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2009 Halifax International Security Forum Agenda
Welcome Remarks: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Plenary 1: Global Transatlanticism: Where the Allies Are
Speakers: Mr. Yukio Okamoto, President, Okamoto Associates, Japan
The Hon. Jeanne Shaheen, Senator, United States Senate
Prof. Dr. Ilter Turan, Professor of Political Science, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
The Hon. Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg, Minister of Defense, Germany
Moderator: The Hon. Pamela Wallin, Senator, Deputy Chair of the Senate Defence Committee, Canada
Night Owl Sessions
Partners and Problems: North Korea
Speakers: Dr. Kim Changsu, Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, South Korea
The Hon. Wayne Mapp, Minister of Defence, New Zealand
Mr. Yukio Okamoto, President, Okamoto Associates, Japan
Mr. Michael Schiffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, East Asia, United States
Moderator: Mr. Glyn Ford, Partner, Polint
Partners and Problems: The Middle East
Speakers: The Hon. Dr. Mohammed Shtayyeh, Minister of Housing and Public Works, Palestinian National Authority
The Hon. Matan Vilnai, Deputy Minister of Defense, Israel
The Hon. Robert Wexler, Member, United States House of Representatives
Moderator: Ms. Barb Stegemann, Columnist, Halifax Chronicle-Herald and Founder, 7 Virtues Communications Group
Geopolitical Consequences of the Economic Crisis
Speakers: Ms. Miriam L. Campanella, Senior Lecturer, International Political Economy, University of Turin
The Hon. Edgars Rinkēvičs, Head of the Chancery of the President, Republic of Latvia
Mr. John Vinocur, Columnist, International Herald Tribune
Dr. Arvind Virmani, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund
Moderator: Mr. Philip Stephens, Associate Editor, Financial Times
Plenary 2: Afghanistan: Transition to What?
Speakers: General (Retired) Rick Hillier, Former Chief of Defence Staff, Canada
The Hon. John McCain, Senator, United States Senate
Mr. Michael Semple, Research Fellow, Carr Center for Human Policy Rights, Harvard University
Mr. Najam Sethi, Editor-in-Chief, Daily Times, Pakistan
Moderator: Ms. Lyse Doucet, Presenter and Correspondent, BBC
Plenary 3: Pirates, Ports, and Proliferation: Securing the Seas
Speakers: Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, Allied Joint Force Command Naples
The Hon. Peter G. MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, Canada
The Hon. Eimert van Middelkoop, Minister of Defense, The Netherlands
Moderator: Ms. Susan Bonner, Washington Correspondent, CBC News
Plenary 4: Arctic Security: The New Great Game?
Speakers: Mr. Stephen M. Carmel, Senior Vice President, Maritime Services, Maersk Line, Ltd.
The Hon. Espen Barth Eide, State Secretary, Ministry of Defense, Norway
General Walter Natynczyk, Chief of Defence Staff, Canada
General Victor E. Renuart, Jr., Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command
Moderator: Mr. Jamie McIntyre, Host of “Line of Departure,” Military.com
Plenary 5: Law V. Power: Who Rules? Who Makes the Rules?
Speakers: The Hon. Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court
The Hon. Gregory B. Craig, White House Counsel, Executive Office of the President of the United States
Dr. Hina Jilani, Human Rights Lawyer, AGHS Associates Legal Aid Cell, Pakistan
The Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Canada
Moderator: Mr. Martin Klingst, Bureau Chief, Washington DC, DIE ZEIT
Plenary 6: Iran: What Do We Do?
Speakers: The Hon. Darrell Issa, Member, United States House of Representatives
The Hon. Ruprecht Polenz, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, German Parliament
The Hon. Murat Mercan, Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Turkish Grand National Assembly
Moderator: Mr. Julian Borger, Diplomatic Editor, International Affairs, The Guardian
Saturday night dinners
The Fall of the Wall: New World or New World Order?
Speakers: Mr. Andrei Sannikov, Leader of “European Belarus” and Former Deputy Foreign Minister, Belarus
Mr. Christian Wernicke, U.S. Correspondent, Sueddeutsche Zeitung
Moderator: Mr. James Appathurai, Spokesman, NATO
The Future of Democracy in the Western Hemisphere
Speakers: The Hon. Nelson Azevedo Jobim, Minister of Defense, Brazil
The Hon. Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, Canada
Moderator: The Hon. Jim Kolbe, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Global Energy Security: Pipe Dream?
Speaker: Mr. J. Robinson West, Chairman of the Board, Founder, and Chief Executive Officer, PFC Energy
Moderator: Ms. Alina Inayeh, Director, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Iraq: Still Work to Do
Speaker: The Hon. Stephen Hadley, Senior Advisor for International Affairs, United States Institute of Peace and Former National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush
Moderator: Ms. Amberin Zaman, Turkey Correspondent, The Economist
Laws of War: Do They Work?
Speaker: Mr. Robert Taylor, Principal Deputy Counsel, Department of Defense, United States
Brigadier-General Ken Watkin, Judge Advocate General, Department of National Defence, Canada
Moderator: Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Made in China: Challenges and Opportunities
Speaker: Mr. Yukio Okamoto, President, Okamoto Associates, Japan
Moderator: Mr. Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
NATO’S Strategic Direction
Speaker: Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and Commander, United States European Command
Moderator: Mr. Daniel P. Fata, Vice President, The Cohen Group and Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Obama: One Year In
Speaker: Mr. Gregory B. Craig, White House Counsel, Executive Office of the President of the United States
Mr. Robert Liberatore, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Moderator: Mr. Craig Kennedy, President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Pakistan: Who Can Help and How?
Speaker: The Hon. Christopher Alexander, Former Ambassador to Afghanistan, Canada
Dr. Hina Jilani, Human Rights Lawyer, AGHS Associates Legal Aid Cell, Pakistan
Moderator: Dr. Dan Twining, Senior Fellow for Asia, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Regional Help Wanted: The Role of Neighbors in Securing Peace, or Not?
Speaker: The Hon. Murat Mercan, Founding Member and Deputy Chairman, Justice and Development Party, Turkey
Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Shadow Security Minister and National Security Advisor to the Leader of the Opposition, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
Moderator: Mr. Ivan Vejvoda, Executive Director, Balkan Trust for Democracy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Security and Climate Change
Speaker: Ms. Sherri Goodman, Senior Vice President, CNA
Moderator: Ms. Heidi Cullen, Senior Research Scientist, Climate Central
Terrorism: What’s Next?
Speaker: Dr. Alexander Garza, Assistant Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, United States
The Hon. Matan Vilnai, Deputy Minister of Defense, Israel
Moderator: Dr. Ian O. Lesser, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Ukraine Before the Elections
Speaker: Mr. Olexander Scherba, Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to Ukrainian Presidential Candidate Arseniy Yatseniuk
Mr. Boris Tarasyuk, Member, Ukrainian Parliament
Moderator: Mr. David J. Kramer, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
What Ideas Are Worth Defending?
Speaker: Dr. Peter Berkowitz, Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
The Hon. Pieter De Crem, Minister of Defense, Belgium
Moderator: Mr. Joe Wood, Senior Resident Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Breakfast Sessions
Protecting Ports, Threatening Trade?
Speakers: Mr. Earl Agron, Vice President, Security and Environment, APL Ltd.
Ms. Karen Oldfield, Chief Executive Officer, Halifax Port Authority
Mr. Jonathan S. Spaner, Commanding Officer, United States Coast Guard
Moderator: Mr. Paul Brill, Editorial Writer, International Affairs, De Volkskrant
Pandemics: Public and Private Preparedness
Speakers: Mr. Francis Delon, Secretary General, National Defense Office, France
Dr. Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Resources, United States
Moderator: Mr. Martin Klingst, Washington Bureau Chief, Die Zeit
Security or Development: Which Comes First?
Speakers: Major-General Peter Devlin, Deputy Commander, Canadian Expeditionary Forces Command
The Hon. Pierre Duquesne, Ambassador for Economic Issues, Reconstruction and Development, Minister of Foreign Affairs, France
Ms. Elissa Golberg, Director General, Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force, Canada
The Hon. James Michel Counselor, United States Agency for International Development
Moderator: Mr. James Kunder, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Plenary 7: Nukes: Who’s Got ‘Em? Who Wants ‘Em? Who’s Giving ‘Em Away? And What Do We Do About It?
Speakers: Dr. Camille Grand, Executive Director, The Foundation for Strategic Research, France
The Hon. Stephen Hadley, Senior Advisor for International Affairs, United States Institute of Peace
The Hon. Ellen Tauscher, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Department of State, United States
Mr. Tsuneo “Nabe” Watanabe, Senior Fellow, Tokyo Foundation
Moderator: Mr. Roger Cohen, Columnist, The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune
Plenary 8: What Should NATO Stand For?
Speakers: The Hon. Pieter De Crem, Minister of Defense, Belgium
Mr. Bruce Jackson, Founder and President, Project on Transitional Democracies
Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Shadow Security Minister and National Security Advisor to the Leader of the Opposition, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
The Hon. Christian Schmidt, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense, Germany
Moderator: Mr. Anton, La Guardia, Defense and Security Correspondent, The Economist
Morten von Hanno Aasland
Senior Advisor Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Earl Agron
Vice President, Security and Environment
APL, Ltd.
Christopher Alexander
Federal Candidate for Ajax-Pickering
Conservative Party, Canada
James Appathurai
Spokesman
NATO
Ronald Atkey
First Chair of SIRC
Professor of National Security Law
The University of Western Ontario and Osgoode Hall
Bogdan Aurescu
State Secretary for Strategic Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania
Alyssa Ayres
Director for India and South Asia
McLarty Associates
Nelson Azevedo Jobim
Minister of Defense
Brazil
Jennifer Barrett
Deputy Legislative Director
Office of Senator Mark Udall
Peter Bator
Director, Cabinet of the State Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia
Nur Batur
Columnist
Sabah Newspaper
Mark Begich
Senator
United States Senate
Peter Berkowitz
Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow
Hoover Institution
Jean Betermier
Advisor to the President and CEOs
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS)
Richard Billard
Manager, Business Development
MDA Corporation
Peter Boehm
Ambassador
Embassy of Canada, Germany
Susan Bonner
Washington Correspondent
CBC News
Julian Borger
Diplomatic Editor
The Guardian
Marcin Bosacki
Chief U.S. Correspondent
Gazeta Wyborcza
Jeremy Brenner
Political and Military Officer
Embassy of the United States, Canada
Murray Brewster
Defence Correspondent
Canadian Press
Stephen G. Breyer
Associate Justice
United States Supreme Court
Reuben E. Brigety II
Independent Consultant
Paul Brill
Editorial Writer, International Affairs
De Volkskrant
Ian Brodie
Political Advisor
Inter-American Development Bank
John Brooks
Vice President, International and President
NGII
Christian Brose
National Security Advisor
Office of Senator John McCain
Theresa Brown
Attache, U.S. Embassy, Ottawa,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Ian Brzezinski
Principal
Booz Allen Hamilton
Brooke Buchanan
Communications Director
Office of Senator John McCain
Jean-Francois Bureau
Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy
NATO
Miriam L. Campanella
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Political Science
University of Turin
Stephen Carmel
Senior Vice President of Maritime Services
Maersk Line, Ltd.
Jose Elito Carval Ho Siqueira
Secretary of Education, Logistics, Mobilization, Science, and Technology
Ministry of Defense, Brazil
L.F.F. Casteleijn
Principal Director of General of Policy Affairs
Ministry of National Defence, The Netherlands
Lindsay Cavanaugh
Military Legislative Assistant
Office of Senator Mark Begich
John Cody
General Manager
General Dynamics Canada, Ltd.
Richard Cohen
Senior Defence Advisor to the Minister of National Defence
Department of National Defence, Canada
Roger Cohen
Columnist
The New York Times and
The International Herald Tribune
Monique Collette
President
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Kevin Cosgriff
Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development
ATK
Steve Covington
International Affairs Advisor to Supreme Allied Commander,
Europe Commander, and United States European Command
Gregory B. Craig
White House Counsel
Executive Office of the President of the United States
Laurent Crenshaw
Office of Congressman Darrell Issa
Heidi Cullen
Senior Research Scientist
Climate Central
Robert Davidson
Director of Staff, Strategic Joint Staff
Department of National Defence, Canada
Keith Dayton
United States Security Coordinator for Palestine and Israel
Pieter De Crem
Minister of Defense
Belgium
Rob De Wijk
Director
Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
Vincent Mertens de Wilmers
Diplomatic Advisor
Ministry of Defense, Belgium
Francis Delon
Secretary General for National Defense
Office of the Prime Minister, France
Pavol Demes
Director, Bratislava Office
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Peter Devlin
Deputy Commander
Canadian Expeditionary Force Command
Cindy Dickson
Director, Department of Circumpolar Relations
Council of Yukon First Nations
Paula Dobriansky
Senior International Affairs and Trade Advisor
Baker Hostetler
Thanos Dokos
Director General
Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
Bruce Donaldson
Commander
Department of National Defence, Canada
Karen Donfried
Executive Vice President
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Xenia Dormandy
Executive Director
PeaceNexus
Lyse Doucet
Presenter and Correspondent
BBC
Jocelyn Downie
Director
Surdna Foundation
Dan Dugas
Director of Communications
Department of National Defence, Canada
Pierre Duquesne
Ambassador for Economic Issues
Reconstruction and Development
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
Rear Admiral Marc Ectors
Director, Operations and Training
Cabinet of the Minister of Defense
Ministry of Defense, Belgium
Janis Eichmanis
Permanent Representative
Mission of Latvia to NATO
Espen Barth Eide
State Secretary
Ministry of Defense, Norway
Clint Eisenhauer
Vice President, Government Relations
Maersk Line, Ltd.
Steve Elder
President
Aerospace and Defence Industries Association
Nova Scotia, Canada
Paige Ennis
Senior Director of Alumni Relations
External Affairs Office
Harvard Kennedy School
Hakan Eraydin
Head of the General Plans and Policy Department
Ministry of Defense, Turkey
Cagri Erhan
President
European Research Center (ATAUM)
Daniel P. Fata
Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Vice President, The Cohen Group
Mark Fischer
Senior Program Officer
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Mark Fitzgerald
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, and Commander
Allied Joint Forces Command Naples
Stephen Flanagan
Senior Vice President and Henry A. Kissinger Chair
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Klaus-Peter Flosbach
Member
German Parliament
Robert Fonberg
Deputy Minister
Department of National Defence, Canada
Glyn Ford
Partner
Polint, Ltd.
Brian Forni
Professional Staff Member, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Vesko Garcevic
Political Director
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Montenegro
Geoffrey Garrett
President
Pacific Council on International Policy
Alexander Garza
Assistant Secretary
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Robert Gates
Secretary of Defense
United States
Wim Geerts
Ambassador
Royal Netherlands Embassy, Canada
Francois Gere
Director
French Institute for Strategic Analysis
Bastian Giegerich
Research Fellow for European Security
International Institute for Strategic Studies
Rob Gillies
Canada Bureau Chief
Associated Press
Mario Gioannini
Head
Operating Area Economic and Legal Research
Compagnia San Paolo
Jean Francois Godbout
Military Assistant
Department of National Defence, Canada
Nigar Goksel
Senior Analyst
European Stability Initiative
Elissa Golberg
Director General, Stabilization and Reconstruction Taskforce
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada
David Goldman
Associate Editor
First Things
Sherri Goodman
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel, and Board Secretary
CNA
Camille Grand
Director
Foundation for Strategic Research
Ettore Greco
Director
Istituto Affari Internazionali
Maryscott Greenwood
Executive Director
Canadian American Business Council
Rudyard Griffiths
Co-organizer
Munk Debates
Edouard Guillaud
Military Advisor to the President
France
Kadri Gursel
Columnist
Dogan Gazetecilik A.S.
Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg
Minister of Defense
Germany
Stephen Hadley
Senior Advisor, International Affairs
United States Institute for Peace
Hans Haekkerup
Research Director
Royal Danish Defense College
Holger-Heinrich Haibach
Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid
German Parliament
Alina Inayeh
Director, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
William Inboden
Senior Vice President
Legatum
Darrell Issa
Member
United States House of Representatives
Bruce Jackson
President
Project on Transitional Democracies
David Jacobson
Ambassador
Embassy of the United States of America, Canada
Jackson Janes
Executive Director
American Institute for
Contemporary German Studies
Vincent jauvert
Journalist
Le Nouvel Observateur
Zoran Jeftic
State Secretary
Ministry of Defense, Republic of Serbia
Hina Jilani
Human Rights Lawyer
AGHS Associates Legal Aid Cell
Rastislav Kacer
President
Slovak Atlantic Commission
Jonathan Katz
Staff Director, Subcommittee on Europe
U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Craig Kennedy
President
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Kim Changsu
Senior Research Fellow
Korea Institute for Defense Analyses
Stephen Kimmel
Advisor to the Chairman
Koç Holding A.S.
Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff
Senior Director, Policy Programs
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Martin Klingst
Washington Bureau Chief
Die Zeit
Helmut Koeninghaus
Member
German Parliament
Jim Kolbe
Senior Transatlantic Fellow
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Sergei Konoplyov
Director, Black Sea Security Program and U.S.-Russia Security Program
Harvard University
David J. Kramer
Senior Transatlantic Fellow
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Irina Krasovskaya
President
We Remember Foundation
Chad Kreikemeier
Legislative Assistant, Foreign Policy and Defense
Office of Senator Jeanne Shaheen
Artur Kuko
Permanent Representative of Albania to NATO
James Kunder
Senior Resident Fellow
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Ieva Kupce
Representative of Latvian Ministry of Defence to NATO
Ministry of Defence, Republic of Latvia
Anton La Guardia
Defense and Security Correspondent
The Economist
Francois Lafond
Director, Paris Office
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Kersten Lahl
President
Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik
Catriona Laing
International Director
Ministry of Justice, United Kingdom
Christina Lamb
Foreign Correspondent
London Sunday Times
F. Stephen Larrabee
Distinguished Chair in European Security
RAND Corporation
Ian O. Lesser
Senior Transatlantic Fellow
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Robert Liberatore
Senior Transatlantic Fellow
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Kadri Liik
Director
International Centre for Defence Studies
Tod Lindberg Research FellowHoover Institution, Stanford UniversityEditor, Policy ReviewKrysztof Lisek
Vice Chairman
European Parliament
Dahlia Lithwick
Senior Editor and Legal Correspondent
Slate
Nicole Lurie
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
John MacDonell
Chief of Staff to the Minister of National Defence
Department of National Defence, Canada
Ralston MacDonnell
President
MacDonnell Group
Peter MacKay
Minister of Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway
Canada
Heike MacKerron
Senior Director for Europe
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
George MacLean
Professor and Head
Department of Political Studies
University of Manitoba
Paul Maddison
Commander
Maritime Force Atlantic, Canada
Laure Mandeville
U.S. Correspondent and Senior Journalist
Le Figaro
Wayne Mapp
Minister of Defence
New Zealand
Bruno Marescaux
Advisor to the Secretary General of National Defense
Office of the Prime Minister, France
Lawrence Martin
Aide de Camp
USSC
Barbara Martinez
Managing Editor
Global Post
Paul McCabe
Vice President, Engineering
IMP Group International
John McCain
Senator
United States Senate
Kara McDonald
International Affairs Fellow
Council on Foreign Relations
Dean McFadden
Chief of the Maritime Staff
Department of National Defence, Canada
Jamie McIntyre
Host of “Line of Departure”
Military.com
Beverley McLachlin
Chief Justice
Supreme Court of Canada
Reg McMichael
Military Assistant to the Minister of National Defence
Department of National Defence, Canada
Robert McRae
Permanent Representative of Canada to NATO
Sergiu Medar
President
SM World Solutions
Alan Mendoza
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Henry Jackson Society
Murat Mercan
Founding Member and Deputy Chairman
Justice and Development Party, Turkey
James Michel
Counselor
United States Agency for International Development
Ognyan Michev
Executive Director
Intstitute for Regional and International Studies
Wess Mitchell
President
Center for European Policy Analysis
Oliver Moore
Atlantic Bureau Chief
The Globe and Mail
Sean Mulvaney
Director, Economic Policy Program
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Walter Natynczyk
Chief of the Defence Staff
Department of National Defence, Canada
Pauline Neville-Jones
Shadow Security Minister and National Security
Adviser to the Leader of the Opposition
United Kingdom
Lloyd Noseworthy
Regional Director, International Business
Development, Sikorsky Canada
Sikorsky Aircraft
Natalie Nougayrede
Diplomatic Correspondent
Le Monde
Omid Nouripour
Member, Defense Committee
German Parliament
Yukio Okamoto
President
Okamoto Associates
Karen Oldfield
President and Chief Executive Officer
Halifax Port Authority
Kevin O’Shea
Minister
Embassy of Canada, United States
Elaine Papoulias
Director, Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East Central Degree Programs
Harvard University
Anne Penketh
Program Director
British American Security Information Council
(BASIC)
William Pentney
Associate Deputy Minister
Department of National Defence, Canada
Michael Petric
Assistant to the Director of Operations
Department of National Defence, Canada
Richard Phillips
Chief Executive Officer
Pilot Freight Services
Carol Piovesan
McCarthy Tetrault
Ruprecht Polenz
Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs
German Parliament
Wolfgang Pordzik
Executive Vice President for Corporate Public Policy
DHL North America
Stephen Puddicombe
Journalist
CBC Television
Margaret Purdy
Research Associate
Center for International Relations
The University of British Columbia
Jonathan Quarles
Director of Government Affairs
W Industries
Ernie Regehr
Senior Policy Advisor
Project Ploughshares
Victor E. Renuart Jr.
Commander, U.S. Northern Command and Northern American Aerospace
Defense Command
Edgars Rinkevics
Head
President’s Chancery, Republic of Latvia
Colin Robertson
Senior Fellow
Carleton University
Milan Rocen
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Montenegro
Nuno Rogeiro
Journalist, Geopolitics Expert
Journal de Noticias
Chad Rogers
Principal
Navigator
Daniel Runde
Head, Partnership Development
International Finance Corporation
Tom Ruth
President and Chief Executive Officer
Halifax International Airport Authority
Eyup SaGlık
Editor in Chief
Referans Daily
Alan Salazar
Senior Advisor
Office of Senator Mark Udall
Victoria Samson
Director, Washington Office
Secure World Foundation
Andrei Sannikov
Coordinator
European Belarus
Olexander Scherba
Foreign Policy Advisor to Ukranian Presidential Candidate A.Yatseniuk
Randall Scheunemann
Owner and President
Orion Strategies
Michael Schiffer
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, East Asia
U.S. Department of Defense
Ulrich Schlie
Head of Planning Unit
Federal Ministry of Defense, Germany
Christian Schmidt
Parliamentary State Secretary
Ministry of Defense, Germany
Gary Schmitt
Resident Scholar and
Director of Advanced Strategic Studies
American Enterprise Institute for Policy Research
Peter Semneby
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus
Council of the European Union
Najam Sethi
Editor-in-Chief
Daily Times
Chrysostomos Sfatos
Executive Director
Kokkalis Foundation
Jeanne Shaheen
Senator
United States Senate
Besa Shahini
Senior Analyst
European Stability Initiative
Robin Shepherd
Director, International Affairs
Henry Jackson Society
Mohammed Shtayyeh
Minister of Housing
Palestine
Gabriel Silva Lujan
Minister of Defense
Colombia
Kristen Silverberg
Former Permanent Representative of the United States to the European Union
Pjer Simunovic
State Secretary, Deputy Minister
Ministry of Defense, Croatia
Don Sinclair
Director General, International Security of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Canada
Jill Sinclair
Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy
Department of National Defence, Canada
Paul Sinclair
Head, International Defence Relations
Ministry of Defence, New Zealand
Jaswant Singh
Member
Indian Parliament
Peter Skerry
Professor
Boston College
Andrew Small
Transatlantic Fellow
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Anton Smith
Consul General
U.S. Consulate Halifax
Jonathan Spaner
Commanding Officer
U.S. Coast Guard
Pierre St-Amand
Special Advisor to the Chief of Defence Staff
Department of National Defence, Canada
James Stavridis
Supreme Allied Commander,
Europe Commander, United States
European Command
Elena Stefoi
Permanent Representative of Romania to Canada
Barb Stegemann
Columnist
Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Founder
7 Virtues Communications Group
Janice Stein
Director, Munk Center for International Studies
University of Toronto
Constanze Stelzenmuller
Senior Transatlantic Fellow
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Philip Stephens
Associate Editor
Financial Times
Diana Strofova
State Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia
Atsuo SUZUKI
Director
Defense Policy Division Ministry of Defense, Japan
Borys Tarasyuk
Member
Ukrainian Parliament
Ellen Tauscher
Under Secretary of State for Arms
Control and International Security
U.S. Department of State
Robert S. Taylor
Principal Deputy General Counsel
U.S. Department of Defense
June Thomas
Foreign Editor
Slate
Eka Tkeshelashvili
National Security Advisor
Republic of Georgia
Dimitrios Triantaphyllou
Director General
International Center for Black Sea Studies
Michito Tsuruoka
Research Fellow, NIDS
Ministry of Defense, Japan
Ilter Turan
Professor
Bilgi University
Elizabeth Turpen
Associate
Booz Allen Hamilton
Daniel Twining
Senior Fellow for Asia
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Mark Udall
Senator
United States Senate
Harlan Ullman
Chairman
The Killowen Group
Ozgur Unluhisarcıklı
Director, Ankara Office
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Luc Vachon
Aide-de Camp
Canada Command
Eimert Van Middelkoop
Minister of Defense
The Netherlands
Peter Van Praagh
Senior Director, Foreign Policy and Civil Society
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Ivan Vejvoda
Executive Director, Balkan Trust for Democracy
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Pere Vilanova
Director for Strategic Affairs for the Cabinet of the Minister
Ministry of Defense, Spain
Matan Vilnai
Deputy Minister of Defense
Israel
John Vinocur
Columnist
The International Herald Tribune
Arvind Virmani
Executive Director
International Monetary Fund
Kurt Volker
Senior Fellow
Johns Hopkins University
Christoph von Marschall
Washington Bureau Chief
Tagesspiegel
Pamela Wallin
Senator
Deputy Chair of the Senate Defence and National Security Committee
Canadian Senate
Tsuneo Watanabe
Senior Fellow
Tokyo Foundation
Ken Watkin
Judge Advocate General
Department of National Defence, Canada
Christian Wernicke
U.S. Correspondent
Sueddeutsche Zeitung
J. Robinson West
Chairman of the Board, Founder,
Chief Executive Officer
PFC Energy
Robert Wexler
Member
United States House of Representatives
Kathryn White
Executive Director
United Nations Association
Canada
Ray Williamson
Executive Director
Secure World Foundation
Damon Wilson
Director, International Security Program
Atlantic Council of the United States
Deborah Windsor
Vice President (Nova Scotia)
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Georg Witschel
Permanent Representative of the
Federal Republic of Germany to Canada
Joseph Wood
Senior Resident Fellow
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Rob Wrigley
Director, Government Relations
Airbus
Richard Youngs
Research Director
Fundación para las Relaciones
Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
Amberin Zaman
Turkey Correspondent
The Economist
Halifax Forum 2009 Papers
Maritime Security: Growing Problems on the Seven Seas
Andrew M. Dorman
Is Non-Proliferation a Lost Cause?
Gilles Andreani
International Security and Climate Change
Sherri Goodman and David M. Catarious, Jr., Ph.D.
From Denial to Governance: A New Prism for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Libby Turpen
Could the New Japanese Government Herald Novel Departures in Security Policy?
Tsuneo “Nabe” Watanabe
Arctic Security: The New Great Game?
Daniel P. Fata
A Fundamentally Flawed Afghan Policy
James Kunder