UNIDEF-11: Hot or cold, is war on the horizon?

The theme chosen for the 2020 edition of this unique Canadian event is geopolitical change, new security threats and the risk of conflict arising from them.

Program

8:00 – Welcoming participants

8h15 – Welcoming remarks

• Brigadier-General Gervais Carpentier, Canadian Armed Forces

8:30 – Opening Conference

• Richard Fadden

9:15-10:15:  Panel 1 – The Cold War/The post-Cold War world/The Thucydides trap

Chaired by Rémi Landry, Université de Sherbrooke

• Professor Karine Prémont, Université de Sherbrooke 
• Major-General Jocelyn Paul, Canadian Armed Forces

10:45-11:45:  Panel 2 – The case of China and the United States

Chaired by Cam (ret) Gilles Couturier

• Professor Jonathan Paquin, Université Laval
• Professor Serge Granger, Université de Sherbrooke
• Professor Zhan Su, Université Laval

13:00-14:00:  Panel 3 – Multiple risks…

Chaired by Stéphane Jobin, Université de Sherbrooke

• Professor Pierre Palavi, Canadian Forces College de Toronto
• Professor Nancy Teeple, Simon Fraser University 
• Professor Kari Roberts, Mont Royal University

14:15-15:15:  Panel 4 – Posture of defense and security organizations

Chaired by Professor Anessa Kimball, Université Laval

• Major-General Dany Fortin, Commander 1st Canadian Division
• Professor Guillaume Lasconjarias, French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)
• Commodore Jamie Clarke, Deputy director of strategy NORAD

15h15-15H45 : Période de questions

16h30 : Mot de la fin 

• Professeur Yan CIMON, École supérieure d’études internationales (ESEI) - Université Laval