Canadian Forum on
Court Technology

Forum Canadien de
Technologie Judiciaire

Canadian Centre for Court Technology
Centre canadien de technologie judiciaire
September 22 & 23, 2010 - Ottawa

Program

Overview | Day 1 | Day 2

Wednesday September 22, 2010
9:10 – 9:45 Plenary Session
The Honourable Madam Justice Louise Charron, Supreme Court of Canada
What has been done? What’s next? Savings and Technology
9:50 – 10:45 Lessons Learned in the Case of Gastops v. MXI Judging in 2020: In a Courtroom or on the Web? Take a Tour… via VIDEO-CONFERENCING
Stephen Appotive
Cheryl Curran
Justice Thomas Granger
John H. Yach
Ray Bodnarek, Q.C.
Dominic Jaar
Justice Frances Kiteley
Chief Judge Thomas Crabtree*
Justice Garrett Handrigan*
Justice Moira Legere-Sers
Grant Marchand

*via video-conferencing

11:30 – 12:30 An Introduction to E-Discovery and its Impact on Trials What is the Canadian Centre for Court Technology up to?
Performance Measurements
Martin Felsky, Ph.D.
Master Calum MacLeod
Susan Nickle
Glenn Carbol
Andrew Clark
Dominic Jaar
Chris Walpole
David G. Williams
Curtis L. DeClue
Associate Chief Judge Gurmail S. Gill
Grant Marchand
13:40 – 14:40 Plenary Session: The beginning of a new justice system
Professor Richard Susskind
What has been done? What’s next? Savings and Technology
15:15 – 16:15 Technology Changeover: Do’s and Don’ts The Ethical Implications of Technology The Use of Court Statistics
Ray Bodnarek
Stephen Bull
Deputy Chief Judge Allan Lefever
Chantal Bernier, Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada
David Fraser
Pierre Trudel, LL.D.
Craig Grimes
Julie McAuley
Brian J. Ostrom, Ph.D.
Thursday September 23, 2010
9:10 – 9:45 Plenary Session
Deputy Minister to the Premier of British Columbia, Allan Seckel
What has been done? What’s next? Savings and Technology
9:50 – 10:45 Modernizing the Electronic Record in Canadian Courts: A Look at Transcript Standards A Virtual Day in Court: Online Dispute Resolution
Whose Information is it Anyway?
Wade Garner
Justice Richard Mosley
Kimberley Stewart
David J. Bilinsky, LL.B., MBA
Frank Fowlie, DCR
David Merner
Martin Felsky, Ph.D.
Associate Chief Justice Peter Griffiths
Allan Seckel
11:30 – 12:30 New Guidelines for Canadian Court Websites Human vs. Machine: Shouldn’t we be in Control? Open Discussion – Who’s Information is it Anyway?
Patrick Cormier
Pierre-Paul Lemyre, LL.M.
Debbie Baker
Jim Calloway*
Justice Thomas Granger
Justice Bonnie Wein

*via video-conferencing

What has been done? What’s next?
14:00 – 14:45 Digital Audio Recording as Part of a Business Change Strategy Improving Access to Justice Through the use of Technology
Dan Chiddell
Andrew Clark
Rick Craig
Diana Lowe, Q.C.
Kim Pasula, MBA
15:15 – 16:15 Cyberjustice: Technology as a Tool to Re-invent Legal Rituals B.C.’s e-Strategy: Ensure all the Pieces Work Together
Karim Benyekhlef, Ph.D.
Nicolas Vermeys, LL.D.
Dan Chiddell
Andrew Clark

With the support of:

Association of Canadian Court Administrators
Association des administrateurs judiciaires du Canada
Alberta Justice
Canadian Bar Association
Association du barreau canadien
Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
Forum canadien sur la justice civile
Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association
Association canadienne des juges des cours supérieures
Centre for Advancement in Community Justice
Canadian IT Law Association
Association canadienne du droit des technologies de l'information
Department of Justice of New Brunswick
Ministère de la Justice du Nouveau-Brunswick
Department of Justice and Attorney General of Saskatchewan
Ministère de la Justice et du procureur général de la Saskatchewan
Justice Québec
National Judicial Institute
Institut national de la magistrature
National Center for State Courts
Prince Edouard Island
Justice and Public Safety
Île-du-Prince-Édouard
Justice et sécurité publique
Yukon Justice