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

Conference Report

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

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

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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

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

• Marc Mes, Canadian Coast Guard
• Tim Choi, CGAI, University of Calgary
• Adam Lajeunesse, CGAI, St Francis-Xavier University
• Cmdre (ret’d) James Clarke, Lockheed Martin Canada
• Moderator: VAdm (ret’d) Mark Norman, CGAI

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

• RAdm (ret'd) Brett Heimbigner, Raytheon Technologies
• Col (ret'd) Brett Boudreau, CGAI
• Peter Bates, CGAI
• Moderator: Renée Filiatrault, CGAI

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

• Doug Beaton, ATCO Frontec
• Maryline Parent, WSP Canada
• Moderator: BGen (ret'd) Dan MacIsaac, CFN Consultants

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

• Guillaume Cote, Collins Aerospace
• Col Donald Saunders, NORAD
• Omar Rashid, Microsoft
• Moderator: BGen Sean Boyle, DND

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

• Jessica West, Project Ploughshares
• Kristen Csenkey, CGAI, Balsillie School of International Affairs
• BGen Chris McKenna, RCAF
• Moderator: David Perry, CGAI

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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

Panel Recordings (Published as Defence Deconstructed episodes)

• Continental Defence and Force Development
• Assessing the Threats to North America 
• The Maritime Dimension of Continental Defence
• Deterring Modern Threats to North America
• Enhancing Canada's Northern Defence Infrastructure 
• Command and Control for Pan-Domain Decision-Making 
• Improving Continental Situational Awareness

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