1100 - Welcome Remarks and Introductions

- Dr. Stéfanie von Hlatky, Director, CIDP
- MC – Lieutenant Colonel Chad Pillai, US Army Visiting Defence Fellow, CIDP

1115 - Opening Keynote: Adapting Training, Operations and Partnerships

Introduction by: Dr. Stéfanie von Hlatky, Director, CIDP

General Wayne Eyre, CMM, MSC, CD, A-CDS, Canadian Armed Forces

1215 - Panel 1: The Pandemic as a Lesson in Military Adaptions

This panel examines how the military has adapted to the pandemic and how this will alter planning to conduct future domestic operations. In particular, strengthening national emergency resilience moving forward will require improved government-military & public-private response.

Chaired by:  Professor William G. Braun III, Strategic Studies Institute (SSI), US Army War College

Panelists:
- Brigadier-General Krista Brodie, Vice President of Logistics and Operations for Public Health Agency of Canada / Commander of Military Personnel Generation Group (MPGG), Canadian Armed Forces
- Professor Nate Freier, Associate Professor of National Security Studies, Strategic Studies Institute
- Mr. Harold ‘Quin’ Lucie, Strategy, Policy and Plans - Infrastructure, Risk and Resilience Department of Homeland Security

1330 - End of Day 1

1100 - Welcome and Introductions

- Dr. Thierry Tardy, Director of Research Division, NATO Defense College
- MC– Colonel Trevor Teller, Canadian Army Visiting Defence Fellow, CIDP

1110 - Stress Tested: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Canadian National Security

Introduction by: Dr. Carol Evans, Director, SSI, US Army War College (USAWC)

Guest Speakers:
- Dr. Leah West, Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
- Dr. Thomas Juneau, Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
- Dr. Amarnath Amarasingam, Assistant Professor in the School of Religion, and the Department of Political Studies, at Queen’s University

1200 - Panel 2: Allied Experiences and Coordinated Responses

What changes are we anticipating from allies and partners, based on their experiences with employing national armed forces for pandemic response?

Chaired by: Dr. Stéfanie von Hlatky, Director, CIDP

Panelists:
- Major-General Michel-Henri St-Louis, Acting Commander of the Army, Canadian Armed Forces
- Ms. Elisabeth Braw, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
- Mr. Timothy Lannan, Head, Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre, NATO
- Dr. Bethan Greener, Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, NZ

1330 - End of Day 2

1100 - Welcome and Introductions

- Professor William G. Braun III, Strategic Studies Institute (SSI), US Army War College
- MC – LTC Chad Pillai, US Army Visiting Defence Fellow, CIDP

1110 - Guest Speaker

Introduction by: Howard Coombs, CIDP Deputy Director

Rear Admiral (Ret’d) John Polowczyk, Managing Director at EY

1200 - Panel 3: Landforce Implications

What changes in structure, equipment, and training are necessary to contribute to national resiliency and response missions in the future?

Chaired by: Colonel Tod Strickland, Commandant, Canadian Army Command and Staff College

Panelists:
- Professor Yoonkap Lim, Professor at the Peacekeeping Center, National Defense University, Nonsan Korea
- Dr. Michael Lynch, Research Historian and Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, US Army War College 

1330 - End of Day 3

1100 - Welcome and Introductions

- Colonel Tod Strickland, Commandant, Canadian Army Command and Staff College
- MC– Col. Trevor Teller, Canadian Army Visiting Defence Fellow, CIDP

1105 - Panel 4: Updating Allied Threat Assessments

Have adversarial and cooperative relationships been altered? How have international operations adapted – will human security be further emphasized? Has the pandemic revealed new vulnerabilities?

Chaired by: Dr. Thierry Tardy, Director of Research Division, NATO Defense College

Panelists:
- Ms. Fenella McGerty, Senior Fellow for Defence Economics, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
- Ms. Tania Latici, Policy Officer, Security and Defence Policy, European External Action Service
- Dr. Jean-Christophe Boucher, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science, University of Calgary

1220 - Closing Keynote

Introduction by: BGen. Mark Campbell, Commander CADTC

Lieutenant-General Olivier Rittimann, Commandant, NATO Defense College

1315 - Closing Remarks

- Dr. Carol Evans, Director, SSI, US Army War College (USAWC)

1330 - End of Day 4