Strengthening NATO - the Warsaw Summit and Beyond
Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, April 27, 2016 | 8:30AM - 4:00PM | The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
Preliminary Program:
08:30 – 09:00 Registration / Coffee
09:00 – 09:05 Welcome: Robert C Austin, Associate Professor, CERES, Munk School of Global Affairs (Canada)
09:05 – 09:25 Key note speech – Representative of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Defense or the National Security Bureau (Poland) (TBC)
09:25 – 09:30 Q&A session
09:30 – 11:00 I Panel discussion: Where are we? NATO after the Wales Summit.
Moderator: Marcin Bosacki – Ambassador of Poland to Canada (Poland)
Panelists:
• Brian Lee Crowley – Managing Director, Macdonald-Laurier Institute (Canada)
• John. E. Herbst – Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council, former US Ambassador to Ukraine (USA)
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 II Panel discussion: What are we facing? Unstable East – Ukraine and Russia.
Moderator: Lucan Way, Munk School of Global Affairs (Canada)
Panelists:
• Sławomir Dębski – Director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs (Poland)
• James Sherr – Associate Fellow of the Chatham House (United Kingdom)
• Lieutenant-Colonel Jason Guiney – former Commander of Canada’s Joint Task Force Ukraine (Canada)
• Commander Pascal Belhumeur – Commanding Officer HMCS Winnipeg, deployed on Op. REASSURANCE (Canada)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 III Panel discussion: What do we need to do? The Warsaw Summit and beyond.
Moderator: Paul Wells – Macleans (Canada)
Panelists:
• Michał Miarka – Deputy Director, Security Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland (Poland)
• Kerry Buck – Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council (Canada)
• Markus Kaim – Senior Fellow, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (Germany)
15:30 – 15:45 Closing remarks – Randall Hansen – Director, Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Munk School (Canada)
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