Day 1 – Thursday, 20 February 2014
“The shifting theatres of Canada’s engagement: Asia-Pacific-Indian Ocean”
The day’s events are held in collaboration with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).
Opening remarks
General (ret’d) Ray Henault, President, CDA Institute
Ferry de Kerckhove, Executive Vice-President, CDA Institute – Review of The 2014 Strategic Outlook for Canada
Keynote speakers
The Honourable Jean Charest, former Premier of Quebec and former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
The Honourable Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia
Luncheon Speaker
Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
Panels
Canada-Australia Security in the Asia-Pacific
Dr. Fen Osler Hampson, Distinguished Fellow & Director of the Global Security & Politics Program, CIGI (moderator)
Leonard Edwards, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs & Distinguished Fellow, CIGI
Colonel (Ret’d) Dr. John Blaxland, Senior Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
Commodore (ret’d) Dr. Eric Lerhe, former commander, Canadian Pacific Fleet
The West’s pivot towards Asia: what it means
Dr. Jim Boutilier, Special Advisor, Maritime Forces Pacific Headquarters (moderator)
David Gordon, Head of Research, Eurasia Group
Nigel Inkster, former Assistant Chief and Director for Operations and Intelligence, British Secret Intelligence Service
Major General (ret’d) Zhao Ning, Vice Chairman, China Institute for International Strategic Studies
Cyber security in the post-Snowden era
Major-General (ret’d) John Adams, former director Communications Security Establishment Canada (moderator)
Melissa Hathaway, former Director of the US Joint Interagency Cyber Task Force in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Rafal Rohozinski, Principal, The SecDev Group
Dr. David Mussington, former Senior Advisor for Cyber Policy, US Department of Defense
Lest we forget: other strategic concerns: Arc of Instability from Maghreb to Pakistan
David Collins, former Canadian high commissioner to Kenya and Pakistan (moderator)
Marius Grinius, former Canadian ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament and to North Korea
Robert Fowler, former Deputy Minister of National Defence
Rear-Admiral Matthew Kohler, Director for Operations – Intelligence (J2), US Africa Command
Reception
Day 2 – Friday, 21 February 2014
“Armed Forces in a period of financial restraint: a new fiscal reality”
Opening remarks
Lieutenant-General (ret’d) Richard Evraire, Chairman, CDA
Keynote speakers
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of National Defence
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services – “Improving Military Procurement in Canada“
General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff
General Sir Nick Houghton, British Chief of the Defence Staff
Special address
Vice-Admiral Bob Davidson, Canadian Military Representative to NATO
Luncheon Speaker
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, former German federal minister of defence and former minister of economics and technology – “From Government to Googlement: How Technology Disrupts Statecraft and International Security”
Panels
Defence and security at a time of fiscal, operational and strategic transition – Allied Views and Approaches
David Perry, Senior Defence Analyst, CDA Institute (moderator)
Michael O’Hanlon, Director of Research – Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution
Bruno Tertrais, Senior Research Fellow, Fondation pour la Recherché Stratégique – Paris
Rear-Admiral Allan du Toit, Australian Military Representative to NATO and the EU
The updated Canada First Defence Strategy (CFDS) – new vision or less of the same?
Vice-Admiral (ret’d) Ron Buck, former Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (moderator)
Vice-Admiral (ret’d) Paul Maddison, former Commander, Royal Canadian Navy
Lieutenant-General (ret’d) Mike Jeffery, former Commander, Canadian Army
Lieutenant-General (ret’d) André Deschamps, former Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force
Reception & Mess Dinner
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