Maritime Security Challenges (MSC) Conference: Building the Navies of the Future

The event will bring together subject matter experts and security practitioners from around the world to consider the most complex and challenging issues facing navies in the Asia-Pacific region.

Over the three-day event, registrants will be given the opportunity to participate in both formal panels and informal networking opportunities to carry out their deliberations as guests of the Canadian Navy at Maritime Forces Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia.

Notable speakers featured in the current draft programme for MSC 08 include:

Professor Geoffrey Till, UK Defense Academy
Dr. Daniel Rosen, Rhodium Group, LLC
Vice Admiral Ravi Ganesh, Indian Navy (ret’d)

Professor Rob Huebert, Director, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies

Mr. Giles Noakes, Head of Security, BIMCO

Hosted by Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC), the MSC conference will include panels that focus on naval shipbuilding programmes, maritime energy flows, Iranian and South African naval developments, naval professionalization and staffing, regional submarine programmes, maritime domain awareness, naval operations in the War on Terror, and strategic maritime issues in the Arctic Ocean. In addition to the daily programme, we will welcome our guests aboard a Canadian patrol frigate for a day sail, and host conference events at some of Victoria’s most scenic and prestigious venues, including the Union Club, the Maritime Museum of British Columbia, and the Officers’ Wardroom at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt. All conference venues were chosen to exhibit Victoria’s credentials as one of the premier maritime communities in the Asia-Pacific region.

Please note that MSC 08 is an exclusive event hosted by MARPAC for selected guests by invitation only. If you have not yet received an official invitation, but are interested in participating in this year’s event, please contact baart.dr@forces.gc.ca.