UNIDEF-7: Operational cooperation, a burden to be shared

Program

Welcoming remarks: Brigadier-General (2s) René Dequen, President of the Military Institute of Quebec and Professor Jonathan Paquin, Director of the Centre on International Security (CSI)

Opening remarks: Brigadier-General Stéphane Lafaut, Commander 2nd Canadian Division and Joint Task Force East

Welcoming remarks: Mr. Denis Brière, Rector of Université Laval

The ACADEMIC MEETING

Panel 1 - chaired by Samir Batiss (Université de Montréal)

• Yves Boyer, Professor at École Polytechnique, Deputy Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research (Paris) - The political and military conditions for sustainable and effective regional operational cooperation
• Frédéric Mérand, Professor, Department of Political Science, Université de Montréal, Director, Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERIUM) - Burden-sharing in European security organizations

Panel 2

• Michel Goya, Defence consultant (Paris) - Fighting as a couple, the advantages and limits of cooperation with local forces

The OPERATIONAL MEETING

Panel 3 - chaired by BGR (ret) Richard Giguère, Military Institute of Quebec and military in residence at HEI

• General (2S) Gilles Rouby, Managing Director, Institut Thémis (Paris)
• General (2S) Lamine Cissé, Chairman of the Board of Partners West-Africa (Dakar) - The African case: challenges and adaptations in the face of new threats

Panel 4 - chaired by Anne-Cécile Dequen, British Consulate General, Montreal

• The honorable (ret) Geoffrey Hoon, Managing director for Agusta Westland (Londres) A United Kingdom’s perspective
• Colonel Luc Boucher, Royal Canadian Air Force, 2 Wing Commander (Bagotville)

The ECONOMIC MEETING

Panel 5 - Interoperability and military supply

• Colonel Sébastien Bouchard, MSM, CD, Commander, 2nd Canadian Division Support Group
• Yan Cimon, Professor, Department of Management, Université Laval

Conclusion with all speakers