Speakers and Panels

 

Featured Speakers

Tuesday, February 2
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Kickoff Address     

Gen James E. Cartwright, USMC (confirmed)

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

 

   

Tuesday, February 2

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

Luncheon Address *

ADM James G. Stavridis, USN (confirmed)
NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

Commander, U.S. European Command

 

   

Wednesday, February 3

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

Breakfast Dialogue: "What Kind of Navy Does America Need?" *

Moderator:

Mr. David Hartman (confirmed)

former Host, Good Morning America

   
 

Participants:

The Honorable Jim Webb (invited)
U.S. Senator, Virginia

former Secretary of the Navy

   

The Honorable Robert O. Work (invited)  

Under Secretary of the Navy

   

Wednesday, February 3

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

Luncheon Address*

Gen James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.) (invited)
U.S. National Security Advisor
former Commandant of the Marine Corps

   
Thursday, February 4

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

Plenary Address

Dr. Ralph W. Shrader (confirmed)

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Booz Allen Hamilton

   
Thursday, February 4

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

Luncheon Address*

ADM Gary Roughead, USN (confirmed)
Chief of Naval Operations

 

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Panel Sessions

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Tuesday, February 2

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Winning Wars: Did the QDR Get it Right?

Email Questions

Moderator:

LtCol Frank Hoffman, USMCR (Ret.) (confirmed)
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute

Research Fellow, Marine Corps Combat Development Command

Panelists:

VADM Kevin Cosgriff, USN (Ret.) (confirmed)

former Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command

former Commander, U.S. FIFTH Fleet

Dr. Andrew Krepinevich (invited)

President
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

Dr. Thomas G. Mahnken (confirmed)

Acting Director, Strategic Studies Institute
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
former Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning

Ronald O'Rourke (confirmed)

Specialist in National Defense
Congressional Research Service

 

Tuesday, February 2

2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Cyber Issues: What Should Be the Priorities?

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Moderator:
VADM Nancy Brown, USN (Ret.) (confirmed)

former J6, Joint Chiefs of Staff

Panelists:

Robert J. Carey (confirmed)

Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer

Norman Friedman (confirmed)

Author, Network-Centric Warfare: How Navies Learned to Fight Smarter Through Three World Wars

VADM Carl V. Mauney, USN (confirmed)

Deputy Commander
U.S. Strategic Command

Ms. Terry W. Roberts (confirmed)

Executive Director of the Acquisition Support Program/Interagency and Cyber

Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute

former Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence

 

 

Wednesday, February 3

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

What Can Be Done with North Korea?

Email Questions

Moderator:

Daniel C. Sneider, MA (invited)

Associate Director for Research, Shorenstein APARC

Stanford University

Panelists:

AMB Joseph DeTrani (confirmed)

Associate Director of National Intelligence

North Korea Mission Manager

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

The Honorable Wallace "Chip" Gregson (invited)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs

The Honorable Ichiro Fujisaki (invited)

Japanese Ambassador to the United States

 

 

Wednesday, February 3

11:00 a.m. - Noon

Pirates: How Do We Defeat Them?

Email Questions

Moderator:
Dr. Virginia Lunsford (confirmed)

Professor of History
U.S. Naval Academy

Panelists:

RADM Terence E. McKnight, USN (confirmed)

Expeditionary Strike Group 2
Commander, Task Force 51/59/151

CAPT Gordan Van Hook, USN (Ret.) (confirmed)

Senior Director, Innovation and Concept Development

Maersk Line Limited

CAPT Chuck Wolf, USN (confirmed)

Commander, Naval Special Warfare Group 4

 

 

Wednesday, February 3

2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Global Maritime Domain Awareness: Can It Be Achieved?

Email Questions

Moderator:

Mr. Richard L. Haver (confirmed)
Corporate Vice President for Intelligence Programs

Northrop Grumman

Panelists:

Mr. F.R. “Joe” Call, III (confirmed)

Strategic Advisor, Assistant Commandant for Intelligence and Criminal Investigations

U.S. Coast Guard

Mr. Christopher A. Miller (confirmed)

Program Executive Officer, C4I

CAPT Bruce Stubbs, USCG (Ret.) (confirmed)

Director
DoD Executive Agent for Maritime Domain Awareness

 

Thursday, February 4

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Affordability Is the Issue: How Do We Creatively Exploit Today's Capabilities to Meet the New Threats?

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Moderator:

Mr. Richard Diamond, Jr. (confirmed)
Strategic Planner
Raytheon IDS Strategic Assessments

Panelists:

VADM Jack Dorsett, USN (invited)  

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance (N2/N6)    

Col Tom Erhard, USAF (Ret.) (invited)  

Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force      

VADM John Lockard, USN (Ret.) (invited)  

Chief Operating Officer
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems      

The Honorable Robert O. Work (invited)  

Under Secretary of the Navy