PLEASE NOTE: This is a working draft Agenda

04 FEBRUARY 2025

EVENING EVENTS

SPEAKER SERIES: Co-sponsored event by the Canadian International Council and the Toronto Branch of the Canadian International Council

COCKTAIL RECEPTION

DINNER & FIRESIDE CHAT (invitation Only)

05 FEBRUARY 2025 – DAY 1 FULL DAY CONFERENCE

MORNING SESSIONS

NETWORKING BREAKFAST

OPENING REMARKS

SESSION I: Setting the Stage – The Times, They are A-Changin’: What is the World We are Living In and What This Means for the Arctic

SESSION II: Annual Arctic Ambassadors’ Roundtable Discussion Part 1 – The Nordic Noth

SESSION III: Canadian Patrol Submarine: Its Impact on Arctic Defence

LUNCH AND FIRESIDE CHAT

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

SESSION IV: Innovating Out of the Arctic: Arctic Defence and Dual-Use Cold Weather Operations and Technologies

SESSION V: Arctic Critical Minerals Economy: ESG Meets National Defence

SESSION VI: The European Neighbourhood: NATO in the Arctic

RECEPTION

06 FEBRUARY 2025 – DAY 2 FULL DAY CONFERENCE

MORNING SESSIONS

NETWORKING BREAKFAST

OPENING REMARKS

SESSION I: Annual Arctic Ambassadors’ Roundtable Discussion Part II – North American Arctic North of 60

SESSION II: Annual Arctic Ambassadors’ Roundtable Q&A

SESSION III: Asia States and the Arctic

LUNCH AND FIRESIDE CHAT: Indigenous North: A Conversation Among Young Entrepreneurs

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

SESSION IV: The Business of Canada’s North: Is there the Will and Capability?

SESSION V: 10 Years of Arctic Economic Cooperation: The Future of the Arctic Economic Council

SESSION VI: Public-Private Indigenous Partnerships: Institutional Investor Priorities & Arctic Geopolitics

CLOSING RECEPTION