Great Power Competition

GPC6 Archive Agenda

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6th Great Power Competition Conference
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Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions
December 8, 2022
Tampa, Florida

 

GPC6 Agenda
8:00am - 9:00am Attendee Check In / Registration
9:00am - 9:05am

Conference Introduction
Dr. Adib Farhadi, Professor, ßÙßÇÂþ»­
9:05am - 9:10am

Welcome Remarks (video)
U.S. Senator, Rick Scott, Florida
9:10am - 9:15am

Welcome Remarks
Rhea Law, President, ßÙßÇÂþ»­
9:15am - 9:20am

Welcome Remarks
Dr. Eric Eisenberg, Interim Provost, Senior Vice President, ßÙßÇÂþ»­
9:20am - 9:45am

Opening Remarks / Keynote Introduction
General (Ret) Frank McKenzie, Executive Director, GNSI and former Commander, U.S. Central Command
9:45am - 10:15am

Keynote Address
General Michael E. Kurilla, Commander, U.S. Central Command
10:15am - 10:45am

MORNING BREAK
10:45am - 12:45pm

Panel 1 Discussion
Understanding Russia's Strategy in the Central Region, post-Ukraine Invasion

  • Moderator: Dr. Golfo Alexopoulos, Professor and Director of the USF Institute for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies
  • Rear Admiral Nicholas Homan, Director, CENTCOM J2
  • Ambassador (Ret) Philip Kosnett, Former Ambassador to Kosovo and Senior Fellow for the Transatlantic Defense & Security program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)
  • Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg ,Center Associate at Harvard University, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian   Studies and Senior Research Scientist, CNA
  • Mr. Hans Wechsel, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD) to CENTCOM
  • Dr. Michael O. Slobodchikoff, Chair/Associate Professor Political Science, Troy University
12:45pm - 2:15pm

LUNCH BREAK 
2:15pm - 2:30pm

PLENARY REMARKS
Marshall Billingslea, Ambassador and former Assistant Secretary at the U.S.  Department of Treasury
2:30pm - 4:30pm

Panel 2 Discussion
How has Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Affected Drug Trafficking and Transnational Organized Crime in the Central Region?

  • Moderator: Dr. Andrew Whiskeyman, COL (Ret), Associate Professor, College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University
  • Rear Admiral Curt Renshaw, Director, CENTCOM J3
  • Ambassador and former Assistant Secretary at the Department of Treasury Marshall Billingslea, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute and former Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control
  • Dr. Jonathon Schroden, Director, Special Operations Program/Director, Countering Threats and Challenges Program, CNA
  • Mr. Matthew Donahue, Deputy Chief of Operations, Department of Foreign Operations, DEA
4:30pm - 4:45pm

Closing Remarks
Dr. Randy Larsen, Associate Dean, Office of Research and Scholarship, University of South Florida 
4:45pm

END OF CONFERENCE