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Global Security Leaders Gather in Halifax for 4th Annual Security Forum
Leaders and experts will discuss the US presidential election, Syria, China, and more—full conference streamed live HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, November 15, 2012—Leaders from more than 50 countries will gather November 16-18 at the Halifax International Security Forum to discuss pressing security issues, including the impact of the American presidential election on the rest of the world, the turmoil in Syria, the continued rise of China, energy security, cybersecurity and modern warfare. Beginning Friday, November 16, Halifax will welcome Canadian Minister of National Defence Peter MacKay, a congressional delegation led by U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Mark Udall (D-CO); Alison
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2011 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 |