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 of Plans & Policy, U.S. Strategic Command 

8:05 AM - 8:15 AM
Welcoming Remarks: Commander's Assessment

General Anthony Cotton, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command

8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Panel #1: The China Challenge: Economic, Political, and Security Dimensions

Moderator: The Honorable Franklin Miller, A Principal of the Scowcroft Group

Panel:

  • Mr. Mark Cozad, Senior International Defense Researcher; Professor, RAND School of Public Policy
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Fireside Chat
 
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM
Break
 
10:35 AM - 11:50 AM
Panel #2: Global Deterrence in the New Threat Environment: The Need for Functional Synergy

Panel:

  • Rear Admiral Tracy Hines, Deputy Director, Global Space Operations, United States Space Command
  • Major General AnnMarie Anthony, Director, Joint Electronic Spectrum Operations Center, United States Strategic Command
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Break
 
12:10 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch
 
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Keynote Speaker
 
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Media Roundtable
 
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Break/Breakout Session: Nuclear Effects and Paradigms

Dr. Tim Goorley, Chief Scientist for Nuclear Weapon Effects, Los Alamos National Lab

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Panel #3: Collective Security: The Future of Security Cooperation & Allied Integration

Moderator: Dr. Matthew Kroenig, Vice President & Senior Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy & Security

Panel:

  • Mr. Bertrand Le Meur, French MOD
  • Mr. Stephan Fruhling, Professor, Strategic & Defense Studies Center, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, The Australian National University
  • Mr. Garret Martin, Deputy Director Nuclear Policy, UK MOD
5:00 PM
Informal Reception - Annie's Pub, Capital District Courtyard, Old Market, Omaha
 
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM
International Breakfast
 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Symposium Registration & Breakfast
 
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Keynote Speaker: Welcome Remarks

Lieutenant Governor Joe Kelly, Nebraska

8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Panel #4: Transformative Technologies: Restoring Advantage

Mr. Stephen Winchell, Director, DARPA

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Break/Breakout Session: The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: Policy, Credibility, and Strategic Bargaining

Dr. Svetlana Savranskaya, Senior Analyst, National Security Archive

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Panel #5: Missile Defense: Restoring Stability through Homeland Defense

Moderator: Dr. Thomas Karako, Director, Missile Defense Project & Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department, CSIS

Panel: 

  • Mr. Masao Dahlgren, Fellow, Missile Defense Project, CSIS
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Break
 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
 
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Keynote Speaker
 
1:30 PM - 1:35 PM
General Larry D. Welch Writing Award Presentation
 
1:35 PM - 2:35 PM
Break/Breakout Session: Cognitive Biases
  • Dr. Paul Slovic, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon
  • Dr./CDR Dan Post, Director, Perspectives on Modern War, U.S. Naval War College
2:35 PM - 3:50 PM
Panel #6: Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base

Moderator: Mr. Robert Taylor, Director, Capability and Resource Integration, United States Strategic Command

Panel:

  • Mr. Sam Mehta, President, Communications Systems, L3 Harris Technologies
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
Closing Comments

General Anthony Cotton, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command

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