2022 HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORUM - Halifax
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2022 HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORUM

DATE
November 18-20, 2022

LOCATION
Halifax, Nova Scotia

PARTICIPANTS
300

The 2022 Halifax International Security Forum is committed to keeping you healthy and safe.

– Masks are encouraged but optional.

– Please make your best effort to social distance.

– Masks are available throughout the hotel.

– Off-site testing is available throughout the weekend.

– Hand sanitizer is available throughout the hotel.

PLEAES DO YOUR PART TO ENSURE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE

 

Health and Safety Protocol:

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
Hoover Institution, Stanford University

 Alyssa Ayres
George Washington University

Ian Brodie
University of Calgary 

Rosa Brooks
Georgetown University Law Center

Shari Bryan
Aegean Strategies

Leslie Campbell
National Democratic Institute

Dean Fealk
DLA Piper 

John Glenn
National Endowment for Democracy

Jerrold Green
Pacific Council on International Policy

Rachel Kleinfeld
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

François Lafond
French Expert, MDULS, Serbia

Dixon Osburn
Harvard Kennedy School

Roland Paris
University of Ottawa

Luis Rubio
Mexico-Evalua

Chris Sabatini
Chatham House

Paul Salem
Middle East Institute

Randy Scheunemann
HFX

Janice Stein
The Munk School, University of Toronto

Constanze Stelzenmüller
The Brookings Institution

Peter Van Praagh
HFX

Daniel Twining
International Republican Institute

Kurt Volker
BGR Group

Bruce Weinrod
Georgetown University

 

Download 2022 Agenda Working Group as PDF

Plenary Sessions

  • And So, Where is the Security?
  • Cold Weather, High Prices, Long War:
  • Finding Our Winter Resilience
  • Tomorrow’s Energy Needed Now
  • The Disinformation Nations: Kidnapping Our Citizens,
  • Corrupting Our Officials, Stealing Our Stuff
  • Food Security: May We Have Some More?
  • Mind the Gap: Keeping Our Tech Superiority
  • H2O: Heatwave 2 Overflow
  • The Future of Democracy? Democracy.

Informal Sessions

  • Afghanistan: Always
  • Arctic Allies Align
  • Canada’s Quiet Tech Triumphs
  • Coping with Climate: Africa Enlightens
  • Cyber Specific Strategies:
  • Lessons from Ukraine’s Invisible Heroes
  • Deadly Disease: Deal With It
  • Decoupling: Russia, Yes. China, Next.
  • Deep Sea Nodules, Clean Fusion, Dilithium Crystals:
  • Finding Resources for Winning the Future
  • Expanding Space
  • Female Freedom Fighters: Meeting Morality in Iran
  • Finding Meaning in Europe
  • Here Comes the Son: the Philippines and Other
  • Adventures in Southeast Asian Democracy
  • Israel and its Arab Allies Making a Modern Middle East
  • New NATO: Never Again Treaty Organization
  • The Next Quad: Japan + Aukus (Jaukus)
  • Nuclear War: 60 Years On, Preventing (While
  • Preparing For) the UnimaginableOur Extremists,
  • Our Existential Enemies
  • Russia’s Future: Russia’s Past
  • Securing the Sovereignty of Smaller States
  • Still America
  • Syria: Can You See Me Now?
  • Taming Terrorists in the Sahel
  • Tanks or Tech? The 21st Century Battlefield
  • Tech Diplomacy: Statecraft or Stagecraft
  • Tik Tok, Tick Tock: Treasuring Taiwan’s Time
  • Truss Me, I’m English
  • Turning Sanctions Into Strategy
  • UAV: Ukraine’s Absolute Victory
  • UN: The Best the World Has Done. So Far . . .
  • Wartime Ready: Rearming Our Allied Economies
  • Western Hemisphere, Meet the World
  • Wonder Weapon: Ukraine’s Women
  • Whole, Free and at Peace: Ukraine After the War.

Download 2022 Topical Agenda as PDF

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Christine Abizaid

Director, National Counterterrorism Center, United States

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Carol Abraham

Director, Strategic Programmes, New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand

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Evgeny Afineevsky

Film Director, Israel

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Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay

President and Co-Founder, Stop Child Executions, Canada

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Ajay Agrawal

Founder, Creative Destruction Lab, Canada

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Izabela Albrycht

Director of the Cybersecurity Center, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland

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Leila Alieva

Affiliate Researcher, Russia and East European Studies, Oxford University, United Kingdom

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Masih Alinejad

Producer and Presenter, VOA Persian Service, Iran

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Frances Allen

Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada

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Luis Almagro

Secretary General, Organization of American States, Uruguay

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Raed al-Saleh

Co-Founder and Director, Syria Civil Defence, Turkey

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Viola Amherd

Head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, Switzerland

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Anita Anand

Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada

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Rajmund Andrzejczak

Chief of the General Staff, Polish Armed Forces, Poland

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Natalia Arno

President, Free Russia Foundation, United States

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Adrienne Arsenault

Foreign Correspondent, CBC News, Canada

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Michael Arthur

President, Boeing International, United Kingdom

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Michael Auslin

Senior Advisor for Asia, HFX; Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, United States

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Lloyd Austin III

Secretary of Defense, United States Department of Defense, United States

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Alyssa Ayres

Dean, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 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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Yvan Baker

Member of Parliament, House of Commons, Canada

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Kevin Baron

Executive Editor, Defense One, United States

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Rob Bauer

Chair of the Military Committee, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Netherlands

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Debbie Baxter

Partner, Defence and Intelligence, Deloitte, Canada

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Maryna Baydyuk

Founder, United Help Ukraine, United States

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Oscar Becerra

Director; Member Global Due Diligence Program Senior Manager, Citi Security & Investigative Services; Colectivo de Análisis de la Seguridad con Democracia, Mexico

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Stefanie Beck

Associate Deputy Minister of National Defense, Canadian Department of National Defense, Canada

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Cordula Becker-Ebert

Chief of Branch Public Health, Federal Ministry of Defence (FMoD), Bundeswehr Medical Service, Germany

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Victoria Belbin

Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Canada Aerospace & Defence Association, Canada

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Patricia Bell

Former Head of the School of Journalism, University of Regina, Canada

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Fatou Bensouda

Former Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, Gambia

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Bent-Joacim Bentzen

Deputy Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Norway

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Peter Beyer

Member of Parliament, German Bundestag, Germany

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Catherine Blewett

Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science, and Economic Development, Canada

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Kody Blois

Member of Parliament, House of Commons, Canada

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Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr.

Chairman Emeritus, Stimson Center, United States

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Peter Boehm

Senator for Ontario, Senate of Canada, Canada

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Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan

Deputy Policy Director, Netherlands Armed Forces, Netherlands

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Gwen Boniface

Senator for Ontario, Senate of Canada, Canada

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Kahina Bouagache

Lawyer, Human Rights and Women's Rights Activist, Manaar Legal Consultancy, Algeria

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Krista Bouckaert

J3 Expeditionary, Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC), Canadian Armed Forces, Canada

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Kate Brannen

Deputy Editor, Foreign Affairs, United States

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Katharine Branson

US Air Force Special Operations Command Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, United States Air Force, United States

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Murray Brewster

Parliamentary Defence and Foreign Policy Reporter, CBC News, Canada

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Darrell Bricker

Global CEO, Ipsos Public Affairs, Canada

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Laura Bridge

Managing Director, HFX, United States

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Peggy Britton

Deputy Sector Commander, Sector Virginia, United States Coast Guard, United States

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Rosa Brooks

Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Policy, Georgetown University Law Center, United States

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Shari Bryan

Founder and Partner, Aegean Strategies, United States

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Catherine Busch

Finance officer, Aircraft Maintenance Department, France

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Micael Bydén

Supreme Commander, Swedish Armed Forces, Sweden

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Ahmet Çalik

Chairman, Çalik Holding , Turkey

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Julie Callacott

Canadian Forces Intelligence, Command Assistant Chief of Staff Support, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canada

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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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Jennie Carignan

Chief of Professional Conduct and Culture, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada

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Scott Carpenter

Managing Director, Jigsaw, United States

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Lyra Carr

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

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Joyce Carter

President and CEO Halifax International Airport Authority; Canadian Airports Council, Canada

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Steven Chase

Senior Parliamentary Reporter, The Globe and Mail, Canada

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Alexandra Chyczij

President, Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Canada

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Christyn Cianfarani

President and CEO, Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), Canada

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Tom Clark

Chair, Global Public Affairs, Canada

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David Cohen

Ambassador of the United States to Canada, United States Embassy to Canada, United States

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Hélène Conway-Mouret

Senator, Senate, France

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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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Jason Crow

United States Representative, Colorado’s 6th Congressional District,United States House of Representatives, United States

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Kelley Eckels Currie

Senior Advisor, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy, United States

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Arnaud Danjean

Member, Vice-Chair, European Parliament, France

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Tony Davies

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

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Jennifer de Poorter

Special Projects Officer, NATO Allied Command Transformation, Ministery of Defence, Netherlands

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Andrew Desiderio

Congressional Reporter, POLITICO, United States

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Louise desJardins

Australian Defence Attache Tel Aviv, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia

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Lena Diab

Member of Parliament, House of Commons, Canada

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Paula Dobriansky

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

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Dan Dugas

Director of Communications, HFX, Canada

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Cécile Dumont-Dayot

Naval Air Base Commanding Officer, French Navy, France

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Naz Durakoglu

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, US Department of State, United States

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Roy Eakin

Researcher, Institute for the Study of War, United States

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Erika Echeverry

Acquisitions and Finance Advisor, OSD Office of Net Assessment, United States

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Ali Ehsassi

Member of Parliament, House of Commons, Canada

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Onno Eichelsheim

Chief of Defence, Netherlands Armed Forces, Netherlands

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Rejanne Eimers-van Nes

Member, Royal College of Defense Studies, London-UK, Royal Netherlands Army, Netherlands

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Caroline Elie

Director-General, Engagement, Department of National Defence, Canada

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Süleyman Savaş Erdem

CEO, OYAK, Turkey

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Roy Eriksson

Ambassador to Canada, Finland, Finland

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Norbert Eschborn

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

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Hamed Esmaeilion

Author and Activist, The Association of Families of Flight PS752, Iran

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Garrett Exner

Executive Director, The Public Interest Fellowship, United States

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Wayne Eyre

Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada

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Linda Fagan

Commandant, United States Coast Guard, United States

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Eric Fanning

President, Aerospace Industries Association, United States

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Evelyn Farkas

Executive Director, McCain Institute, United States

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Dean Fealk

Managing Partner, DLA Piper; Chair, Global Strategy & Innovation, HFX, United States

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Yevhen Fedchenko

Co-Founder and Chief Editor, StopFake, Ukraine

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Renée Filiatrault

Former Foreign Service Officer, Political Aide to the Minister of National Defence; CGAI, CDAI, Network for Strategic Analysis on Defence and Security, Task Force Kanadahar, Canada

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Carrie Filipetti

Executive Director, The Vandenberg Coalition, United States

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Andy Fillmore

Member of Parliament for Halifax, House of Commons, Canada

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Darren Fisher

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Seniors and Member of Parliament for Dartmouth – Cole Harbour, House of Commons, Canada

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Robert Fonberg

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

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Spencer Forgo

Director, Corporate Affairs, ATCO Ltd, Canada

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Christian Forstner

Executive Director, Hanns Seidel Foundation, Germany

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Larisa Galadza

Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine, Embassy of Canada in Ukraine, Canada

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Tricia Geddes

Public Safety’s Associate Deputy Minister, Government of Canada, Canada

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Kirsten Gillibrand

Senator from New York, United States Senate, United States

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Rob Gillies

Canada Bureau Chief, Associated Press, Canada

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John Glenn

Senior Director at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy, United States

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Mark Goldberg

Editor-in-Chief Global Dispatches, UN Dispatch, United States

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Sam Goodwin

Doctoral Candidate / Public Speaker, Johns Hopkins SAIS, United States

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Joe Gould

Staff Reporter, Defense News, United States

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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

4th President, Republic of Croatia (2015-2020), Croatia

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Katherine Graef

Colonel (Ret.), United States Army, United States

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Robbie Gramer

Diplomatic Correspondent, Foreign Policy, United States

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Jerrold Green

President and CEO, Pacific Council on International Policy, United States

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Yasmin Green

Chief Executive Officer, Jigsaw, United States

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Mike Greenley

CEO, MDA, Canada

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Maryscott Greenwood

Chief Executive Officer, Canadian American Business Council; Crestview Strategy, United States

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Leah Griffin

Group Captain Recruitment and Selection, Royal Air Force, United Kingdom

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Paul Grod

President, Ukrainian World Congress, Canada

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Matt Gurney

Co-Founder, The Line, Canada

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Ivana Gutzelnig

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

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Chris Hadfield

President, Chris Hadfield Inc., Canada

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Peter Hammerschmidt

Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy, Department of National Defence, Canada, Canada

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Jane Harman

Chair of the Board, Freedom House, United States

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Martin Harvey

High Commissioner to Canada, New Zealand High Commission, New Zealand

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Paul Hayes

Manager for Advanced Manufacturing and Business Services, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada

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France Hébert

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

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Jay Heisler

Journalist, Policy Analyst, Voice of America, United States

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Martin Herem

Commander of the Defence Forces, Estonian Defence Forces, Estonia

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Mark Hetfield

President and CEO, HIAS, United States

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Kirsten Hillman

Ambassador of Canada to the United States, Embassy of Canada in the United States, Canada

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Oleksandra Hlizhynska

Executive Director, NGO Institute Republika, Ukraine

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Clayton Holt

Director for Gov’t Affairs, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, United States

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Hanna Hopko

Co-Founder, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine

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Sarí Houston

Event Director, HFX, United States

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Yu-Tien Hsu

Director General, Department of North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan

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Heidi Hulan

Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security (Political Director), Global Affairs Canada, Canada

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Ahmad Hussein

Strategic and Business Advisor, Ucore Rare Metals Inc, Canada

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Jaeho Hwang

Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea

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Iko Ibanga

Founder and CEO, Pro-Health International, Nigeria

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Kaha Imnadze

Ambassador of Georgia to Canada, Republic of Georgia, Georgia

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Valerie Insinna

Pentagon Reporter, Breaking Defense, United States

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Dolkun Isa

President, World Uyghur Congress, Germany

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Hideo Ishizuki

Deputy Director-General, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

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Sara Jacobs

California's 53rd Congressional District, United States House of Representatives, United States

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Inga Jancevičienė

Chief of Joint Medical Department of Defence Staff, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Lithuania

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Bonnie D. Jenkins

Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, US Department of State, United States

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Pål Jonson

Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Sweden

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Wu'er Kaixi

General Secretary, Taiwan Parliamentary Human Rights Commission, Taiwan

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Daria Kaleniuk

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Anti-Corruption Action Centre, International Centre for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine

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Matake Kamiya

Professor, National Defense Academy of Japan and Vice President of Japan Forum on International Relations, Japan

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Lisa Kaplan

Founder and CEO, Alethea, United States

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Alar Karis

President, Estonia

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Tawakkol Karman

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Founder Women Journalists Without Chains, Yemen

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Talia Katz

Program Manager, Private Foundation, United States

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Jānis Kažociņš

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

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Joshua Keating

Global Security Reporter, Grid News, United States

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Shannon Kellogg

Vice President of Public Policy, Amazon Web Services, United States

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Eric Kenny

Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canada

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Roderich Kiesewetter

Member, The Bundestag, Germany

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Rachel Kleinfeld

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States

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Lina Kongshavn

National Liaison Representative to NATO ACT, Royal Norwegian Air Force, Norway

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Kemal Ahmet Köprülü

Honorary General Consul; Publisher, Consulate of Monaco in Turkey; Transatlantic Policy Quarterly, Turkey

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Lenna Koszarny

Founding Partner and CEO, Horizon Capital, Ukraine

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Yullia Kovaliv

Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

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Dmytro Kozatskyi

Mariupol Defender, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukraine

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Stephanie Krause

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

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Batu Kutelia

Board Member, Atlantic Council of Georgia; The McCain Institute for International Leadership, Georgia

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Dennis Kwok

Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Partner, Elliott Kwok Levine & Jaroslaw LLP., United States

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Anton La Guardia

Diplomatic Editor, The Economist, United Kingdom

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Maria Laine

Vice President & Managing Director, UK, Ireland & Nordic Region, Boeing, United States

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David Lammy

Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Parliament of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom

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Jim Landon

President, ATCO Frontec, Canada

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Nico Lange

Chief of Executive Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany

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Daniel Lauzon

Director, Public Affairs and Policy, CAE Canada, Canada

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Kennedy Lee

Research Assistant; Fellow, Hudson Institute; Forum for American Leadership, United States

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Geneviève Lehoux

Commander, RCAF Aerospace Warfare Center, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canada

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Eric Levesque

Co-Founder and COO, Strider, United States

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Greg Levesque

Co-Founder and CEO, Strider, United States

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Ting-Sheng Li

Deputy CEO, Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Taiwan

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Lene Lillelund

Branch Chief of Concepts and Capabilities (Research and Development) Plans and Capabilities Division, Danish Armed Forces, Denmark

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Justin Ling

Journalist, Independent, Canada

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Michael Link

Member; European Policy Spokesman, Bundestag; Free Democratic Party, Germany

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Mark Lippert

Executive Vice President; Senior Advisor (Non-resident), Korea Chair, Samsung Electronics Co; Center for Strategic and International Studies, United States

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Lexia Littlejohn

Commander, Sector Buffalo, United States Coast Guard, United States

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Vincent Logsdon

Vice President, International Business Development, Boeing Defense, Space & Security and Global Services, United States

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Jawed Ludin

Co-founder and President; Former Deputy Foreign Minister, Heart of Asia Society, Afghanistan

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Brian Macdonald

Executive Director, Aman Lara, Canada

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Peter MacKay

Strategic Advisor, Deloitte Canada, Canada

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Aaron MacLean

Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, United States

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Stew Magnuson

Editor-in-Chief, National Defense Magazine, United States

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Chuck Maillet

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

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Shuvaloy Majumdar

Foreign Policy Program Director & Munk Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada

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Susan Markham

Director, Peace With Women Fellowship, HFX, United States

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Steve Markle

Filmmaker, Letter M

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Solange Márquez

Former VP; Professor of Law Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (Comexi); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico

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Hooria Mashhour

Former Human Rights Minister;Consultant for YTJC . Member of the Technical Advisory Group / ( OSE ), Republic of Yemen; YTJC, Technical Advisory Group, Yemen

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Steve Matier

President and CEO, Maritime Launch Services Ltd., Canada

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Bill Matthews

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

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Bryan May

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, Parliament of Canada, Canada

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Stephan Mayer

Member; Parliamentary State Secretary for the Interior, Building, and Community, Bundestag, Germany

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Bill McCaffrey

President, McCaffrey Enterprises, Canada

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Jack McCain

Regional Director, American Airlines, United States

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Michael McCaul

Texas’s 10th Congressional District, United States House of Representatives, United States

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Beth McGrath

Managing Director, Government and Public Services, Deloitte US, United States

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Michelle McGuinness

Deputy Director for Commonwealth Integration, Defense Intelligence Agency, United States

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Kathleen McInnis

Senior Fellow and Director, Smart Women, Smart Power, CSIS, United States

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Paul McLeary

Defense Reporter, POLITICO, United States

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Fiona McNaught

Director, Fleet Logistics Australian Navy, Australia

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Armend Mehaj

Minister of Defense, Republic of Kosovo, Kosovo

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Masooda Mehdizada

UNHCR's L3 Evaluation Consultant, Cowater International, Afghanistan

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Beatriz Meléndez Lagunilla

Battalion Commander, Army Engineers Academy, Spanish Army, Spain

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Jonathan Meretsky

Managing Director, Merit House, Canada

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Monika Mertinaite

Senior Advisor, Defense Policy Group, Ministry of National Defense, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Lithuania

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Mauricio Meschoulam

Founder and Director; Professor, International Relations; Analyst and Columnist, Mexico Research Center for Peace; Universidad Iberoamericana; El Universal, Mexico

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Ia Meurmishvili

Managing Editor, Voice of America, Georgia, United States

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Ayman Mhanna

Executive Director, Samir Kassir Foundation, Lebanon

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Karen Middleton

Chief Political Correspondent, The Saturday Paper, Australia

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Vladimir Milov

Economic Adviser; Expert, Free Russia Foundation, Russia

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Duane Monea

Senator, University of Calgary, Canada

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Victoria Moorhouse

Deputy Assistant Chief of Medical Staff, British Army, United Kingdom

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Mouaz Moustafa

Executive Director, Syrian Emergency Task Force, United States

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Ariel Moutsatsos

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

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Jeff Mullen

Director, Enterprise Development, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada

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Vago Muradian

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Defense & Aerospace Report, United States

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Yuliia Mykytenko

Senior Lieutenant, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukraine

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Melanie Nadeau

Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE), Canada

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Vina Nadjibulla

Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada

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Nataliia Nagorna

Journalist,1+1, Ukraine

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Abe Naoki

Chief of International Policy Planning Division Joint Staff Office, Ministry of Defence, Government of Japan, Japan

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Sanam Naraghi Anderlini

Founder & CEO, International Civil Society Action Network, United States

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Hani Nasser

Director, NATO Policy, DND, Canada

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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, United Kingdom

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Joel Ng

Deputy Head, Centre for Multilateralism Studies, Singapore

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Anna Novosad

Co-founder of Charity Fund savED, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (2019-2020), Ukraine

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Jonathan Nowak

Desk Officer North Atlantic, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Germany

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Connor O'Brien

Senior Defense Correspondent, Covering Congress, POLITICO, United States

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Derron O'Leary

Deputy Director for Regional Policy, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, United States

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Jacqueline O'Neill

Ambassador for Women, Peace, and Security, Global Affairs Canada, Canada

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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

President and CEO, Center for International Policy, United States

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Kajsa Ollongren

Minister of Defence, Government of the Netherlands, Netherlands

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JJ. Omojuwa

Founder, Alpha Reach; Author, Digital: The New Code of Wealth, Nigeria

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Keng Yong Ong

Executive Deputy Chairman, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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C. Dixon Osburn

Author, Mission Possible: The Story of Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, United States

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Yuliia Paievska

Military Veteran and Volunteer Medic, Ukraine

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George Palikaras

Founder, President & CEO, META Materials, Inc., Canada

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Roland Paris

Director, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs University of Ottawa, Canada

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Iain Paterson

Chief Information Security Officer, WELL Health Technologies, Canada

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Commander of the Canadian Army, Department of National Defence, Canada

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Mario Pelletier

Commissioner of the Coast Guard, Canada

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Nicole Petrucci

Operations Research Analyst, United States Space Force, United States

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J. Peter Pham

Distinguished Fellow, Africa Center; Former U.S. Special Envoy for the Sahel & Great Lakes Regions of Africa, Atlantic Council, United States

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The 5th President of Ukraine, Chairman of the European Solidarity Party of Ukraine, Government of Ukraine, Ukraine

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CEO, Alpha Regnum Fund, United States

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Margus Rava

Ambassador to Canada, Embassy of Estonia, Ottawa, Estonia

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Chief Operating Officer, CanArctic Inuit Networks Inc., Canada

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Jason Rezaian

Global Opinions Writer, The Washington Post, United States

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Senator from Idaho , United States Senate, United States

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Chair of the Board, CFFI Ventures Inc, Canada

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Colin Robertson

Senior Advisor and Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Canada

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Sean Roche

Director, National Security, Amazon Web Services, United States

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Associate Chief, Communications Security Establishment, Canada

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Even Rogers

CEO, True Anomaly, United States

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Katie Romaine

Government Relations Associate, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, United States

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Gideon Rose

Distinguished Fellow, David Rockefeller Studies Program Council on Foreign Relations, United States

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Jacky Rosen

Senator from Nevada, United States Senate, United States

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Senator from South Dakota, United States Senate, United States

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

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Patrick Rucker

Senior Correspondent, The Capitol Forum, United States

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Laurent Ruseckas

Executive Director, Gas Power & Renewables, S&P Global Commodity Insights, United Kingdom

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Scott Ryan

High Commissioner, Australian High Commission Canada, Australia

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Christopher Sabatini

Fellow for Latin America, Chatham House, United States

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Paul Salem

President, Middle East Institute, United States

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Lobsang Sangay

Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, Tibet

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Andrei Sannikov

Chairman, European Belarus Foundation, Belarus

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Friba Sabrina Saqeb

Former Member of Parliament; Co-Founder, Research Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Afghanistan

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Marjan Šarec

Minister of Defense, Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia

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Rana Sarkar

Consul General of Canada in San Francisco, United States, Global Affairs Canada, Canada

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Luiza Savage

Executive Editor, Growth, POLITICO, United States

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Maksym Savanevskyi

CEO, PlusOne; co-founder, Media Center Ukraine, Ukraine

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Strategic Counselor, HFX; 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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Nick Sealy-Thompson

Director, Disaster and Emergency Management, ATCO Frontec, 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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CEO, AfriCatalyst Global Development Advisory, Senegal

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Jeanne Shaheen

Senator from New Hampshire, United States Senate, United States

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Kaveh Shahrooz

Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada

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Andrew Shearer

Director General of the Office of National Intelligence, Office of National Intelligence, Australia

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Hanna Shelest

Head of Security Programmes, Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”; Editor-in-chief, UA: Ukraine Analytica, Ukraine

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Fiona Shepherd

Assistant Chief of Staff J1/J4, Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ), United Kingdom

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Andriy Shevchenko

Co-Founder, Media Center Ukraine, Ukraine

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Newton Shortliffe

Assistant Director Collection (ADC), Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canada

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Kamila Sidiqi

Former Deputy Minister for Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Afghanistan

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Chairman, Atlantic Council of Georgia, Georgia

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Thomas Silberhorn

Spokesperson for Transatlantic Relations, CDU/CSU Group in the German Bundestag, Germany

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Donald Sinclair

Former Director General, International Security Bureau, Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada

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Jill Sinclair

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

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Anna Siverstig

Commanding Officer, Swedish Air Warfare Center, Swedish Air Force, Sweden

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Darius Skusevičius

Ambassador of Lithuania to Canada, Embassy of Lithuania to Canada, Lithuania

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David Smolansky

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

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Evan Solomon

Publisher GZERO Media, Senior Management Eurasia Group, Special Correspondent CTV NEWS, Canada

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Nancy Southern

Chair and CEO, ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited, Canada

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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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Sylvia-Carolina Sperandio

Director Military Health Services, Austrian Military Health Services, Austria

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Olga Stefanishyna

Deputy Prime Minister, European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, Ukraine

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Janice Stein

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

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Director and Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and trans-Atlantic Relations; Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Germany

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Mercedes Stephenson

Host, The West Block, Global News, Canada

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Michel-Henri St-Louis

Canadian defence attaché (Washington), Canadian Armed Forces, Canada

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Jenny Ström

Commanding Officer 3rd Naval Warfare Flotilla, Swedish Navy, Sweden

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President, Boeing Canada Operations Ltd., Canada

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Chief Operating Officer, HFX, United States

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Sergiy Sydorenko

Editor, co-founder, European Pravda, Ukraine

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Ahmet Taçyildiz

Treasurer of the Board of Directors, HFX, Turkey

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Rebecca Talbot

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

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Ishaan Tharoor

Columnist, The Washington Post, United States

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Jody Thomas

National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister Government of Canada, Canada

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David Thompson

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

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Gerald Tilk

CEO, Pansophico, United States

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Emre Timurkan

CEO, Almatis GmbH, Germany, Turkey

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Vice President, Government Relations and Communications, Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), Canada

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Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, POLITICO, United States

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Commander, Royal Canadian Navy, Canada

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Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Wall Street Journal, United States

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Lara Troy

Commander, Joint Movements Australian Army, Australia

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Deputy Secretary-General, National Security Council, Taiwan

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Steve Tsang

Director, China Institute School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom

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President, Coordination Council of Belarus, Belarus

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Patrick Tucker

Technology Editor, Defense One, United States

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Nury Turkel

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; Chair, US Commission on International Religious Freedom, United States

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Director General, Department of North American Affairs, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, Taiwan

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President, International Republican Institute, United States

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Chairman, State Property Fund of Ukraine, Ukraine

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Senior Producer, Global TV, The West Block, Canada

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President, HFX, United States

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Former Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico

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Head of the Policy Control (Departement Directorate of Finance & Control), Royal Netherlands Navy, Netherlands

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Heidi Vogt

National Security Editor, POLITICO, United States

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Kurt Volker

Distinguished Fellow; Senior International Advisor, CEPA, United States

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Alexander Ward

National Security Reporter, POLITICO, United States

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Tsuneo Watanabe

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

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

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Kenneth Weinstein

Walter P. Stern Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute, United States

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Paul Wells

Independent journalist, Canada

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Kevin Whale

Director, Strategy & Development, MDA, Canada

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Jessica Wiebe

Artist, Canadian Forces Artist Program, Canadian War Museum, Canada

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Commanding Officer, USCG Activities Far East, U.S. Coast Guard, United States

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Danielle Willis

Vice Director, NORAD Operations, United States Air Force, United States

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Chairman, National Endowment for Democracy, United States

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Peter Wright

Economic Development Officer, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada

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Chief, Communications Security Establishment, Canada

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Lieutenant General (retired), JGSDF, Professor, International University of Japan, Japan

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, Diplomatic Advisor to the Fifth President of Ukraine, Ukraine

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Wife of Mariupol Defender, Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom, Ukraine

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

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First Lady of Ukraine, Ukraine

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President, Ukraine

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Lassina Zerbo

Chairman of the Executive Advisory Board for Africa, NANO Nuclear, Burkina Faso

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Dalia Ziada

Director, Liberal Democracy Institute, Center for Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Egypt