"What goes on at Halifax is very real: Security leaders confronting complex questions – and offering very innovative and thought-provoking answers.”

– Steve Clemons, Editor-at-Large, The Atlantic

"Given the global nature of security challenges and the global interests at stake, we need multi-lateral structures that enable our allies and partners to better cooperate to counter common threats.”

– Leon Panetta, US Secretary of Defense

"Incredibly valuable, Halifax brings many different perspectives together. The cross-fertilization is enormously important."

- Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor, Princeton University

November 16-18, 2012

Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Victor Toews

Minister of Public Safety, Canada

Walter Natynczyk

Chief of the Defence Staff, Department of National Defence, Canada

Leon Panetta

Secretary of Defense, United States

Steven Clemons

Senior Fellow, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation

Hina Jilani

Advocate of the Supreme Court, Pakistan

Zaffar Abbas

Editor-in-Chief, Dawn, Pakistan

Mark Udall

Senator, United States; and Co-Chair, Halifax International Security Forum Congressional Delegation

Oscar Izurieta

Undersecretary of Defense, Chile

Swanee Hunt

Chair, Institute for Inclusive Security

Raghida Dergham

Columnist and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Al Hayat

Jeanne Shaheen

Senator, United States

Pamela Wallin

Senator, Canada

Janet Napolitano

Secretary of Homeland Security, United States

Gideon Rose

Editor, Foreign Affairs

Lyse Doucet

Presenter, BBC World News and World Service Newshour

Peter MacKay

Canadian Minister of National Defence

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg

Distinguished Statesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Ljubica Jelušič

Minister of Defense, Slovenia

Anne-Marie Slaughter

Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University

Mark Carney

Governor, Bank of Canada

Saad Mohseni

Director, Moby Media Group, Afghanistan

Michèle Flournoy

Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, United States

John McCain

Senator, United States; Co-Chair, Halifax International Security Forum Congressional Delegation

Ehud Barak

Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister, Israel

Beverley McLachlin

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

Song Min-soon

Member, National Assembly, South Korea

Condoleezza Rice

Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy, The Hoover Institution

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