Date: 09/23/2016

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Opening            
MICHELLE J. BOOKER, Crown Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Vancouver
KASANDRA B. CRONIN, La Liberté Cronin & Co., Vancouver

Welcome
LEAH GEORGE-WILSON, Gowling WLG, Vancouver
THE HON. MELANIE MARK, MLA, Vancouver

McLeans Article: Prisons Are the New Residential Schools    
NANCY MCDONALD, Associate Editor, Maclean’s Magazine, Vancouver
        
Post Gladue – Embracing Ipeelee:  Evidentiary Issues & Obligations of Counsel
THE HON. MADAM JUSTICE ELIZABETH A. BENNETT, BC Court of Appeal, Vancouver
        
High Risk Offenders & Discriminatory Testing     
DR. STEPHEN HART, Professor, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University 

Self Defence & Scopelliti            
BROCK MARTLAND, Martland & Saulnier, Vancouver

Your Client’s ‘Bad’ Character: How to Challenge PRIME, PIRS and Other Hearsay Evidence at Bail and Sentencing
MATTHEW A. NATHANSON, MN Law, Vancouver 

Green Light, Yellow Light, Red Light: The Law of Consent in Sex Assault Cases & the Intoxicated Client
DAMIENNE F. DARBY, Crown Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Vancouver
EMMET J.  DUNCAN, Emmet J.  Duncan Law Office, Vancouver

Sexual Assault: Ethical and Effective Cross Examination of Complainants (Point/Counter Point)
JANET A. M. DICKIE, Crown Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Surrey 
DAVID M. LAYTON, Crown Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Crown Law Division, Vancouver
MICHAEL TAMMEN QC, Michael Tammen Law Corporation, Vancouver

Judges Panel: The Voir Dire            
THE HON. MADAM JUSTICE CATHERINE A. WEDGE, Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver 
THE HON. ASSOCIATE CHIEF JUDGE MELISSA GILLESPIE, Provincial Court of BC, Vancouver
THE HON. JUDGE JAMES SUTHERLAND, Provincial Court of BC, Surrey

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Defending Duffy & the Challenges of “Trial by Media”
DONALD BAYNE, Bayne Sellar Boxall, Ottawa ON

Fingerprint Evidence: Is it Fallible?    
ANTHONY ROBINSON, Robinson Law, Vancouver

Expert Opinion Evidence: Emerging Issues    
RICHARD FOWLER QC, Fowler and Smith, Vancouver
NIKOS HARRIS, Peck & Company, Vancouver

NCRMD & Fitness: Procedure, Evidentiary & Trial Issues – Protecting Your Client From the Insanity Of It All
THE HON. JUDGE JAMES D. BAHEN, Provincial Court of BC, Vancouver 
JANET WINTERINGHAM QC, Winteringham MacKay George, Vancouver
                
Limits and Use of Disclosure: From Undertakings to Handling Media Applications at Trial
DANIEL SONG, Sprake Song & Konye, Vancouver