PARTICIPANTS

A. Zuberi

Citizen Diplomat

Toronto, Canada

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Walter Dorn
UN Expert Panelist, Technology & Innovation in UN Peacekeeping
Professor, Royal Military College of Canada
Fmr. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Advisor

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Peter Scott

Former Diplomat, Department of Foreign Affairs, Canada

Co-Founder, Peace and Conflict Studies Program, and Professor Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley

General Bernard Norlain (Ret.)
5-Star Air Force General
Honorary President, Comité d’Études de la Défense Nationale
Former Adviser, Prime Ministers Jacques Chirac and Michel Rocard
Recipient, National Order of Merit and the Legion of Honour
Network Participant, European Leadership Network
Paris, France

Ambassador Edward L. Peck
Former U.S. Chief of Mission to Iraq and Ambassador to Mauritania
Former Deputy Director, White House Terrorism Task Force, and

Deputy Director of Covert Intelligence Programs
Maryland, USA

Peter Scott, PhD
Former Diplomat, Department of Foreign Affairs, Canada
Professor Emeritus; Peace & Conflict Studies Program Co-founder at University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

Walter G. Pitman (1929-2018)
Officer of the Order of Canada
President Emeritus, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)
Toronto, Canada

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Terry E. Arnold (1925-2018)

Former U.S. Senior Foreign Service Officer in Egypt and Syria
Former Chairman, International Studies, U.S. National War College
Former Counter-terrorism Deputy Director, U.S. State Department
President, Continuing Education, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
Wisconsin, USA

Sergei Konoplyov
Director, Black Sea Security Program, Harvard University
NATO Fellow and Ukraine National Security Advisor

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Volodymyr Panchenko
Senior Advisor, Ukraine Ministry of Economics and Trade
Former Director, International Centre for Policy Studies; Former Director, National Space Agency of Ukraine

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Alex Ryabchyn

Economist and Investigative Journalist

Post-participation became Deputy Minister for Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine

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Yury Morozov

Professor and Chief Researcher, Russian Academy of Sciences Former Colonel of the Russian Armed Forces and UN Military Observer

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Vladimir Kozin

Chief Advisor, Russian Institute for Strategic Studies Missile Defense Expert Counsel to the Russian Presidential Administration; Professor, Russian Academy of Military Sciences; Former Senior Diplomat and OSCE Regional Director

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Tom Switzer

Researcher, U.S. Studies Centre of Sydney University; Contributor, Wall Street Journal

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Patricia Golesic

Administrator & Faculty
Peace and Conflict Studies Diploma Program
Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology, Ontario, Canada

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NATO Association of Canada

Toronto, Canada