Net-sweeper
Education/Community - Multidisciplinary approach NOVOTEL DUNCAN ROOM
MODERATOR:
Ruth Klein, National Director, League for Human Rights and Institute for International Affairs, B¹nai Brith Canada
PRESENTER:
Inspector Paul Pederson, York Regional Police on the Be Net Aware Program
Law Enforcement - Police Training CLOSED SESSION NOVOTEL JOHNSON ROOM
MODERATOR:
Constable Dave Huggins, Edmonton Police Services Hate Crimes Unit
PRESENTER:
Dr. Peter Leitner, National Centre for Bio-Defence and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University
12:15 pm NETWORKING LUNCH
1:45 pm CONCLUDING WORKSHOPS TO DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS
Legal/legislative-government: How can the legal system keep pace with technology?
LIBRARY - AUDITORIUM
MODERATOR:
Marvin Kurz, National Legal Counsel, B¹nai Brith Canada
Technology: Expanding the borders of technology what does the future hold?
NOVOTEL - SHEPPARD
MODERATOR:
Michael Nelson, Director of Internet Technology and Strategy, IBM Washington
Education/Community: How to protect the next generation NOVOTEL - DUNCAN
MODERATOR:
Jeremy Jones, Past President, Executive Council of Australian Jewry
Law Enforcement: CLOSED SESSION
NOVOTEL JOHNSON ROOM
MODERATORS:
Jack Gurr, Detective, Toronto Police Force Sarah Conrod, Manager, Special Research Projects, Cape Breton University
3:15 pm BREAK
3:30 pm CLOSING PLENARY PANEL:
DISCUSSION OF RECOMMENDATIONS
LIBRARY AUDITORIUM
MODERATOR:
Professor Michael Geist
5:00 pm CONFERENCE CLOSES
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