Welcome
Coming Up - May 10: Panel Discussion. G7 Strengthening Security & Sustainability. German and Canadian Contributions.
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What have Germany and Canada done at home and in the G7, and what can they do in the G7 now, to strengthen national and human security and ecological sustainability, in mutually supportive ways?
To attend the event in-person, please register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/g7-strengthening-security-sustainability-german-canadian-contributions-tickets-333280048597
Agenda
• Welcome remarks by John Kirton, G7 Research Group; Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser, German Embassy; Norbert Eschborn, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
• Videomessage: Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office Tobias Lindner (tbc)
• Opening/keynote remarks: the Honourable Bill Graham, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History
• Interventions and discussion
– Stefan Mair, director, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, and executive chair, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
– Vincent Rigby, National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the prime minister of Canada
– Michael Mehling, deputy director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a professor at the University of Strathclyde Law School, Glasgow
– Ella Kokotsis, co-author, Reconfiguring the Global Governance of Climate Change and The Global Governance of Climate Change: G7, G20 and UN Leadership
• Q&A with audience
• Closing remarks: Thomas Schultze, Consul General of Germany to Toronto
Date: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022
Time: 5:00 pm- 6:30 pm EST, with a reception to follow (in Toronto)
Cost: Free
Hybrid Event - options for virtual and in-person attendance
Location (for those who wish to attend in person): Campbell Conference Facility, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto
To attend virtually via Zoom, register here: https://munkschool-utoronto-ca.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7X5_R8PbR-CJFDMmMFntvQ