Overview of 2007-2008: Changes Affecting You Mont-Royal Centre, International Room,  April 22, 2008 ....................................................................................................................................................... Insolvency and Commercial Restructuring InterContinental Hotel, Montréal,  April 7 and 8, 2008 ....................................................................................................................................................... 4th Québec Forum on Commercial Real Estate Hyatt Regency Hotel, Montréal,  February 25 and 26, 2008 ....................................................................................................................................................... Current Scope of an Insurer's Obligation to Defend: Identifying and Facing the Obstacles Encountered in Managing Conflicts of Interest Omni Mont-Royal Hotel, Montréal,  December 10 and 11, 2007 ....................................................................................................................................................... Recent Developments in Legal Construction Hypothecs and Surety Bonds: New Types of Claims That Can be Secured Hyatt Regency Hotel, Montréal,  November 28 and 29, 2007 ....................................................................................................................................................... Asset Protection: Fact or Fiction? Hilton Montréal Bonaventure Hotel,  October 3 to 5, 2007 ....................................................................................................................................................... The Duty to Accommodate: Dismissal, Risk and Cost Management and Effective Strategies to Implant within your Company. INSIGHT Conference, InterContinental Hotel, Montréal,  September 24 and 25, 2007 ....................................................................................................................................................... DGC Conference on REITS - The changing World of Real Estate: An International Phenomenon Vogue Hotel, Montréal,  April 18, 2007 ....................................................................................................................................................... Psychological Harassment Among Employees: The Employer’s Role INSIGHT Conference, InterContinental Hotel, Montréal,  May 22 and 23, 2007 ....................................................................................................................................................... APFF's Conference on Real Estate IncomeTrusts (REITs) Hilton Bonaventure Hotel, Montréal,  March 22, 2007 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Sale - Leaseback transactions involving Single Occupancy Credit Tenants: Balancing the interests of the Landlord, the Tenant and the Securer Lender" The Canadian Institute Québec Forum on Commercial Real Estate,  February 19, 2007 ....................................................................................................................................................... Investing in Income Trusts - The Decision of the Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty: A Good or Bad Move for Investors? Montréal,  December 11, 2006 ....................................................................................................................................................... DGC Conference in Business Law - Transferring your business: Risks and challenges Marriot Chateau Champlain Hotel, Montréal,  November 14, 2006 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Commercial leases for mega shopping centres" Canadian Institute, Montréal,  June 12, 2006 ....................................................................................................................................................... The SME Growth Stock Plan Third Advanced Securities Forum of the Canadian Institute, Montréal,  January 25 and 26, 2006 ....................................................................................................................................................... Insurance and Civil Liability Insight Conference, Montréal,  December 7 and 8, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Recent judicial developments and reviewed the provincial legislation" Co-chairman of the Third Insight Conference on Managing Personal Information in Commercial Settings, Omni Mont-Royal Hotel, Montréal,  December 7 and 8, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... Recent Developments in Legal Construction Hypothecs Plaza Hotel Downtown, Montréal,  November 23 and 24, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Contractors Who Wish to do Business in Québec" Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto,  November 2, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... “The Duties of Directors Towards Corporations in Light of the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in Peoples Department Stores Inc. (Trustee of) v. Wise” Canadian Institute, Montréal,  October 19, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... The SME Growth Stock Plan Association de planification financière et fiscale (APFF) Conference, Québec,  October 5, 6 and 7, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... The Fair Distribution of Special Taxes: Challenges and Pathways for Reflection 3rd annual seminar of the Corporation des officiers municipaux agréés du Québec (COMAQ), Bécancour,  September 29 and 30, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... "The duty to accommodate of an employer" 2nd Insight Conference on Dismissal in Québec, InterContinental Hotel, Montréal,  September 19 and 20, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... Are You a Business Trust or a Real Estate Trust? DGC Breakfast Conference, Montréal,  June 14, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... DGC Conference on Financing and Taxation Conference DGC, Montréal,  June 2, 7 and 9, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Le financement public de l'entreprise québécoise : une approche pratique aux rouages boursiers" Centre de perfectionnement, HEC Montréal,  May 30 and 31, 2005; October 31 and November 1, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Quels sont les droits des créanciers à l'encontre des administrateurs de compagnies insolvable" InterContinental Hotel, Montréal,  April 18 and 19, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Duties of Directors pursuant to section 122 CBCA. A case study of Peoples Department Stores Inc. (Trustee of) v. Wise" National Civil Litigation CLE Conference, Toronto,  April 15, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... "The Fair Apportionment of Special Taxes: Challenges and Topics for Reflection" Recent Developments in Municipal Law , Québec Bar Continuing Education Section, Trois-Rivières,  March 18, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... "The administrative measures to be taken when an employee faces criminal charges: the case of Cabiakman v. Industrial Alliance Life Insurance Company" Omni Mont-Royal Hotel,  March 21 and 22, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Parking tax : where are we now and what can we expect?" Inter-Continental Hotel, Montréal,  March 31 and April 1, 2005 ....................................................................................................................................................... La responsabilité de l'acheteur d'un immeuble contaminé depuis l'entrée en vigueur de la Loi 72 Canadien Institute, Montréal,  December 7, 2004 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Government Relations Updates" International Council of Shopping Centers, Canadian Law Conference,  November 2004 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Public Financing of Québec SMEs - a Practical Approach to the Stock Exchange Mechanism" Centre de perfectionnement, HEC Montréal, Montréal,  November 11 and 12, 2004 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Directors' Liability in a Bankruptcy: Analysis of the developments Since the Decision in Peoples and Wise" Canadian Institute's Fourth Advanced Conference on bankruptcy and insolvency, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Montréal,  September 22 and 23, 2004 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Financement d'entreprises en détresse : les leçons du cas Industries Davie" (in French only) Insight Fourth Annual Conference, InterContinental Hotel, Montréal,  September 15 and 16, 2004 ....................................................................................................................................................... "How to avoid liability for abuse of process or defamation?" Barreau du Québec annual convention, Québec,  June 3, 2004 ....................................................................................................................................................... "The Duty to Warn and the Civil Liability of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers" Junior Bar Association of Montréal, Montréal,  May 19, 2004 ....................................................................................................................................................... Capital Pool Companies - a New Source of Financing Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators - Québec Region, Breakfast conference, Holiday Inn Montréal Midtown,  February 25, 2004 ....................................................................................................................................................... Le harcèlement psychologique (French only) DGC Breakfast meeting, Montréal,  February 18, 2004 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Succession Planning Without a Tax Bite" 2004 Rendez-vous HRI Show, Place Bonaventure, Montréal,  February 8, 9 and 10, 2004 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Le recours hypothécaire sur un bien contaminé : la responsabilité de l'institution financière est-elle menacée depuis l'entrée en vigueur de la Loi 72" Canadian Institute, Montréal,  January 22, 2004 ....................................................................................................................................................... Status of Canadian Shopping Centre Government Relations Issues ICSC Government Relations Leadership Conference, November 2003, Chicago, Illinois.,  November 2003 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Phased Development Workshop" US Law Conference, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC),  October 23, 2003 ....................................................................................................................................................... "La responsabilité des administrateurs dans un contexte de faillite : les enjeux de l'affaire de la faillite de Peoples Department Stores Inc." Third Conference on Bankruptcy and Insolvability, Canadian Institute, Intercontinental Hotel, Montréal,  September 21, 2003 ....................................................................................................................................................... Guiding Small Businesses to Public Financing DGC Breakfast Conference, Sofitel Hotel, Montréal,  May 28, 2003 ....................................................................................................................................................... "La portée au Québec de l'arrêt John Hollick c. Ville de Toronto " (French text only) Insight Conference, Montréal,  February 21 and 22, 2002 ....................................................................................................................................................... Le contrat de construction : Le contrat d'adhésion (French text only) Canadian College of Construction Lawyers 4th annual Conference, Brudenell River Resort, Prince Edward Island,  May 31-June 2, 2001 ....................................................................................................................................................... "How The Super C Judgments affect the Quebec Shopping Centre Industry" Canadian Bar Association, Québec Division - Real Estate Section, Delta Hotel, Montréal,  May 31, 2001 ....................................................................................................................................................... "Current Issues in Québec Property Taxation" Canadian Law Conference of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Toronto, Ontario,  March 4, 1999 .......................................................................................................................................................