On Monday October 27, 2008, in Ottawa, the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute held its 7th annual conference on foreign policy and defence issues. This year the conference explored four key areas of cross-border relations: territorial and resource issues; multilateral and unilateral relations and spheres of influence; North American defence issues; and border issues such as cross-border business, immigration, and intellectual property rights.
The final session of the conference was entitled "Territorial and Resource Issues" and featured Brian Flemming, Diddy Hitchins (University of Anchorage), and Mead Treadwell (U.S. Artic Research Commission).