PLEASE NOTE: This is a working draft Agenda

06 FEBRUARY 2024

10:00 – 15:00
Pre-Conference Workshop: CLOSING THE GAP TO SECURITY AND PROSPERITY IN THE CANADIAN NORTH (Invitation Only)

16:00 – 17:00
Speaker Ralph J. Begleiter, Rosenberg Professor of Communication Emeritus, University of Delaware and award-winning former CNN world affairs correspondent

This event is co-sponsored by the Canadian International Council and the Toronto Branch of the Canadian International Council

17:00 – 18:00
COCKTAIL RECEPTION

18:00 – 21:00
DINNER & FIRESIDE CHAT (Invitation Only)

Fireside Discussion:

• Ralph J. Begleiter, Rosenberg Professor of Communication Emeritus, University of Delaware and award-winning former CNN world affairs correspondent
• Jeremy Kinsman, Distinguished Fellow, CIC; Former Canadian Ambassador to Moscow, Rome, EU and High Commissioner in London.

41 Willcocks Street
Toronto, ON M5S 1C7

07 FEBRUARY 2024 – DAY 1 FULL DAY CONFERENCE

08:00 – 08:45
NETWORKING BREAKFAST

08:45 – 09:15
OPENING REMARKS

• Dr. Jessica M. Shadian, President and CEO, Arctic360
• Madeleine Redfern, Executive Director, Northern Branch, Arctic360

9:15 – 10:45
SESSION I: ANNUAL ARCTIC AMBASSADORS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

Moderators: Dr. Jessica M. Shadian, President and CEO, Arctic360/Madeleine Redfern, Executive Director, Northern Branch, Arctic360

• Signe Burgstaller, Sweden Ambassador to Canada
• Hanne Fugl Eskjær, Kingdom of Denmark Ambassador to Canada
• Trine Jøranli Eskedal, Norway Ambassador to Canada
• Hlynur Guðjónsson, Iceland Ambassador to Canada
• Kenneth Høegh, Head of Representation to Canada and US, Government of Greenland
• Robert Sinclair, Senior Arctic Official and Director General, Arctic, Eurasian, and European Affairs, Global Affairs Canada
• Ms. Sari Uusi-Rauva, Minister-Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland to Canada
• David Cohen, U.S. Ambassador

10:45 – 11:00
STRENGTHENING CANADA / US ARCTIC COOPERATION

• Yvonne Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Northern Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence (Northern Defence)
• Lisa Murkowski, United States Senator, Alaska

11:00 – 12:15
SESSION II: ARCTIC SECURITY AND DEFENCE CAPABILITY

Moderator: Danielle Bochove, Toronto Bureau Chief & Senior Reporter for the Arctic for Bloomberg News

• Yvonne Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Northern Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence (Northern Defence)
• Dr. David Perry, President, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
• Dr. Robert Huebert, Associate Director of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, U. of Calgary; Senior Fellow, Arctic360
• Greg MacNeil, Partner, Northstar

12:15 – 13:30
LUNCH AND FIRESIDE CHAT: Talking Arctic with Jim Balsillie: From Franklin To The Future. Moderator, Honourable Erin O’Toole.

Jim Balsillie, Chair, Council of Canadian Innovators; Founder Centre for Digital Rights
Honourable Erin O’Toole, Managing Director of ADIT North America; former MP, Durham and leader of Conservative Party

13:30 – 13:40
BREAK

13:40 – 14:55
SESSION III: THE NORTH AMERICAN ARCTIC: OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Moderator: Dr. Jessica M. Shadian, President and CEO, Arctic360

• Paul Barrett, Chief Communications Officer, Davie Shipbuilding
• Kenneth Høegh Head of Representation to Canada and US, Greenland Representation
• John Rasmussen, CEO, Sikuki Nuuk Harbour A/S
• Jens R. Lauridsen, Chief Executive Officer, Kalaallit Airports Group
• Peter Garapick, Head of External Relations, Quark Expedition; Executive Committee, Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO)
• Brandon MacDonald, Vice President of Strategy and Growth, Pennecon

14:55 – 15:05 BREAK

15:05 – 16:25
SESSION IV: THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD

Moderator: Dr. John English, Director Emeritus, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History and Co-Chair, BOD, Arctic360, Co-Chair, Canadian International Council

• Dave Prodger, UK Deputy High Commissioner to Canada
• Dr. Melita Gabrič, Ambassador of the European Union to Canada
• Sabine Sparwasser, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada

16:25 – 17:55
SESSION V: GLOBAL CAPITAL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE-INDIGENOUS PARTNERSHIPS

Moderator: Doug Turnbull, Vice Chairman and Country Head, Canada, Morningstar DBRS

• Derron Bain, CEO, Concert Infrastructure
• Tim Brown, Assistant Director, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI)
• Darrell Beaulieu, CEO, Denendeh Investment Corporation, NWT
• Paul Gruner, CEO, Tłı̨chǫ Investment Corporation & Group of Companies, NWT
• Shahir Guindi, Ad. E., Former National Co-Chair, Partner, Corporate, Osler
• Alison Loat, Managing Director, Sustainable Investing and Innovation, OP Trust
• Hillary Thatcher, Managing Director, Investments, Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB)
• Tiffany Eckert Maret, Secretary/Treasurer, YFNCC; COO, Da Daghay Development Corporation

17:55 – 19:30
RECEPTION

08 FEBRUARY 2024 – DAY 2 FULL DAY CONFERENCE

08:00 – 09:00
NETWORKING BREAKFAST

09:00 – 09:30
OPENING REMARKS

9:30 – 10:50
SESSION I: LONG-TERM ARCTIC STRATEGY: THE ROAD TO ALL PARTY CONSENSUS

Moderators: Dr. Jessica Shadian, President and CEO, Arctic360; Madeleine Redfern, Executive Director, Northern Branch, Arctic360

• Honourable Erin O’Toole, Managing Director of ADIT North America; former MP, Durham and leader of Conservative Party
• Daniel Blaikie, MP Elmwood—Transcona, Manitoba
• Yvonne Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Northern Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence (Northern Defence)
• Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, MP Beaches—East York

10:50 – 11:05
NETWORKING BREAK

11:05 – 12:00
SESSION II: ASIA STATES AND THE ARCTIC

Moderator: Danielle Bochove, Toronto Bureau Chief & Senior Reporter for the Arctic for Bloomberg News

• Yamanouchi Kanji, Ambassador of Japan to Canada
• Deputy Head of Mission, Minister Woonan Kam, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Canada
• Dr. Hema Nadarajah, Senior Fellow, Arctic360; Program Manager, Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

12:15 – 13:30
LUNCH AND FIRESIDE CHAT: A CONVERSATION WITH NORTHERN INDIGENOUS YOUTH

• Max Schiller, Bachelor of Commerce, Boom, Finance Student, Concordia University
• Jasmine Redfern, CEO, Arctic Inspiration Prize
• Allana Nakashook, U of T Indigenous Student
• Victoria McMahon, Kinesiology Student, University of British Columbia

13:30 – 15:00
SESSION III: CRITICAL MINERALS IN THE (TERRITORIAL) NORTH: BUILDING SUPPLY CHAINS & CONNECTING CANADA

Moderator: Anita Balakrishnan, Reporter, The Logic

• Rebecca Connelly, Vice President, Strategy and Engagement, Det’onCho Corporation
• Paul Gruner, CEO, Tłı̨chǫ Investment Corporation & Group of Companies, NWT
• Honourable Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs & Northern Development, Ontario
• Menzie McEachern, ADM Minerals and Petroleum Resources, GNWT
• Yamanouchi Kanji, Ambassador of Japan to Canada
• Dr. April Hayward, Chief Sustainability Officer, Li-FT Power

15:00 – 15:15
NETWORKING BREAK

15:15 – 16:15
SESSION IV: INNOVATION OUT OF THE ARCTIC

Moderator: Madeleine Redfern, Executive Director, Northern Branch, Arctic360

• Philip Burns-O’Brien, Chief Revenue Officer, AT2 Aerospace
• Christine Burow, Chief Marketing Officer, Torngat Metals, Ltd.
• Barry Prentice, Airships
• Kimberley Van Vliet, Founder and CEO, WaVv/ConvergX; Deputy Chair, Community of Interest, NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG)-Allied Command Transformation Unit (ACT)
• Tom Henheffer, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Arctic Research Foundation

16:30 – 17:45
SESSION V: STRENGTHENING TRADE NORTH OF 60: A CONVERSATION WITH ARCTIC TRADE COUNSELLORS TO CANADA

Moderator: Jake Edmiston, Reporter, Toronto Star

• Helene Scherling Olsen, Deputy Head of Trade, Sr. Advisor, Arctic, Danish Trade Council, Canada
• Rebecca Lynge, Deputy Head of the Greenland Representation to the US and Canada
• John Fleming, Deputy Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Trade Consulate
• Patricia Boeg-Jensen, Business Sweden, Swedish Trade Commission, Toronto
• Adam Kalbfleisch, Partner, Bennett Jones LLP
• Stein Oddvar Sægrov, Commercial Counsellor / Handelsråd, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa
• Jean-Sébastien Fabry, A/Director, Multilateral Engagement, International and Intergovernmental Affairs Branch, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

17:45 – 18:30
SESSION VI: MULTI-PURPOSE & MULTI-USER CRITICAL ARCTIC INFRASTRUCTURE

Moderator: Honourable Erin O’Toole, Managing Director of ADIT North America; former MP, Durham and leader of Conservative Party

• David Thompson, Director General, Infrastructure, Portfolio Requirements, DND
• Sean Boyd FCPA, FCA, Chair of the Board, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
• Madeleine Redfern, COO, CanArctic Inuit Networks; Executive Director, Northern Branch, Arctic360
• Brandon MacDonald, Vice President of Strategy and Growth, Pennecon
• Jimi Onalik, President, Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
• Paul Barrett, Chief Communications Officer, Davie Shipbuilding