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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 

5:15 – 6:45 pm     Session 1: Russia 

                            Moderator: Robert Moser; University of Texas Department of Government
                            Paula Dobriansky; former Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs
                            Leon Aron; American Enterprise Institute
                            Brigadier General Kevin Ryan, USA, Ret.; Harvard University
                            General Montgomery Miegs, USA, Ret.; former Commander, US Army Europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20

8:30 – 10:00 am    Session 2: Stability Operations

                             Moderator: Michael Mosser; University of Texas at Austin
                             Kathleen Hicks; former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
                             Michael Vickers; former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
                             Paul D. Miller; Clements Center for National Security
                             Colonel Peter Mansoor, USA, Ret.; Ohio State University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 10:15 – 11:45 am  Session 3: Middle East

                              Moderator: Stephen Slick; Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project
                              Lt Gen Mick Bednarek, USA, Ret.; former Chief, Security Cooperation-Iraq
                              Philip Mudd; former Deputy Director of CIA Counterterrorism Center
                              Michael Singh; former Senior Director, National Security Council
                              Tamara Wittes; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:00 -1:30 pm     Plenary Address

                             Admiral William McRaven, USN, Ret.; Chancellor of The University of Texas System

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 2:00 – 3:45 pm       Session 4: China

                              Moderator: Joshua Eisenman; LBJ School of Public Affairs
                              Admiral Samuel Locklear, USN, Ret.; former Commander, Pacific Command
                              Dennis Wilder; Central Intelligence Agency
                              Ashley Tellis; former Senior Director, National Security Council
                              Randall Schriver; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 4:00 – 5:00 pm       Plenary Address

                              Representative Michael McCaul; Chairman, Homeland Security Committee 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 5:00 – 6:00 pm       Plenary Address

                              U.S. Senator Ben Sasse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21

9:00 – 10:30 am      Session 5: Terrorism

                               Moderator: Robert Chesney; Strauss Center for International Security and Law
                               Daniel Benjamin; former State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism
                               Bruce Hoffman; Georgetown University
                               Lt Gen Frank Kisner, USAF, Ret.; former NATO Special Operations Commander
                               John McLaughlin; former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
                               Michael Vickers; former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 10:45 – 11:45 am     Closing Plenary Address

                                U.S. Senator John Cornyn