Part Way There: Technology for UN Peace Operations

Partnership for Technology in Peacekeeping, Seoul, South Korea, 7-9 November 2016

 Technology for UN Peace Operations: A Demonstration

National Defence University, Washington, DC, 21 September 2016

 Testimony to the Senate Committee on National Security and Defence

Parliament Hill, Ottawa, 19 September 2016,

 Testimony quoted in Committee's report
"UN Deployment: Prioritizing commitments at home and abroad" (pdf) 

 Canada and the Future of UN Peace Operations

National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, 31 May 2016

"Unprepared for Peace?
The Decline of Canadian Peacekeeping Training (and What to Do About It)"

 Parliament Hill, Ottawa, 2 February 2016

“UN Peacekeeping: The Rise of Tech-Contributing Countries”

Canadian Pugwash Research Roundtable, Ottawa City Hall, November 29, 2015

“Securing a Nuclear Weapons-Free World:  Creating and retaining the replacement regime
(Support for the United Nations)”

Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Ottawa City Hall, November 30 (1 pm)

“The Decline of Canadian Peacekeeping Training”

Location to be determined, Rideau Institute, Ottawa, December 17.

“Canada as a Voice for Peace and Development?  A Post-Election Conversation”

Introduction of Hon. Lloyd Axworthy, former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs

University of Toronto, 9 November 2015

Video: youtu.be/baT6vFX7hwE

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“Drones and Peacekeeping: The DR Congo and Beyond”

New America Foundation

23 July 2015, Washington, DC

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zGb81saBUE&list=PLNoVefpaPtVNgX2elWDk3eUsJVI5smLOM

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“Canada, the Responsibility to Protect and New Technology”

McMaster University, Hamilton, 12 June 2015
Keynote address delivered with the Hon. Lloyd Axworthy

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“UN Peacekeeping and Technology"

US/UN PKO Technology Table Top Discussion

10-12 February 2015

National Defense University, Washington DC

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 “Peacekeeping Technologies: A Demonstration with Toys”

University of Ottawa, June 16

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“From the League to the UN Today: Hats Off to You, Mr. Wilson!”
President Woodrow Wilson House, Washington, DC, October 24.

“Evolution in Technology and in Peacekeeping: A Demonstration”
Luncheon speech and demonstration, 8th Annual TIDES Technology Demonstration,
National Defence University, Ft. McNair, Washington, DC, October 8.

“Lessons from World War I and the Paris Peace Conference”
in a panel on “World War 1 and Contemporary Policy on War and Peace,”
Canadian War Museum, September 27, 3 pm.

“Peace Talks and a Peacekeeping Force for Afghanistan?”
in panel  “Pursuing an Afghan Peace: Women, Civil Society and Blue Helmets,”
Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, September 29, 12 noon. 

Book Launch
Air Power in UN Operations: Wings for Peace
Hart House, University of Toronto, September 16 (featuring Lieutenant-General (ret'd) Roméo Dallaire)
(video)

“Practical Technologies to Save Lives: A demonstration for humanitarian and peacekeeping missions”
University College, University of Toronto, September 17. (video)

Introduction of Gwynne Dyer, 15 November 2013
University of Toronto

“UN Technology on the Frontlines:
Addressing the Crises in Syria and the D.R. Congo”

sponsored by the House Central African Caucus,
Rayburn Building, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC,
September 16.

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“Peacekeeping Technology for the Protection of Civilians”
Keynote, Forum for the International Day of UN Peacekeepers,
National Defense University (NDU), Washington, D.C.
May 29. (poster, pdf)

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Protecting People with Technology:
Modernizing U.N. Peacekeeping

Stimson Centre, Washington, DC

(invitation, pdf)

29 May 2013
(International Day of UN Peacekeepers)

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Peacekeeping Technology

US Institute for Peace, Washington DC

30 May 2013

(photo of photodrone demonstration)

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FACULTÉ DE PHILOSOPHIE / FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY
Domincan University College / Collège Universitaire Dominincain

Fifty years after the world came to the brink of nuclear war, there is still an important story to tell about the resolution of the crisis. UN Secretary-General U Thant served as a mediator between the superpowers and deserves credit in the history books for his bold initiatives that literally helped save the world. There are many lessons for today’s crises.

Dr. Walter Dorn, PhD, University of Toronto

Whiff of Grape

January 31, 2012

Toronto

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Unmanned Vehicle Systems in UN Peace Operations

Canadian Unmanned Vehicle System Summit

Ottawa Convention Centre, 10:30 am, 14 December 2011

organized by the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement

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Keeping Watch :
Monitoring, Technology and Innovation in UN Peace Operations

http://www.cerium.ca/Keeping-Watch-Monitoring

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KEEPING WATCH: Monitoring, Technology and Innovation in UN Peace Operations Walter Dorn Royal Military College of Canada Knowledge is power. In the hands of the UN peacekeepers, it can be a power for peace. Lacking knowledge, peacekeepers often find themselves powerless in the field, unable to protect themselves and others. The United Nations owes it to its peacekeepers and the “peacekept” to utilize modern tools to make its monitoring and surveillance effective. In this presentation on his book, Keeping Watch, Professor Dorn explains how technology can increase the range, effectiveness and accuracy of UN observation. The unaided UN military observer with the "mark one eyeball" can observe little. Satellites, aircraft and ground sensors cover wider areas over longer periods of time, while decreasing intrusiveness. Yet, in addition to the numerous benefits of technology for UN Peace Operations, Dorn also outlines the potential problems and pitfalls with modern technologies and the challenges of incorporating them into the UN system Walter Dorn teaches military officers and civilians at the Canadian Forces College (CFC) and at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC). He is a professor of defence studies and Chair of the Department of Security and International Affairs at CFC. He has both studied and served on UN peace operations, and worked as a consultant to the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations.   Monday, 5 December 2011 12:30 - 2:00 pm Alumni Boardroom Carleton University Light sandwich lunch will be provided.

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