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2020 HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORUM
DATE
November 20-22, 2020
LOCATION
Hybrid
PARTICIPANTS
300
AGENDA & SPEAKERS
Halifax International Security Forum invites subject experts with significant practical experience to volunteer their time throughout the summer months to discuss and debate ideas to be addressed head-on at Halifax in November. The guidance provided by the Agenda Working Group ensures that Halifax International Security Forum plays its part in shaping the coming year’s global security agenda.
Halifax International Security Forum is proud that the agenda presented to its participants each year is acutely relevant and reflects conversations that are happening in capitals around the world. In the cases where these issues are not yet top-of-mind for decision makers, Halifax International Security Forum is pleased to create those conversations that will gain attention and inspire international action.
Michael Auslin, Senior Advisor for Asia, Halifax International Security Forum, Payson J. Treat Fellow in Contemporary Asia, Hoover Institute, Stanford University
Alyssa Ayres, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
Ian Brodie, Director of Studies, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Rosa Brooks, Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Policy, Georgetown University Law Center
Leslie Campbell, Senior Associate and Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Programs, National Democratic Institute
Dean Fealk, Chair, Global Strategy & Innovation, Halifax International Security Forum, Managing Partner, DLA Piper
John Glenn, Policy Director, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition
Jerrold Green, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Council on International Policy
Heather Hurlburt, Director, New Models of Policy Change, New America
Rachel Kleinfeld, Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
François Lafond, Special Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Republic of North Macedonia
Paz Magat, Director, Peace With Women Fellowship, Halifax International Security Forum
C. Dixon Osburn, Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy Center
Roland Paris, Professor of International Affairs, University of Ottawa
Luis Rubio, Chairman, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations
Chris Sabatini, Senior Fellow for Latin America, Chatham House
Randy Scheunemann, Senior Counselor, Halifax International Security Forum
Robin Shepherd, Vice President, Halifax International Security Forum
Janice Stein, Chair of the Board of Directors, Halifax International Security Forum, Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
Peter Van Praagh, President, Halifax International Security Forum
Kurt Volker, Senior International Advisor, Advisory Board Member, BGR Group
W. Bruce Weinrod, Adjunct Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Carol Abraham, New Zealand
Chief Defence Strategy Management, New Zealand Defence Force
Michael Abramowitz, United States
President, Freedom House
Mohammed Abulahoum, Yemen
Head, Justice and Building Party
Alka Acharya, India
Professor of Chinese Studies, Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Takeshi Akahori, Japan
Ambassador (UN Affairs, Cyber Policy)
Hulusi Akar, Turkey
Minister of National Defense, Ministry of National Defense
Fatima Akilu, Nigeria
Executive Director, NEEM Foundation
Izabela Albrycht, Poland
Chair, Kosciuszko Institute
Sergio Alcocer, Mexico
VP; Mexican Council of Foreign Relations COMEXI
Leila Alieva, Azerbaijan
Affiliate Researcher, Russia and East European Studies, Oxford University
John Allen, United States
President, The Brookings Institution
T.S. Allen, United States
Captain, U.S. Army
Raed al-Saleh, Turkey
Co-Founder and Director, Syria Civil Defence
Rajmund Andrzejczak, Poland
Chief of the General Staff, Polish Armed Forces
David Angell, Canada
Canadian Permanent Representative to NATO, Joint Delegation of Canada to NATO
Niels Annen, Germany
Member, Bundestag; Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office
James Appathurai, NATO
Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Michael Arthur, United Kingdom
President, Boeing International
Thomas Axworthy, Canada
Secretary-General, InterAction Council of Former Heads of State and Government
Alyssa Ayres, United States
Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
James Baker, United States
Director of the Office of Net Assessment, United States Department of Defense
Falah Mustafa Bakir, Kurdistan Region - Iraq
Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to the President, Kurdistan Regional Government
Katharine Barber, USA
Wing Commander for the Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick Air Force Base Florida, US Air Force
Mustafa Barghouti, Palestine
Secretary General and Co-Founder, Palestinian National Initiative
Espen Barth Eide, Norway
Member of Parliament, Labour Party, The Storting
Rania Barrak, Tunisia
Professor in Military Higher Education, Military Staff College and Superior War College
Emma Barrasso, United States
Strategy and Growth Lead, Owens Corning
John Barrasso, United States
Senator from Wyoming, United States Senate
Rob Bauer, Netherlands
Chief of Defence, Netherlands Armed Forces
François Bausch, Luxembourg
Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Luxembourg
Monik Beauregard, Canada
Associate Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada
Oscar Becerra, Mexico
Director, Due Diligence América Latina, Citi Security & Investigative Services; Member, Colectivo de Análisis de la Seguridad con Democracia
Mónica Beltràn, Canada
Deputy Head of Mission, Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of Colombia in Canada
Fatou Bensouda
Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court
Ryan Berg, United States
Research Fellow in Latin America Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Peter Beyer, Germany
Member, Bundestag; Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation, Federal Foreign Office
Jack Bianchi, United States
Research Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Lincoln Bloomfield, United States
Chairman Emeritus, Stimson Center
Jason Bordoff, United States
Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Peter Boehm, Canada
Senator from Ontario, Canada
Kenneth Braithwaite, United States
Secretary, United States Navy
Darrell Bricker, Canada
CEO, IPSOS Public Affairs
Laura Bridge, United States
Managing Director, Halifax International Security Forum
Ian Brodie, Canada
Associate Professor, University of Calgary; Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Shelly Bruce, Canada
Chief, Communications Security Establishment
Matthew Bryza, United States
Associate Professor, University of Calgary; Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Ahmet Çalik, Turkey
Chairman, Çalik Holding
Angus Campbell, Australia
Chief of the Defence Force, Australian Defence Force
Leslie Campbell, Canada
Senior Associate and Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Programs, National Democratic Institute
Joyce Carter, Canada
President and CEO, Halifax International Airport Authority
Figo Chan, Hong Kong
Vice Convenor, Civil Human Rights Front
Tasos Chatzivasileiou, Greece
Member of the Greek Parliament, Secretary Gen. of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Foreign Affairs
Jessica Chen Weiss, United States
Associate Professor of Government, Cornell University
Jim Chilton, United States
Senior Vice President, Space and Launch, Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Tom Clark, Canada
Chair, Public Affairs and Communications, Global Public Affairs
Steve Clemons, United States
Editor-at-Large, The Hill
Andrew Clinton, Canada
Director of the Organizational Resilience and Security Division, Asian Development Bank
Eliot Cohen, United States
Dean, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
J. Michael Cole, Taiwan
Senior Fellow, Global Taiwan Institute/Macdonald-Laurier Institute
James Coomarasamy, United Kingdom
Senior Presenter, BBC Radio and World Service
Chris Coons, United States
Senator from Delaware, United States Senate
Marie-Thérèse Corbani, Lebanon
Researcher, Siren Associates
Philip Davidson, United States
Commander, United States Indo-Pacific Command
Eli Diamond, United States
Program Manager, Private Foundation
Harris Diamond, United States
Chairman and CEO, McCann Worldgroup
Paula Dobriansky, United States
Senior Fellow, The Future of Diplomacy Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Andrew Duncan, United States
CEO, IGX LLC
Rachel Durbin, Australia
Director, Future Force Lifecycle Engineering, Navy Capability Division, Royal Australian Navy
Elizabeth Economy, United States
C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Rejanne Eimers-van Nes, Netherlands
Commander, Personnel Logistics, Royal Netherlands Army
Melissa Emmett, United Kingdom
Corps Colonel, Intelligence Corps, British Army
Süleyman Savaş Erdem, Turkey
CEO, OYAK
Comfort Ero, United Kingdom
Program Director, Africa; International Crisis Group
Norbert Eschborn, Germany
Director, Canada Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.
Hanne Fugl Eskjær, Denmark
Ambassador of Denmark to Canada, Denmark
Emily Estelle, United States
Research Manager, Critical Threats Project, American Enterprise Institute
Nino Evgenidze, Georgia
Executive Director, Economic Policy Research Center
Richard Fadden, Canada
Senior Advisor, Capitol Hill Group
Dean Fealk, United States
Managing Partner; DLA Piper
Neil Ferguson, United Kingdom
Director, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London
Bob Fife, Canada
Ottawa Bureau Chief, Globe and Mail
Renée Filiatrault, Canada
Advisory Board, Network for Strategic Analysis on Defence and Security
Andy Fillmore, Canada
Member of Parliament for Halifax; House of Commons, Canada
Brian Finlay, Canada
President and CEO; Stimson Center
Darren Fisher, Canada
Member of Parliament for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour; House of Commons, Canada
Ann Fitz-Gerald, Canada
Professor, Director, Balsillie School of International Affairs
Robert Fonberg, Canada
Distinguished Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
Christian Forstner, Germany
Executive Director; Hanns Seidel Foundation
Liam Fox, United Kingdom
Member of Parliament; House of Commons
Serena Frechter, United States
Special Assistant to the CEO; Development Finance Corporation
King-wa Fu, Hong Kong
Associate Professor; Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong
Bishop Garrison, United States
Co-Founder and President, Rainey Center, Director, National Security Outreach, Human Rights First
Ulf Gartzke, Germany
Managing Partner, Spitzberg Partners LLC
Matthias Gebauer, Germany
Chief Correspondent; Der Spiegel
Rob Gillies, Canada
Canada Bureau Chief; Associated Press
Chaitanya Giri, India
Fellow, Space and Ocean Studies; Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations
Fellow, Space and Ocean Studies; Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations
Policy Director; U.S. Global Leadership Coalition
Dore Gold, Israel
President; Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Katherine Graef, United States
Colonel; United States Special Operations Command
Jerrold Green, United States
President and Chief Executive Officer; President and Chief Executive Officer
Mark Green, United States
Executive Director, McCain Institute for International Leadership
Robert Greenhill, Canada
Executive Chairman, Global Canada
Maryscott Greenwood, United States
CEO, Canadian American Business Council; Managing Director, Crestview Strategy
Jean-Marie Guéhenno, France
Member, High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation, United Nations; Senior Advisor, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ivana Gutzelnig, Slovak Republic
Director, Military Centre of Aviation Medicine, Ministry of Defence
Peter Hammerschmidt, Canada
Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of National Defence
Ibrahim Hamidi, Syria
Senior Diplomatic Editor, Asharq Al-Awsat
Husain Haqqani, Pakistan
Director and Senior Fellow, South and Central Asia, Hudson Institute
Meliza Haradinaj, Republic of Kosovo
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Republic of Kosovo
Jürgen Hardt, Germany
Foreign Policy Spokesman, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Bundestag,
Tammy Harris, Canada
Former Deputy Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canadian Armed Forces
Jane Harman, United States
Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Wilson Center
France Hébert, Canada
Vice President and General Manager, CAE Defence & Security
Mark Hetfield, United States
President and CEO, HIAS
Richard Javad Heydarian, Philippines
Research Fellow, Stratbase-ADR Institute; Columnist, Philippine Daily Inquirer