2022 HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORUM
DATE
November 18-20, 2022
LOCATION
Halifax, Nova Scotia
PARTICIPANTS
300
AGENDA & SPEAKERS
The 2022 Halifax International Security Forum is committed to keeping you healthy and safe.
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– 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.
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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
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.
Christine Abizaid
Director, National Counterterrorism Center, United States
Carol Abraham
Director, Strategic Programmes, New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand
Evgeny Afineevsky
Film Director, Israel
Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay
President and Co-Founder, Stop Child Executions, Canada
Ajay Agrawal
Founder, Creative Destruction Lab, Canada
Izabela Albrycht
Director of the Cybersecurity Center, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Leila Alieva
Affiliate Researcher, Russia and East European Studies, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Masih Alinejad
Producer and Presenter, VOA Persian Service, Iran
Frances Allen
Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada
Luis Almagro
Secretary General, Organization of American States, Uruguay
Raed al-Saleh
Co-Founder and Director, Syria Civil Defence, Turkey
Viola Amherd
Head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, Switzerland
Anita Anand
Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada
Rajmund Andrzejczak
Chief of the General Staff, Polish Armed Forces, Poland
Natalia Arno
President, Free Russia Foundation, United States
Adrienne Arsenault
Foreign Correspondent, CBC News, Canada
Michael Arthur
President, Boeing International, United Kingdom
Michael Auslin
Senior Advisor for Asia, HFX; Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, United States
Lloyd Austin III
Secretary of Defense, United States Department of Defense, United States
Alyssa Ayres
Dean, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, United States
James Baker
Director of the Office of Net Assessment, United States Department of Defense, United States
Yvan Baker
Member of Parliament, House of Commons, Canada
Kevin Baron
Executive Editor, Defense One, United States
Rob Bauer
Chair of the Military Committee, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Netherlands
Debbie Baxter
Partner, Defence and Intelligence, Deloitte, Canada
Maryna Baydyuk
Founder, United Help Ukraine, United States
Oscar Becerra
Director; Member Global Due Diligence Program Senior Manager, Citi Security & Investigative Services; Colectivo de Análisis de la Seguridad con Democracia, Mexico
Stefanie Beck
Associate Deputy Minister of National Defense, Canadian Department of National Defense, Canada
Cordula Becker-Ebert
Chief of Branch Public Health, Federal Ministry of Defence (FMoD), Bundeswehr Medical Service, Germany
Victoria Belbin
Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Canada Aerospace & Defence Association, Canada
Patricia Bell
Former Head of the School of Journalism, University of Regina, Canada
Fatou Bensouda
Former Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, Gambia
Bent-Joacim Bentzen
Deputy Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Norway
Peter Beyer
Member of Parliament, German Bundestag, Germany
Catherine Blewett
Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science, and Economic Development, Canada
Kody Blois
Member of Parliament, House of Commons, Canada
Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr.
Chairman Emeritus, Stimson Center, United States
Peter Boehm
Senator for Ontario, Senate of Canada, Canada
Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan
Deputy Policy Director, Netherlands Armed Forces, Netherlands
Gwen Boniface
Senator for Ontario, Senate of Canada, Canada
Kahina Bouagache
Lawyer, Human Rights and Women's Rights Activist, Manaar Legal Consultancy, Algeria
Krista Bouckaert
J3 Expeditionary, Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC), Canadian Armed Forces, Canada
Kate Brannen
Deputy Editor, Foreign Affairs, United States
Katharine Branson
US Air Force Special Operations Command Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, United States Air Force, United States
Murray Brewster
Parliamentary Defence and Foreign Policy Reporter, CBC News, Canada
Darrell Bricker
Global CEO, Ipsos Public Affairs, Canada
Laura Bridge
Managing Director, HFX, United States
Peggy Britton
Deputy Sector Commander, Sector Virginia, United States Coast Guard, United States
Rosa Brooks
Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Policy, Georgetown University Law Center, United States
Shari Bryan
Founder and Partner, Aegean Strategies, United States
Catherine Busch
Finance officer, Aircraft Maintenance Department, France
Micael Bydén
Supreme Commander, Swedish Armed Forces, Sweden
Ahmet Çalik
Chairman, Çalik Holding , Turkey
Julie Callacott
Canadian Forces Intelligence, Command Assistant Chief of Staff Support, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canada
Leslie Campbell
Senior Associate and Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Programs, National Democratic Institute, Canada
Jennie Carignan
Chief of Professional Conduct and Culture, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada
Scott Carpenter
Managing Director, Jigsaw, United States
Lyra Carr
Consul General, United States Consulate General in Halifax, Nova Scotia, United States
Joyce Carter
President and CEO Halifax International Airport Authority; Canadian Airports Council, Canada
Steven Chase
Senior Parliamentary Reporter, The Globe and Mail, Canada
Alexandra Chyczij
President, Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Canada
Christyn Cianfarani
President and CEO, Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), Canada
Tom Clark
Chair, Global Public Affairs, Canada
David Cohen
Ambassador of the United States to Canada, United States Embassy to Canada, United States
Hélène Conway-Mouret
Senator, Senate, France
James Coomarasamy
Senior Presenter, BBC Radio and World Service, United Kingdom
Chris Coons
Senator from Delaware, United States Senate, United States
Jason Crow
United States Representative, Colorado’s 6th Congressional District,United States House of Representatives, United States
Kelley Eckels Currie
Senior Advisor, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy, United States
Arnaud Danjean
Member, Vice-Chair, European Parliament, France
Tony Davies
Vice Chief of Defence Force, New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand
Jennifer de Poorter
Special Projects Officer, NATO Allied Command Transformation, Ministery of Defence, Netherlands
Andrew Desiderio
Congressional Reporter, POLITICO, United States
Louise desJardins
Australian Defence Attache Tel Aviv, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia
Lena Diab
Member of Parliament, House of Commons, Canada
Paula Dobriansky
Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project, Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, United States
Dan Dugas
Director of Communications, HFX, Canada
Cécile Dumont-Dayot
Naval Air Base Commanding Officer, French Navy, France
Naz Durakoglu
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, US Department of State, United States
Roy Eakin
Researcher, Institute for the Study of War, United States
Erika Echeverry
Acquisitions and Finance Advisor, OSD Office of Net Assessment, United States
Ali Ehsassi
Member of Parliament, House of Commons, Canada
Onno Eichelsheim
Chief of Defence, Netherlands Armed Forces, Netherlands
Rejanne Eimers-van Nes
Member, Royal College of Defense Studies, London-UK, Royal Netherlands Army, Netherlands
Caroline Elie
Director-General, Engagement, Department of National Defence, Canada
Süleyman Savaş Erdem
CEO, OYAK, Turkey
Roy Eriksson
Ambassador to Canada, Finland, Finland
Norbert Eschborn
Director, Canada Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V., Germany
Hamed Esmaeilion
Author and Activist, The Association of Families of Flight PS752, Iran
Garrett Exner
Executive Director, The Public Interest Fellowship, United States
Wayne Eyre
Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada
Linda Fagan
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, United States
Eric Fanning
President, Aerospace Industries Association, United States
Evelyn Farkas
Executive Director, McCain Institute, United States
Dean Fealk
Managing Partner, DLA Piper; Chair, Global Strategy & Innovation, HFX, United States
Yevhen Fedchenko
Co-Founder and Chief Editor, StopFake, Ukraine
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
Carrie Filipetti
Executive Director, The Vandenberg Coalition, United States
Andy Fillmore
Member of Parliament for Halifax, House of Commons, Canada
Darren Fisher
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Seniors and Member of Parliament for Dartmouth – Cole Harbour, House of Commons, Canada
Robert Fonberg
Distinguished Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada
Spencer Forgo
Director, Corporate Affairs, ATCO Ltd, Canada
Christian Forstner
Executive Director, Hanns Seidel Foundation, Germany
Larisa Galadza
Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine, Embassy of Canada in Ukraine, Canada
Tricia Geddes
Public Safety’s Associate Deputy Minister, Government of Canada, Canada
Kirsten Gillibrand
Senator from New York, United States Senate, United States
Rob Gillies
Canada Bureau Chief, Associated Press, Canada
John Glenn
Senior Director at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy, United States
Mark Goldberg
Editor-in-Chief Global Dispatches, UN Dispatch, United States
Sam Goodwin
Doctoral Candidate / Public Speaker, Johns Hopkins SAIS, United States
Joe Gould
Staff Reporter, Defense News, United States
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
4th President, Republic of Croatia (2015-2020), Croatia
Katherine Graef
Colonel (Ret.), United States Army, United States
Robbie Gramer
Diplomatic Correspondent, Foreign Policy, United States
Jerrold Green
President and CEO, Pacific Council on International Policy, United States
Yasmin Green
Chief Executive Officer, Jigsaw, United States
Mike Greenley
CEO, MDA, Canada
Maryscott Greenwood
Chief Executive Officer, Canadian American Business Council; Crestview Strategy, United States
Leah Griffin
Group Captain Recruitment and Selection, Royal Air Force, United Kingdom
Paul Grod
President, Ukrainian World Congress, Canada
Matt Gurney
Co-Founder, The Line, Canada
Ivana Gutzelnig
Director, Military Centre of Aviation Medicine, Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic, Slovak Republic
Chris Hadfield
President, Chris Hadfield Inc., Canada
Peter Hammerschmidt
Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy, Department of National Defence, Canada, Canada
Jane Harman
Chair of the Board, Freedom House, United States
Martin Harvey
High Commissioner to Canada, New Zealand High Commission, New Zealand
Paul Hayes
Manager for Advanced Manufacturing and Business Services, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada
France Hébert
Vice-President and General Manager, CAE Defence and Security Canada, Canada
Jay Heisler
Journalist, Policy Analyst, Voice of America, United States
Martin Herem
Commander of the Defence Forces, Estonian Defence Forces, Estonia
Mark Hetfield
President and CEO, HIAS, United States
Kirsten Hillman
Ambassador of Canada to the United States, Embassy of Canada in the United States, Canada
Oleksandra Hlizhynska
Executive Director, NGO Institute Republika, Ukraine
Clayton Holt
Director for Gov’t Affairs, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, United States
Hanna Hopko
Co-Founder, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Sarí Houston
Event Director, HFX, United States
Yu-Tien Hsu
Director General, Department of North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan
Heidi Hulan
Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security (Political Director), Global Affairs Canada, Canada
Ahmad Hussein
Strategic and Business Advisor, Ucore Rare Metals Inc, Canada
Jaeho Hwang
Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea
Iko Ibanga
Founder and CEO, Pro-Health International, Nigeria
Kaha Imnadze
Ambassador of Georgia to Canada, Republic of Georgia, Georgia
Valerie Insinna
Pentagon Reporter, Breaking Defense, United States
Dolkun Isa
President, World Uyghur Congress, Germany
Hideo Ishizuki
Deputy Director-General, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
Sara Jacobs
California's 53rd Congressional District, United States House of Representatives, United States
Inga Jancevičienė
Chief of Joint Medical Department of Defence Staff, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Lithuania
Bonnie D. Jenkins
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, US Department of State, United States
Pål Jonson
Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Sweden
Wu'er Kaixi
General Secretary, Taiwan Parliamentary Human Rights Commission, Taiwan
Daria Kaleniuk
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Anti-Corruption Action Centre, International Centre for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Matake Kamiya
Professor, National Defense Academy of Japan and Vice President of Japan Forum on International Relations, Japan
Lisa Kaplan
Founder and CEO, Alethea, United States
Alar Karis
President, Estonia
Tawakkol Karman
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Founder Women Journalists Without Chains, Yemen
Talia Katz
Program Manager, Private Foundation, United States
Jānis Kažociņš
National Security Adviser to the President of Latvia, Secretary National Security Council, Latvia
Joshua Keating
Global Security Reporter, Grid News, United States
Shannon Kellogg
Vice President of Public Policy, Amazon Web Services, United States
Eric Kenny
Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canada
Roderich Kiesewetter
Member, The Bundestag, Germany
Rachel Kleinfeld
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States
Lina Kongshavn
National Liaison Representative to NATO ACT, Royal Norwegian Air Force, Norway
Kemal Ahmet Köprülü
Honorary General Consul; Publisher, Consulate of Monaco in Turkey; Transatlantic Policy Quarterly, Turkey
Lenna Koszarny
Founding Partner and CEO, Horizon Capital, Ukraine
Yullia Kovaliv
Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
Dmytro Kozatskyi
Mariupol Defender, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukraine
Stephanie Krause
Commander, Medical Regiment No 1, German Armed Forces, Germany
Batu Kutelia
Board Member, Atlantic Council of Georgia; The McCain Institute for International Leadership, Georgia
Dennis Kwok
Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Partner, Elliott Kwok Levine & Jaroslaw LLP., United States
Anton La Guardia
Diplomatic Editor, The Economist, United Kingdom
Maria Laine
Vice President & Managing Director, UK, Ireland & Nordic Region, Boeing, United States
David Lammy
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Parliament of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Jim Landon
President, ATCO Frontec, Canada
Nico Lange
Chief of Executive Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
Daniel Lauzon
Director, Public Affairs and Policy, CAE Canada, Canada
Kennedy Lee
Research Assistant; Fellow, Hudson Institute; Forum for American Leadership, United States
Geneviève Lehoux
Commander, RCAF Aerospace Warfare Center, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canada
Eric Levesque
Co-Founder and COO, Strider, United States
Greg Levesque
Co-Founder and CEO, Strider, United States
Ting-Sheng Li
Deputy CEO, Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Taiwan
Lene Lillelund
Branch Chief of Concepts and Capabilities (Research and Development) Plans and Capabilities Division, Danish Armed Forces, Denmark
Justin Ling
Journalist, Independent, Canada
Michael Link
Member; European Policy Spokesman, Bundestag; Free Democratic Party, Germany
Mark Lippert
Executive Vice President; Senior Advisor (Non-resident), Korea Chair, Samsung Electronics Co; Center for Strategic and International Studies, United States
Lexia Littlejohn
Commander, Sector Buffalo, United States Coast Guard, United States
Vincent Logsdon
Vice President, International Business Development, Boeing Defense, Space & Security and Global Services, United States
Jawed Ludin
Co-founder and President; Former Deputy Foreign Minister, Heart of Asia Society, Afghanistan
Brian Macdonald
Executive Director, Aman Lara, Canada
Peter MacKay
Strategic Advisor, Deloitte Canada, Canada
Aaron MacLean
Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, United States
Stew Magnuson
Editor-in-Chief, National Defense Magazine, United States
Chuck Maillet
Vice-President, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada
Shuvaloy Majumdar
Foreign Policy Program Director & Munk Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada
Susan Markham
Director, Peace With Women Fellowship, HFX, United States
Steve Markle
Filmmaker, Letter M
Solange Márquez
Former VP; Professor of Law Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (Comexi); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico
Hooria Mashhour
Former Human Rights Minister;Consultant for YTJC . Member of the Technical Advisory Group / ( OSE ), Republic of Yemen; YTJC, Technical Advisory Group, Yemen
Steve Matier
President and CEO, Maritime Launch Services Ltd., Canada
Bill Matthews
Deputy Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada
Bryan May
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, Parliament of Canada, Canada
Stephan Mayer
Member; Parliamentary State Secretary for the Interior, Building, and Community, Bundestag, Germany
Bill McCaffrey
President, McCaffrey Enterprises, Canada
Jack McCain
Regional Director, American Airlines, United States
Michael McCaul
Texas’s 10th Congressional District, United States House of Representatives, United States
Beth McGrath
Managing Director, Government and Public Services, Deloitte US, United States
Michelle McGuinness
Deputy Director for Commonwealth Integration, Defense Intelligence Agency, United States
Kathleen McInnis
Senior Fellow and Director, Smart Women, Smart Power, CSIS, United States
Paul McLeary
Defense Reporter, POLITICO, United States
Fiona McNaught
Director, Fleet Logistics Australian Navy, Australia
Armend Mehaj
Minister of Defense, Republic of Kosovo, Kosovo
Masooda Mehdizada
UNHCR's L3 Evaluation Consultant, Cowater International, Afghanistan
Beatriz Meléndez Lagunilla
Battalion Commander, Army Engineers Academy, Spanish Army, Spain
Jonathan Meretsky
Managing Director, Merit House, Canada
Monika Mertinaite
Senior Advisor, Defense Policy Group, Ministry of National Defense, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Lithuania
Mauricio Meschoulam
Founder and Director; Professor, International Relations; Analyst and Columnist, Mexico Research Center for Peace; Universidad Iberoamericana; El Universal, Mexico
Ia Meurmishvili
Managing Editor, Voice of America, Georgia, United States
Ayman Mhanna
Executive Director, Samir Kassir Foundation, Lebanon
Karen Middleton
Chief Political Correspondent, The Saturday Paper, Australia
Vladimir Milov
Economic Adviser; Expert, Free Russia Foundation, Russia
Duane Monea
Senator, University of Calgary, Canada
Victoria Moorhouse
Deputy Assistant Chief of Medical Staff, British Army, United Kingdom
Mouaz Moustafa
Executive Director, Syrian Emergency Task Force, United States
Ariel Moutsatsos
Washington D.C. Bureau Chief and Senior Correspondent, Televisa, Mexico
Jeff Mullen
Director, Enterprise Development, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada
Vago Muradian
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Defense & Aerospace Report, United States
Yuliia Mykytenko
Senior Lieutenant, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukraine
Melanie Nadeau
Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE), Canada
Vina Nadjibulla
Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada
Nataliia Nagorna
Journalist,1+1, Ukraine
Abe Naoki
Chief of International Policy Planning Division Joint Staff Office, Ministry of Defence, Government of Japan, Japan
Sanam Naraghi Anderlini
Founder & CEO, International Civil Society Action Network, United States
Hani Nasser
Director, NATO Policy, DND, Canada
Ruhee Neog
Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India
Pauline Neville-Jones
Member, House of Lords, United Kingdom
Joel Ng
Deputy Head, Centre for Multilateralism Studies, Singapore
Anna Novosad
Co-founder of Charity Fund savED, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (2019-2020), Ukraine
Jonathan Nowak
Desk Officer North Atlantic, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Germany
Connor O'Brien
Senior Defense Correspondent, Covering Congress, POLITICO, United States
Derron O'Leary
Deputy Director for Regional Policy, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, United States
Jacqueline O'Neill
Ambassador for Women, Peace, and Security, Global Affairs Canada, Canada
Tolu Ogunlesi
Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on Digital and New Media, Government of Nigeria, Nigeria
Nancy Okail
President and CEO, Center for International Policy, United States
Kajsa Ollongren
Minister of Defence, Government of the Netherlands, Netherlands
JJ. Omojuwa
Founder, Alpha Reach; Author, Digital: The New Code of Wealth, Nigeria
Keng Yong Ong
Executive Deputy Chairman, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
C. Dixon Osburn
Author, Mission Possible: The Story of Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, United States
Yuliia Paievska
Military Veteran and Volunteer Medic, Ukraine
George Palikaras
Founder, President & CEO, META Materials, Inc., Canada
Roland Paris
Director, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs University of Ottawa, Canada
Iain Paterson
Chief Information Security Officer, WELL Health Technologies, Canada
Jocelyn Paul
Commander of the Canadian Army, Department of National Defence, Canada
Mario Pelletier
Commissioner of the Coast Guard, Canada
Nicole Petrucci
Operations Research Analyst, United States Space Force, United States
J. Peter Pham
Distinguished Fellow, Africa Center; Former U.S. Special Envoy for the Sahel & Great Lakes Regions of Africa, Atlantic Council, United States
Petro Poroshenko
The 5th President of Ukraine, Chairman of the European Solidarity Party of Ukraine, Government of Ukraine, Ukraine
Miro RabVass
CEO, Alpha Regnum Fund, United States
Margus Rava
Ambassador to Canada, Embassy of Estonia, Ottawa, Estonia
Madeleine Redfern
Chief Operating Officer, CanArctic Inuit Networks Inc., Canada
Jason Rezaian
Global Opinions Writer, The Washington Post, United States
Jim Risch
Senator from Idaho , United States Senate, United States
John Risley
Chair of the Board, CFFI Ventures Inc, Canada
Colin Robertson
Senior Advisor and Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Canada
Sean Roche
Director, National Security, Amazon Web Services, United States
Daniel Rogers
Associate Chief, Communications Security Establishment, Canada
Even Rogers
CEO, True Anomaly, United States
Katie Romaine
Government Relations Associate, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, United States
Gideon Rose
Distinguished Fellow, David Rockefeller Studies Program Council on Foreign Relations, United States
Jacky Rosen
Senator from Nevada, United States Senate, United States
Mike Rounds
Senator from South Dakota, United States Senate, United States
Luis Rubio
Chairman; Former Chairman Mexico-Evalua; Mexican Council on Foreign Relations, Mexico
Patrick Rucker
Senior Correspondent, The Capitol Forum, United States
Laurent Ruseckas
Executive Director, Gas Power & Renewables, S&P Global Commodity Insights, United Kingdom
Scott Ryan
High Commissioner, Australian High Commission Canada, Australia
Christopher Sabatini
Fellow for Latin America, Chatham House, United States
Paul Salem
President, Middle East Institute, United States
Lobsang Sangay
Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, Tibet
Andrei Sannikov
Chairman, European Belarus Foundation, Belarus
Friba Sabrina Saqeb
Former Member of Parliament; Co-Founder, Research Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Afghanistan
Marjan Šarec
Minister of Defense, Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia
Rana Sarkar
Consul General of Canada in San Francisco, United States, Global Affairs Canada, Canada
Luiza Savage
Executive Editor, Growth, POLITICO, United States
Maksym Savanevskyi
CEO, PlusOne; co-founder, Media Center Ukraine, Ukraine
Randy Scheunemann
Strategic Counselor, HFX; Vice Chairman, International Republican Institute, United States
Nick Schifrin
Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour, United States
Hans-Jakob Schindler
Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project, Germany
Nick Sealy-Thompson
Director, Disaster and Emergency Management, ATCO Frontec, Canada
Germaine Seewer
Commandant, Armed Forces College; Deputy Chief, Training and Education Command Swiss Armed Forces, Switzerland
Daouda Sembene
CEO, AfriCatalyst Global Development Advisory, Senegal
Jeanne Shaheen
Senator from New Hampshire, United States Senate, United States
Kaveh Shahrooz
Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada
Andrew Shearer
Director General of the Office of National Intelligence, Office of National Intelligence, Australia
Hanna Shelest
Head of Security Programmes, Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”; Editor-in-chief, UA: Ukraine Analytica, Ukraine
Fiona Shepherd
Assistant Chief of Staff J1/J4, Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ), United Kingdom
Andriy Shevchenko
Co-Founder, Media Center Ukraine, Ukraine
Newton Shortliffe
Assistant Director Collection (ADC), Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canada
Kamila Sidiqi
Former Deputy Minister for Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Afghanistan
Vasil Sikharulidze
Chairman, Atlantic Council of Georgia, Georgia
Thomas Silberhorn
Spokesperson for Transatlantic Relations, CDU/CSU Group in the German Bundestag, Germany
Donald Sinclair
Former Director General, International Security Bureau, Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada
Jill Sinclair
Canadian Representative, Ukrainian Defence Reform Advisory Board, Strategic Joint Staff, Department of National Defence, Canada
Anna Siverstig
Commanding Officer, Swedish Air Warfare Center, Swedish Air Force, Sweden
Darius Skusevičius
Ambassador of Lithuania to Canada, Embassy of Lithuania to Canada, Lithuania
David Smolansky
Special Envoy for Venezuelan Migration and Refugee Crisis, Organization of American States, Venezuela
Evan Solomon
Publisher GZERO Media, Senior Management Eurasia Group, Special Correspondent CTV NEWS, Canada
Nancy Southern
Chair and CEO, ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited, Canada
Sabine Sparwasser
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ottawa, Germany
Henning Speck
National Security Advisor, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Germany
Sylvia-Carolina Sperandio
Director Military Health Services, Austrian Military Health Services, Austria
Olga Stefanishyna
Deputy Prime Minister, European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, Ukraine
Janice Stein
Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, Canada
Constanze Stelzenmüller
Director and Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and trans-Atlantic Relations; Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Germany
Mercedes Stephenson
Host, The West Block, Global News, Canada
Michel-Henri St-Louis
Canadian defence attaché (Washington), Canadian Armed Forces, Canada
Jenny Ström
Commanding Officer 3rd Naval Warfare Flotilla, Swedish Navy, Sweden
Charles Sullivan
President, Boeing Canada Operations Ltd., Canada
Michael Svetlik
Chief Operating Officer, HFX, United States
Sergiy Sydorenko
Editor, co-founder, European Pravda, Ukraine
Ahmet Taçyildiz
Treasurer of the Board of Directors, HFX, Turkey
Rebecca Talbot
Chief of Staff, Supply Chain Branch Australian Defence Force, Australia
Ishaan Tharoor
Columnist, The Washington Post, United States
Jody Thomas
National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister Government of Canada, Canada
David Thompson
Vice Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force, United States
Gerald Tilk
CEO, Pansophico, United States
Emre Timurkan
CEO, Almatis GmbH, Germany, Turkey
Nicolas Todd
Vice President, Government Relations and Communications, Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), Canada
Nahal Toosi
Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, POLITICO, United States
Angus Topshee
Commander, Royal Canadian Navy, Canada
Yaroslav Trofimov
Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Wall Street Journal, United States
Lara Troy
Commander, Joint Movements Australian Army, Australia
Ming-Yen Tsai
Deputy Secretary-General, National Security Council, Taiwan
Steve Tsang
Director, China Institute School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
President, Coordination Council of Belarus, Belarus
Patrick Tucker
Technology Editor, Defense One, United States
Nury Turkel
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; Chair, US Commission on International Religious Freedom, United States
Douglas Tu-Tien Hsu
Director General, Department of North American Affairs, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, Taiwan
Daniel Twining
President, International Republican Institute, United States
Rustem Umerov
Chairman, State Property Fund of Ukraine, Ukraine
Bernadette Vanneste
Senior Producer, Global TV, The West Block, Canada
Peter Van Praagh
President, HFX, United States
Julian Ventura
Former Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
Carolien Verberne
Head of the Policy Control (Departement Directorate of Finance & Control), Royal Netherlands Navy, Netherlands
Heidi Vogt
National Security Editor, POLITICO, United States
Kurt Volker
Distinguished Fellow; Senior International Advisor, CEPA, United States
Alexander Ward
National Security Reporter, POLITICO, United States
Tsuneo Watanabe
Senior Fellow, International Peace and Security Department, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan
Bruce Weinrod
Adjunct Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, United States
Kenneth Weinstein
Walter P. Stern Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute, United States
Paul Wells
Independent journalist, Canada
Kevin Whale
Director, Strategy & Development, MDA, Canada
Jessica Wiebe
Artist, Canadian Forces Artist Program, Canadian War Museum, Canada
Erin Williams
Commanding Officer, USCG Activities Far East, U.S. Coast Guard, United States
Danielle Willis
Vice Director, NORAD Operations, United States Air Force, United States
Kenneth Wollack
Chairman, National Endowment for Democracy, United States
Peter Wright
Economic Development Officer, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada
Caroline Xavier
Chief, Communications Security Establishment, Canada
Noboru Yamaguchi
Lieutenant General (retired), JGSDF, Professor, International University of Japan, Japan
Kostiantyn Yelisieiev
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, Diplomatic Advisor to the Fifth President of Ukraine, Ukraine
Anna Zaitseva
Wife of Mariupol Defender, Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom, Ukraine
Dov Zakheim
Senior Adviser; Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies; CNA Corporation, United States
Olena Zelenska
First Lady of Ukraine, Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President, Ukraine
Lassina Zerbo
Chairman of the Executive Advisory Board for Africa, NANO Nuclear, Burkina Faso
Dalia Ziada
Director, Liberal Democracy Institute, Center for Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Egypt