JOS 2026 Preliminary Program

All-Domain Defence of Canada and its Approaches: 20 May 2026 (CAN Unclassied)
Time Schedule Location and presentation

07:30 – 08:30

Registration / Reception

Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Canada

08:40 – 09:30

Welcome / Opening Addresses

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

Commissioner, Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), Senior Associate Deputy Minister (SADM) Kevin Brosseau

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-minute address followed by a 20-minute Q&A

Dr Andrea 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 Timothy Arsenault

Panelists:

  • CSIS Assistant Director, Paul Lynd
  • Director General, Fleet and Maritime Services CCG, Neil O’Rourke
  • Comd CFINTCOM, MGen Dave Abboud
  • NORAD and USNORTHCOM, Senior Intelligence Officer, Jason Croyle

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch & Networking Opportunity

12:30 - 13:30

13:30 - 15:00

Panel Two

Approaches to National Defence.

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:

  • Director General Continental Defence Policy, Johnathan Quinn
  • 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-minute brief followed by a 20-minute Q&A

DG Continental Defence, BGen Jason Adair

16:30 - 17:00

Closing Remarks

CCJOC, LGen Steve Boivin

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