CDA Institute 26th Annual Seminar: Protecting Canada’s National Interests in an Uncertain World
3 March 2010
Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa

For presentations from the CDA annual general meeting on March 4, 2010, please visit the CDA website.

Opening Address
Dr. Eliot Cohen, Johns Hopkins University – Warfare and Security in an Uncertain World [CPAC video]

Keynote Address
Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, US Navy – The importance of seapower in the 21st century

Panel I – Canada’s Strategic Interests: Opportunities and Challenges
Dr. Rob Huebert, University of Calgary – Arctic Security
Dr. Ronald Deibert, Citizen Lab, University of Toronto – Strategic importance of cyberspace
[CPAC video of Panel]

Luncheon Speaker
Senator Hugh Segal – Beyond the Celebration: The Next Naval Century

Panel II – Learning from Afghanistan: Capabilities Across the Spectrum
Chris Alexander, former Canadian Ambassador to Afghanistan, former United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan
Dr. David Kilcullen, author of “The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One”
Brigadier-General Jonathan Vance, former Commander Canadian Joint Task Force-Afghanistan
[CPAC video of Panel]

Panel III – Contemporary Security Concerns
Margaret Purdy, University of British Columbia – Security implications of climate change
Dr. Charles Doran, Johns Hopkins University – Energy security
Dr. Fen Hampson, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University – Regionalization of global security