May 19th, 2022 | 8:00 am – 6:00 pm ET | Westin TwentyTwo, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, 22nd Floor

Agenda

08:00 Welcoming remarks

08:05-08:35 Continental Defence Considerations for CAF Force Development, Digitization, and Combat Systems Integration

• RAdm Jeff Zwick, Chief of Combat Systems Integration & VAdm (ret’d) Darren Hawco, CGAI

08:40-09:30 A Strategic Survey of the Threat Environment

• Abbie Tingstad, RAND Corporation
• Kari Roberts, CGAI, Mount Royal University
• Jake Harrington, Center for International and Strategic Studies
• Moderator: Renée Filiatrault, CGAI

10:00-11:00 The Maritime Dimension of Continental Defence

• Marc Mes, DG, Fleet and Maritime Services, Canadian Coast Guard
• Tim Choi, CGAI, University of Calgary
• Adam Lajeunesse, CGAI, Irving Shipbuilding Chair in Canadian Arctic Marine Security, StFX University
• Cmdre (ret’d) James Clarke, Business Development Analyst, Lockheed Martin Canada, RMS, former Deputy Director Strategy, Policy and Plans, NORAD/NORTHCOM
• Moderator: VAdm (ret’d) Mark Norman, CGAI

11:05-12:00 Deterring and Defeating Modern Threats to North America

• Brett Heimbigner, Raytheon Missiles & Defence Director for NORAD/USNORTHCOM Requirements and Capabilities
• Brett Boudreau, CGAI
• Peter Bates, CGAI, former NORAD Policy Advisor
• Moderator: Renée Filiatrault, CGAI

12:00-13:00 Lunch [Jody Thomas, National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister]

13:05-13:55 Enhancing Canada’s Northern Defence Infrastructure: Partnering for Success

• Paul Currie, ADM Infrastructures and Government Services, Government of Nunavut
• Doug Beaton, Director Government & Defence, Business Development, Frontec
• Maryline Parent, WSP Canada
• Moderator: Dan MacIsaac, CFN

14:00-15:00 Modernizing Command and Control to Allow Digitally Enabled, Pan-Domain Informed Decision-Making

• Guillaume Cote, Principal Strategy, Global Strategy, Mission Systems, Collins Aerospace
• Colonel Donald Saunders, Director NORAD Forward Element, NORAD
• Omar Rashid, Regional Lead for North America, Microsoft
• Moderator: BGen Sean Boyle, Deputy Director General Continental Defence Policy, DND

15:30 - 16:25 Improving Pan-Domain Continental Situational Awareness

• Jessica West, Senior Researcher, Project Ploughshares
• Kristen Csenkey, CGAI, Balsillie School of International Affairs
• BGen Chris McKenna, Director General Air and Space Force Development, RCAF
• Moderator: David Perry, CGAI

16:30-17:00 John Mckay, Member of Parliament, SCARBOROUGH–GUILDWOOD, Chair, Standing Committee On National Defence, Past Co-Chair Canada-United States Permanent Joint Board Of Defence

Conference Program

• Defending the Continent: A Pan-Canadian and Pan-Domain Arctic Approach

Sponsors

This event is made possible thanks to the support of our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Irving Shipbuilding, and Davie Shipyard; the Department of National Defence's MINDS Program; Title Sponsor L3Harris Technologies Canada; Bronze Sponsor Raytheon Technologies; Lanyard Sponsor Leonardo DRS; and General Atomics