Chair:
Ross Hodgins
Senior Policy Advisor, Information, Communications and Security Policy
Treasury Board Secretariat, Ottawa

Speakers:
Ghislaine St. Jacques, Coordinator, Transport Canada, Ottawa
Scott Crosby, Coordinator, Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa
Cathy Wesley, Senior Public Rights Administrator, Citizenship and Immigration, Ottawa

1:30 pm - 2:15 pm -- FEATURE SPEAKER
Thomas B. Riley
International freedom of information expert and Visiting Professor, The University of Glasgow
"A Case for Access and Privacy Reform"

Chair: Thomas B. Riley

Speakers:
Peter Calami, Freelance Writer, Ottawa
Michael McCracken, Chair, Informetrica, Ottawa

2:15pm - 3:15pm -- PANEL SESSION
Privacy and the Private Sector: Legislation versus Codes and Policies

Chair:
Sally Jackson, Director of Public Affairs
Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner, Ottawa

Speakers:
Valerie Steeves, Director, Technology and Human Rights Project
at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa
Peter Cullen, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto
Harry Hammitt, Publisher, Access Reports/FOI, US

3:30pm - 4:45 pm -- PANEL SESSION
Universal Access: Equal and Affordable Access for all Canadians

Chair:
Ernie Boyko, Director, Library and Information Centre, Statistics Canada

Speakers:
Peter Brandon, Publisher/Editor
Sysnovators Ltd., Ottawa
Bruno Gnassi, Manager, Depository Services Program, PWGSC
Barbara Clubb, Chief Librarian, Ottawa Public Library

9:00 am - 10:00 am -- FEATURE SPEAKER
Tom Wright
Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario
"Reflections of a Commissioner: An Ontario Perspective"

10:30 am - 12 Noon -- PANEL SESSION
The Public Right to Know versus The Individual Interest

Chair:
Andrea Neill, Senior Counsel/Director, Information Law and Privacy Sector
Department of Justice, Ottawa

Speakers:
Tom McMahon, Counsel, Information Law and Privacy Section, Department of Justice Ottawa
Eugene Oscapella, Ottawa Lawyer and Policy Advisor to the Federal Privacy Commissioner
Michael McAuliffe, CBC Radio News, Ottawa

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm -- PANEL SESSION
Privacy in the Workplace: An Interactive Discussion

Chair:
Thomas B. Riley, Riley Information Services Inc., Toronto

Speakers:

Anne Coles, Regulatory Affairs, Telus Communications, Edmonton, Alberta
Charles Black, Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, Toronto

3:30 pm - 4:45pm -- PANEL SESSION
Provincial Approaches to Information Issues

Chair:
Guy Herriges, Policy Advisor, Management Board Secretariat, Ontario

Speakers:
Sue Kessler, Director, Information Management and Privacy Branch
Alberta Public Works, Supply and Services, Alberta
Tim Rattenbury, Solicitor, Legislative Services, New Brunswick

CONFERENCE CLOSE

David Brown, Executive Director, Information, Communications and Security Policy
Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada, Ottawa