2022 Halifax International Security Forum
DATE
November 18-20, 2022
LOCATION
Halifax, Nova Scotia
AGENDA & SPEAKERS
15:00-16:15
Welcome & Opening Remarks— ON THE RECORD
Mr. Peter Van Praagh
President, Halifax International Security Forum
Minister Anita Anand
Minister of National Defence, Canada
Address — ON THE RECORD
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine
Introduced by: Adrienne Arsenault
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine
16:15-17:15
Plenary 1: And So, Where is the Security? — ON THE RECORD
Speakers
Moderator Dr. Janice Stein
Chair, HFX Board of Directors
Minister Anita Anand
Minister of National Defence, Canada
President Alar Karis
President, Estonia
Senator Jeanne Shaheen
Senator for New Hampshire, United States
Mr. Dolkun Isa
President, World Uyghur Congress, Germany;
17:45-18:45
Plenary 2 : Cold Weather, High Prices, Long War: Finding Our Winter Resilience — ON THE RECORD
Speakers
Moderator Mr. Nick Schifrin
Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour, United States
Admiral Rob Bauer
Chair of the Military Committee, NATO, Netherlands
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Senator for New York, United States Senate, United States
President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
4th President of the Republic of Croatia, Republic of Croatia
Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishyna
Deputy Prime Minister, European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, Ukraine
19:30-21:30
Gala Dinner
LOCATION: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
- Presentation of the Builder Award to Vladimir Kara-Murza (in Absentia)
- Recognition of the 2020 and 2022 Peace With Women Fellows
Vladimir Kara-Murza
21:30
NIGHT OWLS — ALL SESSIONS OFF THE RECORD
Afghanistan: Always
LOCATION: Elements
SPEAKERS:
- Ms. Christine Abizaid, Director, National Counter
Terrorism Center, United States; - Mr. Jawed Ludin, Former Deputy Foreign Minister; Co-Founder and President, Heart of Asia Society, Afghanistan;
- Ms. Friba Sabrina Saqeb, Former Member of
Parliament, Afghanistan; - Ms. Kamila Sidiqi, Former Deputy Minister for Commerce; CEO and Founder of Kaweyan Group of Companies, Afghanistan
- MODERATOR: Mr. Daniel Twining, President, International Republican Institute, United States
Ms. Christine Abizaid
Director, National Counter Terrorism Center, United States;
Mr. Jawed Ludin
Former Deputy Foreign Minister; Co-Founder and President, Heart of Asia Society, Afghanistan
Ms. Friba Sabrina Saqeb
Former Member of Parliament, Afghanistan
Ms. Kamila Sidiqi
Former Deputy Minister for Commerce; CEO and Founder of Kaweyan Group of Companies, Afghanistan
Mr. Daniel Twining
President, International Republican Institute, United States
Cyber Specific Strategies: Lessons from Ukraine’s Invisible Heroes
LOCATION: Atlantic Ballroom
SPEAKERS:
- Ms. Izabela Albrycht, Director of the Cybersecurity
Center, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland - Mr. Maksym Savanevsky, CEO, PlusOne; Co-Founder, Media Center Ukraine
- Ms. Hanna Shelest, Head of Security Programmes, Foreign
Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism;” Editor-in-chief, UA: Ukraine Analytica, Ukraine - MODERATOR: Ms. Ia Meurmisvili, Managing Editor, Voice of America, Georgia
Ms. Izabela Albrycht
Director of the Cybersecurity Center, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Mr. Maksym Savanevsky
CEO, PlusOne; Co-Founder, Media Center Ukraine
Ms. Hanna Shelest
Head of Security Programmes, Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism;” Editor-in-chief, UA: Ukraine Analytica, Ukraine
Ms. Ia Meurmisvili
Managing Editor, Voice of America, Georgia
TikTok, Tick Tock: Treasuring Taiwan’s Time
LOCATION: Harbour B
SPEAKERS:
- Mr. Wu’er Kaixi, General Secretary, Taiwan Parliamentary Human Rights Commission
- Deputy Minister Ming-Yen Tsai, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan
- Mr. Nury Turkel, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute and Chair, US Commission on International Religious Freedom
- MODERATOR: Mr. Dean Fealk, Chair, Global Strategy & Innovation, HFX; Managing Partner, DLA Piper
Mr. Wu’er Kaixi
General Secretary, Taiwan Parliamentary Human Rights Commission
Deputy Minister Ming-Yen Tsai
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan
Mr. Nury Turkel
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute and Chair, US Commission on International Religious Freedom
Mr. Dean Fealk
Chair, Global Strategy & Innovation, HFX; Managing Partner, DLA Piper