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The Year Ahead: An international security, intelligence, defence outlook for 2017
December 8, 2016 at 9:00 AM to 4:45 PM
| Location: | Canadian War Museum, Ottawa Ontario Barney Danson Theatre |
| Cost: | This conference is sold out |
| Key Contact: | Andrea Charron, Director, Centre for Security, Intelligence and Defence Studies |
| Contact Email: | Andrea.Charron@carleton.ca |
| Contact Phone: | 613-520-2600 ext 2924 |
The Year Ahead: An international security, intelligence, defence outlook for 2017
This conference is sold out.
Sponsored by a grant from the US Embassy in Canada, the Faculty of Public Affairs at Carleton University, the Academic Outreach Program of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Symantec and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
Workshop Agenda
Thursday 8 December 2016
Canadian War Museum, Ottawa Ontario
Barney Danson Theatre
| Timing | Panels | Speakers |
| 9h00 – 9h15 | Introduction | Andrea Charron |
| 9h15 – 10h45 | Panel 1: Hot Spots of the World and Impact on Canada
Moderator: Alex S. Wilner |
Margaret Huber: “No Lack of Hot Spots in Asia”
Barak Barfi: “Where Will the Tumultuous Middle East Be in 10 Years – Future Paradigms” Martin Geiger: “Grappling with Merkel: Migration, Refugees, and the Question of EU Leadership” |
| 10h45 – 11h00 | Break | |
| 11h00 – 12h30 | Panel 2: The Future UN and Canada’s Role
Moderator: David Mendeloff |
Edward Luck: “Seeing the UN through Troubled Waters”
Jane Boulden: “Current and Future UN Missions and a Canadian Role” Allan Rock: “Canada at the UN: Back Where We Belong” |
| 12h30 – 13h30 | Lunch
Moderator: André Plourde |
Keynote Speaker Ian Shugart, Deputy-Minister of Foreign Affairs: “Canada and the World” |
| 13h30 – 15h00 | Panel 3: The World after the U.S. Elections
Moderator: Stephen Saideman |
Athanasios Hristoulas: “Mexico and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election: Between a Rock and a Hard Place”
Christopher Sands: “He Won. Now What? Considerations for Canada-U.S. Relations” Kim Richard Nossal: “Canada and the Trump Revolution” |
| 15h00 – 15h15 | Break | |
| 15h15 – 16h45 | Panel 4: New Horizons – Cyber, Space, and the Arctic
Moderator: Stephanie Carvin |
Sara McGuire: “Big Data and the ‘Minority Report’ Approach to National Security”
BGen Blaise Frawley: “Canadian Armed Forces’ Interests and Future in Space” P. Whitney Lackenbauer: “Warming Arctic, Chilling International Relations? What Canada might expect in 2017” |
| 16h45 | Concluding Remarks | Andrea Charron |
Note: The War Museum will be free and open until 8pm to all in attendance following the conference.