2012 Ottawa Conference on Defence and Security
23-24 February 2012
Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Canada
Keynote speakers
The Honorable Ray Mabus, US Secretary of the Navy [watch CPAC video]
Dr. Uzi Arad, former Israeli National Security Advisor [watch CPAC video]
Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, Commander NATO forces in Libya
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence [watch CPAC video]
General James Mattis, Commander US Central Command [watch CPAC video]
General Walter Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff [watch CPAC video]
General Sir David Richards, UK Chief of the Defence Staff [watch CPAC video]
Panel – Fragile, failing and failed states in the Arc of Instability [watch CPAC video]
Ferry de Kerckhove, former Canadian Ambassador to Egypt, CDA Institute (moderator)
Dr. Ann Fitz-Gerald, Cranfield University
Reuel Marc Gerecht, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Dr. Roland Paris, University of Ottawa
Panel – Energy security concerns [watch CPAC video]
Thomas d’Aquino, CDA Institute (moderator)
David Collyer, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
David McLaughlin, National Roundtable on the Environment and Economy
Jeffrey Schott, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Panel – Asia-Pacific Security Concerns [watch CPAC video]
Rear-Admiral (ret’d) Tyrone Pile, former commander, Maritime Forces Pacific (moderator)
Dr. Jim Boutilier, Maritime Forces Pacific
Dr. John Blaxland, Australian National University
Captain(N) Raul (Pete) Pedrozo, US Naval War College
Panel – CF Environmental Updates [watch CPAC video]
Lieutenant-General (ret’d) Michel Maisonneuve, CDA Institute (moderator)
Vice-Admiral Paul Maddison, Commander, Royal Canadian Navy
Lieutenant-General Peter Devlin, Commander, Canadian Army
Lieutenant-General André Deschamps, Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force
Panel – Canadian Forces and operations [watch CPAC video]
Lieutenant-General (ret’d) Michel Gauthier, CDA Institute (moderator)
Lieutenant-General Stuart Beare, Commander, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command
Lieutenant-General Walter Semianiw, Commander, Canada Command
