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Conference, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security, Other Defence
Address:
Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean
15 rue Jacques-Cartier Nord, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
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Registration: lepointdevente.com/billets/leadersphere2022?lang=en
Analyse, Decide, Act: Responding to Contemporary Security Challenges
Leadersphere is Royal Military College Saint-Jean's flagship annual conference. It addresses challenges facing Canadian leadership in the international environment, bringing academic research and practitioner expertise to bear on contemporary international problems.
In 2022, Leadersphere is themed ‘Analyse, Decide, Act: Responding to Contemporary Security Challenges', with each panel framed around a key point in the strategic decision-making process. The first ‘Analyse' panel showcases academic expertise on contemporary security challenges: democratic decline; cybersecurity; sexual violence in armed conflict; climate change; and pandemic response. The second ‘Decide' panel is a forum for women leaders to reflect on gender in security decision-making. The final ‘Act' panel features practitioners, who will reflect on the same challenges as panel one through an operational lens.
Schedule
8:30 | Coffee & tea
9:00 | Welcome
Dr James Groen, Academic Director, RMC Saint-Jean
9:05 | Opening remarks
Dr Marina Sharpe, Assistant Professor, International Studies, RMC Saint-Jean
9:15 | Panel 1 - Analyse: researcher expertise on contemporary security challenges
Moderator: Ms Aphrodite Salas, Assistant Professor, Journalism, Concordia University
Democratic decline: Dr Dietlind Stolle, James McGill Professor, Political Science, McGill University
Cybersecurity: Dr Simon Hogue, Assistant Professor, International Studies, RMC Saint-Jean
Sexual violence within armed forces: Dr Megan Mackenzie, Simons Chair in International Law & Human Security, International Studies, Simon Fraser University
Climate crisis: Dr Alexandra Lesnikowski, Assistant Professor, Geography, Planning & Environment, Concordia University
Pandemic response: Dr Caroline Quach-Thanh, Canada Research Chair in Infection Prevention, Medicine, Université de Montréal
11:15 | Lunch
12:45 | Panel 2 - Decide: gender in security decision-making
Moderator: Dr Élisabeth Vallet, Associate Professor, International Studies, RMC Saint-Jean
Ms Christine Normandin M.P., Member for Saint-Jean & Vice-Chair, Standing Committee on National Defence
Ms Madeleine Redfern, Chief of Operations, CanArctic Inuit Networks Inc.
Ms Martine Saint-Victor, General Manager, Edelman Canada
Ms Béatrice Vaugrante, Programme Director, Global Movement Building, Amnesty International
Lieutenant-Colonel Melanie Lake
14:45 | Coffee & tea
15:15 | Panel 3 - Act: operational and practical responses to contemporary security challenges
Moderator: Ms Catherine François, journalist, TV5
Democratic decline: Dr Laurence Deschamps-Laporte, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Université de Montréal
Cybersecurity: Brigadier-General James Lambert
Peace support operations: Ambassador Jacqueline O'Neill, Canada's Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security
Climate crisis: Dr Laure Waridel, Adjunct Professor, Environmental science, UQÀM & Co-founder, Mothers Step In
Pandemic response: Brigadier-General Krista Brodie
17:15 | Concluding remarks
Dr Marina Sharpe & Dr Élisabeth Vallet
17:30 | Closing
Colonel Gaétan Bédard, Commandant, RMC Saint-Jean