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Monday, September 13, 2021
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Session 1

2:30-2:35          MC (J5P) OPENING REMARKS

Brigadier General John Weidner, Deputy Director of Plans and Policy, U.S. Strategic Command

2:35-2:55          WELCOMING REMARKS:  Commander’s Perspective

Admiral Charles Richard, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command

2:55-5:15          PANEL #1:  Cultivating intellectual capital – linking deterrence practitioner to academician

Moderator: Major General (Ret) Rick Evans, Executive Director, NSRI
Panel:
Dr. Keith Payne, President and CEO, NIPP
Dr. Clay Moltz, Dean, Naval Postgraduate School
President Walter Carter, President, University of Nebraska
Dr. Bryon Greenwald, Professor and Deputy Provost, National Defense University

5:15-5:30          BREAK

5:30-6:30          FIRE SIDE CHAT

Moderator: General Norton Schwartz, IDA
Panel:
Senator Deb Fischer, Nebraska
Senator Angus King, Maine
Admiral Charles Richard, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command

 

 

Wednesday, September 15, 2021
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Session 2

2:30-4:15          PANEL #2:  Disruptive technology and its implication to strategic deterrence

Moderator:  Dr. Adam Lowther, Professor, Combined Arms Center 

Panel:
Dr. Will Roper, Former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
Dr. Matthew Bunn, Harvard University
Dr. Jim Miller, Senior Fellow, John’s Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; President, Adaptive Strategies LLC
Dr. James Johnson, Lecturer, Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Aberdeen

 

 

Friday, September 17, 2021
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Session 3

2:30-4:15          PANEL #3:  Grey zone deterrence – a fool’s errand or strategic imperative 

Moderator:  Dr. Stacie Pettyjohn, Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security, CNAS

Panel:
Dr. Vipin Narang, Associate Professor of Political Science, MIT
Dr. Michael Mazarr, Senior Political Scientist; Affiliate Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate School, RAND
Mr. Michael Eisenstadt, Kahn Fellow and Director, Military & Security Studies Program, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 

 

Monday, September 20, 2021
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Session 4

2:30-4:15          PANEL #4:  Assessing stake and risk throughout the deterrence continuum 

Moderator:  Dr. Carter Malkasian, CNA

Panel:
Dr. Caitlyn Talmadge, Associate Professor, Georgetown University
Mr. Mike Webb, U.S. Strategic Command
Dr. Sharon Weiner, Professor, American University

4:15-4:45          KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Major General Hiroshi Kameoka, Director General, Defense Plans and Policy Department (J5), Joint Staff, Japan

 

 

Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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Session 5

2:30-4:15          PANEL #5:  Next Generation PANEL

Moderator:  Dr. Christopher Ferrero, Assistant Professor, Politics

Panel:
Ms. Amelia Morgan, Student, Kings College
Mr. JJ Kim, Student, Georgetown University
Mr. Ethan Scrima, Student, Iowa State University
Mr. Arnav Jain, Student, University of Nottingham

 

 

Friday, September 24, 2021
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Session 6

2:30-4:15 CT         PANEL #6:  Stagnant deterrence models and evolving strategic conditions – Adapt or Preserve?

Moderator: Dr. Brad Roberts, Director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Center for Global Security Research
Panel:
Major General Ferdinand Stoss, Director, Plans and Policy, U.S. Strategic Command
Dr. Erik Gartzke, Professor of Political Science, University of California

Dr. Damon Colletta, Professor of Political Science, USAF Academy
Dr. Robert Powell, Professor, UC Berkley

4:15-4:20 CT         CLOSING REMARKS

Admiral Charles Richard, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command

 

 

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