PROGRAM

08:45 Welcome Remarks

• Dr. David Perry, President & CEO, Canadian Global Affairs Institute

09:00 Opening Keynote  

• Lieutenant-General D.A. Macaulay, Senior Military Representative – Indo-Pacific

09:35 – 10:20 Panel I: Strengthening Cybersecurity Cooperation 

• Dr. Jeehye Kim, Senior Program Manager, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
• MGen Dave Yarker, Commander, Canadian Cyber Command
• Moderator: Vina Nadjibulla, Founder and CEO, Centre for Strategic Statecraft

10:20 – 10:50 Break 

10:50 – 11:35 Panel II: AI, Space, and Emerging Technologies 

• Dr. Alex Salt, Senior Researcher, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
• Giovanni D’Aliesio, Senior Director Business Development, MDA Space
• Ray Townsend, Canadian Public Sector Lead, Cohere
• Moderator: Dr. Alex Wilner, Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University

11:40 – 12:10 Keynote 

• Hideaki Ishii, Chargé d’affaires, Embassy of Japan to Canada

12:10 – 13:40 Lunch  

13:40 – 14:25 Panel III: Partnerships for Maritime Security 

• Clare Helene McKendry, PhD Candidate, University of Waterloo
• Joffre Leblanc, Deputy Director (Indo-Pacific, Middle East and Africa), Security and Defence Relations Division, Global Affairs Canada
• Cpt (N) Robert Watt, Director Naval Strategy, Royal Canadian Navy
• Moderator: Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, Vice President Ottawa Operations, Canadian Global Affairs Institute

14:25 – 15:05 Break 

15:05 – 15:50 Panel IV: Growing Defence Industry Collaboration 

• Dr. Julie Kim, Korea Post-Doctoral Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
• Daniel Lauzon, Head of Global Public Policy, CAE
• Moderator: Dr. David Perry, President and CEO, Canadian Global Affairs Institute

15:50 Closing Remarks