Presentations

 

Audio and streaming video files are available below.

 

Featured Speakers

Tuesday, May 11
Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon Address *

ADM John C. Harvey, Jr., USN (confirmed)
 Commander
U.S. Fleet Forces Command

VIDEO | AUDIO
   

Wednesday, May 12
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Plenary Address

Gen Stéphane Abrial, French Air Force (confirmed)

NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation

VIDEO | AUDIO
   

Wednesday, May 12
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Luncheon Address *

GEN David H. Petraeus, USA

Commander
U.S. Central Command

VIDEO | AUDIO
   

Thursday, May 13

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Plenary Address

Gen Craig R. McKinley, USAF

Chief, National Guard Bureau

VIDEO | AUDIO
   

Thursday, May 13
Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon Address * 

Gen James N. Mattis, USMC

Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command

VIDEO | AUDIO

 

 

Panel Sessions

Tuesday, May 11
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Power Shifts: Who's Up? Who's Down? What's Changing?
VIDEO | AUDIO

Moderator: MG Robert H. Scales, USA (Ret.)

former Commandant, U.S. Army War College and Author

Panelists:

Dr. Patrick Cronin
Senior Advisor and Senior Director, Asia-Pacific Security Program
Center for a New American Security

Mr. Joe Purser
Director, Joint Futures Group
U.S. Joint Forces Command

VADM John G. Morgan, Jr., USN (Ret.)

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

Dr. Michael Vlahos

Professor of Strategy
Naval War College

 

 

Tuesday, May 11
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Fresh from the Fight: What Do Company Level Leaders See as the Threats?

VIDEO | AUDIO

Moderator: LTG Sir Graeme Lamb, British Army (Ret.)
former British Special Forces Commander

Panelists:

MAJ Bruce Gannaway, USA
Syracuse University

Maj Dino Mora, Italian Army

HUMINT/CI Staff Officer

Allied Command Transformation
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

LT Cedric Nelson-Williams, USN
Afghan Regional Security Integrated Command

CAPT Kirby R. Warms, USMC
Embedded Trainer with the Afghan National Army

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 12
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
What Needs to Be Done to Make the Interagency Pieces Work?

VIDEO | AUDIO

Moderator: Dr. Linton Wells II
Distinguished Research Professor Force Transformation Chair
Center for Technology and National Security Policy

Panelists:

Mr. Ori Brafman
Co-Author, The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations

VADM Doug Crowder, USN (Ret.)

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

Mr. James Kunder

Senior Resident Fellow

The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Ms. Linda Specht

Deputy Director, Arabian Peninsula Affairs, Near East Asia Bureau

U.S. Department of State

 

Wednesday, May 12
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Battles of Competing Narratives: Why Do They Matter?

VIDEO | AUDIO

Moderator: Mr. Jamie McIntyre

Host, "Line of Departure", Military.com

former Senior Pentagon Correspondent, CNN

Panelists:

LTG Keith M. Huber, USA

Deputy Commander

U.S. Joint Forces Command

VADM Robert C. Parker, USCG

Commander, Coast Guard Atlantic Area
Commander, Coast Guard Defense Force East

Dr. J. Michael Waller
Professor of International Communication, The Institute of World Politics
Vice President, Information Operations, Center for Security Policy

 

 

Wednesday, May 12
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

How Do We Fight Through a Digital Meltdown?

VIDEO | AUDIO

Moderator: VADM Herbert A. Browne, USN (Ret.)
former Deputy Commander
U.S. Space Command

Panelists:

Mr. Robert J. Carey

Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer

MG Michael D. Jones, USA
Director of Operations, J-3
U.S. Central Command

COL Michael J. Jones, USA
Office of the Chief of Cyber
Army CIO/G-6

Maj Gen Kevin J. Kennedy, USAF
Director for Capability Development (J8)
U.S. Joint Forces Command

 

Thursday, May 13
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

What Needs to Be Done to Make the Joint/Coalition Force Acquisition Interoperable?

VIDEO | AUDIO

Moderator: Mr. Vago Muradian

Editor, Defense News

former Managing Editor, Defense Daily International and Business and International Reporter, Defense Daily

Panelists:

RADM Charles Beers, USN (Ret.)
Vice President, Maritime Programs, Lockheed Martin
former Commander, Submarine Group Ten

Mr. Jeffrey P. Bialos

Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP

Ms. Valerie Bailey Grasso
Specialist, Defense Acquisition Policy
Congressional Research Service

Dr. A. Wayne Meeks
Executive Director, DASN Ships
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)