Speakers

Commander
United States Strategic Command
Gen Cotton is the Commander, United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), Offutt Air Force Base, Ne...(read more)
Senior Policy Fellow
National Defense University’s Center for Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Dr. Justin Anderson is a Senior Policy Fellow at National Defense University's Center for the Study ...(read more)
U.S. Congressman, Nebraska's 2nd District
Growing up and working on a farm in Illinois, Congressman Don Bacon learned first-hand how the value...(read more)
Deputy Commanding General
Special Operations Joint Task Force-Central Headquarters, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
Brigadier General Maurizio D. Calabrese is the Director of Intelligence and Information for North Am...(read more)
President
University of Nebraska
Ted Carter became the eighth president of the University of Nebraska on Jan. 1, 2020, following a na...(read more)
Director, Plans and Policy (J5)
U.S. Strategic Command
Rear Adm. Anthony Carullo is a native of Quincy, Massachusetts, and raised in Central Florida. He is...(read more)
Chief, Defense Counterproliferation Office
Defense Intelligence Agency
Mr. Chancellor oversees the planning and conduct of all aspects of all-source intelligence and produ...(read more)
Deputy Director
U.S. European Command
Brig. Gen. James D. Cleet is the Deputy Director of United States European Command Plans and Operati...(read more)
Chief of the Joint Staff
Latvian National Armed Forces
Latvia’s government appointed Major General Andis Dilāns as the new Chief of the Joint Staff of Latv...(read more)
Director of the new Indo-Pacific Security Initiative
Scrowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Markus Garlauskas is the director of the new Indo-Pacific Security Initiative of the Scowcroft Cente...(read more)
Senior Associate
National Institute for Public Policy
Dr. Geipel is a Senior Associate of the National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP) and serves as a ...(read more)
Executive Director of the Project on Managing the Atom
Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs
Dr. Giovannini is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tuft...(read more)
Cyber Strategist, Directorate of Operations (J3)
U.S. Cyber Command
Dr. Emily Goldman serves as a strategist at U.S. Cyber Command and a thought leader on cyber policy....(read more)
Defence Attache to USA and Canada, Royal Norwegian Embassy
Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence
Defence Attaché to USA and Canada, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence Majo...(read more)
Former Commander
USPACOM
Admiral Harris served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (ROK) from July 2018 to Januar...(read more)
Defense, Military, Naval and Air Attache
Finnish Defense Forces
Colonel Juha Helle is serving as a Defense, Military, Naval and Air Attaché to the United States of ...(read more)
Deputy Director of Intelligence
U.S. Strategic Command
Mr. Richard “Rick” Hoehne is the Deputy Director of Intelligence (DJ2) at United States Strategic Co...(read more)
Middle East Security & Nuclear Policy Specialist at the Program on Science & Global Security
Princeton University
Seyed Hossein Mousavian is a Middle East Security and Nuclear Policy Specialist at the Program on Sc...(read more)
Chief, Deterrence and Assurance Analysis Division (J57)
U.S. Strategic Command
Ms. LaSonde is the Division Chief for the Deterrence and Assurance Analysis Division within the USST...(read more)
Office of Strategic Stability and Deterrence
Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance
Vince Manzo is the Team Lead for Treaty Implementation and Compliance in the Office of Strategic Sta...(read more)
Deputy Director Nuclear Policy
UK MOD
Garret Martin joined the Ministry of Defence in 2001, having previously worked in the Houses of Parl...(read more)
Associate Professor
Vrije Universiteit Brussels
Dr. Alexander Mattelaer is an Associate Professor at the VUB Brussels School of Governance, where he...(read more)
Diplomatic Correspondent
Nikkei Asia
Ken Moriyasu is a reporter and editor with 20-plus years of experience at Japanese financial newspap...(read more)
Ph.D. Candidate and Researcher
University of British Columbia
Bradford H. Morrison is a PhD candidate and researcher, in social psychology, at the University of B...(read more)
Mobilization Assistant to the Commander
United States Strategic Command
Brigadier General William D. Murphy serves as the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, United St...(read more)
Director of Global Operations
United States Strategic Command
Maj Gen John J. Nichols is the Director of Global Operations, United States Strategic Command, Offut...(read more)
Associate Director of the News Bureau
University of Missouri
Mr. Uriah Orland is the Associate Director of the News Bureau at the University of Missouri in Colum...(read more)
Stanton Senior Fellow Nuclear Policy Program
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ankit Panda is the Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for...(read more)
Research Fellow for Nuclear Deterrence and Missile Defense
The Heritage Foundation
Prior to joining Heritage, Peters served as the lead strategist at the Defense Threat Reduction Agen...(read more)
Governor of Nebraska
Governor Jim Pillen is a veterinarian, livestock producer, farmer, entrepreneur, regent, and Governo...(read more)
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Chief Psychology Officer, & Chief Product Officer
Cognovi Labs
A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Pisano has spent the past 20 years studying human emotions and...(read more)
Professor
University of Oregon
Paul Slovic received his B.A. degree from Stanford University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in psy...(read more)
Director, Institute for National Security Studies Associate Professor of Political Science
U.S. Air Force Academy
Dr. Shane Smith is the Director of the US Air Force Institute for National Security Studies and Asso...(read more)
National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, DNI
Daniel Taylor currently serves as the National Intelligence Officer for East Asia on the National In...(read more)
Former Chairman, House Armed Services Committee
The Almanac of American Politics 2020 called Mac Thornberry “one of Congress’ brainiest and most tho...(read more)
Correspondent
FOX News Channel
Lucas Y. Tomlinson serves as a correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC) based in Washington, DC. He ...(read more)
Army Nuclear Strategist, Division Chief, Nuclear & CWMD Operations Division
U.S. Army Nuclear & CWMD Agency
Over a 25 year public service oriented career, Dr. Donna Wilt has focused on collaboratively affecti...(read more)

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