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Minister Peter MacKay Announces Dates for the 2012 Forum
WASHINGTON, DC—The fourth Halifax International Security Forum will take place November 16-18, 2012 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The 2012 Halifax International Security Forum will once again bring together informed and engaged security leaders from more than 40 countries to create thought-provoking conversations and inspire meaningful action. Foreign Affairs magazine will again serve as the Media Partner at Halifax.
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Agenda
| 15:00-15:45 | INTRODUCTION |
| Mr. Peter Van Praagh, President, Halifax International Security Forum | |
| OPENING SPEECH | |
| The Hon. Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, Canada | |
| KEYNOTE SPEECH | |
| The Hon. Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, United States | |
| 16:15-17:30 | PLENARY 1: WHAT’S CHANGED SINCE 9/11?: OUR ENEMIES? OURSELVES? THE WORLD? |
| Mr. Zaffar Abbas, Editor-in-Chief, Dawn | |
| Mr. Francis Delon, Secretary General for National Defense, France | |
| Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstetter ‘66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University | |
| The Hon. Mark Udall, Senator, United States | |
| MODERATOR: Mr. Gideon Rose, Editor, Foreign Affairs | |
| 18:00-19:00 | RECEPTION |
| 19:00-21:00 | GALA DINNER |
| 21:30-23:00 | NIGHT OWLS |
| 1. The Chinese Century: Do We Prepare? Or Can We Prevent? | |
| The Hon. Peter Jennings, Deputy Secretary for Strategy, Australian Department of Defence | |
| The Hon. Song Min-soon, Member, National Assembly, South Korea | |
| MODERATOR: Mr. Tom Clark, Chief Political Correspondent, Global News | |
| 2. Iran: Pivot of the Middle East? | |
| Dr. Shlomo Avineri, Professor of Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | |
| Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto | |
| Mr. Alireza Nader, International Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation | |
| MODERATOR: Ms. Nazanin Afshin-Jam, President and Co-Founder, Stop Child Executions | |
| 3. Beyond Borders: Transnational Trafficking and Crime | |
| Major General Antony Bertram Anderson, Chief of Defence Staff, Jamaica | |
| The Hon. Dragan Šutanovac, Minister of Defense, Serbia | |
| The Hon. Victor Toews, Minister of Public Safety, Canada | |
| MODERATOR: Ms. Helga Flores Trejo, Nonresident Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution | |
| 8:30-9:45 | PLENARY 2: WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT: WHEN? WHERE? WHOM? |
| Lt. Gen. Charles Bouchard, Combined Joint Task Force Commander, Operation Unified Protector, NATO | |
| Dr. Camille Grand, Executive Director, The Foundation for Strategic Research, France | |
| The Hon. Suat Kınıklıoğlu, AK Party Central Executive Board Member, Turkey | |
| The Hon. Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, Canada | |
| MODERATOR: Ms. Raghida Dergham, Columnist and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Al Hayat | |
| 10:15-11:30 | PLENARY 3: SPRING FORWARD, FALL BACK: REVOLUTIONS AND THEIR REMAINS |
| Sheik Mohammed Abu Luhoum, Head, Justice and Building Party, Yemen | |
| Mr. David Kramer, President, Freedom House | |
| Mr. Paul Salem, Director, Carnegie Middle East Center, Lebanon | |
| Dr. Radwan Ziadeh, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Syrian Center for Political and Strategic Studies | |
| MODERATOR: Ms. Kathleen Koch, Author and Journalist | |
| 12:00-13:15 | PLENARY 4: 问题是经济，笨蛋。 (It’s the Economy, Dumb Eggs) |
| Mr. James Hoge, Chairman, Human Rights Watch | |
| Mr. Alan Mendoza, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Henry Jackson Society | |
| The Hon. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Distinguished Statesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies | |
| MODERATOR: The Hon. Pamela Wallin, Chair, Senate National Security and Defence Committee, Canada | |
| 14:30-15:00 | HALIFAX CHAT |
| The Hon. Ehud Barak, Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister, Israel | |
| MODERATOR: Mr. Robin Shepherd, Director, International Affairs, Henry Jackson Society | |
| 15:00-16:00 | PLENARY 5: THE UNITED STATES IN 2012: SUPER POWER, SUPER ENABLER OR STAY AT HOME PARENT? |
| The Hon. John McCain, Senator, United States | |
| The Hon. Mark Udall, Senator, United States | |
| MODERATOR: Mr. Jonathan Tepperman, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs | |
| 16:30-17:45 | PLENARY 6: BUT, CAN WE AFFORD IT? SMART SECURITY IN THE AGE OF LESS |
| Gen. Stéphane Abrial, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO | |
| The Rt. Hon. Dr. Liam Fox, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom | |
| The Hon. Swanee Hunt, Chair, Institute for Inclusive Security | |
| The Hon. Ljubica Jelušič, Minister of Defense, Slovenia | |
| The Hon. Jeanne Shaheen, Senator, United States | |
| MODERATOR: Ms. Jeanne Meserve, Member, George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute and Aspen Institute’s Homeland Security Advisory Group | |
| 19:30-21:30 | SATURDAY NIGHT DINNER SESSIONS |
| 1. China: As Told By Its Neighbors | |
| The Hon. Luvsanvandan Bold, Minister of Defense, Mongolia | |
| Vice Adm. P.S. Das, Executive Council, Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, India | |
| HOSTED BY: Mr. Richard McGregor, Financial Times | |
| 2. Federal Europe or Failed Europe | |
| The Hon. Ján Kubiš, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | |
| The Hon. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Distinguished Statesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies | |
| HOSTED BY: Mr. Bruce Jackson, Founder andPresident, Project on Transitional Democracies | |
| 3. Friendship First: North America in the World | |
| The Hon. David Jacobson, Ambassador of the United States to Canada | |
| The Hon. Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, Canada | |
| The Hon. Julian Ventura, Undersecretary for North American Affairs, Mexico | |
| HOSTED BY: Mr. Ron Covais, Senior Partner, Détente Group | |
| 4. Fukushima Follow-up: The Future of Nuclear Power | |
| Mr. Martin Klingst, Washington Bureau Chief, Die Zeit | |
| The Hon. Kazuo Sunaga, Director General for International Affairs, Ministry of Defense | |
| HOSTED BY: Mr. W. Bruce Weinrod, Distinguished Research Fellow, National Defense University | |
| 5. Insights From Israel | |
| The Hon. Ehud Barak, Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister, Israel | |
| HOSTED BY: Mr. Jonathan Weisstub, Chairman of the Board, Halifax International Security Forum | |
| 6. Iraq: Mission Accomplished (?) | |
| Mr. Michael Hastings, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone | |
| Ms. Nancy Youssef, Chief Pentagon Correspondent, McClatchy’s Newspapers | |
| HOSTED BY: Mr. Joseph Wood, Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States | |
| 7. Northern Exposure: What’s at Stake in the Arctic | |
| Gen. Walter Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff, Department of National Defence, Canada | |
| HOSTED BY: Dr. David Bercuson, Senior Research Fellow, Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute, University of Calgary | |
| 8. People’s Choice: Security Policy and Public Opinion Polls | |
| Mr. Darrell Bricker, Chief Executive Officer, Ipsos Public Affairs | |
| Mr. Peter Brodnitz, Principal, Benenson Strategy Group | |
| HOSTED BY: Mr. John Glenn, Policy Director,U.S. Global Leadership Coalition | |
| 9. Perfume Not Poppies: Investing in Post-Conflict Societies | |
| Mr. Scott Gilmore, Founder and Executive Director, Peace Dividend Trust | |
| Ms. Barb Stegemann, Chief Executive Officer, The 7 Virtues Beauty, Inc. | |
| HOSTED BY: Ms. Shari Bryan, Vice President, The National Democratic Institute | |
| 10. Protecting Information: Too much (Cyber)Security or Too Much (Cyber)Space | |
| Mr. Rafal Rohozinski, Principal, The SecDev Group | |
| Mr. Marc Goodman, Senior Fellow, Canada Centre for Global Security Studies and the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto | |
| HOSTED BY: Dr. Paul Cornish, Professor ofInternational Security, University of Bath | |
| 11. Putin Part 2: The Empire Strikes Back | |
| Mr. IIgar Mammadov, Chairman, Republicanist Alternative (REAL) Movement, Azerbaijan | |
| The Hon. Vasil Sikharulidze, Chairman, Atlantic Council of Georgia | |
| HOSTED BY: Mr. David Kramer, President, Freedom House | |
| 12. Texting for Change: Rise of Non-Governmental Actors | |
| Mr. Scott Carpenter, Principal, Google Ideas | |
| Mr. Eric Nonacs, Vice President for Alliances and Partnerships, Skoll Global Threats Fund | |
| HOSTED BY: Ms. Heather Hurlburt, Executive Director, National Security Network | |
| 13. Today’s Technologies, Tomorrow’s Battles, and the Laws that (Try To) Govern Them | |
| Gen. Stéphane Abrial, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO | |
| Brigadier General Blaise Cathcart, Judge Advocate General, Canadian Armed Forces | |
| HOSTED BY: Mr. Dixon Osburn, Director of the Lawand Security Program, Human Rights First | |
| 14. Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Etc. | |
| Dr. Payam Akhavan, Associate Professor,McGill University | |
| The Hon. Paul von Maltzahn, Executive Vice-President, German Council on Foreign Relations | |
| Mr. Nadim Houry, Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Section, Human Rights Watch | |
| HOSTED BY: Mr. Leslie Campbell, Senior Associate and Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa Programs, The National Democratic Institute | |
| 15. Turkey Dinner | |
| Ms. Smadar Perry, Journalist, Israel | |
| Mr. Michael Werz, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress | |
| HOSTED BY: Ms. Diba Nigar Göksel, Editor-in-Chief, Turkish Quarterly | |
| 9:00-10:15 | BREAKFAST SESSIONS |
| 1. Pakistan: Serial Proliferator or Serious Partner? | |
| Mr. Francois Géré, Director, French Institute for Strategic Analysis | |
| The Hon. Said Tayeb Jawad, Chief Executive Officer, Capitalize LLC | |
| The Hon. Kurt Volker, Managing Director, International, BGR Group | |
| MODERATOR: Mr. Ishaan Tharoor, Writer/Editor, TIME | |
| 2. Fixing the Fixable: Middle East Peace | |
| The Hon. Said Abu-Ali, Minister of the Interior, Palestinian National Authority | |
| Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Amos Gilad, Director of Policy and Political Military Affairs, Israel | |
| MODERATOR: Mr. Randy Scheunemann, Owner and President, Orion Strategies | |
| 3. Hemispherics: The Americas in the World | |
| Mr. Ian Brodie, Strategic Advisor, Inter- American Development Bank | |
| Ms. Helga Flores Trejo, Nonresident Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution | |
| The Hon. Julian Ventura, Undersecretary for North American Affairs, Mexico | |
| MODERATOR: Mr. Michael Werz, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress | |
| 10:30-11:45 | PLENARY 7: MY KIND OF NATO?: CHICAGO 2012 |
| Mr. James Appathurai, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, NATO | |
| The Hon. Gerald Howarth, Minister for International Security Strategy, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom | |
| Mr. Bruce Jackson, Founder and President, Project on Transitional Democracies | |
| MODERATOR: Ms. Mercedes Stephenson, Reporter, CTV News Channel | |
| 12:15-13:30 | PLENARY 8: IT’S THAT TIME: SHARING GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY |
| Mr. Mobasshar Javed Akbar, Editorial Director, India Today | |
| Mr. Hakan Altinay, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution | |
| The Hon. Masafumi Ishii, Ambassador for Policy Planning and International Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan | |
| Dr. Joanisval Brito Gonçalves, Senior Counselor for Foreign Affairs and Defense, Senate of Brazil | |
| MODERATOR: Mr. Steve Clemons, Washington Editor-at-Large for The Atlantic and Editor-in-Chief of AtlanticLIVE |