February 4th-5th, 1999
Vancouver, British Columbia

Jointly sponsored by
The International Centre for Criminal Law Reform & Criminal Justice Policy
Transparency International Canada

With the support of
The Canadian Centre for Foreign Policy Development
The Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch

The International Centre, in a joint venture with Transparency International Canada, and supported by the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Centre for Foreign Policy Development (Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade), is hosting a two-day symposium on the OECD Convention and Canada's legislative response. Attendees will include senior representatives from major multinational resource-sector companies and leading law firms of western Canada. In a meeting designed to inform and to act as a forum for policy development, participants will hear from international experts on corruption from North America and Europe; senior federal government personnel; and leading private sector legal specialists. The seminar will raise awareness about the chief legal and ethical issues of concern to Canadian firms with overseas interests, and provide policy-makers with a forum in which to gauge private-sector support for and expert reaction to the proposed Canadian legislation.

Seminar Topics:

• Canada's goals in complying with the OECD Convention
• Canada's new law on bribery and corruption of foreign public officials
• The OECD Convention and an overview of the challenges facing companies doing business in new and under-regulated environments
• The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: the US experience
• Corruption and issues of corporate criminal liability
• Corruption, International Business, and Development: Countries in Transition
• How Canadian business can respond to the changes in Canadian and global standards

Key Participants:

• Mr. Pieter Bottelier, Senior Advisor to the Vice Maurice Copithorne, Ladner Downs, UBC Faculty of Law, former Canadian Commissioner to Hong Kong and Foreign Affairs assistant under-secretary for Asia Pacific;
• Prof. Gerry Ferguson, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria;
• Mr. Ronald Gainer, Gainer, Rient and Hotis, USA;
• Mr. Norman Inkster, President, KPMG Investigation and Security Inc., former Commissioner of RCMP and President of INTERPOL;
• Ms Maureen Kempster-Darke, General Motors Canada (tbc);
• Ms Maureen Maloney QC, Deputy Attorney General, Ministry of the Attorney General, Province of BC.;
• Mr Ian Marshall, Member of Board of Directors of Transparency International Canada, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Placer Dome Inc;
• Mr. Tim Martin, Vice-President, Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd;
• Mr. Richard Mosley QC, Assistant Deputy Minister, Criminal Law Policy, Department of Justice ;
• Roger Parkinson, Chairman, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer, The Globe and Mail (tbc);
• Keith Purchase, Chief Operating Officer, MacMillan Bloedel (tbc);
• Mr. Douglas Robinson QC, President, Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch, Lawson, Lundell Lawson & McIntosh.;
• Dr Gordon Smith, Director, Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria, Chair, International Development Research Centre.;
• Mr. Richard Thornburgh, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, former US Attorney General.
• Conference Chairpersons:
• Dr. Wesley Cragg, Chairman, Transparency International Canada;
• Mr. Daniel C. Préfontaine QC, Executive Director, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy

Who Should Attend:

Representatives from Business Corporations, Corporate Lawyers, & Legal and Business Academics

Venue:

Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel, 1088 Burrard Street Vancouver. Special conference room rates available when quoting the conference. tel: 331 1000 fax: 873 7200

To receive a program and registration form, please contact any of the following:

• Dr Allan Castle or Ms Vivienne Chin, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform & Criminal Justice Policy, 1822 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 tel: 1 604 822 9875 fax: 1 604 822 9317 email: [email protected] or [email protected] or
• Ms Bronwyn Best, Transparency International Canada, c/o Business Ethics Office, Room N216, Schulich School of Business, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario M3J 1P3 tel: 1 416-488-3939 fax: 1 416 483 5128 Contact: Bronwyn Best