Summit Schedule

Time	Session	Details
08:00 – 08:55	Registration and Welcome Coffee
08:55 – 09:10	Opening Remarks	Mr. Mathieu Bussières Director, CCASCOE Dr. Youri Cormier Director, CDA Institute Video Welcome Message by The Honourable Bill Blair Minister of National Defence of Canada
09:10 – 09:25	Welcoming Keynote	Lieutenant-General Michael C. Wright Commander of the Canadian Army
09:25 – 10:25	The State of Climate Security Today	Scene-setting panel Dr. Stefan Rahmstorf (Virtual) Co-Head of Research, Department on Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK); Professor of Physics of the Oceans, University of Potsdam The Honorable Sharon E. Burke Founder and President, Ecospherics Ms. Janani Vivekananda Head of Programme Climate Diplomacy and Security, Adelphi Mr. James Clare Director, Climate Change and Sustainability, Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom Chair: Mr. Noah Gordon Acting co-director of the Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
10:25 – 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 – 10:55	Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership and the Fight for Global Security	The Honorable Sherri Goodman Secretary General of the International Military Council on Climate and Security
11:00 – 12:00	Operational Resilience: Adapting to Climate Change	Panel discussion Ms. Swathi Veeravalli Director of Climate Security and Adaptation, United States National Security Council Colonel Nicholas Dickson Division Chief, Strategic Resilience and Stability Division, US AFRICOM Professor Mohammad Alqattan Vice President of Research, American International University in Kuwait Colonel Benoit Mainville Director of the Canadian Ranger Corps Colonel Giancarlo Turco Senior Expert on Climate Change and Security, Policy and Capabilities Division, NATO Chair: The Honorable Sherri Goodman Secretary General of the International Military Council on Climate and Security
12:05 – 12:25	Climate Security in Multilateral Diplomacy	Fireside chat Mr. Hans-Olav Ibrekk Special Envoy for Climate and Security, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Matthew Hudson Director, Climate Diplomacy Policy, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia Chair: Dr. Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé Professor of Politics and International Studies at Bishop’s University, Board Member of the Climate Security Association of Canada, Fellow at the CDA Institute and the International Peace Institute
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch	At Palais des congrès
14:00 – 14:55	Data and Climate Security: Enhancing Awareness for Informed Action	Panel discussion Dr. Erin Hughey Deputy Executive Director, Pacific Disaster Center Mr. Mike DiOrio Senior Vice President of Operations, Dataminr Ms. Alessandra Ussorio Capability Development Coordinator, European Union Satellite Center Dr. Kiersten B. Johnson Director, Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) Program, USAID Chair: Dr. Joshua Elliott Chief Scientist, Renaissance Philanthropy
15:00 – 15:55	Climate and Human Security: Intersecting Risks and Priorities for Action	Panel discussion Dr. Louise van Schaik Head of Unit EU & Global Affairs, Clingendael Institute Ms. Catherine Wong Global Team Leader for Climate and Security Risk, United Nations Development Programme Brigadier General Raffaele Pio Manicone Commander of the Carabinieri Group for the Protection of Biodiversity Dr. Ayesha Siddiqi Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Cambridge Chair: Dr. Will Greaves Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Victoria; Founding member of the Climate Security Association of Canada
15:55 – 16:15	Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:15	Greening Defence and Military Readiness	Ms. Iris A. Ferguson Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Arctic and Global Resilience, United States Department of Defense Mr. Samu Paukkunen Head of the Climate and Energy Security Section, Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber Division, NATO Mr. Peter Hammerschmidt Assistant Deputy Minister Infrastructure and Environment, Department of National Defence Mr. Louis Brunet Managing Director – Canada, Collins Aerospace Chair: Dr. Louise van Schaik Head of Unit EU & Global Affairs, Clingendael Institute
17:15 – 17:20	Closing Remarks for Day 1	Mr. Mathieu Bussières Director, CCASCOE Dr. Youri Cormier Director, CDA Institute
17:20	Cocktail Reception

Time	Session	Details
08:00 – 09:00	Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:05 – 9:15	Keynote Address	The Honourable Mélanie Joly Foreign Affairs Minister of Canada
09:15 – 9:35	Keynote Address	His Excellency Espen Barth Eide Foreign Affairs Minister of Norway
09:40 – 10:40	Regional Focus – The Arctic Evolving Security and Melting Landscapes: Enhancing Awareness for Informed Action	Panel discussion Ms. Marisol Maddox Senior Arctic Analyst, Wilson Center Polar Institute Major-General Henning A. Frantzen Director, Defence Policy and Long-Term Planning, Ministry of Defence of Norway Ms. Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk President, Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Canada and Vice-Chair of ICC International Dr. Matthew A. Rhodes Professor of International Security, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies Chair: Dr. Whitney Lackenbauer Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North, and Professor at the School for the Study of Canada at Trent University; CDA Institute Fellow
10:40 – 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00	Strategic Foresight: Anticipating the Future of Climate Security	Closing plenary Mr. Himanshu Gupta Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of ClimateAI Commodore Ruud Schoonen Assistant Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans & Policy, NATO Allied Command Transformation Mr. Anthony Agotha (Virtual) Climate and Environment Ambassador, European External Action Service Ms. Caroline Baxter Senior Advisor at the Center for Climate and Security Chair: Dr. Katie Woodward Deputy Head Research, Analysis and Lessons Learned Branch at CCASCOE
12:00 – 12:30	Keynote Address and Q&A	General Tom Middendorp Chief of Defence of the Netherlands (Ret.) and Chair of the International Military Council on Climate and Security
12:30 – 12:35	Closing Remarks from Organizers	Mr. Mathieu Bussières Director, CCASCOE Dr. Youri Cormier Director, CDA Institute
12:35 – 13:30	Closing Lunch