The 2023 edition of this unique event in Canada focuses on the consequences of contemporary tensions and wars on the role and actions of international institutions.
To download the final report of this 14th edition in French, click here.
Program
8:00 - Welcoming participants
8:10 - Opening
- Brigadier-General (ret.) Richard Giguère, President, Military Institute of Quebec
- Prof. Anessa Kimball, Director of CSI
8:15 - Welcoming address
- The Honourable J. Michel Doyon, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec
- Yan Cimon, Assistant Vice-President, International Affairs and La Francophonie
8:30 - Opening conference
- Lieutenant-general Jocelyn Paul, Canadian Army Commander
9:15-10:15: Panel 1 - The United Nations (UN)
Moderator: Philippe O'Brien (ASNUUL, Université Laval)
- Lieutenant-colonel Frédéric Harvey, Canadian Armed Forces
- Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé, full professor, Bishop's University
- Louise Blais, ambassador and deputy permanent representative of Canada to the United Nations from 2017 to 2021, diplomat-in-residence at ESEI
- M. Kelvin Ong, Director, Field Operations Finance Division, OPPFB, DMSPC, United Nations
10:45-11:45: Panel 2 - The European Union (EU)
Moderator: Olivier Bichsel (Scientific Coordinator, Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration, Université Laval)
- Guillaume Lasconjarias, Director of Studies and Research, Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN)
- Major Sébastien Bouchard, Canadian Armed Forces
- Mulry Mondélice, Professor, Royal Military College
13:00-14:00: Panel 3 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Moderator : Olivier Fournier (OTAN Laval, Université Laval)
- Pierre Jolicoeur, Professor, Royal Military College of Canada
- Yves Brodeur, former ambassador and permanent representative to the North Atlantic Council (NATO)
- Ariane Théroux-Samuel, Deputy Director, NATO Policy Directorate, Department of National Defense
- Alexandre Massaux, Associate Researcher, Raoul-Dandurand Chair, UQAM
- Maxime Philaire, President of the Association OTAN Laval, Université Laval
14:15-15:30: Panel 4 - Continental perspectives
Moderator: Chloé Duffort, Chair of Defense & Aerospace, Sciences Po Bordeaux
- Andrea Charron, Professor, University of Manitoba
- Lieutenant-general Alain Pelletier, Deputy Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
- Pauline Pic, postdoctoral fellow at the École supérieure d'Études internationales (U Laval)
- Ross O'Connor, postdoctoral researcher at Université Laval, former Foreign Affairs and National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Senior Policy Advisor to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence
15:45-16:30: Closing conference
- Bob Rae, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York
16:30 : Closing Remarks
- Philippe Bourbeau, Director, École supérieure d'études internationales
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