DEFENCE DECONSTRUCTED PODCAST

July 29, 2022

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, MGen Sean Boyle speaks to Omar Rashid, Dr. Guillaume Côté, and Col Donald Saunders on how to modernize command and control to pursue digitally enabled, pan-domain decision-making.

This episode is an excerpt from our North American Defence Conference, which took place on May 19th, 2022 in Ottawa. The event was made possible thanks to the Department of National Defence’s MINDS Program, our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Irving Shipbuilding, and Davie Shipyard, as well as our conference title sponsor L3 Harris Technologies and bronze sponsor Raytheon Technologies.

Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding and Davie Shipyard.

Guests:

• Omar Rashid is the Regional Business Leader at Microsoft.
• Dr. Guillaume Côté leads International Strategy for Mission Systems. a Collins Aerospace business focussing on defence.
• Col Donald Saunders is the Director of the NORAD Forward Element.

Hosts:

• MGen Sean "Kiwi" Boyle is the Deputy Director Continental Defence Policy.
• David Perry is the President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.