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~ Agenda ~ North American Forum Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel Banff, Alberta September 12-14, 2006 Continental Prosperity in the New Security Environment Session I: Opening comments by Messrs. Aspe, Lougheed and Shultz Session II: A Vision for North America: Issues and Options Session III: Toward a North American Energy Strategy Session IV: Opportunities for Security Cooperation in North America (Parts I and II) Session V: Demographic and Social Dimensions of North American Integration Session VI: Border Infrastructure and Continental Prosperity Session VII: Roundtable Conversation with the Co-Chairs

Attendance list:
North American forum
Banff, Alberta

Donald Rumsfeld, George Schultz among U.S. officials on roster

Posted: September 21, 2006

North American Forum Co-Chairs:

• Dr. Pedro Aspe
• Hon. Peter Lougheed
• Hon. George Shultz

Canadian Participants [Prior or Current Government or Armed Forces representatives]

• Col. Peter Atkinson, Special Advisor to Chief of Defence Staff
• Hon. Perrin Beatty, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
• Mr. Peter M. Boehm, Assistant Deputy Minister, North America, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
• Mr. Thomas d'Aquino, Canadian Council of Chief Executives
• Hon. Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, Government of Canada
• Dr. Wendy Dobson, The Institute for International Business
• Mr. N. Murray Edwards, Edco Financial Holdings Ltd.
• Mr. Ward Elcock, Deputy Minister of National Defence
• Mr. Bill Elliott, Associate Deputy Minister, Public Safety
• Dr. John English, The Cdn Centre for International Governance Innovation
• Mr. Brian Felesky, Felesky Flynn LLP
• Mr. Richard L. George, Suncor Energy Inc.
• Dr. Roger Gibbins, Canada West Foundation
• Rear Adm Roger Girouard, Commander Joint Task Force Pacific, Cdn Forces
• Major Gen Daniel Gosselin, Director General, International Security Policy
• Mr. James K. Gray, Canada West Foundation
• Mr. Fred Green, Canadian Pacific Railway
• Mr. V. Peter Harder, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Mr. Paul J. Hill, Harvard Developments Inc.
• General Rick Hillier, Chief of the Defence Staff
• Mr. Pierre Marc Johnston, Heenan Blaikie
• Mr. James Kinnear, Pengrowth Corporation
• Mr. Harold N. Kvisle, TransCanada Corporation
• Hon. John P. Manley, McCarthy Tetrault LLP
• Mr. Ron Mannix, Coril Holdings Ltd.
• Mr. Ron Mathison, Matco Investments
• Hon. Anne McLellan, Senior Counsel, Bennett Jones
• Hon. Greg Melchin, Minister of Energy, Government of Alberta
• Ms.Sharon Murphy, Chevron Canada
• Ms. Sheila O'Brien, President, Corporate Director, Belvedere Investments
• Hon. Gordon O'Connor, Minister of Defense, Government of Canada
• Mr. Berel Rodal, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
• Mr. Gordon Smith, Chairman, The International Development Research Centre

American Participants

• Ms. Deborah Bolton, Political Advisor to Commander, US Northcom
• Mr. Ron T. Covais, President, The Americas, Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Sec. Kenneth W. Dam, Max Pam Professor Emeritus of American & Foreign Law and Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School
• Mr. Dan Fisk, Senior Director, Western Hemisphere, National Security Council
• Sec. Ryan Henry, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• Ms. Carla A. Hills, Chairman & CEO, Hills & Co.
• Ms. Caryn Hollis, DASD (Acting) Western Hemisphere Affairs
• Mr. Bill Irwin , Manager - International Government Affairs; Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Chevron Corporation
• Mr. Robert G. James, President, Enterprise Asset Management Inc.
• Admiral Tim Keating, Commander, US Northern Command
• Mr. Floyd Kvamme, Chair, President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology; Director, Centre for Global Security Res.
• Dr. Ronald F. Lehman II , Director, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Mr. William W. McIlhenny, Policy Planning Council for Western Hemisphere Affairs
• Dr. Peter McPherson , President, National Association of State Universities & Land-Grant Colleges
• Ms. Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute
• Dr. George Miller, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Mr. George Nethercutt, Chairman, US Section of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, US Canada (Security)
• Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Journalist for Wall Street Journal (Area Specialist)
• Dr. Robert A. Pastor, Director, Center for North American Studies, American University, Washington, DC
• Dr. William Perry, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project
• Lt. Gen. Gene Renuart, USAF Senior Military Assist. to Sec. Rumsfeld
• Mr. Eric Ruff, , Department of Defense Press Secretary
• Sec. Donald R. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, US Department of Defense
• Dr. James Schlesinger, Former Sec. Of Energy & Defense
• Mr. William Schneider, President, International Planning Services
• Sec. Clay Sell, Deputy Secretary of Energy, US Dept. of Energy
• Dr. Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
• Dr. David G. Victor, Director, Program on Energy & Sustainable Development, Center for Environmental Science & Policy
• Maj. Gen. Mark A Volcheff, Director, Plans, Policy & Strategy, NORAD-NORTHCOM
• Ms. Jane Wales, President & CEO, World Affairs Council of Northern California
• Mr. R. James Woolsey, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

Mexican Participants:

• Emb Andrés Rozental, (Mexican Coordinator) Mexican Council on Foreign Relations
• Silvia Hernández , Former Senator and Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on North America
• Mario Molina , , 1995 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
• Fernando Chico Pardo , CEO, Promecap
• Juan Gallardo , , CEO, Grupo GEUSA
• Gerónimo Gutiérrez , Deputy Foreign Minister for North America
• Luis de la Calle , Consultant. Former Deputy Minister of Economy
• Agustín Barrios Gómez , Solutions Abroad
• Vinicio Suro, , PEMEX
• Eduardo Medina Mora , Secretary of Public Security
• Carlos Heredia , State Government of Michoacán
• Jaime Zabludowsky , Consultant. Former trade negotiator
• Manuel Arango , CEO, Grupo Concord
• Jorge Santibañez , President, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
• Luis Rubio, CIDAC
• Mónica Serrano , El Colegio de México, Señor Fellow Oxford University
• Arturo Sarukhan, Coordinator of Int'l Affairs, Campaign of Felipe Calderon
• Juan Camilo Mouriño, General Coordinator of President Elect's transition team
• Ernesto Cordero, Coordinator for Public Policy Issues Ambassadors/Consul General
• Mr. Carlos de Icaza, , Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
• Mr. Gaëtan Lavertu, Ambassador of Canada to Mexico
• Ms. Maria Teresa Garcia Segovia de Madero, Ambassador of Mexico to Canada
• Mr. Thomas Huffaker, U.S. Consul General in Calgary (on DOD's list)
• Mr. John Dickson, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy in Ottawa, (representing Ambassador of US to Canada)
• Mr. Colin Robertson, Minister & Head, Washington Advocacy Secretariat, (representing Ambassador of Canada to US)