APF Canada (secretariat for CANCPEC members) with the support of government and private sector partners organized the first of its kind international conference on the Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Charting a Common Approach in Vancouver, Canada between 22-23 January 2020. Hosted by APF Canada, the forum served as a venue for informed scholarship and policy discussion to develop a strategy and response to regional issues surrounding the Indo-Pacific, an emerging geopolitical construct that extends from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific. Topics discussed included Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) governance, economic interconnectivity and security challenges. CANCPEC Chair Don Campbell and Vice-Chair Hugh Stephens both participated in the event.