Speakers and Panels

Speakers and Panels

9:00 a.m. -9:45 a.m.

Kickoff Address

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani

Former Mayor of New York City

Sponsored by

Wednesday, January 31

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Luncheon Forum: “Cost & Compromise: What Kind of Fleet Should We Build?”*

Discussion Host:

Dr. Dov S. Zakheim

former Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer

Featured Guest:

VADM John G. Morgan, Jr., USN

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information, Plans and Strategy (N3/N5)

Featured Guest:

RADM Michael C. Bachmann, USN

Commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

Wednesday, January 31

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Honors Dinner Keynote Address*

VADM Charles D. Wurster, USCG

Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area

Thursday, February 1

8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Breakfast Address*

Mr. Dave Wennergren

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Information Management and Technology)
Deputy Department of Defense Chief Information Officer

Thursday, February 1

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Luncheon Keynote Address *

ADM James G. Stavridis, USN

Commander, U.S. Southern Command

Friday, February 2

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Fast-track Breakfast Address

LTC John A. Nagl, USA

Commanding Officer
1st Battalion, 34th Armor

Fort Riley, Kansas

Author, Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife:

Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam

Friday, February 2

Noon – 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon Keynote Address*

VADM Mark J. Edwards, USN

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communication Networks (N6)

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Panel Sessions

Wednesday, January 31

10:45 a.m. – Noon

Panel: “Endgame Iraq: What are the Operational Lessons Learned?”

Moderator:
MG David L. Grange, USA (Ret.)

President and Chief Executive Officer

McCormick Tribune Foundation

Panelists:

Brig Gen (Sel.) Michael Callan, USAF
Commander, Air Force Special Operations Forces;

Director of Operations, Air Force Special Operations Command

CDR Steve Wisotzki, USN
Chief of Staff, Naval Special Warfare Group One
former Commander, SEAL Team One

LTC John A. Nagl, USA

Commanding Officer
1st Battalion, 34th Armor

Fort Riley, Kansas

Author, Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam

Col Michael A. Shupp, USMC
Chief of Staff, Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), Department of Defense

former Commander, First Marine Regiment, First Marine Division

former Commander, Regimental Combat Team One, Operation Al Fajr

Wednesday, January 31

2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Panel: “Port Security: How Do We Defeat the Threat?”

Moderator:
CAPT Joe Bouchard, USN (Ret.)

Executive Director, Center for Homeland Security and Defense

Zel Technologies, LLC

Panelists:
VADM Barry M. Costello, USN
Commander, Third Fleet

Dr. Stephen E. Flynn
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
Council on Foreign Relations

Author, The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation

Mr. Bernd McConnell
Director, Interagency Coordination Directorate

Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Headquarters U.S. Northern Command

VADM Charles D. Wurster, USCG
Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area

Thursday, February 1

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Panel: “Joint Network Interoperability: How Do We Leverage and Protect Our Communications Network to Enable the 1,000-Ship Navy?”

Moderator:

VADM Herb Browne, USN (Ret.)

President and CEO, AFCEA International

Panelists:

Mr. Dennis M. Bauman
Joint Program Executive Officer, Joint Tactical Radio System

Mr. Gerard J. DeMuro

Executive Vice President, Information Systems and Technology

General Dynamics

VADM Mark Edwards, USN

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communication Networks (N6)

Thursday, February 1

11:00 a.m. – Noon

Panel: “Procurement at a Crossroads: How Do We Build the U.S. Piece of the 1,000-Ship Navy?”

Moderator:

Mr. Norman Polmar

Editor, Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet

Panelists:

LtCol Frank Hoffman, USMC (Ret.)
Research Fellow, Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities

Mr. Eric J. Labs

National Security Division, Congressional Budget Office

Author, “A CBO Study: Options for the Navy’s Future,”

Proceedings May 2006

VADM Martin J. Mayer, USN (Ret.)
Vice President, Business Strategy

Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors

CAPT Patricia M. Sudol, USN

Major Program Manager, PMS325 Sealift
Special Mission Ships, Boats and Craft, PEO Ships

Thursday, February 1

2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Panel: “Warfighters: How Do We Develop and Retain 21st Century Enlisted Leaders?”

Moderator:

MCPOCG Vince Patton III, USCG (Ret.)

Director, Community Outreach/Senior Program Manager DOD Projects

Military Advantage/Monster Worldwide

Panelist:

MCPOCG Charles W. Bowen, USCG

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard

MCPON Joe R. Campa, Jr., USN
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy

SgtMaj R. D. Himsworth, USMC
Sergeant Major, II Marine Expeditionary Force

Friday, February 2

10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Panel: “A Maritime Strategy for Asia-Pacific: What Are the Competing Priorities?”

Moderator:

CAPT Peter Swartz, USN (Ret.)

Strategy and Policy Analyst, Center for Strategic Studies, Center for Naval Analyses

Panelists:

RADM Roger Girouard, OMM, CD
Commander, Maritime Forces Pacific (Canada)

LtGen Wallace C. Gregson, Jr., USMC (Ret.)

Former Commander, Marine Forces Pacific

Commodore Jack McCaffrie, RANR
Visiting Fellow, Sea Power Centre

RADM Michael McDevitt, USN (Ret.)
Director, Center for Strategic Studies, Center for Naval Analyses