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 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 - 9:40 AM

Panel #1: Confronting Strategic Threat Vectors 

Moderator: Mr. Tom Geyer, Former White House Military Office

Panel:

  • Admiral Frank Bradley, Commander, United States Special Operations Command
  • Mr. Luis Molina, Deputy Dir of the Strategic Capabilities Office
  • Lieutenant General Richard Zellmann, Deputy Commander, United States Space Command
  • Major General AnnMarie Anthony, Director Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Center, United States Strategic Command
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

Break

10:00 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: Ambassador Michael Froman, President, Council on Foreign Relations

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Media Roundtable

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Break/Breakout Session #1

Room 215: Kepler – Topic: Supply Chain Vulnerabilities: Implications for Deterrence and Decision Advantage

Room 216: Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) – Topic: Strategic Technology

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Lunch

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM

Keynote Speaker: U.S. Strategy and Global Stability

Honorable Christopher Yeaw, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Stability

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Break/Breakout Session #2

Room 215: NSRI – Topic: Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

Room 216: ScaleAI – Topic: The World’s Most Important Decisions Need Reliable AI Systems

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Panel #2: Defend the U.S. Homeland

Moderator: Dr. Robert Soofer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Nuclear Deterrence and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Policy

Panel:

  • General Steven Nordhaus, Chief of the National Guard Bureau
  • Dr. Richard Tilley, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
  • Mr. Andrew Mapes, Acting Principal Deputy Chief Digital & Artificial Intelligence Office
  • Lieutenant General Brian W. Gibson, Deputy to the Direct Reporting Program Manager for Golden Dome
  • Ms. Karen Pound, Deputy Director of Strategy, Policy & Plans (J5), North American Aerospace Defense Command & United States Northern Command
3:15 PM - 3:40 PM

Break

3:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Panel #3: Increasing Burden-Sharing with U.S. Allies and Partners

Moderator: Dr. A. Wess Mitchell, co-founder The Marathon Initiative and former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs

Panel:

  • Ambassador Matthew Whitaker, United States Permanent Representative to NATO
  • Major General Devin Pepper, Former Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans & Policy, NATO Headquarters, Supreme Allied Command Transformation
  • Mr. Alexander Velez-Green, Chief of Staff & Senior Counselor to the Under Secretary of War for Policy
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 - 9:15 AM

Panel #4: Deter China in the Indo-Pacific Through Strength, Not Confrontation

Moderator: Mr. Grant Schneider, Deputy Director, Strategic Stability, Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate (J-5), The Joint Staff

Panel: 

  • Lieutenant General Michael Lutton, Deputy Commander, United States Strategic Command
  • Mr. Alvaro Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia
  • Commodore Paul O'Grady, Deputy J5, United States Pacific Command
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Break/Breakout Session #3

Room 215: NDRC – Topic: Innovation That Delivers Asymmetric Advantage

Room 216: General Dynamics Mission Systems – Topic: Emerging Technology

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Panel #5: Supercharge the Defense Industrial Base

Moderator: Ms. Elizabeth Bettis, Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary of War, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation

Panel: 

  • General Dale White, Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Critical Major Weapons Systems
  • Vice Admiral Robert Gaucher, Director, Submarine Programs
  • Vice Admiral Douglas Williams, Director, PAE Strategic Systems Programs
  • Dr. Brad Wallin, Deputy Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Mr. Johnathon Caldwell, Vice President & General Manager, Strategic & Missiles Defense Systems, Lockheed Martin Space
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Break

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Lunch

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM

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

The Honorable Brandon Williams, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security at the Department of Energy & Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration

1:15 PM - 1:20 PM

General Larry D. Welch Writing Award Presentation

1:20 PM - 2:05 PM

Break/Breakout Session #4

Room 215: Lockheed Martin – Topic: SANCTUM: Outpacing the UAS Threat

Room 216: MapLarge – Topic: Turning Mission Data into Decisive Advantage

2:05 PM - 2:35 PM

Keynote Speaker:

General Christopher Mahoney, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

2:35 PM - 2:45 PM

Closing Comments

Admiral Richard Correll, Commander, United States Strategic Command 

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