JOS 2026 Preliminary Program

07:30 – 08:25

Registration / Reception

Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Canada

08:30 – 08:45

Welcome

Commander, Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC), LGen Steve Boivin

08:45 – 09:30

Opening Addresses

Deputy Minister of Nat’l Defence, Ms. Christiane Fox Chief of the Defence Staff, representant (TBC)

09:30 - 10:30

Keynote Address

Topic: Credible deterrence in an increasingly contested environment; NORAD modernization, domain awareness, NATO resilience, and how the CAF must enhance its capacity for autonomous, all-domain operations, underpinned by effective strategic communication.

Thematic: 40 min address followed by a 20 min Q&A

Dr Andréa Charron, PhD (CAN)

10:30 - 11:00

Health Break, Networking Opportunity

11:00 - 12:30

Panel One

Understanding the Threat and the Operational Environment; Decision-Making in a Complex All-Domain Environment.

Format: Five to Seven-minute introductory remarks by the moderator and each panelist followed by a panel discussion and Q&A

Moderator: DComd CJOC, MGen Arsenault

Panelists:

• CSIS Assistant Director, Paul Lynd
• Director General, Fleet and Maritime Services CCG, Neil O’Rourke
• Comd CFINTCOM, MGen Dave Abboud
• USNORTHCOM J2, BGen Steven Gorski

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch & Networking Opportunity

12:30 - 13:30

13:30 - 15:00

Panel Two

Approaches to National Defense.

Format: Five to Seven-minute introductory remarks by the moderator and each panelist followed by a panel discussion and Q&A

Moderator: Comd CJFC, LGen Darcy Molstad

Panelists:

• ADM (Pol) Jacob Abella
• Associate DM (Emergency Management) of Public Safety, Jeffery Hutchinson
• Operational Comd of the Polish Armed Forces, LGen Maciej Klisz
• SHAPE ACOS J5, BGen Eric Laforest

15:00 - 15:30

Health Break, Networking Opportunity

15:30 - 16:30

Presentation on the CADDP (unclass brief)

Format: 40 min brief followed by a 20 min Q&A

DG Continental Defence, BGen Jason Adair

16:30 - 17:00

Closing Remarks

CCJOC, LGen Steve Boivin