Speakers and Panels

 

Featured Speakers

Tuesday, May 11
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Kickoff Address     

LTG Michael L. Oates, USA (confirmed)

Director
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization

   

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

Luncheon Address *

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

Tuesday, May 11
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

What Should Be Done to Secure the Homelands?

Moderator:

Mr. David Hartman (confirmed)

former Host, Good Morning America
   
  Participants:

The Honorable Michael Chertoff (confirmed)
Senior of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
   

ADM Timothy J. Keating, USN (Ret.) (confirmed)
former Commander

U.S. Pacific Command
   

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

   

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

Luncheon Address *

GEN David H. Petraeus, USA (confirmed - via VTC)

Commander
U.S. Central Command

   

Thursday, May 13

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

Plenary Address

Gen Craig R. McKinley, USAF (confirmed)

Chief, National Guard Bureau
   

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

Luncheon Address * 

Gen James N. Mattis, USMC (confirmed)

Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command

 

 

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Panel Sessions

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

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

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

Panelists:

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

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

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

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

Dr. Michael Vlahos (confirmed)

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?

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

Panelists:

MAJ Bruce Gannaway, USA (confirmed)
Syracuse University

Maj Dino Mora, Italian Army (confirmed)

HUMINT/CI Staff Officer

Allied Command Transformation
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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

Capt Kirby R. Warms, USMC (confirmed)
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? Moderator: Dr. Linton Wells II (confirmed)
Distinguished Research Professor Force Transformation Chair
Center for Technology and National Security Policy

Panelists:

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

VADM Doug Crowder, USN (Ret.) (confirmed)

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

Mr. James Kunder (confirmed)

Senior Resident Fellow

The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Ms. Linda Specht (confirmed)

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?

Moderator: Mr. Jamie McIntyre (confirmed)

Host, "Line of Departure", Military.com

former Senior Pentagon Correspondent, CNN

Panelists:

LTG Keith M. Huber, USA (confirmed)

Deputy Commander

U.S. Joint Forces Command

VADM Robert C. Parker, USCG (confirmed)

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

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

 

 

Wednesday, May 12
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Small Unit Excellence: What Will It Take?

Moderator: BG David L. Grange, USA (Ret.) (confirmed)
Chief Executive Officer

PPD, Inc.

Panelists:

Col Thomas X. Hammes, USMC (Ret.) (confirmed)
Author, The Sling and The Stone: On War in the 21st Century

MG Stephen R. Layfield, USA (confirmed)
Director, Joint Training Directorate
U.S. Joint Forces Command


MCPO Danny Marshall, USN (confirmed)
USSOCOM NSWG2

 

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

How Do We Fight Through a Digital Meltdown?

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

Panelists:

Mr. Robert J. Carey (confirmed)

Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer

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

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

Maj Gen Kevin J. Kennedy, USAF (confirmed)
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?

Moderator: Mr. Vago Muradian (confirmed)

Editor, Defense News

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

Panelists:

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

Mr. Jeffrey P. Bialos (confirmed)

Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP

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

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