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 THIS EVENT IS MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF: .