1800 - 2130 : Opening evening, Senior Staff Mess, Royal Military College

Welcome reception and Opening remarks
- Maj-Gen Roch Pelletier, Commander CADTC
- Stéfanie von Hlatky, CRC, Gender, Security, and the Armed Forces, Queen’s University

0700 - Registration and Breakfast

0815 - Welcome and Introductions

LTC Wendy Tokach, USAWC Visiting Defence Fellow

Welcome to Territory – Wendy Phillips, Elder in Residence - Queen’s University

0830 - Challenge to the Conference

-Dr. Stéfanie von Hlatky, Queen’s University, and
-Brigadier General Janeen Birckhead, Deputy Commandant USAWC

0845 - Opening Keynote

Goldy Hyder, President and CEO, Business Council of Canada

Moderator: BGen Tod Strickland, Commandant Canadian Forces College

0930 - Panel 1 - International Security Challenges in the North

This opening panel will provide a broad scene-setting survey of the security environment of the contemporary circumpolar north. It will focus on the security threats posed by the recent shifts in great-power politics, the changes being wrought by climate change, the challenges facing indigenous communities, and the opportunities for economic development in the Arctic.

1100 - Break

1130 - Panel 2: Great Powers in the High North

This panel looks at how the re-emergence of great-power competition is affecting regional politics in all areas of the globe and highlights great-power interests in the North. It further examines the evolution of circumpolar security policies of the United States, the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and European powers.

1300 - Lunch

1400 - Keynote Address

-Brigadier-General Derek ‘Maestro’ O’Malley, Deputy Commander, Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region and Deputy Joint Force Air Component Commander for 1 Canadian Air Division

Moderator: Major-General Craig Aitchison, Commander CDA

1445 - Panel 3 - Defence Capabilities in North America and the Arctic

The purpose of this panel would be to explore the modernization and evolution of NORAD and other North American defence capabilities in the circumpolar North.

1615 - End of Day

LTC Wendy Tokach, USAWC Visiting Defence Fellow

1800 - Conference Dinner

1000 Islands Cruises (be at the dock for 1800, boat departs at 1830)

0700 - Breakfast

0825 - Welcome and Announcements

Col Ryan Jurkowski, CAF Visiting Defence Fellow, CIDP

0830 - Keynote Address

-Major-General Roch Pelletier, Commander CADTC

Moderator: Dr. Nancy Teeple, Defence Research and Development Canada

0915 - Panel 4 - Diplomacy and International Cooperation

This panel will focus on the potential for international cooperation in the High North. It will offer perspectives from regional and international organizations and will feature examples of multinational cooperation in the Arctic.

1045 - Break

1115 - Panel 5 - Joint Security Cooperation

This panel will focus on civil-military cooperation and joint force involvement to offer a comprehensive view on inter-agency contributions to Arctic security.

1245 - Lunch

1400 Panel 6 - Strategies for the Future

The concluding panel will discuss strategies and policy recommendations for Western allies in the circumpolar North in the years ahead. Speakers will present implications from the perspective of Canada, the United States, and NATO’s European allies.

1530 - Closing Keynote

General Wayne Eyre, Chief of Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces

Moderator: Prof Kim R Nossal, CIDP

1615 - Closing Remarks

Brigadier General Janeen Birckhead, Deputy Commandant USAWC

1630 - End of Day

Col Ryan Jurkowski, CAF Visiting Defence Fellow, CIDP