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4 Feb. 1999

50th Anniversary Conference

Shaping the Transatlantic Alliance for the 21st Century

Canadian Forces College (CFC), 215 Yonge Boulevard

(Moderators to be Named)

Friday, 12 February 1999
1500-1630: First Panel: "Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?"

Speakers:

  • Professor David Haglund, Queen's University
  • Ambassador David Wright, Canadian Ambassador to NATO
1700-1830: Second Panel: "Collective Defence to Collective Security: The Evolution of NATO's Roles and Missions"

Speakers:

  • Col. Glenn Brown, former Canadian Liaison Officer, NATO
  • Professor Paul Buteux, University of Manitoba
1830: Reception, Canadian Forces College Officers' Mess
1900: Dinner: Guest of Honour and Speaker: The Honourable Art Eggleton, Minister of National Defence
Saturday, 13 February 1999
0900-1030: Third Panel: "The Adaptation of NATO's Strategic Concept: The Place of Nuclear Weapons and Deployable Conventional Forces"

Speakers:

  • William Graham, MP, Chairman, House of Commons Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committee
  • Professor Louis Delvoie, former High Commissioner to Pakistan and former Assistant Deputy Minister (Policy), DND
1030-1100: Coffee
1100-1230: Fourth Panel: "Shaping the Trans-Atlantic Alliance for the Next Century"

Speakers:

  • Mr. David Acheson, President of the Atlantic Council of the United States of America.
  • Professor Jamie Shea, NATO Spokesman, Deputy Director of Information and Press
1230: Closing Remarks: Professor Robert Spencer, President, Atlantic Council of Canada
1300: Luncheon, CFC Officers' mess

Guest of Honour and Speaker:

  • Paul Heinbecker, Assistant Deputy Minister, Global and Security Policy, DFAIT


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