Thursday, February 16, 2012

07:15 – 08:00

Seminar Registration & Breakfast

Buffet Breakfast

Sponsored by Norton Rose Canada LLP  (www.nortonrose.com/ca/en)

08:00 – 08:05

Opening Remarks

Welcome:  Reid Henry, Director, Prairie and Northern Region, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT)

08:05 – 09:10

Opening Keynote:  Creating Shared Value (CSV) in the Extractive Sector

Moderator:  Paul Drager, Q.C., Partner, Norton Rose Canada LLP

Keynote:  Kyle Peterson, Managing Director, Foundation Strategy Group (FSG), Boston

Kyle Peterson, along with fellow FSG Directors Professor Michael Porter (Harvard Business School) and Mark Kramer, is one of the promulgators of the much lauded Creating Shared Value (CSV) model – a departure from traditional CSR - which embraces the idea that generating a profit and achieving social gains are not mutually exclusive.  Mr. Peterson will focus on taking CSV from concept to practice with examples from the extractive sector, identifying how redefining value chains, strengthening local clusters, and reconceiving products and services to enhance competitiveness can lead to both profit maximization and societal progress.  Included in Mr. Peterson’s extensive portfolio of global corporate clients are Shell, Pfizer, Merck and (previously) Petro-Canada. He was also the economic strategy advisor to President Paul Kagame of Rwanda.  Notably, The Economist named Shared Value a Top Trend for 2012.

09:10 – 10:15

Panel One:  CSR and Anti-Corruption - The Government’s Role

Moderator:  Reid Henry, Director, Prairie and Northern Region, DFAIT

§  Signi Schneider, Chief CSR Advisor, Environment and Corporate Responsibility, Export Development Canada (EDC), Ottawa

§  Krista Robertson, CSR Officer, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT), Ottawa

§  Dr. Marketa Evans, Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Counsellor, Office of the Extractive Sector CSR Counsellor, Government of Canada, Toronto

§  Rebecca Mellett, Director, Prairies and Pacific Regional Offices, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Vancouver

§  Kevin Duggan, Corporal, International Anti-Corruption Unit, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Calgary

10:15 – 10:30

Networking Break

Sponsored by DFAIT  (www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca)

10:30 – 12:00

Panel Two – Anti-Corruption & Corporate Governance: Practical Advice and Lessons Learned

Moderator:  Janet Keeping, Director, Transparency International Canada, and President, Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership

§  Thomas G. Searle, President, CH2M HILL Canada

§  Paul Drager, Q.C., Partner, Norton Rose Canada LLP

§  Mark Lalonde, Director, CKR Global Risk Solutions

§  Martin Mueller, Vice President and Chief Compliance Counsel, Nexen Inc.

§  Kristine Robidoux, Q.C., Partner, Gowlings

The Anti-Corruption and Corporate Governance Panel will address related legal considerations, risk mitigation and security solutions, leading corporate compliance and ethics policies and programs, development of effective training for personnel, agents and suppliers, selection and implementation of international standards, conducting internal corporate investigations, and resolving Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA) issues.

12:00 – 13:20

Keynote & Networking Lunch: Aligning Human Rights & the Extractive Sector

Moderator:  Dr. Stephen Randall, Executive Director, Latin American Research Centre, University of Calgary

Keynote:  Dr. Miguel Ceballos

Director, Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Institute

Sergio Arboleda University

Bogota, Colombia

Sergio Arboleda University’s Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Institute has designed a training program on local and international Human Rights (HR) legislation and implementation for the extractive sector. This first of its kind program – which could see replication in other markets - supports companies to be accountable to the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement provisions related to environment, HR, labour, and CSR, and also fosters industry-community relations.

13:20 – 14:40

Panel Three – Innovative CSR: Leading Practices, Tools and Partnerships

Moderator:  Dr. Harrie Vredenburg, SUNCOR Energy Chair, and Professor of Strategy & Global Management, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary  

§  Dana Coffield, President and CEO, Gran Tierra Energy

§  Rob Moore, Interim President and CEO, Canadian Business for Social Responsibility

§  Rob Carss, Vice President, Health, Safety, Social and Environment (HSSE), Bankers Petroleum

§  Jeff Flood, General Manager, Social Responsibility, Nexen Inc.

§  Michael Fark, Chairman, Board of Directors and former Executive Director, Light Up the World

§  Frank McShane, Manager, Corporate Responsibility, Talisman Energy Inc.

The Innovative CSR Panel will address challenges and best practices in creating a social license to operate, selection and implementation of international standards, industry / community / NGO partnerships that work, and refinement of due diligence procedures, community management systems and grievance mechanisms. 

14:40 – 15:10

Case Study – The Mining Company, the NGO and the Community

Moderator:  Royston Colbourne, Vice President, CKR Global Group

§  Onome Ako, Programme Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility - Extractive Industries, World Vision

§  Simon Jimenez, Director, CSR, Barrick Gold Corporation

The Case Study will outline the evolution of a long-standing NGO-industry partnership, highlighting the initial catalyst for collaborating, challenges and benefits of the relationship as it matures, and acknowledging criticism.  Since 2003, Barrick Gold and World Vision have collaborated to address needs in the communities surrounding the company’s mines.

15:10 – 15:20

Networking Break

Sponsored by Norton Rose Canada LLP

15:20 – 16:00

Closing Keynote – Total S.A.: Operating in Sensitive Regions

Moderator: Christopher Cooter, High Commissioner, Canadian High Commission to Nigeria, and Canada’s Permanent Observer to the Economic Community of West African States

Keynote:  Jean-Michel Gires

President and CEO

Total Canada E&P Ltd

Jean-Michel Gires was appointed President of Total E&P Canada in 2009 and brings a varied and distinguished career in mining, heavy oil and sustainable development to his role. Mr. Gires was Executive Vice President, Sustainable Development and the Environment, of Total S.A. from 2002 to 2009, which culminated in Total S.A. ranking first in Oil & Gas worldwide on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index in 2009.  Total is the world’s fourth largest international oil company.

16:00 – 16:05

Closing Remarks

Signi Schneider, Chief CSR Advisor, Environment and CR, EDC

16:00 – 17:00

Networking Reception

Sponsored by Export Development Canada  (www.edc.ca)