8:30 a.m.          Registration and light breakfast

9:00 a.m.          Opening, Josh Laughren

Welcome to Algonquin territory, Algonquin representative Verna McGregor

9:15 a.m.          Welcoming remarks,The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc

9:40 a.m.          Special guest speaker,Sam Waterston

10:00 a.m.         Keynote: Global context for fisheries rebuilding, Dr. Daniel Pauly

10:30 a.m.         Break

10:45 a.m.         Recovering Canada’s fisheries

• Canada’s marine fisheries: status, recovery potential and pathways to success, Dr. Julia K. Baum
• The role of science in fisheries policy and management, Dr. Jeffrey A. Hutchings
• The role of indigenous knowledge in improving sustainable fisheries, Dr. Lucia Fanning
• Canadian fisheries management: moving from legal laggard to legislative leader, Dr. David VanderZwaag
• Discussion

12:30 p.m.        Lunch

Luncheon address – Alexandra Cousteau

1:30 p.m.          Building a resilient future

• Economic benefits of rebuilding fisheries, Dr. Rashid Sumaila
• Promoting and revitalizing small-scale fisheries, Dr. Ratana Chuenpagdee
• Federal government commitments and priorities for management of our fisheries and oceans, Kevin Stringer
• Discussion

3:00 p.m.          Break

3:15 p.m.          Where to from here? Creating a vision for sustainable fisheries

• Panelists: Dr. Erin Carruthers, Bruce Chapman, Audrey L. Mayes, Jim McIsaac and Jordan Point
• Discussion

4:50 p.m.          Closing remarks

5:00 p.m.          Reception