Watch Live: 2016 Ottawa Forum on foreign affairs

The Ottawa Forum is an annual gathering of the leading foreign affairs thinkers. The event at the Chateau Laurier is organized by Canada 2020 and the Centre for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa.

This year, topics range from refugees and migrational, international institutions, global conflict, the North American relationships and how to properly develop an Asia strategy.

Friday at 8:30 ET:

Marc-André Blanchard, Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative-designate to the United Nations

9:15 a.m.:

Nowhere to Go – Displaced Persons and their Effect on Global Stability

11 a.m.:

The Changing Nature of Global Power

12:30 p.m.:

Closing address

Hon. Harjit Sajjan, PC, MP, Minister of National Defence