22nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE
National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario October 19 and 20, 2026
Monday, October 19th
08:45 Welcoming Remarks
Grant Buchanan, IIC Canada
09:00 Keynote
Vicky Eatrides, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
09:30 Keynote
Steve Verheul, Former Chief Trade Negotiator for Canada
09:50 Panel
Trade/CUSMA
Patricia Goff, Wilfred Laurier University
Meredith Lilly, Carleton University
Eric Miller, Rideau Potomac Strategy Group
10:30 Break
10:45 Panel
AI and the Future of Canadian Newsrooms
Moderator: Kelly Wilhelm, Wilhelm Strategies
Howard Law, Media Policy
Sonali Verma, INMA
April Lindgren, Toronto Metropolitan University Media Lab
Troy Reeb, Troy Reeb Media Solutions
11:45 Short Track
Developments from the CCTS Perspective
Josee Bidal Thibault, Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services
12:00 Lunch Keynote
Caroline Maynard, Information Commissioner for Canada
13:00 Break
13:15 Panel
Telecoms and Broadband: Balancing Competition, CAPEX and Consumers
Moderator: Irene Galea, The Globe & Mail
Eric Smith, Canadian Telecommunications Association
Michael Koch, Goodmans LLP
Melissa Dupuis-Crane, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
14:15 Short Track
Effective Emergency Preparedness
Marc-Antoine Prevost, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
14:30 Short Track
AI and Conflicts with Admin Law Principles
Paul Daly, University of Ottawa
14:45 Break
15:00 Panel
Social Media (& Bill C-34)
Moderator: Raisa Patel, Toronto Star
Helen Hayes, McGill University
Josh Tabish, Chamber of Progress
Supriya Dwivedi, Contributor
Charlotte Moore Hepburn, SickKids
16:00 Short Track
Update on European Digital Regulation
Olaf Steenfadt, Media Registry
16:15 Short Track
The Importance of Subsea Cables (and related threats)
Sun Ryung Park, Asia Pacific Foundation
16:30 Closing Remarks/Invitation to Reception
Rob Ghiz, Canadian Telecommunications Association
17:00 Cocktail reception hosted by the Canadian Telecommunications Association
Tuesday, October 20th
08:50 Opening Remarks
Grant Buchanan, IIC Canada
08:55 IIC Welcome
Lynn Robinson, IIC
09:00 Keynote
Jeanne Pratt, Competition Bureau of Canada
09:30 Panel
Privacy (& Bill C-36)
Moderator: Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press
Teresa Scassa, University of Ottawa
Chantal Bernier, Dentons LLP
Kris Klein, nNovation
10:30 Short Track
Ethical and Accountable AI
Susan Lindsay, Law Commission of Ontario
10:45 Short Track
Algorithmic Pricing (& Bill C-36)
Vass Bednar, Canadian Shield Institute
11:00 Break
11:15 Panel
Key Communications Law Court Cases Review
Brandon Kain, McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Paul Burbank, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Stephanie Weiner, Georgetown Law
12:15 Lunch Keynote
Canada’s Digital Twin
Stephan Fai and Lara Chow, Carleton Immersive Media Studio
13:15 Break
13:30 Panel
Cybersecurity: How AI is Changing the Cybersecurity Landscape
Moderator: Stephanie Carvin, Carleton University
Charles Finlay, Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst at Toronto Metropolitan University
Jennifer Quaid, Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange
Dominic Arseneault, Canadian Internet Registration Authority
14:30 Short Track
Non-Terrestrial Networks
Halim Yanikomeroglu, Carleton University
14:45 Short Track
Lawful Access (& Bill C-22)
Stephen Zolf, Aird & Berlis LLP
15:00 Break
15:15 Short Track
Data Centres – Problems and Solutions
Miriam Aczel, UNU-INWEH
15:30 Short Track
Regulation of Sports Betting Advertising (& Bill S-211)
Senator Marty Deacon, Senate of Canada
15:45 Panel
Advertising and the Regulation of Prediction Markets
Moderator: Meera Raman, The Globe & Mail
Rachel Wasserman, Wasserman Business Law
Catherine De Guisti, Wealthsimple
Jean-Paul Bureaud, FAIR Canada
Kevin Desjardins, Canadian Association of Broadcasters
16:45 Closing Remarks
Grant Buchanan, IIC Canada
17:00 Closing reception hosted by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters
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