DATE
November 18-20, 2022
LOCATION
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Breakfast
LOCATION: Seaport Social Restaurant
Presentation — ON THE RECORD
The John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service
Presented by Mr. Jack McCain
Halifax Chat — ON THE RECORD
Female Freedom Fighters: Finding Morality in Iran
WITH: Dr. Hamed Esmaeilion – Author and Activist – spokesperson of the Association of families of flight PS752 victims; Ms. Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay – President and Co-Founder – Stop Child Executions; Mr. Tom Clark – Chair – Global Public Affairs
Chair, Global Public Affairs
President and Co-Founder, Stop Child Executions
Author and Activist; Spokesperson of the Association of families of flight PS752 victims
Coffee Break
Plenary 3: Tomorrow’s Energy Needed Now — ON THE RECORD
SPEAKERS
Executive Editor, Growth POLITICO, United States
Chief of the General Staff Polish Armed Forces, Poland
President, Boeing International, United Kingdom
Chair and CEO, ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited, Canada
Executive Director, Gas Power & Renewables, S&P Global Commodity Insights, United Kingdom
Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
Halifax Chat — ON THE RECORD
Whole, Free and at Peace: Ukraine After the War
Coffee Break
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III — ON THE RECORD
INTRODUCED BY: Ambassador Mark Lippert, Vice Chair, HFX Board of Directors
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III
Ambassador Mark Lippert, Vice Chair, HFX Board of Directors
Plenary 4: The Disinformation Nations: Kidnapping Our Citizens, Corrupting Our Officials, Stealing Our Stuff — ON THE RECORD
SPEAKERS
Publisher, GZERO Media, Senior Management, Eurasia Group, Special Correspondent, CTV NEWS, Canada
Senator for Delaware, United States Senate, United States
CEO, Jigsaw, United States
Director General of the Office of National Intelligence, Office of National Intelligence, Australia
National Leader of Belarus / Head of the United Transitional Cabinet
Editor-in-Chief, StopFake, Ukraine
MEAL READY-TO-EAT (MRE)
LOCATION: Atlantic Ballroom
Plenary 5: Food Security: May We Have Some More? — ON THE RECORD
SPEAKERS
Deputy Editor, Foreign Affairs, United States
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, United States
Founding Partner and CEO, Horizon Capital, Ukraine
Founder, Alpha Reach, Author, Digital: The New Code of Wealth, Nigeria
Coffee Break
Plenary 6: Mind the Gap: Keeping Our Tech Superiority — ON THE RECORD
SPEAKERS
Diplomatic Editor, The Economist, United States
Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces
Minister of Defence, Netherlands
Senator for Nevada, United States Senate, United States
Senator for South Dakota, United States
Vice Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force, United States
Halifax Chat — ON THE RECORD
WITH: Representative Michael McCaul, Representative from Texas, United States House of Representatives and Senator Jim Risch, Senator for Idaho; Ms. Evelyn Farkas, Executive Director, McCain Institute
Executive Director, McCain Institute
Representative from Texas, United States House of Representatives
Senator for Idaho, United States
Pre-dinner Reception
LOCATION: VIA Rail Station
Dinner Sessions — ALL SESSIONS OFF THE RECORD
Arctic Allies Align
Coping With Climate: Africa Enlightens
Decoupling: Russia, Yes. China, Next
Expanding Space
Female Freedom Fighters: Meeting Morality in Iran
Finding Meaning in Europe
Israel and Its Arab Allies Making a Modern Middle East
New NATO: Never Again Treaty Organization
The Next Quad: Japan + Aukus (Jaukus)
Nuclear War: 60 Years On, Preventing (While Preparing For) The Unimaginable
Our Extremists, Our Existential Enemies
Russia’s Future, Russia’s Past
Securing the Sovereignty of Smaller States
Still America
Syria: Can You See Me Now
Tanks or Tech? The 21st Century Battlefield (Strider)
Tech Diplomacy: Statecraft or Stagecraft (AWSS)
Turning Sanctions Into Strategy
UAV: Ukraine’s Absolute Victory
UN: The Best the World Has Done. So Far…
Western Hemisphere, Meet the World
Whole, Free and at Peace: Ukraine After the War
FILM SCREENING | Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom
LOCATION: Plenary Room
Q&A WITH: Mr. Evgeny Afineevsky, Film Director; Mr. Dmytro Kozatsky, Mariupol Defender; Ms. Nataliia Nagorna, Journalist, TSN; Ms. Hanna Zaitseva, Wife of Mariupol Defender