Afghanistan: Part One

Agenda

November 13, 2024
8:00am Check in and Registration
9:00am
Adib Farhadi, PhD, Conference Host
Conference Introduction
Adib Farhadi, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty Director of Executive Education
College of Arts and Sciences, ßÙßÇÂþ»­
9:10am
Adib Farhadi, PhD, Conference Host
Opening Remarks (video)

Former President of Afghanistan
9:20am
Colin Jackson, PhD, Co-Chair, Afghanistan War Commission
Featured Speaker

Co-Chair, Afghanistan War Commission and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Aghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia
9:35am Keynote Presentation (Fireside Chat)

Ambassador Zalmay Khalilizad

Featured Speaker


Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Iraq and Afghanistan and Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation


Placeholder image of American flag

Moderator

TBA
10:30am Keynote Presentation (Fireside Chat)

General (Ret) Frank McKenzie, GNSI

Featured Speaker
General (Ret) Frank McKenzie
Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute, USF
Former commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)


Mohsen Milani, PhD

Moderator
Mohsen Milani, PhD
Professor, Executive Director for the Center of Strategic & Diplomatic Studies, University of South Florida
11:05am Morning Break / Networking
11:30am Panel 1 Discussion:
The Human Rights and Humanitarian Crisis
Ambassador (Ret) Greta Holtz

Ambassador (Ret) Greta Holtz (Moderator)
President/CEO, Amideast and Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow, Global and National Security Institute

Naheed Sarabi

(Panelist)
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute and former Afghanistan Deputy Minister of Finance

Ambassador Said Tayeb Jawad

(Panelist), former Afghanistan Ambassador to the United States and United Kingdom

Scott Worden

(Panelist), Director Afghanistan and Central Asia Programs, United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

Halima Kazem-Stojanovic, PhD

(Panelist), Oral History Project Manager - HART, Hoover Institution, Stanford University



12:45pm Lunch Break / Networking
2:00pm
Ambassador Michael McKinley (Ret)
Plenary Speaker

Senior Counselor at the Cohen Group, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
2:20pm Panel 2 Discussion:
The Countering Terrorism Dilemma
Lieutenant General (Ret) Robert Ashley

(Moderator), former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Commissioner at Afghanistan War Commission, and Principal at Pallas Advisors

Ambassador Ali Jalali

(Panelist), Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA) and former Afghani Ambassador to Germany

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Chris Molino

(Panelist), Commissioner, Afghanistan War Commission

Hassan Abbas, PhD

(Panelist), Distinguished Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA) 

Javid Ahmad

(Panelist),
Scholar, Middle East Institute and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council


3:40pm Afternoon Break / Networking
3:50pm
Shamila Chaudhary
Featured Speaker

Co-Chair, Afghanistan War Commission and former White House Director for Pakistan and Afghanistan on the National Security Council
4:05pm Panel 3 Discussion:
Lessons Learned or Lessons Not Learned
Jonathan Schroden, PhD

(Moderator), Research Director, Center for Naval Analysis

Andrew Wilder, PhD

(Panelist), Vice President, Asia Center, United States Institute for Peace and Commissioner, Afghanistan War Commission

Marvin Weinbaum, PhD

(Panelist), Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan Studies, Middle East Institute (MEI)

Ambassador Omar Samad

(Panelist), former Afghanistan Ambassador to Canada and France

Habiba Sarabi

(Panelist), former Afghanistan Minister of Women Affairs and first woman appointed governor of a province in Afghanistan

Barnett Rubin, PhD

(Panelist), Distinguished Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University


5:15pm
Adib Farhadi, PhD
Conference Wrap Up
Adib Farhadi, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty Director of Executive Education
College of Arts and Sciences, ßÙßÇÂþ»­
5:30pm Conference End