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Nov 21, 2015
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