Kevin Allison
Vice President, Eurasia & Technology Policy, Albright Stonebridge Group; Former Director, Geo-technology, Eurasia Group
ABOUT EASF
The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy (IPD) and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) are pleased to co-host the second annual East Asia Strategy Forum (EASF 2022) on November 1-2 in downtown Ottawa.
EASF 2022 is a multi-disciplinary conference that will foster the exchange of knowledge and actionable policy recommendations on geopolitical and geo-economic developments in East Asia, and Canada’s foreign policy and defence approach to the region. It will attract a specialized in-person audience of around 200 participants, including academics, researchers, policymakers, defence and strategy experts, former military officials, current and former diplomats, and business leaders.
With support from the MINDS program at the Canadian Department of National Defence, this two-day conference will be hosted in a hybrid format, convening in-person and virtual keynote speakers, deep-dive panels, and networking sessions. The program will engage around 45 expert speakers from Canada, the United States, and the Asia Pacific. Experts will engage in constructive discussions on East Asia’s strategic environment, alliances, energy security, maritime security and law, economic regionalism, proliferation, and cybersecurity.
This is a timely event as the Government of Canada shapes, and will likely soon announce, an Indo-Pacific Strategy to inform Canada’s engagement with the region in the coming years.
Speakers
Lisa Baiton
President & Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Darshana M. Baruah
Fellow, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Visiting Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
James Boutilier
Distinguished Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute; President Emeritus, Pacific People’s Partnership; Former Special Advisor, Policy, Maritime Forces Pacific Headquarters
Fiona Cunningham
Nonresident Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Carlo Dade
Director, Trade & Investment Centre, Canada West Foundation; Honourary Senior Fellow, International Development & Global Studies, University of Ottawa
Alice Ekman
Senior Analyst, Asia, European Union Institute of Security Studies
Paul Evans
HSBC Chair in Asian Research & Professor, School of Public Policy & Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
Evan A. Feigenbaum
Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, South Asia
Jonathan Fried
Senior Advisor, Albright Stonebridge Group; Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada; Former Canadian Ambassador to Japan
Lyle Goldstein
Director, Asia Engagement Program, Defense Priorities; Visiting Professor, Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs, Brown University
Tobias Harris
Deputy Director & Senior Fellow, Asia Program, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Yurika ISHII
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Security Studies, National Defense Academy of Japan
Wenran Jiang
President, Canada-China Energy & Environment Forum; Advisor, Institute for Peace & Diplomacy
Lami Kim
Director, East Asia Studies Program, U.S. Army War College; Strategy & Statecraft Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies
John Knubley
Former Deputy Minister, Innovation, Sciences & Economic Development Canada; Board Director, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Mark Kruger
Opinion Editor, Yicai Global; Senior Fellow, Yicai Research Institute; Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation; Senior Fellow, China Institute, University of Alberta
Andrew Latham
Nonresident Fellow, Defense Priorities; Former Nonproliferation, Arms Control & Disarmament Research Fellow, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs; Professor, Macalester College
Jeffrey Lewis
Director, East Asia Nonproliferation Project, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Stéphanie Martel
Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada; Fellow, Centre for International & Defence Policy & Assistant Professor, Queen’s University
Peggy Mason
Former Canadian Ambassador to the UN for Disarmament; President, Rideau Institute on International Affairs; Advisor, Institute for Peace & Diplomacy
Oriana Skylar Mastro
Center Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University; Strategic Planner, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command; Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Michal Meidan
Director, Gas Research Programme & Director, China Energy Programme, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Jeff Nankivell
President & Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Elina Noor
Director, Political-Security Affairs & Deputy Director, Washington, D.C. Office, Asia Society Policy Institute; John H. McArthur Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Cdr. Jonathan Odom
Military Professor, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies; Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy
Kai Ostwald
Director, Institute of Asian Research & Associate Professor, School of Public Policy & Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
Zachary Paikin
Research Fellow, Institute for Peace & Diplomacy; Researcher, Centre for European Policy Studies
Jeremy Paltiel
Senior Fellow, Institute for Peace & Diplomacy; Professor, Carleton University
Jeffrey Reeves
Vice-President, Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Lotus Ruan
Senior Researcher, Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto
Keisuke SADAMORI
Director, Energy Markets & Security Directorate, International Energy Agency
Sharon Zhengyang Sun
Trade Policy Economist, Canada West Foundation; Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Michael Swaine
Director, East Asia Program, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Yeling Tan
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Nonresident Scholar, 21st Century China Center; Assistant Professor, University of Oregon
Paul Thoppil
Assistant Deputy Minister, Asia-Pacific Branch, Global Affairs Canada
Thomas J. Timmins
Partner & Leader, Energy Sector Group, Gowling WLG
Jenny Town
Director & Senior Fellow, 38 North Program, Stimson Center; Associate Fellow, SAIS Foreign Policy Institute
Henry Huiyao WANG
Founder & President, Center for China & Globalization
Rachel Ziemba
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Energy, Economics, & Security Program, Center for a New American Security
Bijan Ahmadi
Executive Director, Institute for Peace & Diplomacy
Conference
Program
Day 1
November 1, 2022
Day 2
November 2, 2022
Registration & Breakfast
Words of Welcome
Bijan Ahmadi
Executive Director, Institute for Peace & Diplomacy
Jeff Nankivell
President & Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Panel 1 — Regional Perspectives on East Asia’s Strategic Environment: Security Regimes, Challenges, & Actors
Henry Huiyao WANG
Founder & President, Center for China & Globalization
Michael Swaine
Director, East Asia Program, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Zachary Paikin
Research Fellow, Institute for Peace & Diplomacy; Researcher, Centre for European Policy Studies
Kai Ostwald
Director, Institute of Asian Research & Associate Professor, School of Public Policy & Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
Elina Noor
Director, Political-Security Affairs & Deputy Director, Washington, D.C. Office, Asia Society Policy Institute; John H. McArthur Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Moderator: Zachary Paikin
Networking Break
Panel 2 — Alliances, Blocs, & Security Communities: Sources of Stability or Instability in East Asia?
Jeremy Paltiel
Senior Fellow, Institute for Peace & Diplomacy; Professor, Carleton University
Elina Noor
Director, Political-Security Affairs & Deputy Director, Washington, D.C. Office, Asia Society Policy Institute; John H. McArthur Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Andrew Latham
Nonresident Fellow, Defense Priorities; Former Nonproliferation, Arms Control & Disarmament Research Fellow, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs; Professor, Macalester College
Tobias Harris
Deputy Director & Senior Fellow, Asia Program, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Lyle Goldstein
Director, Asia Engagement Program, Defense Priorities; Visiting Professor, Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs, Brown University
Alice Ekman
Senior Analyst, Asia, European Union Institute of Security Studies
Moderator: Elina Noor
Lunch
Keynote — A Conversation with Assistant Deputy Minister Paul Thoppil, Global Affairs Canada
Paul Thoppil
Assistant Deputy Minister, Asia-Pacific Branch, Global Affairs Canada
Jeff Nankivell
President & Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Moderator: Jeff Nankivell
Panel 3 — Ottawa’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: National Interests & Regional Responses
Jeffrey Reeves
Vice-President, Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Stéphanie Martel
Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada; Fellow, Centre for International & Defence Policy & Assistant Professor, Queen’s University
Jonathan Fried
Senior Advisor, Albright Stonebridge Group; Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada; Former Canadian Ambassador to Japan
Paul Evans
HSBC Chair in Asian Research & Professor, School of Public Policy & Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
Moderator: Jonathan Fried
Panel 4 — Energy Security in East Asia: Oil & Gas Between Sanctions & Diversification
Rachel Ziemba
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Energy, Economics, & Security Program, Center for a New American Security
Thomas J. Timmins
Partner & Leader, Energy Sector Group, Gowling WLG
Keisuke SADAMORI
Director, Energy Markets & Security Directorate, International Energy Agency
Michal Meidan
Director, Gas Research Programme & Director, China Energy Programme, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Lisa Baiton
President & Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Moderator: Thomas J. Timmins
Networking Reception
Registration & Breakfast
Keynote — A Conversation with Oriana Skylar Mastro, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Jeffrey Reeves
Vice-President, Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Oriana Skylar Mastro
Center Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University; Strategic Planner, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command; Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Moderator: Jeffrey Reeves
Panel 5 — Maritime Security & Maritime Law in East Asia
Jeffrey Reeves
Vice-President, Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Cdr. Jonathan Odom
Military Professor, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies; Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy
Yurika ISHII
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Security Studies, National Defense Academy of Japan
James Boutilier
Distinguished Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute; President Emeritus, Pacific People’s Partnership; Former Special Advisor, Policy, Maritime Forces Pacific Headquarters
Darshana M. Baruah
Fellow, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Visiting Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Moderator: Jeffrey Reeves
Panel 6 — Economic Regionalism: FTAs, Supply Chains, & Securitization
Rachel Ziemba
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Energy, Economics, & Security Program, Center for a New American Security
Yeling Tan
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Nonresident Scholar, 21st Century China Center; Assistant Professor, University of Oregon
Sharon Zhengyang Sun
Trade Policy Economist, Canada West Foundation; Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Mark Kruger
Opinion Editor, Yicai Global; Senior Fellow, Yicai Research Institute; Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation; Senior Fellow, China Institute, University of Alberta
Carlo Dade
Director, Trade & Investment Centre, Canada West Foundation; Honourary Senior Fellow, International Development & Global Studies, University of Ottawa
Moderator: Carlo Dade
Lunch
Keynote — A Conversation with Evan Feigenbaum, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Jeff Nankivell
President & Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Evan A. Feigenbaum
Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, South Asia
Moderator: Jeff Nankivell
Panel 7 — Nuclear Proliferation in East Asia
Jenny Town
Director & Senior Fellow, 38 North Program, Stimson Center; Associate Fellow, SAIS Foreign Policy Institute
Peggy Mason
Former Canadian Ambassador to the UN for Disarmament; President, Rideau Institute on International Affairs; Advisor, Institute for Peace & Diplomacy
Jeffrey Lewis
Director, East Asia Nonproliferation Project, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Andrew Latham
Nonresident Fellow, Defense Priorities; Former Nonproliferation, Arms Control & Disarmament Research Fellow, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs; Professor, Macalester College
Lami Kim
Director, East Asia Studies Program, U.S. Army War College; Strategy & Statecraft Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Moderator: Peggy Mason
The CCP 20th Congress and Its Implications for Canada-China and US-China Relations
Wenran Jiang
President, Canada-China Energy & Environment Forum; Advisor, Institute for Peace & Diplomacy
Panel 8 — Cybersecurity in East Asia
Lotus Ruan
Senior Researcher, Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto
John Knubley
Former Deputy Minister, Innovation, Sciences & Economic Development Canada; Board Director, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Fiona Cunningham
Nonresident Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Kevin Allison
Vice President, Eurasia & Technology Policy, Albright Stonebridge Group; Former Director, Geo-technology, Eurasia Group
Moderator: John Knubley
Closing Remarks
Bijan Ahmadi
Executive Director, Institute for Peace & Diplomacy
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Delta Hotels by Marriott Ottawa City Centre
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About APF Canada
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) is a not-for-profit organization focused on Canada’s relations with Asia. Our mission is to be Canada’s catalyst for engagement with Asia and Asia’s bridge to Canada.
Our research provides high-quality, relevant, and timely information, insights, and perspectives on Canada-Asia relations, providing policy considerations and business intelligence for stakeholders across the Asia Pacific. APF Canada is home to Canada’s top thinkers and advisors on Canada-Asia relations, including our experienced executive team, in-house research staff, Distinguished Fellows, and other network partners.
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