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2014 Halifax International Security Forum

2014 Halifax International Security Forum

Date
November 21-23, 2014
Participants
300

Agenda & Speakers

Friday, November 21
Saturday, November 22
Sunday, November 23

Participants
  • Zaffar Abbas
    Editor-in-Chief
    Dawn
  • Mohammed Abulahoum
    Head
    Justice and Building Party, Yemen
  • M.J. Akbar
    Spokesperson
    Bharatiya Janata Party
  • Abdulrahman Al-Hussaini
    Ambassador of Iraq to Canada
    Embassy of Iraq, Ottawa
  • Irakli Alasania
    Former Minister of Defense
    Ministry of Defense, Georgia
  • Mohamed Ali
    Executive Director
    Iftiin Foundation
  • John Allen
    Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition Against ISIL
    United States Department of State
  • Samir Altaqi
    General Director
    Orient Research Centre
  • Conrado Aparicio Blanco
    Inspector General and Comptroller of the Navy
    Secretariat of the Navy, Mexico
  • James Appathurai
    Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Michael Auslin
    Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
    Columnist, Wall Street Journal
  • Shlomo Avineri
    Professor Emeritus of Political Science
    Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Alyssa Ayres
    Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia
    Council on Foreign Relations
  • Baek Seung-Joo
    Vice Minister of National Defense
    Ministry of National Defense, Republic of Korea
  • John Baird
    Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
  • James Baker
    Principal Deputy Director, Joint Staff Strategic Plans and Policy and Strategist to the Chairman
    United States Department of Defense
  • Falah Mustafa Bakir
    Head of Foreign Relations Department
    Kurdistan Regional Government
  • Christophe Balducchi
    Defense Attaché
    Embassy of France, Ottawa
  • Ehud Barak
    Former Prime Minister and Former Minister of Defense
    Israel
  • Rafael Barak
    Ambassador of Israel to Canada
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel
  • Kevin Baron
    Executive Editor
    Defense One
  • John Barrasso
    Senator
    United States
  • Peter Bates
    Canadian Political Advisor to the Commander
    North American Aerospace Defense Command
  • Sham Bathija
    Ambassador of Afghanistan to Canada
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan
  • Jean Bétermier
    President
    Forum du Futur
  • Carl Bildt
    Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
  • Steven Blaney
    Minister of Public Safety
    Public Safety Canada
  • Øystein Bø
    State Secretary
    Ministry of Defense, Norway
  • Peter Boehm
    Associate Deputy Minister
    Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada
  • Adrian Bogart
    Deputy Chief of Commander’s Planning Group
    United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
  • Giorgi Bokeria
    Former Secretary of National Security
    National Security Council, Georgia
  • Susan Bonner
    Host, World at 6
    CBC Radio One
  • Max Boot
    Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
    Council on Foreign Relations
  • Ralf Brauksiepe
    Parliamentary State Secretary
    Federal Ministry of Defense, Germany
  • Darrell Bricker
    Global Chief Executive Officer
    Ipsos Public Affairs
  • Laura Bridge
    Manager, External Relations
    Halifax International Security Forum
  • Yves Brodeur
    Permanent Representative of Canada to NATO
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada
  • Ian Brodie
    Research Director, School of Public Policy
    University of Calgary
  • Rosa Brooks
    Senior Fellow, New America Foundation;
    Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Christian Brose
    National Security Advisor
    Senator John McCain
  • Gerry Brownlee
    Minister of Defence
    Ministry of Defence, New Zealand
  • Kerry Buck
    Assistant Deputy Minister of International Security
    Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
  • Arnd Busche
    Executive Officer
    Ministry of Defense, Germany
  • Cengiz Çandar
    Journalist
    Radikal and Al Monitor
  • Scott Carpenter
    Director, Free Expression
    Google Ideas
  • Joyce Carter
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Halifax International Airport Authority
  • Anthony Carty
    Vice-President, Risk & Finance and Chief Financial Officer
    Canadian Commercial Corporation
  • Blaise Cathcart
    Judge Advocate General
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Wendy Chamberlin
    President
    Middle East Institute
  • Rebecca Chavez
    Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs
    United States Department of Defense
  • Joseph Cirincione
    President
    Ploughshares Fund
  • Tom Clark
    Chief Political Correspondent
    Global News
  • Steve Clemons
    Washington Editor-at-Large, The Atlantic;
    Editor-in-Chief, AtlanticLIVE & QuartzLIVE
  • Victoria Coates
    National Security Advisor
    Senator Ted Cruz
  • Marlene Colucci
    Executive Director
    The Business Council
  • Tom Cotton
    Senator-elect
    United States
  • Karen Courington
    National Security Policy Advisor
    Senator Tim Kaine
  • Anne Marie Creskey
    Publisher
    Embassy Magazine
  • Michael Crowley
    Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent
    Politico
  • Ted Cruz
    Senator
    United States
  • Arnaud Danjean
    Member of the Subcommittee on Security and Defense
    European Parliament
  • Gregory David
    President
    Gregory J. David Foundation
  • Glenn Davidson
    Former Ambassador of Canada to Afghanistan
    Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada
  • Howard Dean
    Former Governor of Vermont;
    Senior Strategic Advisor, McKenna Long and Aldridge LLP
  • Luke Dearden
    Private Secretary to Secretary of State
    Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom
  • Pavol Demeš
    Transatlantic Fellow, Bratislava Office
    The German Marshall Fund of the United States
  • Paul Dewar
    Member of Parliament, Ottawa Centre, Ontario
    House of Commons, Canada
  • Paula Dobriansky
    Senior Fellow, The Future of Diplomacy Project
    Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
  • Gary Doer
    Ambassador of Canada to the United States of America
    Embassy of Canada to the United States
  • Lyse Doucet
    Chief International Correspondent
    BBC
  • Jill Dougherty
    Public Policy Scholar
    Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
  • James Drage
    Managing Partner
    Atlantic Venture Capital
  • Dan Dugas
    Director General, Communications and Marketing
    Transport Canada
  • Comfort Ero
    Program Director, Africa
    International Crisis Group
  • Philippe Errera
    Undersecretary for Policy and Director of Strategic Affairs
    Ministry of Defense, France
  • Richard Fadden
    Deputy Minister of National Defence
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Michael Fallon
    Secretary of State for Defence
    Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom
  • Shane Farrell
    Director of Country Risk
    Five Dimensions Consultancy
  • Dean Fealk
    Partner
    DLA Piper
  • Marian Fernet
    Chief of Staff
    Department of Justice, Canada
  • Mary Fitzgerald
    Foreign Affairs Correspondent
    The Irish Times
  • Bill Fletcher
    Special Advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Richard Florizone
    President
    Dalhousie University
  • Christopher Fomunyoh
    Senior Associate, Regional Director for Central and West Africa
    National Democratic Institute
  • Robert Fonberg
    Former Deputy Minister
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Ralf Fücks
    President
    Heinrich Böll Stiftung
  • Tulsi Gabbard
    Representative
    United States
  • Evan Garcia
    Undersecretary of Policy
    Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippines
  • Ulf Gartzke
    Managing Partner and Founder
    Spitzberg Partners LLC
  • Mike Geiger
    Executive Director
    Chief Executives Organization
  • Rob Gillies
    Canada Bureau Chief
    Associated Press
  • Andrew Gilmour
    Director, Secretary-General’s Office for Political, Peace-keeping, Humanitarian and Human Rights
    United Nations
  • John Glenn
    Policy Director
    US Global Leadership Coalition
  • Diba Nigar Göksel
    Editor-in-Chief
    Turkish Policy Quarterly
  • David Gough
    Chair, Atlantic Chapter
    American Chamber of Commerce in Canada
  • Camille Grand
    Director
    Foundation for Strategic Research
  • Frank Grass
    Chief
    National Guard Bureau
  • Jerrold Green
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Pacific Council on International Policy
  • Maryscott Greenwood
    Senior Managing Director
    McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
  • François Guimont
    Deputy Minister
    Public Safety Canada
  • Abdullah Gül
    11th President
    Republic of Turkey
  • Marquis Hainse
    Commander
    Canadian Army
  • Joseph Hall
    Vice President
    Halifax International Security Forum
  • Jens Hanefeld
    Head of International Politics
    Volkswagen Group External Relations and Government Relations
  • Cecil Haney
    Commander
    United States Strategic Command
  • Jane Harman
    Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer
    Woodrow Wilson Center
  • Allison Hart
    Special Advisor, Public Diplomacy
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Jan Havránek
    Head of Defence Advisors
    Permanent Delegation of the Czech Republic to NATO
  • Gilberto Hernández Andreu
    Inspector and Comptroller General of the Army and Armed Forces
    Secretary of the National Defense, Mexico
  • Bruce Heyman
    United States Ambassador to Canada
    United States Department of State
  • Peter Hogan
    Vice President, Nova Scotia
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Ellen Hols
    Chief of Staff to the Deputy Minister of National Defence
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Matthew Mark Horn
    Principal
    MMH Global Strategies, LLC
  • Chaviva Hošek
    President Emeritus
    Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
  • Andrew House
    Chief of Staff
    Public Safety Canada
  • Michelle Howard
    Vice Chief of Naval Operations
    Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
  • Bob Howse
    Editor-in-Chief
    The Chronicle Herald
  • John Hudson
    Senior Reporter, National Security & Diplomacy
    Foreign Policy
  • Heather Hurlburt
    Director, New Models of Policy Advocacy Project
    New America Foundation
  • Toomas-Hendrik Ilves
    President
    Republic of Estonia
  • Charles Jacoby
    Commander
    United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command
  • Cesar Jaramillo
    Program Officer
    Project Ploughshares
  • Laura Jewett
    Regional Director, Eurasia
    National Democratic Institute
  • Matthew Johnson
    Project Director, Ships
    Economic and Rural Development and Tourism Major Initiatives and Projects Office, Nova Scotia
  • Bill Jones
    Senior Associate Deputy Minister
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Tim Kaine
    Senator
    United States
  • Matthew Kaminski
    Member, Editorial Board
    The Wall Street Journal
  • Mykola Kapitonenko
    Associate Professor. Institute of International Relations
    Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • Mikhail Kasyanov
    Former Prime Minister of Russia;
    Co-Leader, Republican Party of People’s Freedom
  • John Kavanagh
    A/Director, Policy Advocacy & Coordination
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • John Kelly
    Commander, United States Southern Command and Representative;
    Commandant of the United States Marines
  • Madonna Kent
    Director General, ACOA Ottawa, Advocacy & Industrial Benefits
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Corinne Keyes
    Executive Assistant to Commander
    National Security Agency
  • Persis Khambatta
    Senior Director, South Asia
    BowerGroupAsia
  • Roderich Kiesewetter
    Member of the Bundestag
    Germany
  • Adam Kinzinger
    Representative
    United States
  • Suat Kınıklıoğlu
    Visiting Senior Fellow
    Center for American Progress
  • Michael Klare
    Professor, Program in Peace and World Security Studies
    Hampshire College
  • Rachel Kleinfeld
    Senior Associate, Democracy and Rule of Law Program
    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Kathleen Koch
    Author, Journalist, and Founder
    LeadersLink
  • Yoji Koda
    Vice Admiral (Ret.)
    Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
  • Bassel Korkor
    Legal and Policy Director – US
    National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces
  • David Kramer
    Senior Director for Human Rights and Human Freedom
    McCain Institute for International Leadership
  • Ján Kubiš
    Former UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan
    United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
  • Isabelle Kumar
    Journalist and Presenter
    Euronews
  • Pam Kunze
    Public Affairs
    United States Navy
  • Francois Lafond
    Executive Director
    EuropaNova
  • Karin Landgren
    Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Liberia
    United Nations
  • Isabelle Lasserre
    Associate Editor
    Le Figaro
  • Thomas Lawson
    Chief of the Defence Staff
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Monika LeRoy
    Senior Policy Advisor
    Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
  • Dawisson Belém Lopes
    Professor of International and Comparative Politics
    Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Natalia Loukacheva
    Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Governance and Law
    University of Northern British Columbia
  • Gal Luft
    Co-Director
    Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
  • Tony Lynch
    Deputy Secretary of Defence
    Ministry of Defence, New Zealand
  • Kent MacDonald
    President and Vice Chancellor
    St. Francis Xavier University
  • Brian Macdonald
    Member of the Legislative Assembly
    New Brunswick Legislature
  • John MacDonell
    Partner
    Stewart McKelvey
  • Peter MacKay
    Minister of Justice and Attorney General
    Department of Justice, Canada
  • Barry MacLeod
    Senior Director, Operational Plans & Capabilities
    ATCO Structures & Logistics
  • Merle Maigre
    Security Policy Advisor to the President
    Office of the President, Republic of Estonia
  • Tim Mak
    Senior Congressional Correspondent
    The Daily Beast
  • Firas Maksad
    Managing Director
    Global Policy Advisors
  • Scott Malcomson
    Director of Communications
    International Crisis Group
  • Pippa Malmgren
    Founder
    DRPM Group
  • Anja Manuel
    Principal
    RiceHadleyGates LLC
  • Bill McCaffrey
    President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
    MEG Energy Corporation
  • John McCain
    Senator
    United States
  • Don McClure
    Vice President, Business Development
    Lockheed Martin Canada
  • Stephen McNeil
    Premier
    Nova Scotia
  • Membathisi Mdladlana
    High Commissioner of South Africa to Canada
    South African High Commission
  • Angel Julian Melo Moya
    Chief of Aides
    Secretariat of the Navy, Mexico
  • David Merkel
    Senior Fellow
    Johns Hopkins Center for Transatlantic Relations
  • Mauricio Meschoulam
    Professor
    Universidad Iberoamericana
  • Jeanne Meserve
    Senior Fellow, Homeland Security Policy Institute
    George Washington University
  • Ayman Mhanna
    Executive Director
    Samir Kassir Foundation
  • Alfredo Miguel Afif
    Chairman of the Board
    Compañía Inversora Corporativa
  • Alfredo Miguel Bejos
    Chief Executive Officer
    Compañía Inversora Corporativa
  • Vladimir Milov
    President
    Institute of Energy Policy
  • James Mingo
    Chief of Commander’s Planning Group
    United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
  • Don Moe
    Senior Vice President, Supply and Marketing
    MEG Energy Corporation
  • Saad Mohseni
    Chairman and CEO
    Moby Group
  • Duane Monea
    Vice President, Public Relations
    MEG Energy Corporation
  • Mouaz Moustafa
    Executive Director
    Syrian Emergency Task Force
  • Yusuf Müftüoğlu
    Adviser to the President
    Republic of Turkey
  • Jeff Mullen
    Director of Enterprise Development
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Alaa Murabit
    Founder and President
    The Voice of Libyan Women
  • Maureen Murphy
    Chief of Staff to the Minister of National Defence
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Juan Nagel
    Editor
    Caracas Chronicles
  • Mary Naylor
    Legislative Director
    Senator Tim Kaine
  • Pauline Neville-Jones
    Prime Minister’s Special Representative to Business on Cybersecurity
    House of Lords, United Kingdom
  • John Newton
    Commander
    Maritime Forces Atlantic and Joint Task Force Atlantic
  • Rob Nicholson
    Minister of National Defence
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Masashi Nishihara
    President
    Research Institute for Peace and Security
  • Mark Norman
    Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy
    Royal Canadian Navy
  • Natalie Nougayrède
    Columnist and Foreign Affairs Commentator
    The Guardian
  • Elizabeth O’Bagy
    Foreign Policy Advisor
    Senator John McCain
  • Jacqueline O’Neill
    Director
    The Institute for Inclusive Security
  • Tolu Ogunlesi
    West Africa Editor
    The Africa Report
  • Dayo Olopade
    Knight Law and Media Scholar
    Yale Law School
  • Manal Omar
    Acting Vice President, Center for Middle East and Africa
    United States Institute of Peace
  • Japheth Omojuwa
    Editor
    AfricanLiberty.org
  • Dixon Osburn
    Executive Director
    Center for Justice and Accountability
  • Paul Owens
    Manager, Special Initiatives
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Jean-Paul Paloméros
    Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Roland Paris
    Director, Centre for International Policy Studies
    University of Ottawa
  • Bob Paulson
    Commissioner
    Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Petr Pavel
    Chief of Defense
    Czech Armed Forces
  • Milica Pejanovic-Djurisic
    Minister of Defense
    Ministry of Defense, Montenegro
  • William Pentney
    Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General
    Department of Justice, Canada
  • David Perkins
    Commanding General
    United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
  • Tom Perriello
    Special Representative for the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
    United States Department of State
  • J. Peter Pham
    Director, Africa
    Center Atlantic Council
  • Mike Pompeo
    Representative
    United States
  • Ilya Ponomarev
    MP; Chairman, Innovations and Venture Capital Subcommittee
    Russian Parliament-State Duma
  • Esa Pulkkinen
    Director General, Defense Policy Department
    Ministry of Defense, Finland
  • Rune Rafaelsen
    General Secretary
    Norwegian Barents Secretariat
  • Richard Riley
    Consul General
    United States Consulate General, Halifax
  • Carla Robbins
    Clinical Professor of National Security Studies, Baruch College/CUNY;
    Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
  • Colin Robertson
    Vice President
    Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute
  • Antonio Rodiles
    Director
    Estado de SATS
  • Michael Rogers
    Commander, United States Cyber Command;
    Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service
  • Joshua Rogin
    Columnist
    Bloomberg View
  • Gideon Rose
    Editor
    Foreign Affairs
  • Luis Rubio
    Chairman
    Center of Research for Development
  • Daniel Runde
    Director, Project on Prosperity and Development
    Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Christopher Sabatini
    Senior Director of Policy
    Americas Society and Council of the Americas
  • Stella Sabiiti
    International Trainer, Facilitator
    Peace and Security Expert
  • Lobsang Sangay
    Sikyong
    Central Tibetan Administration
  • Andrei Sannikov
    Chairman
    European Belarus Foundation
  • Mike Savage
    Mayor
    Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Onur Şaylan
    Chief of the Cabinet
    Office of the President, Republic of Turkey
  • Nadia Schadlow
    Senior Program Officer
    Smith Richardson Foundation
  • Randy Scheunemann
    President
    Orion Strategies
  • Adam Schiff
    Representative
    United States
  • Sarah Schmidt
    Staff Assistant to the Ambassador
    Embassy of the United States, Ottawa
  • Peter Semneby
    Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
    Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
  • Richard Sendall
    Senior Vice President, Strategy and Government Relations
    MEG Energy Corporation
  • Vance Serchuk
    Adjunct Senior Fellow
    Center for a New American Security
  • Robin Shepherd
    Publisher
    The Commentator
  • Charles Shin
    Senior Advisor, Chief’s Action Group
    National Guard Bureau
  • Vasil Sikharulidze
    Chairman, Atlantic Council of Georgia
    Republic of Georgia
  • Peter Siklosi
    State Secretary for Defense Policy and Defense Planning
    Hungary
  • Alfonso Silva Navarro
    Ambassador of Chile to Canada
    Embassy of Chile, Ottawa
  • Donald Sinclair
    Former Director General
    International Security Bureau, Foreign Affairs Canada
  • Jill Sinclair
    Executive Director – External Engagement and Partnerships
    Department of National Defence, Canadian Defence Academy
  • Randa Slim
    Director, Initiative for Track II Dialogues
    Middle East Institute
  • Julianne Smith
    Senior Vice President, Beacon Global Strategies LLC;
    Former Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President
  • David Smolansky
    Mayor
    El Hatillo Municipality, Venezuela
  • Milan Solár
    Managing Director
    Slovak Atlantic Commission
  • Nancy Southern
    Chair, President & Chief Executive Officer
    ATCO Group
  • Janice Gross Stein
    Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs
    University of Toronto
  • Edison Stewart
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Affairs
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Karen Stewart
    Political Advisor
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Michael Svetlik
    Vice President, Programs
    International Foundation for Electoral Systems
  • Jane Taber
    Atlantic Bureau Chief
    The Globe and Mail
  • Andrew Tabler
    Senior Fellow
    Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  • Eric Tamayo
    Minister and Consul General
    Embassy of the Philippines, Ottawa
  • Jonathan Tepperman
    Managing Editor
    Foreign Affairs
  • Sue Mi Terry
    Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute
    Columbia University
  • Peter Tertzakian
    Chief Energy Economist & Managing Director
    ARC Financial Corporation
  • Ian Thompson
    Associate Publisher
    The Chronicle Herald
  • Eka Tkeshelashvili
    President
    Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies
  • Hideshi Tokuchi
    Vice-Minister of Defense
    Ministry of Defense, Japan
  • Frances Townsend
    Executive Vice President for Worldwide Government, Legal, and Business Affairs
    MacAndrews and Forbes Holdings, Inc.
  • Ira Trivedi
    Author
  • Simon Tucker
    High Commissioner of New Zealand to Canada
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand
  • Gürcan Türkoglu
    Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Turkey to UNESCO

  • Selçuk Ünal
    Ambassador of Turkey to Canada
    Embassy of Turkey, Ottawa
  • Vaidotas Urbelis
    Policy Director, Director of Euroatlantic Cooperation
    Department Ministry of National Defense, Lithuania
  • Guillermo Valdés Castellanos
    Partner
    Grupo de Economistas y Asociados
  • Peter Van Praagh
    President
    Halifax International Security Forum
  • Jonathan Vance
    Commander
    Canadian Joint Operations Command
  • Róbert Vass
    Executive Vice President and CEO
    Central European Strategy Council
  • Gordon Venner
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Tom Venner
    Assistant Director Policy & Strategic Partnerships
    Canadian Security Intelligence Service
  • Nirmal Verma
    High Commissioner for India to Canada
    Ministry of External Affairs, India
  • Alexander Vershbow
    Deputy Secretary General
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • John Vinocur
    Editorial Page Contributor
    Wall Street Journal
  • Kurt Volker
    Executive Director
    McCain Institute for International Leadership
  • Alexandre Vulic
    Deputy Head of Mission
    Embassy of France in Canada
  • Tsuneo Watanabe
    Director of Foreign and Security Policy Research & Senior Fellow
    The Tokyo Foundation
  • W. Bruce Weinrod
    Senior Counselor, Defense
    Global Impact Inc.
  • Jonathan Weisstub
    Senior Resident, Massey College, University of Toronto;
    Chairman of the Board, Halifax International Security Forum
  • James Wellons
    Executive Officer to the Commander
    United States Southern Command
  • Paul Wells
    Political Editor
    Maclean’s
  • Christian Whiton
    President
    Hamilton Foundation
  • Alexis Wichowski
    Director of Media Analysis & Strategy, United States Mission to the United Nations
    United States Department of State
  • Terri Wills
    Director of Global Initiatives
    C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
  • Taylor Wilson
    Nuclear Physicist
    University of Nevada, Reno
  • Werner Wnendt
    Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada
    Federal Foreign Office, Germany
  • Christine Wormuth
    Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
    United States Department of Defense
  • Peter Wright
    Development Officer, Aerospace and Defence
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Shingo Yamagami
    Ambassador and Deputy Director-General, Foreign Policy Bureau
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
  • Martin Zablocki
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Canadian Commercial Corporation
  • Dov Zakheim
    Senior Fellow
    Center for Naval Analyses
Partners & Sponsors
Halifax Canada Club
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Department of National Defence
NATO
Foreign Affairs
Audi
Canadian Commercial Corporation
Compañía Inversora Corporativa
DLA Piper
Ipsos
Agenda Working Group

The Halifax International Security Forum invites subject experts with significant practical experience to volunteer their time throughout the summer months to discuss and debate ideas to be addressed head-on at Halifax in November.  The guidance provided by the Agenda Working Group ensures that Halifax International Security Forum plays its part in shaping the coming year’s global security agenda.

Halifax International Security Forum is proud that the agenda presented to its participants each year is acutely relevant and reflects conversations that are happening in capitals around the world.  In the cases where these issues are not yet top-of-mind for decision makers, Halifax International Security Forum is pleased to create those conversations that will gain attention and inspire international action.

Michael Auslin, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and Columnist, Wall Street Journal

Ian Brodie, Research Director, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary

Rosa Brooks, Senior Fellow, New America Foundation and Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Leslie Campbell, Senior Associate and Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa Programs, National Democratic Institute

Helga Flores Trejo, Principal External Relations Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank

John K. Glenn, Policy Director, US Global Leadershp Coalition

Camille Grand, Director, Foundation for Strategic Research

Joseph Hall, Vice President, Halifax International Security Forum

Sasha Havlicek, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Strategic Dialogue

Heather Hurlburt, Director, New Models of Policy Change Project, New America

Rachel Kleinfeld, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; President Emeritus, Truman National Security Project

David J. Kramer, President, Freedom House

Jacqueline O’Neill, Director, The Institute for Inclusive Security

Peter Van Praagh, President, Halifax International Security Forum

Dixon Osburn, Executive Director, Center for Justice and Accountability

Randall Scheunemann, President, Orion Strategies

Robin Shepherd, Publisher, The Commentator

Julianne Smith, Senior Vice President, Beacon Global Strategies LLC; Former Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President

Janice Gross Stein, Director, Munk School of Global Affairs; Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

Jonathan Tepperman, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs

Kurt Volker, Executive Director, The McCain Institute for International Leadership

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