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Thursday, September 23, 2021 | Virtual Seminar | 11:00am to 6:00pm EST
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Name
Speakers
Session Type
11:00 AM
Opening Remarks + Are you Ready? - How will New Technologies Impact Franchising
Ken Otto - Redberry Restaurants
Edward (Ned) Levitt - Dickinson Wright
Judy Rost - Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP
Keynote
12:05 PM
The New Normal: How To Vaccinate Your Franchise Agreement And Disclosure Document
David Kornhauser - Corporate Counsel, Macdonald Sager Manis LLP
Sukhdeep Sidhu - KMB Law
You Gotta Have (Good) Faith: Recent Supreme Court Of Canada Decisions On The Duty Of Good Faith And How To Apply Them To Franchising
Jennifer Dolman - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Derek Ronde - Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Idan Erez - Sotos LLP
Franchised Ghost Kitchens: Phantom or Fortune?
Clark Harrop - Dale & Lessmann LLP
Noah Leszcz - Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Yianni Fountas - Recipe
1:10 PM
Canadian Economy Forecast for 2022
Katherine Judge - CIBC Capital Markets
Keynote
2:05 PM
Franchisor-Franchisee Relationships, Communications and Dispute Resolution
Frank Zaid - Frank Zaid FRANlegal Support Services
Roundtable
Post-Pandemic Restructuring Issues / Insolvency Issue
Todd Greenbloom - Blaney McMurtry LLP
Roundtable
Diversity in Franchising
Adam Ship - McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Roundtable
Joint Employer Issues & Labour Shortages
Susan Clapp - Witten LLP
Roundtable
Implementation of Technology and Getting Franchisee Buy-In
Peter Viitre - Sotos LLP
Roundtable
Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
Eric Little - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Roundtable
2:50 PM
Emerging from the Pandemic: Renewals, Terminations, and Franchise System Transformations
Andraya Frith - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Darrell Jarvis - FASKEN
Mike Melvin - McInnes Cooper
Post Pandemic Changes, Opportunities and Challenges
David Black - Canadian Franchise Association
Lyn Little - BDO Canada LLP
Kelly Blankstein - A&W Food Services
Diversity and Human Rights in Franchising
Matthew Badrov - Sherrard Kuzz LLP
Brian Bazely - Driverseat Inc.
Rebecca Valo - KFC/Pizza Hut Canada
4:00 PM
Legal & Legislative Update + Closing Remarks
Amy Delisle - KMB Law
Lloyd Hoffer - KMB Law
Marissa Carnevale - LRMM
Frédéric Gilbert - Fasken
Keynote
5:15 PM
Virtual Networking Reception
John Leavitt - BDO Canada LLP
Networking
Name
Speakers
Session Type
11:00 AM
Opening Remarks + Are you Ready? - How will New Technologies Impact Franchising
Ken Otto - Redberry Restaurants
Edward (Ned) Levitt - Dickinson Wright
Judy Rost - Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP
Keynote
12:05 PM
The New Normal: How To Vaccinate Your Franchise Agreement And Disclosure Document
David Kornhauser - Corporate Counsel, Macdonald Sager Manis LLP
Sukhdeep Sidhu - KMB Law
You Gotta Have (Good) Faith: Recent Supreme Court Of Canada Decisions On The Duty Of Good Faith And How To Apply Them To Franchising
Jennifer Dolman - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Derek Ronde - Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Idan Erez - Sotos LLP
Franchised Ghost Kitchens: Phantom or Fortune?
Clark Harrop - Dale & Lessmann LLP
Noah Leszcz - Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Yianni Fountas - Recipe
1:10 PM
Canadian Economy Forecast for 2022
Katherine Judge - CIBC Capital Markets
Keynote
2:05 PM
Franchisor-Franchisee Relationships, Communications and Dispute Resolution
Frank Zaid - Frank Zaid FRANlegal Support Services
Roundtable
Post-Pandemic Restructuring Issues / Insolvency Issue
Todd Greenbloom - Blaney McMurtry LLP
Roundtable
Diversity in Franchising
Adam Ship - McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Roundtable
Joint Employer Issues & Labour Shortages
Susan Clapp - Witten LLP
Roundtable
Implementation of Technology and Getting Franchisee Buy-In
Peter Viitre - Sotos LLP
Roundtable
Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
Eric Little - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Roundtable
2:50 PM
Emerging from the Pandemic: Renewals, Terminations, and Franchise System Transformations
Andraya Frith - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Darrell Jarvis - FASKEN
Mike Melvin - McInnes Cooper
Post Pandemic Changes, Opportunities and Challenges
David Black - Canadian Franchise Association
Lyn Little - BDO Canada LLP
Kelly Blankstein - A&W Food Services
Diversity and Human Rights in Franchising
Matthew Badrov - Sherrard Kuzz LLP
Brian Bazely - Driverseat Inc.
Rebecca Valo - KFC/Pizza Hut Canada
4:00 PM
Legal & Legislative Update + Closing Remarks
Amy Delisle - KMB Law
Lloyd Hoffer - KMB Law
Marissa Carnevale - LRMM
Frédéric Gilbert - Fasken
Keynote
5:15 PM
Virtual Networking Reception
John Leavitt - BDO Canada LLP
Networking