Conference Agenda
Meeting Security Challenges in the New Administration
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DAY ONE
Introduction
Mr. Paul Rayson
Global Commercial Director, Jane’s Information Group
SESSION ONE: THE CHANGING GLOBAL SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
Opening Keynote Address
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Challenges for US leadership – flashpoints and uncertainties and how to deal with them
The Honorable J.D. Crouch II
Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Assistant to the President, currently Senior Scholar, National Institute for Public Policy
Panelists
- The current threat Spectrum: GWOT, Russia, China, proliferation, extremism
Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton
Former Co-ordinator for Counterterrorism at the US Dept. of State, currently President, Crumpton Group, LLC
- Ramifications of the global financial crisis: Impacts on the Global Marketplace
Dr. Nariman Behravesh
Chief Economist, IHS Global Insight
- Alternative futures
Mr. S. Enders Wimbush
Senior Vice President, International Programs and Policy, Hudson Institute
Panel discussion - Threats, policies, strategies, and approaches
SESSION TWO: THE ADMINISTRATION’S DEFENSE PRIORITIES
Keynote address
- The priority hand-offs/challenges for the new administration
Mr. Peter Verga
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, US DoD
Panelists
- Rebuilding domestic consensus on US strategic posture – is it possible?
Ms. Amy Woolf
Specialist, Nuclear Weapons Policy, Congressional Research Service
- Multilateral security approaches in the new administration
Dr. Mark Esper
VP Europe and Eurasia, US Chamber of Commerce
- The next Quadrennial Defense Review: US military strategy
Mr. Thomas Donnelly
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Panel discussion – US strategic objectives, ITAR/export control developments, the need for bipartisanship, coalition warfare, and post-conflict operations
SESSION THREE: INFLUENCES ON THE DEFENSE BUDGET
Keynote address
- A congressional perspective – what can industry expect?
The Honorable Ike Skelton
Chairman, House Armed Services Commitee
Panelists
- Balancing modernization and recapitalization: warfighter and service “roles”
Mr. David Ochmanek
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Development
- Federal spending and the impact on defense
Dr Michael O'Hanlon
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institutions
- Procurement, acquisition and regulatory environment in the new administration
Mr. William Greenwalt
Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy, currently Lockheed Martin Corp
Panel discussion – where is the defense budget going? – how much risk is too much?
Summary of day's events and close of Day 1
NETWORKING RECEPTION FOR DELEGATES & SPEAKERS
DAY TWO
SESSION FOUR: IMPLICATIONS FOR INDUSTRY
Keynote address
- The outlook for the US defense industry in a time of global economic upheaval – integrating A&D markets
Dr. Jack P. London
Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board, CACI International
Panelists
- The United States in world markets – US industry priorities
Dr. Jacques S. Gansler
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, currently Director, Center for Public Policy & Private Enterprise, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
- Market impacts on the defense industry – analysis of future trends
Dr. Loren B. Thompson
Chief Operating Officer, Lexington Institute
- The road ahead and how industry should travel it
The Honorable Tina Jonas
Former Comptroller, US DoD, currently Director of Operations Planning and Analysis, Sikorsky
Panel discussion – lessons learned – opportunities and challenges for industry
- Summary of the day’s information
Conference closes