2020 HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORUM - Halifax
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2020 HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORUM

DATE
November 20-22, 2020

LOCATION
Hybrid

PARTICIPANTS
300

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, Senior Advisor for Asia, Halifax International Security Forum, Payson J. Treat Fellow in Contemporary Asia, Hoover Institute, Stanford University

Alyssa Ayres, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations

Ian Brodie, Director of Studies, Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Rosa Brooks, Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Policy, Georgetown University Law Center

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

Dean Fealk, Chair, Global Strategy & Innovation, Halifax International Security Forum, Managing Partner, DLA Piper

John Glenn, Policy Director, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition

Jerrold Green, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Council on International Policy

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

Rachel Kleinfeld, Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

François Lafond, Special Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Republic of North Macedonia

Paz Magat, Director, Peace With Women Fellowship, Halifax International Security Forum

C. Dixon Osburn, Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy Center

Roland Paris, Professor of International Affairs, University of Ottawa

Luis Rubio, Chairman, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations

Chris Sabatini, Senior Fellow for Latin America, Chatham House

Randy Scheunemann, Senior Counselor, Halifax International Security Forum

Robin Shepherd, Vice President, Halifax International Security Forum

Janice Stein, Chair of the Board of Directors, Halifax International Security Forum, Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto

Peter Van Praagh, President, Halifax International Security Forum

Kurt Volker, Senior International Advisor, Advisory Board Member, BGR Group

W. Bruce Weinrod, Adjunct Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Check out the 2020 Forum Program in English and French.

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Carol Abraham

Chief Defence Strategy Management, New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand

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Michael Abramowitz

President, Freedom House, United States

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Mohammed Abulahoum

Head, Justice and Building Party, Yemen

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Alka Acharya

Professor of Chinese Studies, Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

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Takeshi Akahori

Ambassador (UN Affairs, Cyber Policy), Japan

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Hulusi Akar

Minister of National Defense, Ministry of National Defense, Turkey

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Fatima Akilu

Executive Director, NEEM Foundation, Nigeria

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Izabela Albrycht

Chair, Kosciuszko Institute, Poland

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Sergio Alcocer

VP; Mexican Council of Foreign Relations COMEXI, Mexico

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Leila Alieva

Affiliate Researcher, Russia and East European Studies, Oxford University, Azerbaijan

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John Allen

President, The Brookings Institution, United States

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T.S. Allen

Captain, U.S. Army, United States

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Raed al-Saleh

Co-Founder and Director, Syria Civil Defence, Turkey

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Rajmund Andrzejczak

Chief of the General Staff, Polish Armed Forces, Poland

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David Angell

Canadian Permanent Representative to NATO, Joint Delegation of Canada to NATO, Canada

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Niels Annen

Member, Bundestag; Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office, Germany

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James Appathurai

Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO

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Michael Arthur

President, Boeing International, United Kingdom

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Thomas Axworthy

Secretary-General, InterAction Council of Former Heads of State and Government, Canada

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Alyssa Ayres

Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations, United States

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James Baker

Director of the Office of Net Assessment, United States Department of Defense, United States

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Falah Mustafa Baki

Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to the President, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurdistan Region - Iraq

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Katharine Barber

Wing Commander for the Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick Air Force Base Florida, US Air Force, USA

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Mustafa Barghouti

Secretary General and Co-Founder, Palestinian National Initiative, Palestine

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Espen Barth Eide

Member of Parliament, Labour Party, The Storting, Norway

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Rania Barrak

Professor in Military Higher Education, Military Staff College and Superior War College, Tunisia

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Emma Barrasso

Strategy and Growth Lead, Owens Corning, United States

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John Barrasso

Senator from Wyoming, United States Senate, United States

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Rob Bauer

Chief of Defence, Netherlands Armed Forces, Netherlands

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François Bausch

Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Luxembourg

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Monik Beauregard

Associate Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada, Canada

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Oscar Becerra

Director, Due Diligence América Latina, Citi Security & Investigative Services; Member, Colectivo de Análisis de la Seguridad con Democracia, Mexico

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Mónica Beltràn

Deputy Head of Mission, Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of Colombia in Canada, Canada

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Fatou Bensouda

Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, Gambia

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Ryan Berg

Research Fellow in Latin America Studies, American Enterprise Institute, United States

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Peter Beyer

Member, Bundestag; Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation, Federal Foreign Office, Germany

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Jack Bianchi

Research Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, United States

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Lincoln Bloomfield

Chairman Emeritus, Stimson Center, United States

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Jason Bordoff

Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, United States

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Peter Boehm

Senator from Ontario, Canada

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Kenneth Braithwaite

Secretary, United States Navy, United States

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Darrell Bricker

CEO, IPSOS Public Affairs, Canada

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Laura Bridge

Managing Director, Halifax International Security Forum, United States

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Ian Brodie

Associate Professor, University of Calgary; Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Canada

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Shelly Bruce

Chief, Communications Security Establishment, Canada

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Matthew Bryza

Associate Professor, University of Calgary; Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, United States

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Ahmet Çalik

Chairman, Çalik Holding, Turkey

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Angus Campbell

Chief of the Defence Force, Australian Defence Force, Australia

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Leslie Campbell

Senior Associate and Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Programs, National Democratic Institute, Canada

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Joyce Carter

President and CEO, Halifax International Airport Authority, Canada

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Figo Chan

Vice Convenor, Civil Human Rights Front, Hong Kong

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Tasos Chatzivasileiou

Member of the Greek Parliament, Secretary Gen. of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Foreign Affairs, Greece

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Jessica Chen Weiss

Associate Professor of Government, Cornell University, United States

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Jim Chilton

Senior Vice President, Space and Launch, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, United States

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Tom Clark

Chair, Public Affairs and Communications, Global Public Affairs, Canada

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Steve Clemons

Editor-at-Large, The Hill, United States

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Andrew Clinton

Director of the Organizational Resilience and Security Division, Asian Development Bank, Canada

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Eliot Cohen

Dean, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, United States

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J. Michael Cole

Senior Fellow, Global Taiwan Institute/Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Taiwan

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James Coomarasamy

Senior Presenter, BBC Radio and World Service, United Kingdom

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Chris Coons

Senator from Delaware, United States Senate, United States

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Marie-Thérèse Corbani

Researcher, Siren Associates, Lebanon

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Philip Davidson

Commander, United States Indo-Pacific Command, United States

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Eli Diamond

Program Manager, Private Foundation, United States

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Harris Diamond

Chairman and CEO, McCann Worldgroup, United States

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Paula Dobriansky

Senior Fellow, The Future of Diplomacy Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, United States

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Andrew Duncan

CEO, IGX LLC, United States

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Rachel Durbin

Director, Future Force Lifecycle Engineering, Navy Capability Division, Royal Australian Navy, Australia

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Elizabeth Economy

C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, United States

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Rejanne Eimers-van Nes

Commander, Personnel Logistics, Royal Netherlands Army, Netherlands

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Melissa Emmett

Corps Colonel, Intelligence Corps, British Army, United Kingdom

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Süleyman Savaş Erdem

CEO, OYAK, Turkey

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Comfort Ero

Program Director, Africa; International Crisis Group, United Kingdom

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Norbert Eschborn

Director, Canada Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V., Germany

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Hanne Fugl Eskjær

Ambassador of Denmark to Canada, Denmark

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Emily Estelle

Research Manager, Critical Threats Project, American Enterprise Institute, United States

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Nino Evgenidze

Executive Director, Economic Policy Research Center, Georgia

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Richard Fadden

Senior Advisor, Capitol Hill Group, Canada

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Dean Fealk

Managing Partner; DLA Piper, United States

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Neil Ferguson

Director, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

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Bob Fife

Ottawa Bureau Chief, Globe and Mail, Canada

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Renée Filiatrault

Advisory Board, Network for Strategic Analysis on Defence and Security, Canada

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Andy Fillmore

Member of Parliament for Halifax; House of Commons, Canada

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Brian Finlay

President and CEO; Stimson Center, Canada

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Darren Fisher

Member of Parliament for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour; House of Commons, Canada

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Ann Fitz-Gerald

Professor, Director, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Canada

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Robert Fonberg

Distinguished Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada

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Christian Forstner

Executive Director; Hanns Seidel Foundation, Germany

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Liam Fox

Member of Parliament; House of Commons, United Kingdom

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Serena Frechter

Special Assistant to the CEO; Development Finance Corporation, United States

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King-wa Fu

Associate Professor; Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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Bishop Garrison

Co-Founder and President, Rainey Center, Director, National Security Outreach, Human Rights First, United States

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Ulf Gartzke

Managing Partner, Spitzberg Partners LLC, Germany

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Matthias Gebauer

Chief Correspondent; Der Spiegel, Germany

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Rob Gillies

Canada Bureau Chief; Associated Press, Canada

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Chaitanya Giri

Fellow, Space and Ocean Studies; Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations, India

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John Glenn

Policy Director; U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, United States

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Dore Gold

President; Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Israel

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Katherine Graef

Colonel; United States Special Operations Command, United States

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Jerrold Green

President and Chief Executive Officer; President and Chief Executive Officer, United States

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Mark Green

Executive Director, McCain Institute for International Leadership, United States

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Robert Greenhill

Executive Chairman, Global Canada, Canada

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Maryscott Greenwood

CEO, Canadian American Business Council; Managing Director, Crestview Strategy, United States

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Jean-Marie Guéhenno

Member, High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation, United Nations; Senior Advisor, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, France

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Ivana Gutzelnig

Director, Military Centre of Aviation Medicine, Ministry of Defence, Slovak Republic

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Peter Hammerschmidt

Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of National Defence, Canada

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Ibrahim Hamidi

Senior Diplomatic Editor, Asharq Al-Awsat, Syria

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Husain Haqqani

Director and Senior Fellow, South and Central Asia, Hudson Institute, Pakistan

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Meliza Haradinaj

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Republic of Kosovo

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Jürgen Hardt

Foreign Policy Spokesman, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Bundestag, Germany

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Tammy Harris

Former Deputy Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada

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Jane Harman

Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Wilson Center, United States

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France Hébert

Vice President and General Manager, CAE Defence & Security, Canada

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Mark Hetfield

President and CEO, HIAS, United States

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Richard Javad Heydarian

Research Fellow, Stratbase-ADR Institute; Columnist, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines

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Szu-Chien Hsu

Deputy Secretary-General, National Security Council, Taiwan

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Kai-Hung Hu

Chairman, Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation, Taiwan

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Peter Hultqvist

Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Sweden

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Kay Bailey Hutchinson

United States Permanent Representative, United States Mission to NATO, United States

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Jaeho Hwang

Director, Global Security Cooperation Center; Professor, Division of International Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea

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Goldy Hyder

President and CEO, Business Council of Canada, Canada

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Esther Ibanga

Pastor, Jos Christian Missions International; Executive Director and Founder, Women without Walls Initiative, Nigeria

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Iko Ibanga

Founder and CEO, Pro-Health International, Nigeria

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Dolkun Isa

President, World Uyghur Congress, Germany

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Wolfgang Ischinger

Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Germany

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Farahnaz Ispahani

Former Member of Parliament, National Assembly of Pakistan; Senior Fellow, Religious Freedom Institute, Pakistan

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Dhruva Jaishankar

Director, US Initiative, Observer Research Foundation; Nonresident Fellow, Lowy Institute, India

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Jackson Janes

President Emeritus, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, United States

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Josef Joffe

Publisher and Editor, Die Zeit; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Germany

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Kersti Kaljulaid

President, Republic of Estonia

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Matake Kamiya

Director and Distinguished Research Fellow, Japan Forum on International Relations; Professor of International Relations, National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan

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Lisa Kaplan

Founder and CEO, Alethea Group, United States

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Vladimir Kara-Murza

Vice President, Free Russia Foundation, Russia

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Tawakkol Karman

Nobel Peace Laureate; Founder, Women Journalists Without Chains, Yemen

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Raimundas Karoblis

Minister of National Defence, Ministry of National Defence, Lithuania

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Yoichi Kato

Senior Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Initiative; Adjunct Fellow, Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Japan

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Jānis Kažociņš

National Security Adviser to the President of Latvia; Secretary, National Security Council, Latvia

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Kamran Khan

Founder and CEO, Bluedot Inc., Canada

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Roderich Kiesewetter

Member, Bundestag, Germany

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Suat Kınıklıoğlu

Senior Fellow, Center for Applied Turkey Studies, Turkey

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Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff

Vice President, Director of Berlin Office, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Germany

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Rachel Kleinfeld

Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States

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Tetsuo Kotani

Senior Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs

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Stephanie Krause

Commander, Medical Regiment No 1, German Armed Forces, Germany

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Solveig Krey

Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations Section, Defence Staff Norway, Norwegian Armed Forces, Norway

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François Lafond

Special Adviser to Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Republic of North Macedonia; President, Blue Networks and Opportunities, Paris, France

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Jim Landon

President, ATCO Frontec, Canada

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Nico Lange

Chief of Executive Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence

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Alexander Graf Lambsdorff

Member, Bundestag, Germany

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Isabelle Lasserre

Deputy Editor, Le Figaro, France

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Meghan Latcovich

Strategic Advisor; Director of the Sedona Forum, McCain Institute for International Leadership, United States

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Emily Lau

Former Chairperson, Democratic Party; Former Member, Legislative Council, Hong Kong

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Geneviève Lehoux

Director, Military Careers Administration, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada

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Pierre Lellouche

Council Member, City of Paris; Associate Partner, Agora Strategy Group, France

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Mark Lennon

Worldwide Head of Public Sector Strategy and Programs, Apple, United States

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Lene Lillelund

Battalion Commander, 2nd Logistics Battalion, Logistics Regiment, Danish Armed Forces, Denmark

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Tod Lindberg

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, United States

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Mark Lippert

Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, YouTube Asia Pacific; Senior Advisor (Non-Resident), Korea Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, United States

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Tzipi Livni

Former Minister of Justice; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel

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Debra Lovette

Director, Executive Action Group, Headquarters United States Air Force, United States

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Jüri Luik

Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Estonia

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John MacDonell

Partner, Spiteri & Ursulak LLP, Canada

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Peter MacKay

Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Canada

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Paz Magat

Director, Peace With Women Fellowship, Halifax International Security Forum, United States

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Chuck Maillet

Vice-President, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada

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Rita Manchanda

Senior Executive and Research Director, South Asia Forum for Human Rights, India

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Solange Márquez

Vice President, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations; Professor of Law, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

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Jill Marrack

Foreign Language Student, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada

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Lysane Martel

Director, RCAF Professional Development, 2nd Canadian Air Division, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canada

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Bill McCaffrey

President, McCaffrey Enterprises, Canada

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Cindy McCain

Chair, McCain Institute for International Leadership, United States

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Sean McDonald

Co-Founder, Digital Public; CEO, FrontlineSMS, United States

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Michelle McGuinness

Director General, Counter Proliferation and Terrorism, Defence Intelligence Organization, Australia

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Francis P. McGuire

President, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada

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Rocky Meade

Chief of Defence Staff, Jamaica Defence Force, Jamaica

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Jonathan Meretsky

Managing Director, Merit House, Canada

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Mauricio Meschoulam

Founder and Director, Mexico Research Center for Peace; Professor, International Relations, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico

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Jeanne Meserve

Member, Homeland Security Experts Group; Member, Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity, United States

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Ia Meurmishvili

Senior Editor, Voice of America, Georgia

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Ayman Mhanna

Executive Director, Samir Kassir Foundation, Lebanon

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Mark Milley

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States Armed Forces, United States

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Duane Monea

Administrator, Real Estate Council of Alberta, Canada

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Valérie Morcel

Head of the 54th Signals Regiment, French Army, France

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Marta Morgan

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Global Affairs Canada, Canada

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Tim Morrison

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute's Center for the Future of Liberal Society, United States

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Ariel Moutsatsos

Washington D.C. Bureau Chief and Senior Correspondent, Televisa, Mexico

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Nicolas Moyer

President and CEO, Cooperation Canada, Canada

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Yusuf Müftüoğlu

Managing Partner and Director, CRA Strategic Advisory, Turkey

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Jeff Mullen

Director, Enterprise Development, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada

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Vago Muradian

Founder and Editor, Defense and Aerospace Report, United States

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Ruhee Neog

Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India

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Pauline Neville-Jones

Member, House of Lords; Patron, Cyber Security Challenge, United Kingdom

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Andreas Nick

Member, Foreign Affairs Committee, Bundestag, Germany

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Masashi Nishihara

President, Research Institute for Peace and Security, Japan

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Yasushi Noguchi

Director General for International Affairs, Defense Policy Bureau, Ministry of Defense, Japan

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Jacqueline O’Neill

Ambassador for Women, Peace, and Security, Canada

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Omid Nouripour

Member, Foreign Affairs Committee, Bundestag, Germany

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Tolu Ogunlesi

Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on Digital and New Media, Government of Nigeria, Nigeria

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Nancy Okail

Visiting Scholar, Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University, United States

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Japheth Omojuwa

Founder and Chief Strategist, Alpha Reach; Founder and Volunteer, Omojuwa Foundation, Nigeria

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Tracy Onufer

Chief of Staff, Special Operations Command South, United States Air Force, United States

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Rebecca Ore

Captain of the Port and Commanding Officer, Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach, United States Coast Guard, United States

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C. Dixon Osburn

Fellow, Carr Center, Harvard Kennedy School, United States

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Erin O'Toole

Member of Parliament for Durham House of Commons, Canada

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Paul Owens

Manager, Special Initiatives, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada

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Artis Pabriks

Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Latvia

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Leon Panetta

Chairman, The Panetta Institute for Public Policy, United States

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Roland Paris

Professor of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada

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Sameer Patil

Fellow, International Security Studies Programme, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations, India

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Stuart Peach

Chairman of the Military Committee, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO

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David Perry

Vice President and Senior Analyst, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Canada

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Smadar Perry

Senior Editor for Middle East Affairs, Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel

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J. Peter Pham

Special Envoy for the Sahel Region of Africa, United States Department of State, United States

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Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno

President, ProBogota; Chairman, Virtus Global, Colombia

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Joana Polekauskienė

Senior Instructor, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Lithuania

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Petro Poroshenko

5th President, Government of Ukraine, Ukraine

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Margaret Purdy

Member, Independent Review Panel for Defence Acquisitions, Government of Canada, Canada

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Kenan Rahmani

Advocacy Manager, The Syria Campaign; Policy Advisor, Americans for a Free Syria, United States

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John Raymond

Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force, United States

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Peter Ricketts

President and Vice Chancellor, Acadia University, Canada

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Colin Robertson

Vice President and Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Canada

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Véronique Roger-Lacan

Ambassador of France to UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, France

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Michael S. Rogers

CEO, The MSRogers Group LLC

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Josh Rogin

Columnist, The Washington Post, United States

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Rafal Rohozinski

Principal Officer, The SecDev Group, Canada

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Gideon Rose

Editor, Foreign Affairs, United States

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Luis Rubio

Chairman, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations; Mexico Evalua, Mexico

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Christopher Sabatini

Senior Fellow for Latin America, Chatham House, United States

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Marc-Olivier Sabourin

Vice-President and General Manager, CAE Elektronik GmbH, Germany

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Harjit Sajjan

Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada

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Lobsang Sangay

President, Central Tibetan Administration, Tibet

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Andrei Sannikov

Chairman, European Belarus Foundation, Belarus

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Samir Saran

President, Observer Research Foundation, India

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Kenichiro Sasae

President; Former Japanese Ambassador to the United States, The Japan Institute of International Affairs, Japan

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Luiza Savage

Executive Director, Editorial Initiatives, POLITICO, United States

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Mike Savage

Mayor, City of Halifax, Canada

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Macario Schettino

Professor, School of Social Sciences and Government, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico

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Randy Scheunemann

Senior Counselor, Halifax International Security Forum; Vice Chairman, International Republican Institute, United States

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Nick Schifrin

Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour, United States

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Hans-Jakob Schindler

Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project, Germany

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Nils Schmid

Member, Bundestag, Germany

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Christian Schmidt

Member, Bundestag; Advisory Boardmember, Deutsche Bahn, Germany

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Nick Sealy-Thompson

Nick Sealy-Thompson, Canada, Canada

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Germaine Seewer

Commandant, Armed Forces College; Deputy Chief, Training and Education Command, Swiss Armed Forces, Switzerland

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Lara Seligman

Pentagon Reporter, POLITICO, United States

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Daouda Sembene

Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development, Senegal

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Radmila Shekerinska

Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Republic of North Macedonia

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Fiona Shepherd

Assistant Head, Defence Logistic Operations and Plans, Defence Support Operations, British Royal Navy, United Kingdom

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Robin Shepherd

Vice President, Halifax International Security Forum, United Kingdom

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Kevin Short

Chief of Defence Force, New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand

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Ian Shugart

Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office, Government of Canada, Canada

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Vasil Sikharulidze

Chairman, Atlantic Council of Georgia, Georgia

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Martha Simms

Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of State, United States

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Jill Sinclair

Canadian Representative, Ukranian Defence Reform Advisory Board, Strategic Joint Staff, Department of National Defence, Canada

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Kevin Skillin

Consul General, United States Consulate General in Halifax, Nova Scotia, United States

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David Smolansky

Special Envoy for Venezuelan Migration and Refugee Crisis, Organization of American States, Venezuela

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Nancy Southern

Chair and CEO, ATCO, Canada

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Robert Spalding

CEO and Founder, Subutai LLC, United States

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Sabine Sparwasser

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ottawa, Germany

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Henning Speck

National Security Advisor, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Germany

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Olha Stefanishyna

Deputy Prime Minister, Ukraine

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Janice Stein

Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada

participant

Mercedes Stephenson

Host, The West Block, Global News, Canada

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Rob Stewart

Deputy Minister, Public Safety, Canada

participant

Jens Stoltenberg

Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO

participant

Charles Sullivan

Managing Director, Boeing Canada, Canada

participant

Michael Svetlik

Vice President, Programs, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, United States

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Joanna Świątkowska

Programme Director, European Cybersecurity Forum; Senior Research Fellow, The Kosciuszko Institute, Poland

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Ahmet Taçyildiz

Chairman, Gap İnşaat, Turkey

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Rebecca Talbot

Chief of Staff, Supply Chain Branch, Australian Defence Force, Australia

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Keiko Tanaka

International Policy Planning Section (J5), Joint Staff, Ministry of Defence, Japan

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Audrey Tang

Minister Without Portfolio, Government of Taiwan, Taiwan

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Nicolas Tenzer

Chairman, Center for the Study and Research on Political Decision; Editor, Le Banquet, France

participant

Ishaan Tharoor

Columnist, The Washington Post, United States

participant

Jody Thomas

Deputy Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada

participant

Gerald Tilk

CEO, Pansophico, United States

participant

Hideshi Tokuchi

Visiting Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan

participant

Steve Tsang

Director, China Institute, School for Oriental and African Studies, United Kingdom

participant

Daniel Twining

President, International Republican Institute, United States

participant

Peter Van Praagh

President, Halifax International Security Forum, United States

participant

Nirmal Verma

Chief of Naval Operations Distinguished International Fellow, United States Naval War College, India

participant

Kurt Volker

Distinguished Fellow, CEPA; Senior International Advisor, BGR Group, United States

participant

Joseph Votel

President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security, United States

participant

Tsuneo Watanabe

Senior Fellow, International Peace and Security Department, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan

participant

Mike Watson

Associate Director, Hudson Institute's Center for the Future of Liberal Society, United States

participant

W. Bruce Weinrod

Adjunct Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, United States

participant

Ai Weiwei

Activist; Artist, China

participant

Thomas Whayne

Chief Financial Officer, OneWeb, United States

participant

Peter Wright

Development Officer, Aerospace and Defence, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada

participant

Jaushieh Joseph Wu

Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan

participant

Amos Yadlin

Executive Director, Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel

participant

Noboru Yamaguchi

Vice President and Professor, International University of Japan, Japan

participant

Taro Yamato

Vice Director, Secretariat of the International Peace Cooperation, Cabinet Office Headquarters, Japan

participant

Saira Yamin

Professor, Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies; Non-resident Fellow, Center for Global Policy, United States

participant

Dov Zakheim

Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Senior Fellow, CNA Corporation, United States

participant

Lassina Zerbo

Executive Secretary, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Burkina Faso

participant

Linda Zhang

Research Associate, Foreign and Defense Policy, American Enterprise Institute, United States

participant

Mohammad Yasin Zia

Chief of Defense Staff, Afghan National Army, Afghanistan

participant

Dalia Ziada

Author; Activist, Egypt