Speakers and Schedule
The 2008 Conference features two days of presentations and a full-day workshop designed around our conference theme:
Improving our Regulatory Practice : Creating a brighter future for our people, economy and environment.
This year, there are four breakout sessions. Within each breakout session, you can choose to attend one of three presentations. Presentation topics are based on the objectives of the Better Regulation and Competitiveness and Compliance Initiatives, and include:
- Choosing and Designing Quality Regulatory Tools
- Increase Compliance with Our Programs
- Continuously Improve Our Programs
On day three, Professor Malcolm Sparrow will lead a full-day workshop on supporting the “regulatory craft”.
2008 Conference Schedule
Time | Speaker | Presentation |
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8:00-9:00 am | Breakfast and Registration | |
9:00-9:20 am | Bob Fowler, Deputy Minister to the Premier | Welcoming Remarks |
9:20-10:20 am | Professor Malcolm Sparrow | Keynote Address: The art and craft of tackling 'Wicked problems' |
10:20-10:40 am | Chris Daly | Conference Overview |
10:40-11:00 am | Break with Refreshments | |
11:00-11:45 am | Breakout Session # 1 | |
Chris Bryant, Nova Scotia Economic Development | Impact Assessment in Nova Scotia: 'Green Screen' | |
Carol MacCulloch, Construction Association of Nova Scotia |
One Window for Compliance Information: Construction Portal | |
Bruce Doern, School of Public Policy, Carleton University and Politics Department, University of Exeter |
An Idea Whose Time Has Come: The Annual Regulatory Agenda and the Regulatory Budget | |
11:45-1:00 pm | Lunch | |
1:00-1:45pm | Breakout Session # 2 | |
Christine Penney, Nova Scotia Environment Adrian Fuller, District Manager, Nova Scotia Environment |
Using Qualified Professionals to Achieve Policy Outcomes | |
Jeremy White, Senior Gaming Analyst, Alcohol and Gaming Division | Using Risk to Set Priorities for Compliance Activities | |
Katrine Brems Olsen, Head of Section, Division for Better Business Regulation, Denmark |
Looking at Regulatory Reform over the Next Decade: Where Do We Go From Here? | |
1:45-2:00 pm | Break with Refreshments | |
2:00-2:45 pm | Breakout Session # 3 | |
Katrine Brems Olsen, Head of Section, Division for Better Business Regulation, Denmark |
How to Improve Legislation by E-lawmaking | |
Gary Ellis, Gary Ellis Consulting Services |
Using Data to Inform Decisions (COMSTAT) | |
Frank Frick, Director, Policy Reform Program, Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany |
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2:45-3:00pm | Break with Refreshments | |
3:00–3:45 | Panel Discussion: Gwenda Laughland, Director, Ministry of Environment Bob Cormier, Director Public Safety, Department of Labour and Advanced Education Dr. Robert Strang, Chief Public Health Officer, |
Using Science and Risk in Decision making: Opportunities and Challenges |
3:45–4:00 pm | Chris Daly | Wrap-up |
5:00-7:00 pm | Reception |
Time | Speaker | Presentation |
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8:00-9:00 am | Breakfast | |
9:00-9:10 am | Nancy Vanstone, Deputy Minister, Nova Scotia Environment | Introduction |
9:10-10:10 am | Preparing Your Minds for Action: Changing the Way We Change | |
10:10-10:25 am | Break with Refreshments | |
10:25-11:10 am | Breakout Session # 4 | |
Don Lenihan, Public Policy Forum |
Public Engagement in a Multi-stakeholder Environment | |
Ian Mumford, Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Blood Services |
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Mike Horwich, Director, Food Protection Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture |
Challenges Related to the Public Reporting of Compliance data | |
11:10-11:25 am | Break with Refreshments | |
11:25-11:55 am | TBD | Award Recipient: Malcolm Sparrow Award |
11:55-12:10 pm | Dr. Malcolm Sparrow | Presentation of Malcolm Sparrow Award |
12:10-12:30 pm | The Honourable Mark Parent | Conference Wrap-up |
12:30-1:30 pm | Lunch | |
1:30-4:00 pm | On your own | Experience Halifax |
Time | Speaker | Presentation |
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8:30am-4:30pm (lunch will be provided) | Professor Malcolm Sparrow | Operational Mechanisms to Support the “Regulatory Craft” |
Speaker Profiles
Professor Malcolm Sparrow : Keynote Speaker
Professor Sparrow
“Malcolm Sparrow boils down complex issues into fundamental, practical questions that may be difficult to answer but critical to do so before a sensible solution can be put in place.”
Malcolm K. Sparrow is Professor of the Practice of Public Management at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is Faculty Chair of the Master of Public Policy (MPP) Program, and also chairs executive programs on regulation and enforcement, counter-terrorism, and corruption control. Professor Sparrow’s recent publications include:
- The Character of Harms: Operational Challenges in Control (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
- The Regulatory Craft: Controlling Risks, Solving Problems, and Managing Compliance (Brookings Press, 2000)
- License to Steal: How Fraud Bleeds America's Health Care System (Westview Press, 2000)
He served 10 years with the British Police Service, rising to the rank of Detective Chief Inspector. He has conducted internal affairs investigations, commanded a tactical firearms unit, and has had extensive experience with criminal investigation. His research interests include regulatory and enforcement strategy, fraud control, corruption control, and operational risk management more generally. He is also a patent-holding inventor in the area of computerized fingerprint analysis and is dead serious at tennis. He holds an MA in mathematics from Cambridge University, an MPA from the Kennedy School, and a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Kent University at Canterbury.
Workshop with Professor Sparrow
Professor Sparrow will address the operational mechanisms needed to support the "regulatory craft" in this full-day interactive workshop. The morning will cover the unique challenge of controlling harms, how to orient an organization to harm reduction; and how to manage the tension between ethics, values, and effective risk control that exist in a regulator's everyday work. In the afternoon, Professor Sparrow will lead the participants through a practical case study and explore how to define, measure, and solve complex problems in the public sector.
Dr. James T. Reese : Keynote Speaker
James Reese
Dr. Reese is an internationally known, award winning authority in the areas of leadership, stress management, violence, motivation, criminal profiling, and related topics. His expertise and reputation as a speaker has found him presenting before more than 350 Fortune 500 companies. He has provided expert testimony before the United States Congress and addressed the President of the United States' Council on Integrity and Efficiency.
Weaving his powerful anecdotes of 25 years of experience as an FBI "Mind Hunter", together with over 10 years as CEO of James T. Reese and Associates, he works tirelessly to share what he has taught to tens of thousands of listeners worldwide.
Dr. Reese is recipient of over 3,000 Awards for Excellence from law enforcement and corporations worldwide including the coveted 'FBI Director's Award for Distinguished Service', the United States Department of Justice 'Award for Excellence', and the Speakers Medal from the World Congress on Stress, Trauma and Coping. He holds an honorary Gold Medal from the XIX Olympic Games and the "Iron Cross" award for excellence in service following 9-11.
After September 11, 2001, Dr. Reese responded to Ground Zero in New York City. He continues to assist first responders there. He also provided assistance at the Pentagon; rescuers involved in Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerby) ; TWA Flight 800; Swiss Air Flight 111; Columbine High School; and more. His tailor-made presentations on stress and trauma have been shared with tens of thousands of business people, first responders, and members of other organizations.
A platoon leader in Vietnam, he earned the United States Bronze Star Medal and Vietnamese Distinguished Service Cross. He was an original FBI criminal personality profiler and helped pioneer the research and interviews of serial criminals.
After 25 years as an FBI Agent, he retired as the Assistant Unit Chief of the prestigious Behavioral Science Unit. He was faculty of the FBI Academy, the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, and adjunct faculty of the University of Virginia. Dr. Reese was instrumental in establishing the psychological services program in the FBI, to include the critical incident stress program, employee assistance program, chaplains' corps, and founded the stress management program.
Presentation Descriptions
Impact Assessment in Nova Scotia: 'Green Screen'
Speaker: Chris Bryant, Nova Scotia Economic Development
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One Window for Compliance Information: Construction Portal
Speaker: Carol MacCulloch, Construction Association of Nova Scotia
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An Idea Whose Time Has Come: The Annual Regulatory Agenda and the Regulatory Budget
Speaker: Bruce Doern, School of Public Policy, Carleton University and Politics
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Using Qualified Professionals to Achieve Policy Outcomes
Speakers: Adrian Fuller, District Manager, Nova Scotia Environment
Christine Penney, Nova Scotia Environment
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Using Risk to Set Priorities for Compliance Activities
Speaker: Jeremy White, Senior Gaming Analyst, Alcohol and Gaming Division
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Looking at Regulatory Reform over the Next Decade: Where Do We Go From Here?
Speaker: Katrine Brems Olsen, Head of Section, Division for Better Business Regulation, Denmark
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How to Improve Legislation by E-lawmaking
Speaker: Katrine Brems Olsen, Head of Section, Division for Better Business Regulation, Denmark
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Using Data to Inform Decisions (COMSTAT)
Speaker: Gary Ellis, Gary Ellis Consulting Services
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Delivering Better Regulation for Europe's Citizens and Business: Taking Stock of EU's Better Regulation Strategy
Speaker: Frank Frick, Director, Policy Reform Program, Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany
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Preparing Your Minds for Action: Changing the Way We Change
Speaker: Dr. James T. Reese
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Public Engagement in a Multi-stakeholder Environment
Speaker: Don Lenihan, Public Policy Forum
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From Public Outrage to Public Trust: Overcoming a Risk Disaster: Lessons Learned at Canadian Blood Services
Speaker: Ian Mumford, Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Blood Services
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Challenges Related to the Public Reporting of Compliance data
Speaker: Mike Horwich, Director, Food Protection Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture
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