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Andrew Light Speaker Tour in Europe May 14, 2013 / Berlin, Germany; Brussels, BelgiumGMF Senior Fellow Andrew Light participated in a speaking tour in Europe to discuss opportunities for transatlantic cooperation on climate and energy policy in the second Obama administration.
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Press Release
U.S. Defense Sec. Gates headlines inaugural Halifax International Security Forum
November 02, 2009
Also appearing Nov. 20-22: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Breyer; Congressional delegation led by Sens. McCain, Udall; SACEUR James Stavridis; Defense ministers from around the world
CONFERENCE WEBSITE AVAILABLE HERE
The German Marshall Fund of the United Sates (GMF) with the support of the Government of Canada, will host the inaugural Halifax International Security Forum, a first-of-its-kind international security conference in North America, attracting the foremost security policymakers, opinion leaders, and analysts from North America, Europe, and Asia for serious, in-depth intellectual exchange on security and defense challenges.
The conference will take place in Halifax, Canada, from Friday, November 20, to Sunday, November 22. Confirmed speakers include:
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
A U.S. congressional delegation led by Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Mark Udall (D-CO)
Greg Craig, White House Counsel
Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay
Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
General Victor Renuart, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command
Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples
Admiral Edouard Guillaud, Military Advisor to French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
U.S. Under Secretary of State Ellen Tauscher
Dutch Defense Minister Eimert Van Middlekoop
Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem
Ruprecht Polenz, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag
Stephen Hadley, former national security advisor to President George W. Bush.
CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST FORUM AGENDA
CLICK HERE FOR THE PARTICIPANT LIST
This agenda shows on-the-record public sessions that will be streamed live as well as private, Chatham House Rule sessions that are for participants only and will not be streamed. Session subjects will include NATO, the Middle East, Nuclear Proliferation, Energy Security and Climate Change, Arctic Security, and Global Transatlanticism, among other topics.
Halifax Forum invites you to follow the conference virtually through the Halifax Forum website, where video of public sessions will be streamed live and where transcripts, audio, and video will be posted following each session as soon as they are available.
Twitter: The Twitter hashtag for the event will be #HISF, and @gmfus will be tweeting about the conference throughout the weekend
