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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | WELCOME RECEPTION AND ORIENTATION Remarks and Welcome: James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, and the E. W. Richardson Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
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Monday, November 19, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM | BREAKFAST | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | SESSION I – ASSESSING THE THREATS: RUSSIA, CHINA, AND ROGUE STATES Moderator: James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, and the E. W. Richardson Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
Dean Cheng
Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Michael Doran, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Jim Townsend
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Program
Center for a New American Security
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10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | SESSION II – THE SHAPE WE'RE IN ON LAND AND SEA Moderator: Dakota Wood
Senior Research Fellow, Defense Programs, Center for National Defense, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Ryan Evans
Founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief, War on the Rocks
Jerry Hendrix, Ph.D.
Vice President, The Telemus Group
LTG Thomas Spoehr, USA, Retired
Director, Center for National Defense, The Heritage Foundation
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12:15 PM - 2:00 PM | LUNCHEON – U.S. GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY Remarks: Gen. Victor E. Renuart, Jr., USAF, Retired
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2:00 PM - 5:00 PM | TOUR OF AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND AT PETERSON AFB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | DINNER & DISCUSSION – THE STATE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT Remarks: The Honorable Kurt Volker
U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations; and
Executive Director, The McCain Institute for International Leadership, Arizona State University
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8:30 PM - 10:00 PM | AFTER-HOURS DISCUSSION – ELECTION-DRIVEN CHANGE IN DEFENSE SPENDING, POLICIES, AND PRIORITIES Moderator: James Weidman
Director, Editorial Services, The Heritage Foundation
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM | BREAKFAST | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | SESSION III – THE SHAPE WE'RE IN FOR AIR, SPACE, CYBER, AND AI Moderator: John Venable
Senior Research Fellow, Defense Policy, Center for National Defense, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Dean Cheng
Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Rebecca Grant, Ph.D.
President, IRIS Independent Research
Robert Martinage
Principal, The Telemus Group
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10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | SESSION IV – GETTING BACK IN SHAPE: RESOURCES AND REFORMS Moderator: LTG Thomas Spoehr, USA, Retired
Director, Center for National Defense, The Heritage Foundation
Frederico Bartels
Policy Analyst, Defense Budgeting, Center for National Defense, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Susanna V. Blume
Senior Fellow, Defense Program, Center for New American Security
The Honorable Michael McCord
Former Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer
U.S. Department of Defense
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12:15 PM | BOXED LUNCH PROVIDED AT CONCLUSION OF SEMINAR |