2023 Halifax International Security Forum
DATE
November 17-19, 2023
LOCATION
Halifax, Nova Scotia
AGENDA & SPEAKERS
7:00
5K RUN
with General Wayne Eyre, Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces
General Wayne Eyre
Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces
8:30-9:45
BREAKFAST SESSIONS — OFF THE RECORD
Tech: America’s Great Inventions, Its Enemies’ True Intentions (2018)
LOCATION: Elements
Speakers
MODERATOR Ms. Margaret Miller
Cybersecurity Reporter, POLITICO, United States
Deputy Minister Kateryna Chernohorenko
Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization
Mr. Dominic Delmolino
Vice President of Field Technology and Engineering Worldwide, Amazon Web Services, United States
Member Pauline Neville-Jones
United Kingdom House of Lords, United Kingdom
No More Loyalty Tests: A New Era for Global Democracies (2023)
LOCATION: Harbour B
Speakers
MODERATOR Dr. Solange Márquez Espinoza
Representative for Canada at Mexican Council on Foreign Relations, Fellow at Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Mexico
Dr. Joel Ng
Deputy Head, Centre for Multilateralism Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore
Mr. Tolu Ogunlesi
Executive Director, The Anvil Initiative (TANI), Nigeria
Mr. Siddharth Varadarajan
Founding Editor, The Wire, India
Ukraine’s Plan: Survival, Revival, Arrival (2023)
LOCATION: Atlantic Ballroom
Speakers
MODERATOR Ms. Toma Istomina
Deputy Chief Editor, Co-founder, The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine
Mr. Yehor Cherniev
Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ukraine
Ms. Olena Halushka
Co-founder of International Center for Ukrainian Victory, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Ambassador Yuliya Kovaliv
Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Ukraine
Ms. Mariia Mezentseva
Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, Ukraine
Mr. Andriy Shevchenko
Head of Mission to Ukraine, Ukrainian World Congress, Ukraine
10:15-11:15
Plenary 7: Victory in Ukraine = Climate Cooperation — ON THE RECORD
Speakers
MODERATOR Ms. Mercedes Stephenson
Ottawa Bureau Chief and Host of The West Block, Global News, Canada
Ms. Madeleine Redfern
COO, CanArctic Inuit Networks, Canada
Mayor Mike Savage
Mayor, Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada
Mr. Jim Landon
President, ATCO Frontec, Canada
11:30-11:40
Video Address by Secretary Oleksiy Danilov, National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine
Secretary Oleksiy Danilov
National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine
11:45-12:45
Plenary 8: For as Long as it Takes: Victory in Ukraine — ON THE RECORD
Speakers
MODERATOR Ms. Jeanne Meserve
Host NatSec Tech Podcast, Special Competitive Studies Project, United States
General Robert Brieger
Chairman of the EU Military Committee, European Union
Ms. Irene Fellin
Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security, NATO, Italy
Mr. Andriy Kostin
Prosecutor General, Ukraine
13:00-14:00
Closing Lunch
LOCATION: Atlantic Ballroom