2022 Summit: Security Challenges and Strategic Cooperation Among Democracies
Kamana Lake House
139 Fernhill Road, Fernhill, Queenstown
Date: 12-13 December 2022
Day 1:
• 8.30am-8.50am: Arrival coffee and tea
• 8.50am-9am: Karakia, Waiata, and National Anthem
• 9am-9.30am: Welcoming Address: Dr Anita Abbott
• 9.30am-10am: Opening Remarks: NZ MP
-National Defense Spokesperson Tim van der Molden
• 10am-11am : The influence of small states upon the great powers
Reps from South Korea and Taiwan
-Taiwan First Secretary Claire Chin
• 11am-11.10am: Break
• 11.10am-12.10pm: Asia- Africa Growth Corridor: Challenges and Opportunities
Reps from India and Japan
•12.10pm-1.10pm: Small states among larger powers.
Solomon Island High Commissioner Eliam Tangirongo
• 1.10pm-2pm: Lunch break
• 2pm-3pm: Small states and the development of international law
Speakers:
Dr Joanna Siekiera (TBC)
TBA
- 3pm-4pm: Asia’s Cauldron and Strategic Cooperation : Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Architecture
Reps from the US and Taiwan
4pm-4.10pm: Break
• 4.10pm-5.10pm: Concluding panel: Strategic Cooperation and the influence of small allies and partners
Speakers:
Sergeant Major Anthony A. Spadaro (Ret)
TBA
7 pm: Dinner, Public Kitchen, Steamer Wharf/Beach, Queenstown
Day 2:
• 8.30am: Arrival coffee and tea
• 8.30am-9am: Opening Remarks:Violation of Alliance Norms: Possible threat and cooperation
MGen Gert-Johannes Hagemann, APSI Forum and Center of Excellence
• 9am-10am:
Global Communications: Threats and Challenges
Reps from the US and NATO
• 10am-11am: EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
-Reps from EU and NATO
• 11am-11.10am: Break
• 11.10am -12.10pm: Strategic Partnership with non-state actors
Reps from Indonesia and Singapore
• 12.10pm-1.10pm: Transnational and Trans-government coalition
Reps from Australia and the Philippines
• 1.10pm-2pm: Lunch break
• 2pm-3pm: Nuclear Multilateralism and Coercive Diplomacy
Reps from the US and NATO
• 3pm-3.10pm: Break
• 3.10pm-4.10pm Nuclear Asia
Reps from India and Pakistan
4.10pm-5.10pm: Concluding panel: Power Bargaining and Cooperation among Allies
Appreciation evening organised by APSI COE community hub
Speakers:
Dr Barnaby Pace and Maxwell Abbott
Post-summit:
Mocktail @ below zero ice bar, Searle Lane, Queenstown
2021 Summit: Strengthening Security Resiliency Through Partnerships and Alliances
March 29-31
Due to travel restrictions, some speakers will participate virtually
Day 1 : Rethinking National Security in the Global Arena
Facilitators: Dr Anita Abbott, MGen (Ret) Gert-Johannes Hagemann, and Sergeant Major (Ret) Anthony Spadaro
7.30am-8am: Arrival Coffee and Tea
8am-8.15am: Waiata, National Anthem "God Defend New Zealand" and karakia
8.15 am – 8.30 am: Welcoming address: Dr Anita Abbott
8.30am-9am: Opening Remarks: Dr Jesus Domingo, Philippine Ambassador to New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa &Tonga
9am-10am: Tour D'Horizon
Speaker: MGen (Ret) Gert-Johannes Hagemann, APSI Center of Excellence
Mode of delivery: virtual
10am-10.10am: Morning tea break
10.10am-11.10am: Complexity, contradictions, and conundrums of the relationship with China
Speaker: Sergeant Major (Ret) Anthony Spadaro, APSI Center of Excellence
Mode of delivery: virtual
11.10am.12.10pm: Security Challenges and Strategic Arms Reduction
Speakers:
- Guy Roberts, Former US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Defense Programs
- Hunter Stires, Fellow at Hattendorf Center for Maritime Historical Research, U.S. Naval War College
Mode of Delivery: Virtual
12.10pm-1.10pm: Non-traditional security threats and their impact
Speaker: MGen John Hartley (Ret), Institute Director and CEO at Future Directions, International, Australia
Mode of delivery: virtual
1.10pm-2pm : Networking lunch
2pm-3.30pm: Addressing contemporary threats to national security
Facilitator: Lt Col John Black, US Marine Corps
Speakers:
Nickolas Dynon, Defsec Media
Simon O'Connor, Member of Parliament for the great seat of Tamaki
3.30pm-3.40pm: Coffee break
3.40pm-4.40pm: Human and social aspects of security
Speakers:
- Don Lord, Hagar NZ (Human trafficking)
- Professor Dwi Andreas Santosa (Food Policy)
4.40pm-5.10pm: Concluding Remarks: Dr Barnaby Pace, APSI COE
Dinner at Novotel Hotel: 6.30pm-8.30pm
MC: Maxwell Abbott
Speech:
His Worship the Mayor Jim Boult, Queenstown Lakes District
Day 2 : Strategic Thinking and Leadership, and Strengthening Security Resiliency Through Partnerships and Alliances
How do states interact when their interests differ? What if each player is playing a different game? What if there is competition together with cooperation?
Facilitators: Brett Murphy and Sergeant Major (Ret) Anthony Spadaro
7am-8am: Breakfast and press conference
8.00 am- 8.30 am: Opening remarks: MGen Karsten Stoye, Chief Of Staff - NATO HQ AIRCOM
8.30am-9.30am: Strengthening Security Resiliency Through Partnerships and Alliances
Speaker: General Paolo Ruggiero, the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
Mode of delivery: virtual : https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/142543949
9.30am-10.30am: Developing host nation capabilities to protect and advance mutually beneficial objectives
Speaker: Lt Col John Black, US Marine Corps
Mode of delivery: Virtual
10.30am-10.45.am :Coffee break
10.45am-11.45am: Implications of hybrid threats for the Australian Defence Force
Speaker: Dr Andrew Dowse AO, ECU Director Defence Research and Engagement, Australia
Mode of delivery: virtual
11.45am-12.30pm: Networking lunch
12.30pm-1.30pm: Human Factors - the missing piece
Speaker: Gillian Somerville, GES Consulting, New Zealand
Mode of delivery: virtual
1.30pm-2.30pm: Australia’s pushback and the weaponization of COVID -19
Speaker: Professor Sascha-Dominik Dov Bachmann, University of Canberra
Mode of delivery: virtual
2.30pm-3.30pm: Weaponised Narrative
Speaker: Pamela Williamson, LLB, MCTS, Sky Canopy Consulting
3.30pm-3.40pm: Afternoon tea break
3.40pm-5.15pm: Global conflict resolution
Facilitator: Sergeant Major (Ret) Anthony Spadaro
Speakers:
Col Shigehiro Noshita, Defence Attache to Papua New Guinea and Army Attache to Australia, Fiji and New Zealand
Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision: Providing a path for peace and security in the region
Mode of delivery: virtual
MGen Ravi Arora, CEO and Chief Editor 'Indian Military Review'
Conflict and Resolution: CCP aggressive moves in Ladakh region of Jammu & Kashmir
Mode of delivery: virtual
Bill Chen, Representative from Taiwan
Regional security and Indo-Pacific, Taiwan's Perspective
5.15pm-5.30pm: Concluding Remarks: Strategic Thinking and Leadership for Future Partnerships and Alliances
Speaker:Lt Col John Black, US Marine Corps
5.30pm-6.30pm: Appreciation Evening
MC: Maxwell Abbott
Speaker: Joseph Mooney, Member of Parliament for Southland, National Party
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