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CASIS 2007 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Friday, September 28
| 10:00 |
Conference Registration |
| 11:00 |
Pre-Conference Background Briefing for the Media |
| 12:15 |
Bursary Student Meeting |
| 1:00 |
Conference Opening and President's Welcome
Gavin Cameron, CASIS President, University of Calgary
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| 1:15 |
Government of Alberta - Official Welcome
Brian Skeet, Assistant Deputy Minister,
Solicitor General and Public Safety
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| 1:45 |
Keynote Speaker -- to be announced |
| 2:30 |
Break |
| 3:00 |
Panel 1 (concurrent)
A Failure of Imagination: What is it? What to do about it?
| Chair: |
Rennie Marcoux, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet,
Security and Intelligence, Privy Council Office
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| Panelists: |
Denis Stairs, Dalhousie University
Paul Pillar, Georgetown University
Third panelist to be announced
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| 3:00 |
Panel 2 (concurrent)
National Security - What Keeps Us Awake at Night?
| Chair: |
Luc Portelance, Deputy Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service |
| Panelists: |
Assistant Commissioner Mike McDonnell, National Security Criminal Investigations, RCMP
Commander John McDowell, Deputy National Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, London Metropolitan Police
Willie Hulon, National Security Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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| 5:00 |
Pre-dinner break
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| 6:15 |
President's Reception
Weller Prize Winners -- Presentation for Best Graduate and Undergraduate Research Papers
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Suzanne Hurtubise, Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada |
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| 7:00 |
Gala Dinner
CASIS DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
Christopher Andrew, Cambridge University
Chair and Introduction by Jim Judd, Director of CSIS
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Saturday, September 29
| 8:30 |
Panel 3 (concurrent)
Terrorism - What Next?
| Panelists: |
Pablo Policzer, University of Calgary
Fawaz Gerges, Sarah Lawrence College and ABC News analyst
Melanie Phillips, London Daily Mail and author of Londonistan
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| 8:30 |
Panel 4 (concurrent)
Teaching Intelligence to Professionals
| Chair: |
Tony Campbell, Carleton University and Royal Roads University
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| Panelists: |
Monik Beauregard, Deputy Executive Director, International Assessment Staff, Privy Council Office
Wesley Wark, University of Toronto and University of Ottawa
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| 9:45 |
Break
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| 10:30 |
Special CASIS Panel - be be announced
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| 11:30 |
Keynote Address - David Stafford, University of Edinburgh
From Anarchist Terror to the Cold War: Reflections on the Role of Intelligence
| Chair: |
Greg Fyffe, Executive Director, International Assessment Secretariat, Privy Council Office
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| 12:30 |
Buffet Lunch
THE JOHN TAIT MEMORIAL LECTURE
John Gannon, Former Chair United States National Intelligence Council
| Chair: |
Margaret Bloodworth, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister
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| 2:15 |
Panel 6 (concurrent)
Strategic Early Warning: Comparing Ways and Means
| Chair: |
Robert Fahlman, Deputy Director, Criminal Intelligence Service of Canada
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| Panelists: |
Dr. Greg O'Hayon, Criminal Intelligence Service of Canada
Two additional panelists to be announced
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| 2:15 |
Panel 7 (concurrent)
Follow the Money: The Evolving World of Financial Intelligence
| Chair: |
Horst Intscher, Director, Financial Tracking and Analysis Centre
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| Panelists: |
To be announced
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| 3:30 |
Break |
| 4:00 |
Panel 8 (concurrent)
Military Intelligence: Adapting to New Theatres of Operation
| Chair: |
Linda Goldthorp, Department of National Defence
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| Panelists: |
Brigadier General David A. Fraser, Commandant, Canadian Forces College Invited
Senior U.S. Defence Intelligence Agency official
Third panelist to be announced
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| 4:00 |
Panel 9 (concurrent)
Urban Security in the 21st Century -- Understanding the Challenges, Mitigating the Risks
| Chair: |
Stuart Farson, Simon Fraser University
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| Panelists: |
Barbara Nadel, Barbara Nadel Architect, New York City
Dr. James Young, Public Safety Canada
Third panelist to be announced
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| 5:15 |
Panel 10 - Weller Prize Winners to be announced on Day 1 of conference
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| 6:00 |
Break - Participants to make own dinner arrangements
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| 8:00 |
Literary Lecture: To be announced
| Chair: |
Wesley Wark, University of Toronto
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Sunday, September 30
| 8:30 |
CASIS KEYNOTE LECTURE - to be announced
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| 9:15 |
CASIS Town Hall Meeting -- "Resolved that Canadians are too complacent about the threats to national security"
| Chair: |
Tony Campbell, Carleton University and Royal Roads University
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| Speakers: |
Reid Morden, Former Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Catherine Ford, Former Editor and Columnist, Calgary Herald, verify current affiliation with University of Calgary
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| 10:45 |
Panel 11 (concurrent)
Securing the Oil Patch: A Case Study in Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Gal Luft, Executive Director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, Washington, D.C.
Al Sauve, Government of Alberta
Third panelist to be announced
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| 10:45 |
Panel 12 (concurrent)
Evolution of Global Electronic Surveillance
Details to be announced
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| 12:00 |
Conference Conclusions and Wrap-Up: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Chair: Gavin Cameron, CASIS President and University of Calgary
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| 1:00 |
CASIS Annual General Meeting
Open to all CASIS members - includes buffet lunch
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| 3:00 |
Close of Conference
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