2020 HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORUM
DATE
November 20-22, 2020
LOCATION
Hybrid
PARTICIPANTS
300
Halifax International Security Forum invites subject experts with significant practical experience to volunteer their time throughout the summer months to discuss and debate ideas to be addressed head-on at Halifax in November. The guidance provided by the Agenda Working Group ensures that Halifax International Security Forum plays its part in shaping the coming year’s global security agenda.
Halifax International Security Forum is proud that the agenda presented to its participants each year is acutely relevant and reflects conversations that are happening in capitals around the world. In the cases where these issues are not yet top-of-mind for decision makers, Halifax International Security Forum is pleased to create those conversations that will gain attention and inspire international action.
Michael Auslin
Senior Advisor for Asia, Halifax International Security Forum, Payson J. Treat Fellow in Contemporary Asia, Hoover Institute, Stanford University
Alyssa Ayres
Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
Ian Brodie
Director of Studies, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Rosa Brooks
Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Policy, Georgetown University Law Center
Leslie Campbell
Senior Associate and Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Programs, National Democratic Institute
Dean Fealk
Chair, Global Strategy & Innovation, Halifax International Security Forum, Managing Partner, DLA Piper
John Glenn
Policy Director, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition
Jerrold Green
President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Council on International Policy
Heather Hurlburt
Director, New Models of Policy Change, New America
Rachel Kleinfeld
Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
François Lafond
Special Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Republic of North Macedonia
Paz Magat
Director, Peace With Women Fellowship, Halifax International Security Forum
C. Dixon Osburn
Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy Center
Roland Paris
Professor of International Affairs, University of Ottawa
Luis Rubio
Chairman, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations
Chris Sabatini
Senior Fellow for Latin America, Chatham House
Randy Scheunemann
Senior Counselor, Halifax International Security Forum
Robin Shepherd
Vice President, Halifax International Security Forum
Janice Stein
Chair of the Board of Directors, Halifax International Security Forum, Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
Peter Van Praagh
President, Halifax International Security Forum
Kurt Volker
Senior International Advisor, Advisory Board Member, BGR Group
W. Bruce Weinrod
Adjunct Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Carol Abraham
Chief Defence Strategy Management, New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand
Michael Abramowitz
President, Freedom House, United States
Mohammed Abulahoum
Head, Justice and Building Party, Yemen
Alka Acharya
Professor of Chinese Studies, Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Takeshi Akahori
Ambassador (UN Affairs, Cyber Policy), Japan
Hulusi Akar
Minister of National Defense, Ministry of National Defense, Turkey
Fatima Akilu
Executive Director, NEEM Foundation, Nigeria
Izabela Albrycht
Chair, Kosciuszko Institute, Poland
Sergio Alcocer
VP; Mexican Council of Foreign Relations COMEXI, Mexico
Leila Alieva
Affiliate Researcher, Russia and East European Studies, Oxford University, Azerbaijan
John Allen
President, The Brookings Institution, United States
T.S. Allen
Captain, U.S. Army, United States
Raed al-Saleh
Co-Founder and Director, Syria Civil Defence, Turkey
Rajmund Andrzejczak
Chief of the General Staff, Polish Armed Forces, Poland
David Angell
Canadian Permanent Representative to NATO, Joint Delegation of Canada to NATO, Canada
Niels Annen
Member, Bundestag; Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
James Appathurai
Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
Michael Arthur
President, Boeing International, United Kingdom
Thomas Axworthy
Secretary-General, InterAction Council of Former Heads of State and Government, Canada
Alyssa Ayres
Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations, United States
James Baker
Director of the Office of Net Assessment, United States Department of Defense, United States
Falah Mustafa Baki
Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to the President, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurdistan Region - Iraq
Katharine Barber
Wing Commander for the Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick Air Force Base Florida, US Air Force, USA
Mustafa Barghouti
Secretary General and Co-Founder, Palestinian National Initiative, Palestine
Espen Barth Eide
Member of Parliament, Labour Party, The Storting, Norway
Rania Barrak
Professor in Military Higher Education, Military Staff College and Superior War College, Tunisia
Emma Barrasso
Strategy and Growth Lead, Owens Corning, United States
John Barrasso
Senator from Wyoming, United States Senate, United States
Rob Bauer
Chief of Defence, Netherlands Armed Forces, Netherlands
François Bausch
Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Luxembourg
Monik Beauregard
Associate Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada, Canada
Oscar Becerra
Director, Due Diligence América Latina, Citi Security & Investigative Services; Member, Colectivo de Análisis de la Seguridad con Democracia, Mexico
Mónica Beltràn
Deputy Head of Mission, Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of Colombia in Canada, Canada
Fatou Bensouda
Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, Gambia
Ryan Berg
Research Fellow in Latin America Studies, American Enterprise Institute, United States
Peter Beyer
Member, Bundestag; Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Jack Bianchi
Research Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, United States
Lincoln Bloomfield
Chairman Emeritus, Stimson Center, United States
Jason Bordoff
Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, United States
Peter Boehm
Senator from Ontario, Canada
Kenneth Braithwaite
Secretary, United States Navy, United States
Darrell Bricker
CEO, IPSOS Public Affairs, Canada
Laura Bridge
Managing Director, Halifax International Security Forum, United States
Ian Brodie
Associate Professor, University of Calgary; Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Canada
Shelly Bruce
Chief, Communications Security Establishment, Canada
Matthew Bryza
Associate Professor, University of Calgary; Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, United States
Ahmet Çalik
Chairman, Çalik Holding, Turkey
Angus Campbell
Chief of the Defence Force, Australian Defence Force, Australia
Leslie Campbell
Senior Associate and Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Programs, National Democratic Institute, Canada
Joyce Carter
President and CEO, Halifax International Airport Authority, Canada
Figo Chan
Vice Convenor, Civil Human Rights Front, Hong Kong
Tasos Chatzivasileiou
Member of the Greek Parliament, Secretary Gen. of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Foreign Affairs, Greece
Jessica Chen Weiss
Associate Professor of Government, Cornell University, United States
Jim Chilton
Senior Vice President, Space and Launch, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, United States
Tom Clark
Chair, Public Affairs and Communications, Global Public Affairs, Canada
Steve Clemons
Editor-at-Large, The Hill, United States
Andrew Clinton
Director of the Organizational Resilience and Security Division, Asian Development Bank, Canada
Eliot Cohen
Dean, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, United States
J. Michael Cole
Senior Fellow, Global Taiwan Institute/Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Taiwan
James Coomarasamy
Senior Presenter, BBC Radio and World Service, United Kingdom
Chris Coons
Senator from Delaware, United States Senate, United States
Marie-Thérèse Corbani
Researcher, Siren Associates, Lebanon
Philip Davidson
Commander, United States Indo-Pacific Command, United States
Eli Diamond
Program Manager, Private Foundation, United States
Harris Diamond
Chairman and CEO, McCann Worldgroup, United States
Paula Dobriansky
Senior Fellow, The Future of Diplomacy Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, United States
Andrew Duncan
CEO, IGX LLC, United States
Rachel Durbin
Director, Future Force Lifecycle Engineering, Navy Capability Division, Royal Australian Navy, Australia
Elizabeth Economy
C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, United States
Rejanne Eimers-van Nes
Commander, Personnel Logistics, Royal Netherlands Army, Netherlands
Melissa Emmett
Corps Colonel, Intelligence Corps, British Army, United Kingdom
Süleyman Savaş Erdem
CEO, OYAK, Turkey
Comfort Ero
Program Director, Africa; International Crisis Group, United Kingdom
Norbert Eschborn
Director, Canada Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V., Germany
Hanne Fugl Eskjær
Ambassador of Denmark to Canada, Denmark
Emily Estelle
Research Manager, Critical Threats Project, American Enterprise Institute, United States
Nino Evgenidze
Executive Director, Economic Policy Research Center, Georgia
Richard Fadden
Senior Advisor, Capitol Hill Group, Canada
Dean Fealk
Managing Partner; DLA Piper, United States
Neil Ferguson
Director, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Bob Fife
Ottawa Bureau Chief, Globe and Mail, Canada
Renée Filiatrault
Advisory Board, Network for Strategic Analysis on Defence and Security, Canada
Andy Fillmore
Member of Parliament for Halifax; House of Commons, Canada
Brian Finlay
President and CEO; Stimson Center, Canada
Darren Fisher
Member of Parliament for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour; House of Commons, Canada
Ann Fitz-Gerald
Professor, Director, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Canada
Robert Fonberg
Distinguished Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada
Christian Forstner
Executive Director; Hanns Seidel Foundation, Germany
Liam Fox
Member of Parliament; House of Commons, United Kingdom
Serena Frechter
Special Assistant to the CEO; Development Finance Corporation, United States
King-wa Fu
Associate Professor; Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Bishop Garrison
Co-Founder and President, Rainey Center, Director, National Security Outreach, Human Rights First, United States
Ulf Gartzke
Managing Partner, Spitzberg Partners LLC, Germany
Matthias Gebauer
Chief Correspondent; Der Spiegel, Germany
Rob Gillies
Canada Bureau Chief; Associated Press, Canada
Chaitanya Giri
Fellow, Space and Ocean Studies; Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations, India
John Glenn
Policy Director; U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, United States
Dore Gold
President; Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Israel
Katherine Graef
Colonel; United States Special Operations Command, United States
Jerrold Green
President and Chief Executive Officer; President and Chief Executive Officer, United States
Mark Green
Executive Director, McCain Institute for International Leadership, United States
Robert Greenhill
Executive Chairman, Global Canada, Canada
Maryscott Greenwood
CEO, Canadian American Business Council; Managing Director, Crestview Strategy, United States
Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Member, High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation, United Nations; Senior Advisor, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, France
Ivana Gutzelnig
Director, Military Centre of Aviation Medicine, Ministry of Defence, Slovak Republic
Peter Hammerschmidt
Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of National Defence, Canada
Ibrahim Hamidi
Senior Diplomatic Editor, Asharq Al-Awsat, Syria
Husain Haqqani
Director and Senior Fellow, South and Central Asia, Hudson Institute, Pakistan
Meliza Haradinaj
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Republic of Kosovo
Jürgen Hardt
Foreign Policy Spokesman, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Bundestag, Germany
Tammy Harris
Former Deputy Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada
Jane Harman
Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Wilson Center, United States
France Hébert
Vice President and General Manager, CAE Defence & Security, Canada
Mark Hetfield
President and CEO, HIAS, United States
Richard Javad Heydarian
Research Fellow, Stratbase-ADR Institute; Columnist, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines
Szu-Chien Hsu
Deputy Secretary-General, National Security Council, Taiwan
Kai-Hung Hu
Chairman, Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation, Taiwan
Peter Hultqvist
Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Sweden
Kay Bailey Hutchinson
United States Permanent Representative, United States Mission to NATO, United States
Jaeho Hwang
Director, Global Security Cooperation Center; Professor, Division of International Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea
Goldy Hyder
President and CEO, Business Council of Canada, Canada
Esther Ibanga
Pastor, Jos Christian Missions International; Executive Director and Founder, Women without Walls Initiative, Nigeria
Iko Ibanga
Founder and CEO, Pro-Health International, Nigeria
Dolkun Isa
President, World Uyghur Congress, Germany
Wolfgang Ischinger
Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Germany
Farahnaz Ispahani
Former Member of Parliament, National Assembly of Pakistan; Senior Fellow, Religious Freedom Institute, Pakistan
Dhruva Jaishankar
Director, US Initiative, Observer Research Foundation; Nonresident Fellow, Lowy Institute, India
Jackson Janes
President Emeritus, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, United States
Josef Joffe
Publisher and Editor, Die Zeit; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Germany
Kersti Kaljulaid
President, Republic of Estonia
Matake Kamiya
Director and Distinguished Research Fellow, Japan Forum on International Relations; Professor of International Relations, National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan
Lisa Kaplan
Founder and CEO, Alethea Group, United States
Vladimir Kara-Murza
Vice President, Free Russia Foundation, Russia
Tawakkol Karman
Nobel Peace Laureate; Founder, Women Journalists Without Chains, Yemen
Raimundas Karoblis
Minister of National Defence, Ministry of National Defence, Lithuania
Yoichi Kato
Senior Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Initiative; Adjunct Fellow, Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Japan
Jānis Kažociņš
National Security Adviser to the President of Latvia; Secretary, National Security Council, Latvia
Kamran Khan
Founder and CEO, Bluedot Inc., Canada
Roderich Kiesewetter
Member, Bundestag, Germany
Suat Kınıklıoğlu
Senior Fellow, Center for Applied Turkey Studies, Turkey
Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff
Vice President, Director of Berlin Office, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Germany
Rachel Kleinfeld
Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States
Tetsuo Kotani
Senior Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs
Stephanie Krause
Commander, Medical Regiment No 1, German Armed Forces, Germany
Solveig Krey
Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations Section, Defence Staff Norway, Norwegian Armed Forces, Norway
François Lafond
Special Adviser to Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Republic of North Macedonia; President, Blue Networks and Opportunities, Paris, France
Jim Landon
President, ATCO Frontec, Canada
Nico Lange
Chief of Executive Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff
Member, Bundestag, Germany
Isabelle Lasserre
Deputy Editor, Le Figaro, France
Meghan Latcovich
Strategic Advisor; Director of the Sedona Forum, McCain Institute for International Leadership, United States
Emily Lau
Former Chairperson, Democratic Party; Former Member, Legislative Council, Hong Kong
Geneviève Lehoux
Director, Military Careers Administration, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada
Pierre Lellouche
Council Member, City of Paris; Associate Partner, Agora Strategy Group, France
Mark Lennon
Worldwide Head of Public Sector Strategy and Programs, Apple, United States
Lene Lillelund
Battalion Commander, 2nd Logistics Battalion, Logistics Regiment, Danish Armed Forces, Denmark
Tod Lindberg
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, United States
Mark Lippert
Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, YouTube Asia Pacific; Senior Advisor (Non-Resident), Korea Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, United States
Tzipi Livni
Former Minister of Justice; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel
Debra Lovette
Director, Executive Action Group, Headquarters United States Air Force, United States
Jüri Luik
Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Estonia
John MacDonell
Partner, Spiteri & Ursulak LLP, Canada
Peter MacKay
Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Canada
Paz Magat
Director, Peace With Women Fellowship, Halifax International Security Forum, United States
Chuck Maillet
Vice-President, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada
Rita Manchanda
Senior Executive and Research Director, South Asia Forum for Human Rights, India
Solange Márquez
Vice President, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations; Professor of Law, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Jill Marrack
Foreign Language Student, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada
Lysane Martel
Director, RCAF Professional Development, 2nd Canadian Air Division, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canada
Bill McCaffrey
President, McCaffrey Enterprises, Canada
Cindy McCain
Chair, McCain Institute for International Leadership, United States
Sean McDonald
Co-Founder, Digital Public; CEO, FrontlineSMS, United States
Michelle McGuinness
Director General, Counter Proliferation and Terrorism, Defence Intelligence Organization, Australia
Francis P. McGuire
President, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada
Rocky Meade
Chief of Defence Staff, Jamaica Defence Force, Jamaica
Jonathan Meretsky
Managing Director, Merit House, Canada
Mauricio Meschoulam
Founder and Director, Mexico Research Center for Peace; Professor, International Relations, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
Jeanne Meserve
Member, Homeland Security Experts Group; Member, Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity, United States
Ia Meurmishvili
Senior Editor, Voice of America, Georgia
Ayman Mhanna
Executive Director, Samir Kassir Foundation, Lebanon
Mark Milley
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States Armed Forces, United States
Duane Monea
Administrator, Real Estate Council of Alberta, Canada
Valérie Morcel
Head of the 54th Signals Regiment, French Army, France
Marta Morgan
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Global Affairs Canada, Canada
Tim Morrison
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute's Center for the Future of Liberal Society, United States
Ariel Moutsatsos
Washington D.C. Bureau Chief and Senior Correspondent, Televisa, Mexico
Nicolas Moyer
President and CEO, Cooperation Canada, Canada
Yusuf Müftüoğlu
Managing Partner and Director, CRA Strategic Advisory, Turkey
Jeff Mullen
Director, Enterprise Development, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada
Vago Muradian
Founder and Editor, Defense and Aerospace Report, United States
Ruhee Neog
Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India
Pauline Neville-Jones
Member, House of Lords; Patron, Cyber Security Challenge, United Kingdom
Andreas Nick
Member, Foreign Affairs Committee, Bundestag, Germany
Masashi Nishihara
President, Research Institute for Peace and Security, Japan
Yasushi Noguchi
Director General for International Affairs, Defense Policy Bureau, Ministry of Defense, Japan
Jacqueline O’Neill
Ambassador for Women, Peace, and Security, Canada
Omid Nouripour
Member, Foreign Affairs Committee, Bundestag, Germany
Tolu Ogunlesi
Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on Digital and New Media, Government of Nigeria, Nigeria
Nancy Okail
Visiting Scholar, Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University, United States
Japheth Omojuwa
Founder and Chief Strategist, Alpha Reach; Founder and Volunteer, Omojuwa Foundation, Nigeria
Tracy Onufer
Chief of Staff, Special Operations Command South, United States Air Force, United States
Rebecca Ore
Captain of the Port and Commanding Officer, Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach, United States Coast Guard, United States
C. Dixon Osburn
Fellow, Carr Center, Harvard Kennedy School, United States
Erin O'Toole
Member of Parliament for Durham House of Commons, Canada
Paul Owens
Manager, Special Initiatives, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada
Artis Pabriks
Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Latvia
Leon Panetta
Chairman, The Panetta Institute for Public Policy, United States
Roland Paris
Professor of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada
Sameer Patil
Fellow, International Security Studies Programme, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations, India
Stuart Peach
Chairman of the Military Committee, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
David Perry
Vice President and Senior Analyst, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Canada
Smadar Perry
Senior Editor for Middle East Affairs, Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel
J. Peter Pham
Special Envoy for the Sahel Region of Africa, United States Department of State, United States
Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno
President, ProBogota; Chairman, Virtus Global, Colombia
Joana Polekauskienė
Senior Instructor, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Lithuania
Petro Poroshenko
5th President, Government of Ukraine, Ukraine
Margaret Purdy
Member, Independent Review Panel for Defence Acquisitions, Government of Canada, Canada
Kenan Rahmani
Advocacy Manager, The Syria Campaign; Policy Advisor, Americans for a Free Syria, United States
John Raymond
Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force, United States
Peter Ricketts
President and Vice Chancellor, Acadia University, Canada
Colin Robertson
Vice President and Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Canada
Véronique Roger-Lacan
Ambassador of France to UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, France
Michael S. Rogers
CEO, The MSRogers Group LLC
Josh Rogin
Columnist, The Washington Post, United States
Rafal Rohozinski
Principal Officer, The SecDev Group, Canada
Gideon Rose
Editor, Foreign Affairs, United States
Luis Rubio
Chairman, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations; Mexico Evalua, Mexico
Christopher Sabatini
Senior Fellow for Latin America, Chatham House, United States
Marc-Olivier Sabourin
Vice-President and General Manager, CAE Elektronik GmbH, Germany
Harjit Sajjan
Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada
Lobsang Sangay
President, Central Tibetan Administration, Tibet
Andrei Sannikov
Chairman, European Belarus Foundation, Belarus
Samir Saran
President, Observer Research Foundation, India
Kenichiro Sasae
President; Former Japanese Ambassador to the United States, The Japan Institute of International Affairs, Japan
Luiza Savage
Executive Director, Editorial Initiatives, POLITICO, United States
Mike Savage
Mayor, City of Halifax, Canada
Macario Schettino
Professor, School of Social Sciences and Government, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico
Randy Scheunemann
Senior Counselor, Halifax International Security Forum; Vice Chairman, International Republican Institute, United States
Nick Schifrin
Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour, United States
Hans-Jakob Schindler
Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project, Germany
Nils Schmid
Member, Bundestag, Germany
Christian Schmidt
Member, Bundestag; Advisory Boardmember, Deutsche Bahn, Germany
Nick Sealy-Thompson
Nick Sealy-Thompson, Canada, Canada
Germaine Seewer
Commandant, Armed Forces College; Deputy Chief, Training and Education Command, Swiss Armed Forces, Switzerland
Lara Seligman
Pentagon Reporter, POLITICO, United States
Daouda Sembene
Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development, Senegal
Radmila Shekerinska
Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Republic of North Macedonia
Fiona Shepherd
Assistant Head, Defence Logistic Operations and Plans, Defence Support Operations, British Royal Navy, United Kingdom
Robin Shepherd
Vice President, Halifax International Security Forum, United Kingdom
Kevin Short
Chief of Defence Force, New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand
Ian Shugart
Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office, Government of Canada, Canada
Vasil Sikharulidze
Chairman, Atlantic Council of Georgia, Georgia
Martha Simms
Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of State, United States
Jill Sinclair
Canadian Representative, Ukranian Defence Reform Advisory Board, Strategic Joint Staff, Department of National Defence, Canada
Kevin Skillin
Consul General, United States Consulate General in Halifax, Nova Scotia, United States
David Smolansky
Special Envoy for Venezuelan Migration and Refugee Crisis, Organization of American States, Venezuela
Nancy Southern
Chair and CEO, ATCO, Canada
Robert Spalding
CEO and Founder, Subutai LLC, United States
Sabine Sparwasser
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ottawa, Germany
Henning Speck
National Security Advisor, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Germany
Olha Stefanishyna
Deputy Prime Minister, Ukraine
Janice Stein
Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada
Mercedes Stephenson
Host, The West Block, Global News, Canada
Rob Stewart
Deputy Minister, Public Safety, Canada
Jens Stoltenberg
Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
Charles Sullivan
Managing Director, Boeing Canada, Canada
Michael Svetlik
Vice President, Programs, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, United States
Joanna Świątkowska
Programme Director, European Cybersecurity Forum; Senior Research Fellow, The Kosciuszko Institute, Poland
Ahmet Taçyildiz
Chairman, Gap İnşaat, Turkey
Rebecca Talbot
Chief of Staff, Supply Chain Branch, Australian Defence Force, Australia
Keiko Tanaka
International Policy Planning Section (J5), Joint Staff, Ministry of Defence, Japan
Audrey Tang
Minister Without Portfolio, Government of Taiwan, Taiwan
Nicolas Tenzer
Chairman, Center for the Study and Research on Political Decision; Editor, Le Banquet, France
Ishaan Tharoor
Columnist, The Washington Post, United States
Jody Thomas
Deputy Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada
Gerald Tilk
CEO, Pansophico, United States
Hideshi Tokuchi
Visiting Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
Steve Tsang
Director, China Institute, School for Oriental and African Studies, United Kingdom
Daniel Twining
President, International Republican Institute, United States
Peter Van Praagh
President, Halifax International Security Forum, United States
Nirmal Verma
Chief of Naval Operations Distinguished International Fellow, United States Naval War College, India
Kurt Volker
Distinguished Fellow, CEPA; Senior International Advisor, BGR Group, United States
Joseph Votel
President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security, United States
Tsuneo Watanabe
Senior Fellow, International Peace and Security Department, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan
Mike Watson
Associate Director, Hudson Institute's Center for the Future of Liberal Society, United States
W. Bruce Weinrod
Adjunct Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, United States
Ai Weiwei
Activist; Artist, China
Thomas Whayne
Chief Financial Officer, OneWeb, United States
Peter Wright
Development Officer, Aerospace and Defence, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada