2022 Halifax International Security Forum
DATE
November 18-20, 2022
LOCATION
Halifax, Nova Scotia
AGENDA & SPEAKERS
15:00-16:15
Welcome — ON THE RECORD
Mr. Peter Van Praagh, President, HFX
Mr. Peter Van Praagh
President, Halifax International Security Forum
Opening Remarks — ON THE RECORD
Minister Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence, Canada
Minister Anita Anand
Minister of National Defence, Canada
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;
17:15-17:45
Coffee Break
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
18:45
Shuttle to Pier 21
LOCATION: Lobby of the Westin Nova Scotian
19:00-19:30
Reception
LOCATION: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
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
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
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
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