First introduced in 2012, this Award honours the speakers who delivered the Best Conference Presentation at the previous year’s conference.
2024
Kenneth Keung, TEP CPA, CA, CPA (CO, USA), CFP, MTAX, LLB
Sathees Ratnam, TEP CPA, CA
"Top 10 Tax Nasties"
2024, Highest Rated, Concurrent Conference Session
Antoine Aylwin, LLB
Amanda Doucette, TEP LLB, LLM
"Practitioner’s Update: Canadian Trust and Estate Law"
2024, Highest Rated, Plenary Conference Session
2023
Greg Leslie, TEP CPA CA
Michael Goldberg, TEP LLB, FEA
Cindy Radu, TEP LLB, LLM, ICDD
"A Journey Through the Life Cycle of a Family-Owned Private Business"
2023, Highest Rated, Concurrent Conference Session
Tom Grozinger, TEP CS, LLB
Marilyn Piccini Roy, TEP AdE, PhD, MA, LLB, BCL
"Practitioner’s Update: Trust and Estate Law"
2023, Highest Rated, Plenary Conference Session
2022
Melanie Yach, TEP LLB
Amanda Stacey, TEP JD
John Oakey, TEP CPA, CA
"With Friends and (High Net Worth) Family: Unintended Consequences of Settling a Discretionary Family Trust in the Context of an Estate Freeze"
2022, Highest Rated, Best Conference Presentation
2021
Rhonda Johnson, TEP MBA, LLB
Amanda Doucette, TEP LLB, LLM
Richard Niedermayer, KC TEP LLB
"CRA Watchdogs: How CRA’s Conduct Influences Your Clients"
2021, Highest Rated, Best Conference Presentation
2020
Eddy Surman, FCPA, FCA
Joan Jung, TEP LLB
Ruth March, TEP FCPA, FCA
“Pipelines and Loss Carrybacks”
2020, Highest Rated, Best Speaker Series Presentation
2019
Ann Bliss Alexander, LLB, TEP
Troy McEachern, BEd, LLB, TEP
Amanda Szczyrba, JD, TEP
Meaghan Yach, LLB, TEP
“Take That to the Bank: Legal, Estate, Beneficiary, and Capacity Issues when Dealing with Financial Institutions and Some Practical Solutions”
2019, Concurrent Winner, Best Conference Presentation
2018
Kimberly Whaley, TEP LLB, LLM, CS
Ed Esposto, TEP
Dr. Kenneth Shulman
Dr. Adrian M. Owen
"Medical-Legal Issues Involving Capacity, Estate and Trust Planning, and Litigation"
2018, Concurrent Winner, Best Conference Presentation
Philip Marcovici, TEP
"International Moves"
2018, Plenary Winner, Best Conference Presentation
2017
Janet Michelin, LLB, BCL, TEP
Tim Matthews, QC, LLB, BCL, TEP
"Practitioners’ Update: Trust and Estate Law"
2017, Plenary Winner, Best Conference Presentation
Angela Ross, TEP LLB
Elie Roth, TEP LLB
Grace Chow, TEP FCPA, FCA, FCCA (UK), FTIHK, CTA
"Taxation of Trusts and Their Beneficiaries: Rarer Tips and Traps"
2017, Concurrent Winner, Best Conference Presentation
2016
Kathleen Burns Kingsbury
Pina Melchionna, PFP, LLB, MBA, TEP
Maria Spanakis
“Gender Implications in Intergenerational Wealth Transfer”
2016, Concurrent Winner, Best Conference Presentation
Joshua Rubenstein, TEP
"International News: Heads Win; Tails You Lose: Advising Clients in Times of Protracted and Unprecedented Political, Economic, Cultural, and Scientific Change"
2016, Plenary Winner, Best Conference Presentation
2015
Ann Bliss Alexander, TEP
Kari Kray, LLB, MBA, TEP
Sara Namour, TEP
"Treatment of Registered Accounts Death"
2015, Concurrent Winner, Best Conference Presentation
Benjamini Tam
“Treatment of Registered Assets on Death”
2015, Concurrent Winners, Best Conference Presentation
2014
Tom Grozinger
“Practitioners Update: Trust and Estate Law”
2014, Best Conference Presentation
2013
Corina Weigl, TEP LLB
Stephen Alsace, JD, LLB
Kathleen Cunningham, TEP LLB, MPS
Kathrine Smirle, LLB
“Capacity and Our Clients – Comments from the Trenches”
2013, Best Conference Presentation
2012
Paul LeBreux, TEP LLB, LLM
Kim G C Moody, TEP FCPA, FCA
Michael Cadesky, TEP (Emeritus), MBA, FCPA, FCA, FTIHK, CTA
Steve Fron, TEP CPA, CA
Phillip Kohnen, TEP CPA CMA
“Canada Revenue Agency Round Table”
2012, Best Conference Presentation
2011
Al Meghji, BSc, LLB, LLM
"Section 95 of the ITA: A New Approach to Tax Avoidance"
2011, Best Conference Presentation
