DETERRENCE SYMPOSIUM AGENDA

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Symposium Registration & Breakfast

8:00 AM - 8:05 AM

Opening Remarks

Rear Admiral Thomas Buchanan, Director, Plans and Policy, United States Strategic Command 

8:05 AM - 8:15 AM

Welcoming Remarks: Commander's Assessment

Admiral Richard Correll, Commander, United States Strategic Command 

8:15 AM - 9:30 AM

Panel #1: Confronting Strategic Threat Vectors 

Moderator: TBD

Panel:

  • Lieutenant General Michael Lutton, Deputy Commander, United States Strategic Command
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Break

9:50 AM - 10:20 AM

Keynote Speaker: NDS and Nuclear Strategy Review

Honorable Elbridge Colby, Under Secretary of War for Policy

10:20 AM - 11:00 AM

Fireside Chat: The Shaping and Formation of the NDS, w/Q&A

Honorable Elbridge Colby, Under Secretary of War for Policy

Moderator: Mr. Michael Froman, President on the Council of Foreign Relations

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Break

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Keynote Speaker: U.S. Strategy and Global Stability

TBD

1:00 PM - 1:20 PM

Break

1:25 PM - 2:45 PM

Panel #2: Defend the U.S. Homeland

 

Panel:

  • Lieutenant General Joseph Jarrad, Deputy Commander, United States Northern Command 
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Media Roundtable

Break

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Panel #3: Deter China in the Indo-Pacific Through Strength, Not Confrontation

Moderator: TBD

Panel:

  • Major General AnnMarie Anthony, Director of the Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Center, United States Strategic Command
5:30 PM

Informal Reception 

Capitol District

7:00 AM - 7:45 AM

International Breakfast

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Symposium Registration (AS REQ) & Breakfast 

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Keynote Speaker: U.S. Strategy and the Nuclear Security Enterprise

TBD

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Panel #4: Increasing Burden-Sharing with U.S. Allies and Partners

Moderator: TBD

Panel: 

  • Mr. Alexander Velez-Green, Senior Advisor to Under Secretary of War for Policy
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

Break

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Panel #5: Supercharge the Defense Industrial Base

Moderator: TBD

Panel: 

  • General Dale White, Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Critical Major Weapons Systems
  • Vice Admiral Robert Gaucher, Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Critical Major Weapons Systems
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Keynote Speaker: Air and Missile Defenses: Golden Dome and Beyond 

TBD

1:30 PM - 1:35 PM

General Larry D. Welch Writing Award Presentation

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Break

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Panel #6: The 2026 National Defense Strategy: A Framework for Force Planning 

Moderator: TBD

Panel:

  • Mr. Austin Dahmer, Performing the duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of War for Policy
3:15 PM - 3:50 PM

Closing Comments

Admiral Richard Correll, Commander, United States Strategic Command 

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