The NATO Council’s Ottawa Fall Conference
“NATO Going Forward:
Boots on the Ground to Wireless Warfare”
For a PDF Registration form: CLICK HERE
When:
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
8.15 – 17.00, All-day Conference
Including coffee, lunch and reception
Where:
The Cadieux Auditorium, Lester B. Pearson Building
125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario
Registration:
Please email RSVP@atlantic-council.ca to Register
NCC members: $65
Non-members $75
Students: $20
Students in groups of ten or more: $15
Payment may be made by VISA/MasterCard over the phone at 416-979-1875 or by making a cheque payable to “The NATO Council of Canada” and sending it to 165 University Ave. Toronto, ON M5H 3B8
You can also pay via paypal:
Program:
Theme –NATO Going Forward: Developing Issues from the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago
Conference Moderator: Col (Ret’d) John C. McKenna, Vice President, The NATO Council of Canada
8:45 – 9:00 Opening Remarks: – The Hon. Bill Graham, Chairman, NCC
9:00 – 9:30 Opening Keynote: His Excellency Barna Karimi, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Canada (invited)
9:30 – 11:00 Panel I – Afghanistan
Moderator: (tbd)
- Implementing the Istanbul Process and the Bonn Commitments – NATO Speaker – Ted Whiteside, NATO, Deputy Assistant Secretary General, Public Diplomacy Division (confirmed)
- What did Canada Accomplish? – Renée Filiatrault, Senior Pubic Diplomacy Officer with Task Force Kandahar (2009‐2010). Former staff with Minister of National Defence (confirmed)
- What has Canada learned? – Prof. Nipa Banerjee, University of Ottawa (confirmed)
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Panel II – Cyber security
Moderator: (tbd)
- Recent cyber attacks and countermeasures – Dr. Rafal Rohozinski, CEO, The Sec-Dev Group and Senior Scholar, Munk School of Global Studies, University
of Toronto (confirmed)
- Implementation of NATO’s Cyber Defence Concept, Policy and Action Plan – Ted Whiteside, NATO, Deputy Assistant Secretary General, Public Diplomacy Division (confirmed)
- How should Canada and the Canadian Forces respond? – LGen (Ret’d) Andrew Leslie, CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants (confirmed)
13:00 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 15:15 Panel III – Warbots: Changing the Face of War
Moderator: Garrick Ngai, MBA, Director NCC
- An overview of Drones, their potential on Land, Sea, and in the Air and how the Canadian Defense Industry is contributing? – Ian Glenn, Chairman and CEO, ING Engineering (confirmed)
- Legal and Ethical aspects of the use of Military Drones – Prof. Errol Mendes, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa (confirmed)
- Canadian Government investment in Drones and Canadian policy on their use – BGen Derek W. Joyce, OMM, CD, Military Advisor to the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister (confirmed)
15:15 – 15:45 Closing Keynote Address: Senator Pamela WALLIN, OC, SOM, Chair, Senate Committee on National Security and Defence
15:45 – 16:00 Summation: Col (Ret’d) Brian MacDonald, Past President, NATO Council of Canada
- Closing remarks: Mrs. Julie Lindhout, President, The NATO Council of Canada
16:00 – 17:00 Reception
Please contact Robert Baines at Robert.baines@atlantic-council.ca for further information.
