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Canadian Military Intelligence Association
Association Canadienne de Renseignement Militaire
THE SECOND ANNUAL CANADIAN INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE (CANIC 2014)
FRIDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2014
08:00 – 20:00
BALLROOM C, DELTA OTTAWA CITY CENTRE HOTEL
101 LYON STREET N., OTTAWA ONTARIO K1R 5T9
Telephone 613-237-3600
AFTER OVER A DECADE OF WAR IN AFGHANISTAN,
HAS THE CANADIAN INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE LEARNED ANYTHING USEFUL?
(As of 12 September 2014)
Time
Presentation
7:30-8:00
8:00-8:10
REGISTRATION
WELCOME
Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Michel Beauvais
President CMIA
8:10-9:15
KEYNOTE ADDRESS - THE EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
ENVIRONMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON CANADA
Stephen Rigby
National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada (to be confirmed)*
Introduced by: Major-General Paul Wynnyk, Commander Canadian Forces
Intelligence Command*
9:15-10:15
THE CYBER THREAT: HOW BAD IS IT?
Major-General (Retired) John Adams
Former Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence and former Chief, Communications
Security Establishment Canada
Introduced by: Dr. Michel Tarko, President and Chief Executive Officer, Justice
Institute of British Columbia
10:15-11:00
11:00-12:00
Coffee Break – Sponsored by the Justice Institute of British Columbia
PANEL ONE – STRATEGIC LEVEL INTELLIGENCE IN CANADA. WHAT IS IT? DO
WE HAVE ANY?
Dr. Peter Archambault
Centre for Operational Research Analysis, Defence Research and Development Canada*
Dr. Robert McRae
Director, Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, Norman Paterson School of
International Affairs, former Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet for Intelligence Assessments,
Privy Council and former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
Moderator: Melissa Radford, Security and Defence Analyst, Library of Parliament
12:00-13:30
Working buffet lunch – open for sponsorship
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF CANADIAN DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE
Major-General Paul Wynnyk
Commander Canadian Forces Intelligence Command*
Introduced by: TBC
13:30-14:30
CANADA’S OPERATIONAL LEVEL INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITY
Lieutenant-General Jonathan Vance
Commander (Designate), Canadian Joint Operations Command*
Introduced by: Brigadier-General Glenn Nordick (Retired), Colonel Commandant,
Canadian Forces Intelligence Branch
Canadian Military Intelligence Association
Association Canadienne de Renseignement Militaire
14:30-15:30
PANEL TWO - CAN THE CANADIAN INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE DO MORE TO
EMBRACE THE ADVANCED EDUCATION OF ITS FUTURE LEADERS?
Dr. Michael Hennessy, Associate Vice-Principal Research, Royal Military College of
Canada
Monik Beauregard, Director, Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre*
Michael Trump, Dean, School of Criminal Justice and Security, and Office of International
Affairs, Justice Institute of British Columbia
15:30-16:00
Health Break – open for sponsorship
16:00-17:00
PANEL THREE - IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE INFORMED, MEANINGFUL AND NONPARTISAN PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF CANADIAN INTELLIGENCE ISSUES?
Tom Quiggan, Member of the Terrorism and Security Experts of Canada Network
Ian MacLeod, Senior Writer, Ottawa Citizen
Peggy Mason, President, Rideau Institute and former Canadian Ambassador to the United
Nations for Disarmament
17:00-17:15
CONFERENCE WRAP-UP
President CMIA
17:30-20:00
CANIC 2014 RECEPTION – open for sponsorship
Ballroom C and Adjacent Foyer
CMIA IS PLEASED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
*Annotated appointments may be called away to duty on the day. If so, another speaker will be present.