October 18, 2022 | 9:00 am – 3:15 pm ET | Delta Hotel Ottawa City Centre, Pinnacle Room

Organized by The Peaceful Unification Advisory Council Toronto, in partnership with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada, and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

Programme

09:00 Registration, Coffee, Light Breakfast & Networking

10:00 Opening Remarks – Head of PUAC & Keynote by Former Ambassador Ho-Young Ahn

10:30 Session One

12:00 Networking Lunch Buffet

13:00 Session Two

14:30 Keynote by Mélanie Joly, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs

14:45 Q&A

15:15 Adjourn & Networking

Topics

• What are the prospects and challenges facing Canada as we seek to strengthen bilateral relationships with South Korea and multilateral relationships in the Indo-Pacific?
• How can Canada help make progress in a peace agreement between South and North Korea?
• Korean Peninsula, North Korea, China & Indo-Pacific. Why should Canada be there?
• How to deal with DPRK & China? What should a middle power like Canada do?

Speakers

• Christopher Green, Senior Consultant, Crisis Group
• Jonathan Fried, Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
• Seong-Whun Cheon, Fellow, Korean Institute of National Unification
• Ho-Young Ahn, former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States
• Youngjun Kim, Professor, National Security College
• Trevor Kennedy, Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
• John Gruetzner, Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
• Paul Thoppil, Assistant Deputy Minister (Asia Pacific), Global Affairs Canada
• Jonathan Berkshire Miller, Senior Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs

To learn more, visit: https://puac-toronto.com/puac-peace-forum-2022/.