Plenary 1: Global Transatlanticism: Where the Allies Are

Speakers: Mr. Yukio Okamoto, President, Okamoto Associates, Japan

The Hon. Jeanne Shaheen, Senator, United States Senate

Prof. Dr. Ilter Turan, Professor of Political Science, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey

The Hon. Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg, Minister of Defense, Germany

Moderator: The Hon. Pamela Wallin, Senator, Deputy Chair of the Senate Defence Committee, Canada

Night Owl Sessions

Partners and Problems: North Korea

Speakers: Dr. Kim Changsu, Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, South Korea

The Hon. Wayne Mapp, Minister of Defence, New Zealand

Mr. Yukio Okamoto, President, Okamoto Associates, Japan

Mr. Michael Schiffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, East Asia, United States

Moderator: Mr. Glyn Ford, Partner, Polint

Partners and Problems: The Middle East

Speakers: The Hon. Dr. Mohammed Shtayyeh, Minister of Housing and Public Works, Palestinian National Authority

The Hon. Matan Vilnai, Deputy Minister of Defense, Israel

The Hon. Robert Wexler, Member, United States House of Representatives

Moderator: Ms. Barb Stegemann, Columnist, Halifax Chronicle Herald and Founder, 7 Virtues Communications Group

Geopolitical Consequences of the Economic Crisis

Speakers: Ms. Miriam L. Campanella, Senior Lecturer, International Political Economy, University of Turin

The Hon. Edgars Rinkēvičs, Head of the Chancery of the President, Republic of Latvia

Mr. John Vinocur, Columnist, International Herald Tribune

Dr. Arvind Virmani, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund

Moderator: Mr. Philip Stephens, Associate Editor, Financial Times

Plenary 2: Afghanistan: Transition to What?

Speakers: General (Retired) Rick Hillier, Former Chief of Defence Staff, Canada

The Hon. John McCain, Senator, United States Senate

Mr. Michael Semple, Research Fellow, Carr Center for Human Policy Rights, Harvard University

Mr. Najam Sethi, Editor-in-Chief, Daily Times, Pakistan

Moderator: Ms. Lyse Doucet, Presenter and Correspondent, BBC

Plenary 3: Pirates, Ports, and Proliferation: Securing the Seas

Speakers: Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, Allied Joint Force Command Naples

The Hon. Peter G. MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, Canada

The Hon. Eimert van Middelkoop, Minister of Defense, The Netherlands

Moderator: Ms. Susan Bonner, Washington Correspondent, CBC News

Plenary 4: Arctic Security: The New Great Game?

Speakers: Mr. Stephen M. Carmel, Senior Vice President, Maritime Services, Maersk Line, Ltd.

The Hon. Espen Barth Eide, State Secretary, Ministry of Defense, Norway

General Walter Natynczyk, Chief of Defence Staff, Canada

General Victor E. Renuart, Jr., Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command

Moderator: Mr. Jamie McIntyre, Host of “Line of Departure,” Military.com

Plenary 5: Law V. Power: Who Rules? Who Makes the Rules?

Speakers: The Hon. Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court

The Hon. Gregory B. Craig, White House Counsel, Executive Office of the President of the United States

Dr. Hina Jilani, Human Rights Lawyer, AGHS Associates Legal Aid Cell, Pakistan

The Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Canada

Moderator: Mr. Martin Klingst, Bureau Chief, Washington DC, DIE ZEIT

Plenary 6: Iran: What Do We Do?

Speakers: The Hon. Darrell Issa, Member, United States House of Representatives

The Hon. Ruprecht Polenz, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, German Parliament

The Hon. Murat Mercan, Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Turkish Grand National Assembly

Moderator: Mr. Julian Borger, Diplomatic Editor, International Affairs, The Guardian

Saturday Night Dinners

The Fall of the Wall: New World or New World Order?

Speakers: Mr. Andrei Sannikov, Leader of “European Belarus” and Former Deputy Foreign Minister, Belarus

Mr. Christian Wernicke, U.S. Correspondent, Sueddeutsche Zeitung

Moderator: Mr. James Appathurai, Spokesman, NATO

The Future of Democracy in the Western Hemisphere

Speakers: The Hon. Nelson Azevedo Jobim, Minister of Defense, Brazil

The Hon. Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, Canada

Moderator: The Hon. Jim Kolbe, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Global Energy Security: Pipe Dream?

Speaker: Mr. J. Robinson West, Chairman of the Board, Founder, and Chief Executive Officer, PFC Energy

Moderator: Ms. Alina Inayeh, Director, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Iraq: Still Work to Do

Speaker: The Hon. Stephen Hadley, Senior Advisor for International Affairs, United States Institute of Peace and Former National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush

Moderator: Ms. Amberin Zaman, Turkey Correspondent, The Economist

Laws of War: Do They Work?

Speaker: Mr. Robert Taylor, Principal Deputy Counsel, Department of Defense, United States

Brigadier-General Ken Watkin, Judge Advocate General, Department of National Defence, Canada

Moderator: Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Made in China: Challenges and Opportunities

Speaker: Mr. Yukio Okamoto, President, Okamoto Associates, Japan

Moderator: Mr. Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

NATO’S Strategic Direction

Speaker: Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and Commander, United States European Command

Moderator: Mr. Daniel P. Fata, Vice President, The Cohen Group and Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Obama: One Year In

Speaker: Mr. Gregory B. Craig, White House Counsel, Executive Office of the President of the United States

Mr. Robert Liberatore, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Moderator: Mr. Craig Kennedy, President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Pakistan: Who Can Help and How?

Speaker: The Hon. Christopher Alexander, Former Ambassador to Afghanistan, Canada

Dr. Hina Jilani, Human Rights Lawyer, AGHS Associates Legal Aid Cell, Pakistan

Moderator: Dr. Dan Twining, Senior Fellow for Asia, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Regional Help Wanted: The Role of Neighbors in Securing Peace, or Not?

Speaker: The Hon. Murat Mercan, Founding Member and Deputy Chairman, Justice and Development Party, Turkey

Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Shadow Security Minister and National Security Advisor to the Leader of the Opposition, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland

Moderator: Mr. Ivan Vejvoda, Executive Director, Balkan Trust for Democracy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Security and Climate Change

Speaker: Ms. Sherri Goodman, Senior Vice President, CNA

Moderator: Ms. Heidi Cullen, Senior Research Scientist, Climate Central

Terrorism: What’s Next?

Speaker: Dr. Alexander Garza, Assistant Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, United States

The Hon. Matan Vilnai, Deputy Minister of Defense, Israel

Moderator: Dr. Ian O. Lesser, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Ukraine Before the Elections

Speaker: Mr. Olexander Scherba, Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to Ukrainian Presidential Candidate Arseniy Yatseniuk

Mr. Boris Tarasyuk, Member, Ukrainian Parliament

Moderator: Mr. David J. Kramer, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

What Ideas Are Worth Defending?

Speaker: Dr. Peter Berkowitz, Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

The Hon. Pieter De Crem, Minister of Defense, Belgium

Moderator: Mr. Joe Wood, Senior Resident Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Breakfast Sessions

Protecting Ports, Threatening Trade?

Speakers: Mr. Earl Agron, Vice President, Security and Environment, APL Ltd.

Ms. Karen Oldfield, Chief Executive Officer, Halifax Port Authority

Mr. Jonathan S. Spaner, Commanding Officer, United States Coast Guard

Moderator: Mr. Paul Brill, Editorial Writer, International Affairs, De Volkskrant

Pandemics: Public and Private Preparedness

Speakers: Mr. Francis Delon, Secretary General, National Defense Office, France

Dr. Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Resources, United States

Moderator: Mr. Martin Klingst, Washington Bureau Chief, Die Zeit

Security or Development: Which Comes First?

Speakers: Major-General Peter Devlin, Deputy Commander, Canadian Expeditionary Forces Command

The Hon. Pierre Duquesne, Ambassador for Economic Issues, Reconstruction and Development, Minister of Foreign Affairs, France

Ms. Elissa Golberg, Director General, Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force, Canada

The Hon. James Michel Counselor, United States Agency for International Development

Moderator: Mr. James Kunder, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Plenary 7: Nukes: Who’s Got ‘Em? Who Wants ‘Em? Who’s Giving ‘Em Away? And What Do We Do About It?

Speakers: Dr. Camille Grand, Executive Director, The Foundation for Strategic Research, France

The Hon. Stephen Hadley, Senior Advisor for International Affairs, United States Institute of Peace

The Hon. Ellen Tauscher, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Department of State, United States

Mr. Tsuneo “Nabe” Watanabe, Senior Fellow, Tokyo Foundation

Moderator: Mr. Roger Cohen, Columnist, The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune

Plenary 8: What Should NATO Stand For?

Speakers: The Hon. Pieter De Crem, Minister of Defense, Belgium

Mr. Bruce Jackson, Founder and President, Project on Transitional Democracies

Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Shadow Security Minister and National Security Advisor to the Leader of the Opposition, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland

The Hon. Christian Schmidt, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense, Germany

Moderator: Mr. Anton La Guardia, Defense and Security Correspondent, The Economist

• Morten von Hanno Aasland
  Senior Advisor Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
• Earl Agron
  Vice President, Security and Environment, APL, Ltd.
• Christopher Alexander
  Federal Candidate for Ajax-Pickering Conservative Party, Canada
• James Appathurai
  Spokesman, NATO
• Ronald Atkey
  First Chair of SIRC, Professor of National Security Law, The University of Western Ontario and Osgoode Hall
• Bogdan Aurescu
  State Secretary for Strategic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania
• Alyssa Ayres
  Director for India and South Asia, McLarty Associates
• Nelson Azevedo Jobim
  Minister of Defense, Brazil
• Jennifer Barrett
  Deputy Legislative Director, Office of Senator Mark Udall
• Peter Bator
  Director, Cabinet of the State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia
• Nur Batur
  Columnist, Sabah Newspaper
• Mark Begich
  Senator, United States Senate
• Peter Berkowitz
  Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow Hoover Institution
• Jean Betermier
  Advisor to the President and CEOs, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS)
• Richard Billard
  Manager, Business Development, MDA Corporation
• Peter Boehm
  Ambassador, Embassy of Canada, Germany
• Susan Bonner
  Washington Correspondent, CBC News
• Julian Borger
  Diplomatic Editor, The Guardian
• Marcin Bosacki
  Chief U.S. Correspondent, Gazeta Wyborcza
• Jeremy Brenner
  Political and Military Officer, Embassy of the United States, Canada
• Murray Brewster
  Defence Correspondent, Canadian Press
• Stephen G. Breyer
  Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court
• Reuben E. Brigety II
  Independent Consultant
• Paul Brill
  Editorial Writer, International Affairs, De Volkskrant
• Ian Brodie
  Political Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank
• John Brooks
  Vice President, International and President, NGII
• Christian Brose
  National Security Advisor, Office of Senator John McCain
• Theresa Brown
  Attache, U.S. Embassy, Ottawa, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Ian Brzezinski
  Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Brooke Buchanan
  Communications Director, Office of Senator John McCain
• Jean-Francois Bureau
  Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO
• Miriam L. Campanella
  Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Political Science, University of Turin
• Stephen Carmel
  Senior Vice President of Maritime Services, Maersk Line, Ltd.
• Jose Elito Carval Ho Siqueria
  Secretary of Education, Logistics, Mobilization, Science, and Technology, Ministry of Defense, Brazil
• L.F.F Casteleijn
  Principal Director of General of Policy Affairs, Ministry of National Defence, The Netherlands
• Lindsay Cavanaugh
  Military Legislative Assistant, Office of Senator Mark Begich
• John Cody
  General Manager, General Dynamics Canada, Ltd.
• Richard Cohen
  Senior Defence Advisor to the Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada
• Roger Cohen
  Columnist, The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune
• Monique Collette
  President, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
• Kevin Cosgriff
  Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development, ATK
• Steve Covington
  International Affairs Advisor to Supreme Allied Commander, Europe Commander, and United States European Command
• Gregory B. Craig
  White House Counsel, Executive Office of the President of the United States
• Laurant Crenshaw
  Office of Congressman Darrell Issa
• Heidi Cullen
  Senior Research Scientist, Climate Central
• Robert Davidson
  Director of Staff, Strategic Joint Staff, Department of National Defence, Canada
• Keith Dayton
  United States Security Coordinator for Palestine and Israel
• Pieter De Crem
  Minister of Defense, Belgium
• Rob De Wijk
  Director, Hauge Centre for Strategic Studies
• Vincent Mertens de Wilmers
  Diplomatic Advisor, Ministry of Defense, Beligum
• Francis Delon
  Secretary General for National Defense, Office of the Prime Minister, France
• Pavol Demes
  Director, Bratislava Office, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Peter Devlin
  Deputy Commander, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command
• Cindy Dickson
  Director, Department of Circumpolar Relations, Council of Yukon First Nations
• Paula Dobriansky
  Senior International Affairs and Trade Advisor, Baker Hosteler
• Thanos Dokos
  Director General, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
• Bruce Donaldson
  Commander, Department of National Defence, Canada
• Karen Donfried
  Executive Vice President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Xenia Dormandy
  Executive Director, PeaceNexus
• Lyse Doucet
  Presenter and Correspondent, BBC
• Dan Dugas
  Director of Communications, Department of National Defence, Canada
• Pierre Duquesne
  Ambassador for Economic Issues, Reconstruction and Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
• Rear Admiral Marc Ectors
  Director, Operations and Training, Cabinet of the Minister of Defense, Ministry of Defense, Belgium
• Janis Eichmanis
  Permanent Representative, Mission of Latvia to NATO
• Espen Barth Eide
  State Secretary, Ministry of Defense, Norway
• Clint Eisenhauer
  Vice President, Government Relations, Maersk Line, Ltd.
• Steve Elder
  President, Aerospace and Defence Industries Association, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Paige Ennis
  Senior Director of Alumni Relations, External Affairs Office, Harvard Kennedy School
• Hakan Eraydin
  Head of the General Plans and Policy Department, Ministry of Defense, Turkey
• Cagri Erhan
  President, European Research Center (ATAUM)
• Daniel P. Fata
  Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Vice President, The Cohen Group
• Mark Fischer
  Senior Program Officer, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Mark Fitzgerald
  Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, and Commander, Allied Joint Forces Command Naples
• Stephen Flanagan
  Senior Vice President and Henry A. Kissinger Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Klaus-Peter Flosbach
  Member, German Parliament
• Robert Fonberg
  Deputy Minister, Department of National Defence, Canada
• Glyn Ford
  Partner, Polint, Ltd.
• Brian Forni
  Professional Staff Member, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Vesko Garcevic
  Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Montenegro
• Geoffrey Garrett
  President, Pacific Council on International Policy
• Alexander Garza
  Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Robert Gates
  Secretary of Defense, United States
• Wim Geerts
  Ambassador, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Canada
• Francois Gere
  Director, French Institute for Strategic Analysis
• Bastian Giegerich
  Research Fellow for European Security, International Institute for Strategic Studies
• Rob Gillies
  Canada Bureau Chief, Associated Press
• Mario Gioannini
  Head, Operating Area Economic and Legal Research, Compagnia San Paolo
• Jean Francois Godbout
  Military Assistant, Department of National Defence, Canada
• Nigar Goksel
  Senior Analyst, European Stability Initiative
• Elissa Golberg
  Director General, Stabilization and Reconstruction Taskforce, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada
• David Goldman
  Associate Editor, First Things
• Sherri Goodman
  Senior Vice President,, General Counsel, and Board Secretary, CNA
• Camille Grand
  Director, Foundation for Strategic Research
• Ettore Greco
  Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali
• Maryscott Greenwood
  Executive Director, Canadian American Business Council
• Rudyard Griffiths
  Co-Organizer, Munk Debates
• Edouard Guillaud
  Military Advisor to the President, France
• Kadri Gursel
  Columnist, Dogan Gazetecilik A.S.
• Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg
  Minister of Defense, Germany
• Stephen Hadley
  Senior Advisor, International Affairs, United States Institute for Peace
• Hans Haekkerup
  Research Director, Royal Danish Defense College
• Holger-Heinrich Haibach
  Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, German Parliament
• Alina Inayeh
  Director, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• William Inboden
  Senior Vice President, Legatum
• Darrell Issa
  Member, United States House of Representatives
• Bruce Jackson
  President, Project on Transitional Democracies
• David Jacobson
  Ambassador, Embassy of the United States of America, Canada
• Jackson Janes
  Executive Director, American Institute for, Contemporary German Studies
• Vincent Jauvert
  Journalist, Le Nouvel Observateur
• Zoran Jeftic
  State Secretary, Ministry of Defense, Republic of Serbia
• Hina Jilani
  Human Rights Lawyer, AGHS Associates Legal Aid Cell
• Rastislav Kacer
  President, Slovak Atlantic Commission
• Jonathan Katz
  Staff Director, Subcommittee on Europe, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Craig Kennedy
  President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Kim Changsu
  Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses
• Stephen Kimmel
  Advisor to the Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
• Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff
  Senior Director, Policy Programs, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Martin Klingst
  Washington Bureau Chief, Die Zeit
• Helmut Koeninghaus
  Member, German Parliament
• Jim Kolbe
  Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Sergei Konoplyov
  Director, Black Sea Security Program and U.S.-Russia Security Program, Harvard University
• David J. Kramer
  Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Irina Krasovskaya
  President, We Remember Foundation
• Chad Kreikemeier
  Legislative Assistant, Foreign Policy and Defense, Office of Senator Jeanne Shaheen
• Artur Kuko
  Permanent Representative of Albania to NATO
• James Kunder
  Senior Resident Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Ieva Kupce
  Representative of Latvian Ministry of Defence to NATO, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Latvia
• Anton La Guardia
  Defense and Security Correspondent, The Economist
• Francois Lafond
  Director, Paris Office, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Kersten Lahl
  President, Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik
• Catriona Laing
  International Director, Ministry of Justice, United Kingdom
• Christina Lamb
  Foreign Correspondent, London Sunday Times
• F. Stephen Larrabee
  Distinguished Chair in European Security, RAND Corporation
• Ian O. Lesser
  Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Robert Liberatore
  Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Kadri Liik
  Director, International Centre for Defence Studies
• Tod Lindberg
  Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Editor, Policy Review
• Krysztof Lisek
  Vice Chairman, European Parliament
• Dahlia Lithwick
  Senior Editor and Legal Correspondent, Slate
• Nicole Lurie
  Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• John MacDonell
  Chief of Staff to the Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada
• Ralston MacDonnell
  President, MacDonnell Group
• Peter MacKay
  Minister of Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, Canada
• Heike MacKerron
  Senior Director for Europe, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• George MacLean
  Professor and Head, Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba
• Paul Maddison
  Commander, Maritime Force Atlantic, Canada
• Laure Mandeville
  U.S. Correspondent and Senior Journalist, Le Figaro
• Wayne Mapp
  Minister of Defence, New Zealand
• Bruno Marescaux
  Advisor to the Secretary General of National Defense, Office of the Prime Minister, France
• Lawrence Martin
  Aide de Camp, USSC
• Barbara Martinez
  Managing Editor, Global Post
• Paul McCabe
  Vice President, Engineering, IMP Group International
• John McCain
  Senator, United States Senate
• Kara McDonald
  International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
• Dean McFadden
  Chief of the Maritime Staff, Department of National Defence, Canada
• Jamie McIntyre
  Host of “Line of Departure”, Military.com
• Beverley McLachlin
  Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Canada
• Reg McMichael
  Military Assistant to the Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada
• Robert McRae
  Permanent Representative of Canada to NATO
• Sergiu Medar
  President, SM World Solutions
• Alan Mendoza
  Co-Founder and Executive Director, Henry Jackson Society
• Murat Mercan
  Founding Member and Deputy Chairman, Justice and Development Party, Turkey
• James Michel
  Counselor, United States Agency for International Development
• Ognyan Michev
  Executive Director, Intstitute for Regional and International Studies
• Wess Mitchell
  President, Center for European Policy Analysis
• Oliver Moore
  Atlantic Bureau Chief, The Globe and Mail
• Sean Mulvaney
  Director, Economic Policy Program, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Walter Natynczyk
  Chief of the Defence Staff, Department of National Defence, Canada
• Pauline Neville-Jones
  Shadow Security Minister and National Security, Adviser to the Leader of the Opposition, United Kingdom
• Lloyd Noseworthy
  Regional Director, International Business, Development, Sikorsky Canada, Sikorsky Aircraft
• Natalie Nougayrede
  Diplomatic Correspondent, Le Monde
• Omid Nouripour
  Member, Defense Committee, German Parliament
• Yukio Okamoto
  President, Okamoto Associates
• Karen Oldfield
  President and Chief Executive Officer, Halifax Port Authority
• Kevin O’Shea
  Minister, Embassy of Canada, United States
• Elaine Papoulias
  Director, Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East Central Degree Programs, Harvard University
• Anne Penketh
  Program Director, British American Security Information Council, (BASIC)
• William Pentney
  Associate Deputy Minister, Department of National Defence, Canada
• Michael Petric
  Assistant to the Director of Operations, Department of National Defence, Canada
• Richard Phillips
  Chief Executive Officer, Pilot Freight Services
• Carol Piovesan
  McCarthy Tetrault
• Ruprecht Polenz
  Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, German Parliament
• Wolfgang Pordzik
  Executive Vice President for Corporate Public Policy, DHL North America
• Stephen Puddicombe
  Journalist, CBC Television
• Margaret Purdy
  Research Associate, Center for International Relations, The University of British Columbia
• Jonathan Quarles
  Director of Government Affairs, W Industries
• Ernie Regehr
  Senior Policy Advisor, Project Ploughshares
• Victor E. Renuart Jr.
  Commander, U.S. Northern Command and Northern American Aerospace, Defense Command
• Edgars Rinkevics
  Head, President’s Chancery, Republic of Latvia
• Colin Robertson
  Senior Fellow, Carleton University
• Milan Rocen
  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Montenegro
• Nuno Rogeiro
  Journalist, Geopolitics Expert, Journal de Noticias
• Chad Rogers
  Principal, Navigator
• Daniel Runde
  Head, Partnership Development, International Finance Corporation
• Tom Ruth
  President and Chief Executive Officer, Halifax International Airport Authority
• Eyup SaGlık
  Editor in Chief, Referans Daily
• Alan Salazar
  Senior Advisor, Office of Senator Mark Udall
• Victoria Samson
  Director, Washington Office, Secure World Foundation
• Andrei Sannikov
  Coordinator, European Belarus
• Olexander Scherba
  Foreign Policy Advisor to Ukranian Presidential Candidate A.Yatseniuk
• Randall Scheunemann
  Owner and President, Orion Strategies
• Michael Schiffer
  Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, East Asia, U.S. Department of Defense
• Ulrich Schlie
  Head of Planning Unit, Federal Ministry of Defense, Germany
• Christian Schmidt
  Parliamentary State Secretary, Ministry of Defense, Germany
• Gary Schmitt
  Resident Scholar and, Director of Advanced Strategic Studies, American Enterprise Institute for Policy Research
• Peter Semneby
  EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Council of the European Union
• Najam Sethi
  Editor-in-Chief, Daily Times
• Chrysostomos Sfatos
  Executive Director, Kokkalis Foundation
• Jeanne Shaheen
  Senator, United States Senate
• Besa Shahini
  Senior Analyst, European Stability Initiative
• Robin Shepherd
  Director, International Affairs, Henry Jackson Society
• Mohammed Shtayyeh
  Minister of Housing, Palestine
• Gabriel Silva Lujan
  Minister of Defense, Colombia
• Kristen Silverberg
  Former Permanent Representative of the United States to the European Union
• Pjer Simunovic
  State Secretary, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Defense, Croatia
• Don Sinclair
  Director General, International Security of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada
• Jill Sinclair
  Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy, Department of National Defence, Canada
• Paul Sinclair
  Head, International Defence Relations, Ministry of Defence, New Zealand
• Jaswant Singh
  Member, Indian Parliament
• Peter Skerry
  Professor, Boston College
• Andrew Small
  Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Anton Smith
  Consul General, U.S. Consulate Halifax
• Jonathan Spaner
  Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard
• Pierre St-Amand
  Special Advisor to the Chief of Defence Staff, Department of National Defence, Canada
• James Stavridis
  Supreme Allied Commander, Europe Commander, United States, European Command
• Elena Stefoi
  Permanent Representative of Romania to Canada
• Barb Stegemann
  Columnist, Halifax Chronicle Herald and Founder, 7 Virtues Communications Group
• Janice Stein
  Director, Munk Center for International Studies, University of Toronto
• Constanze Stelzenmüller
  Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Philip Stephens
  Associate Editor, Financial Times
• Diana Strofova
  State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia
• Atsuo Suzuki
  Director, Defense Policy Division Ministry of Defense, Japan
• Borys Tarasyuk
  Member, Ukrainian Parliament
• Ellen Tauscher
  Under Secretary of State for Arms, Control and International Security, U.S. Department of State
• Robert S. Taylor
  Principal Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense
• June Thomas
  Foreign Editor, Slate
• Eka Tkeshelashvili
  National Security Advisor, Republic of Georgia
• Dimitrios Triantaphyllou
  Director General, International Center for Black Sea Studies
• Michito Tsuruoka
  Research Fellow, NIDS, Ministry of Defense, Japan
• Ilter Turan
  Professor, Bilgi University
• Elizabeth Turpen
  Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Daniel Twining
  Senior Fellow for Asia, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Mark Udall
  Senator, United States Senate
• Harlan Ullman
  Chairman, The Killowen Group
• Ozgur Unluhisarcıklı
  Director, Ankara Office, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Luc Vachon
  Aide-de Camp, Canada Command
• Eimert Van Middelkoop
  Minister of Defense, The Netherlands
• Peter Van Praagh
  Senior Director, Foreign Policy and Civil Society, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Ivan Vejvoda
  Executive Director, Balkan Trust for Democracy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Pere Vilanova
  Director for Strategic Affairs for the Cabinet of the Minister, Ministry of Defense, Spain
• Matan Vilnai
  Deputy Minister of Defense, Israel
• John Vinocur
  Columnist, The International Herald Tribune
• Arvind Virmani
  Executive Director, International Monetary Fund
• Kurt Volker
  Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
• Christoph von Marschall
  Washington Bureau Chief, Tagesspiegel
• Pamela Wallin
  Senator, Deputy Chair of the Senate Defence and National Security Committee, Canadian Senate
• Tsuneo Watanabe
  Senior Fellow, Tokyo Foundation
• Ken Watkin
  Judge Advocate General, Department of National Defence, Canada
• Christian Wernicke
  U.S. Correspondent, Sueddeutsche Zeitung
• J. Robinson West
  Chairman of the Board, Founder,, Chief Executive Officer, PFC Energy
• Robert Wexler
  Member, United States House of Representatives
• Kathryn White
  Executive Director, United Nations Association, Canada
• Ray Williamson
  Executive Director, Secure World Foundation
• Ray Williamson
  Executive Director, Secure World Foundation
• Damon Wilson
  Director, International Security Program, Atlantic Council of the United States
• Deborah Windsor
  Vice President (Nova Scotia), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
• Georg Witschel
  Permanent Representative of the, Federal Republic of Germany to Canada
• Joseph Wood
  Senior Resident Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Rob Wrigley
  Director, Government Relations, Airbus
• Richard Youngs
  Research Director, Fundación para las Relaciones, Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
• Amberin Zaman
  Turkey Correspondent, The Economist