Please note: Registered attendees can view any panel on playback throughout the month of March
DAY 1 | MARCH 10TH
9:15-9:45 | INTRODUCTIONS 9:15-9:25: LOG-IN/WAITING ROOM 9:25-9:35: LGEN GUY THIBAULT (RET’D), Chairman, Conference of Defence Associations Institute 9:35-9:45: DR. YOURI CORMIER, Executive Director, Conference of Defence Associations Institute
09:45-10:45 | PANEL 1: THREATS AND CHALLENGES TO CANADA AND STRATEGIES FOR RESILIENCY AND COORDINATION WITH LIKE-MINDED NATIONS CONVENER: MIKE HAMILTON, SVP, Sales & Distribution and Marketing, RBC Insurance MODERATOR: RICHARD FADDEN O.C., Former Director of CSIS and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister SPEAKER: JODY THOMAS, Deputy Minister, Department of National Defence SPEAKER: MARTA MORGAN, Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada
10:45-11:00 | HEALTH BREAK
11:00-12:30 | PANEL 2: CONGESTED, CONTESTED, COMPETITIVE: THE NEW SPACE CONTEXT CONVENER: CHRIS POGUE, Vice President & Managing Director at Thales Defence & Security Canada MODERATOR: DR. ELINOR SLOAN, Professor, Carleton University SPEAKER: LGEN STEPHEN WHITING, Commander US Space Operations Command SPEAKER: MICHAEL GREENLEY, Chief Executive Officer, MDA SPEAKER: DAN GOLDBERG, President and Chief Executive Officer, Telesat Canada
12:30-13:00 | LUNCH BREAK
13:00-14:00 | KEYNOTE CONVENER: KARINE BIBEAU, Vice President of Sales, Logistik Unicorp Inc. MODERATOR: LGEN GUY THIBAULT (RET’D), Chairman, Conference of Defence Associations Institute SPEAKER: GENERAL JOHN HYTEN, U.S. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, USA
14:00-15:00 | KEYNOTE MODERATOR: UGO PANICONI, General Manager, L3Harris SPEAKER: THE HONOURABLE JEAN CHAREST, Former Premier of Quebec
15:00-15:15 | HEALTH BREAK
15:15-16:15 | KEYNOTE MODERATOR: LGEN GUY THIBAULT (RET’D), Chairman, Conference of Defence Associations Institute SPEAKER: GENERAL ANGUS CAMPBELL, Chief of Defence Force, Australia
The panel below will be hosted in the evening due to time zone differences
19:00-20:15 | PANEL 3: PROSPERITY AND SECURITY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC: ENGAGING THE QUAD & FRAMING A CANADIAN APPROACH TO FOIP MODERATOR: JONATHAN BERKSHIRE MILLER, Senior Visiting Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs SPEAKER: DR. CHEN-WEI LIN, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Taiwan SPEAKER: HIDESHI TOKUCHI, Professor and Former Deputy Minister of Defense (International Relations), Japan SPEAKER: DR. HUONG LE THU, Senior Analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
DAY 2 | MARCH 11TH
13:00-14:30 | PANEL 4: THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE PRESENTS: A CONVERSATION ON THE GEOPOLITICS OF AI AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CONVENER: DEREK DOBSON, Defence and Federal Public Safety Leader, Microsoft Canada MODERATOR: DR. CHRIS MESEROLE, Research Director, AI and Emerging Technology Initiative, Brookings Institution SPEAKER: GENERAL JOHN R. ALLEN, President, Brookings Institute SPEAKER: SARAH KREPS, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Professor, the John L. Wetherill Department of Government at Cornell University SPEAKER: DR. SHEENA CHESTNUT GREITENS, Non-resident Senior Fellow, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Brookings Institution SPEAKER: SARAH KREPS, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Professor, the John L. Wetherill Department of Government at Cornell University
CLOSING REMARKS: DR. KASH KHORASANI, Professor and Research Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University
14:30-14:45 | HEALTH BREAK
14:45-15:55 | PANEL 5: FIGHTING RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM IN CANADA CONVENER: GRANT MCDONALD, Global Aerospace & Defence Industry Leader, KPMG MODERATOR: LGEN CHRISTINE WHITECROSS (RET’D), Former Chief of Military Personnel SPEAKER: DR. BARBARA PERRY, Professor and Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias, and Extremism, Ontario Tech Univeristy SPEAKER: DR. CYNTHIA MILLER-IDRISS, Director of the Polarization and Extremism Laboratory, American University SPEAKER: COMMISSIONER ROBERT W. PAULSON, Former Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
15:55-17:05 | PANEL 6: GENDER AND OPERATIONAL CULTURE IN THE CAF MODERATOR: MERCEDES STEPHENSON, Ottawa Bureau Chief, Global News Canada SPEAKER: RADM REBECCA PATTERSON, Commander, Canadian Forces Health Services SPEAKER: DR. ALAN OKROS, Professor, Department of Defense Studies, Royal Military College of Canada SPEAKER: LCOL SARAH HEER, Commander of Op UNIFIER, Ukraine
17:05-17:15 | HEALTH BREAK
17:15-17:45 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: LGEN WAYNE EYRE, Acting Chief of Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces
17:45-18:00 | AWARD CEREMONY THE PRESENTATION OF THE CAPTAIN NICHOLA GODDARD LEADERSHIP AWARD
DAY 3 | MARCH 12TH
08:30-10:00 | PANEL 7: NATO 2030 AND UK/CANADA COOPERATION CONVENER: FRANÇOISE GAGNON, Chief Executive Officer, ADGA Group MODERATOR: GORDON VENNER, Former Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence SPEAKER: MIRCEA GEOANĂ, Deputy Secretary General, NATO SPEAKER: THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BEN WALLACE, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom SPEAKER: THE HONOURABLE HARJIT SAJJAN, Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence
10:00-10:15 | HEALTH BREAK
10:15-11:15 | KEYNOTE CONVENER: GARRY VENMAN, Chief Executive, Raytheon Canada MODERATOR: DR. ANDREA CHARRON, Associate Professor, University of Manitoba SPEAKER: GENERAL GLEN D. VANHERCK, Commander, NORAD & USNORTHCOM
11:15-12:30 | PANEL 8: THE CHANGING ARCTIC: CLIMATE CHANGE & DEVELOPING AN ALL-DOMAIN APPROACH CONVENER: RYAN BRAIN, President and Chief Executive Officer, WSP Canada MODERATOR: DR. P. WHITNEY LACKENBAUER, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Trent University SPEAKER: SHILOH FETZEK, Senior Fellow, Center for Climate & Security SPEAKER: RICHARD FOSTER, Chief Executive, L3HARRIS Technologies Canada SPEAKER: Senior Analyst, Canadian Security Intelligence Service SPEAKER: MADELEINE REDFERN, Former Mayor of Iqaluit and CO-CEO of CanArctic
12:30-13:00 | LUNCH BREAK
13:00-13:25 | KEYNOTE MODERATOR: THE RIGHT HONOURABLE STEPHEN HARPER, Former Prime Minister of Canada SPEAKER: SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE FROM GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN. Soon to be announced.
13:25-14:00 | KEYNOTE MODERATOR: RICHARD FADDEN O.C., Former Director of CSIS and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister SPEAKER: THE RIGHT HONOURABLE STEPHEN HARPER, Former Prime Minister of Canada
14:00 | ENDING REMARKS DR. YOURI CORMIER, Executive Director, Conference of Defence Associations Institute LGEN GUY THIBAULT (RET’D), Chairman, Conference of Defence Associations Institute
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