GNSI Tampa Summit
Tampa Summit 3 Agenda
9:00am | Conference Introduction Adib Farhadi, PhD Associate Professor, Faculty Director of Executive Education, University of South Florida |
9:10am | Welcome Remarks General (Ret) Frank McKenzie Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute and Center for Florida Cybersecurity (Cyber Florida) |
9:15am | Featured Speaker Congresswoman Laurel Lee (video) Florida, 15th District |
9:20am | Keynote Speaker Vice Admiral Brad Cooper Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) |
10:15am | Panel 1 Discussion How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming National Security Moderator: Carolyn Davidson, PhD Associate Dean, National Defense University / GNSI Non-Resident Fellow Panelists: Lieutenant General (Ret) John Shanahan Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for New American Security (CNAS) Damon Woodard, PhD Director of the Florida Institute for National Security, University of Florida Schuyler Moore, PhD Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) |
11:15am | Featured Speaker Kathleen Hicks, PhD (video) U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense |
1:00pm | Featured Fireside Chat The Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen Former Secretary of Homeland Security General (Ret) Frank McKenzie Executive Director, GNSI and former Commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) |
1:50pm | Panel 2 Discussion Artificial Intelligence and the Great Power Competition Moderator: Andrew Whiskeyman, PhD Associate Professor, College of Information and Cyberspace National Defense University and GNSI Non-Resident Senior Fellow Panelists: Lieutenant General (Ret) John Bansemer Director, CyberAI Project and Senior Fellow, Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) Julian Mueller-Kaler Director, Strategic Foresight Hub, Stimson Center Daniel Remler Policy Advisor, Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology, U.S. Department of State |
3:15pm |
Panel 3 Discussion |
9:00am | Introduction and Welcome Adib Farhadi, PhD Associate Professor, Faculty Director of Executive Education ßÙßÇÂþ» |
9:05am | Welcome Remarks Prasant Mohapatra, PhD Provost and Chief Academic Officer, ßÙßÇÂþ» |
9:10am | Keynote Speaker General Bryan Fenton Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) |
9:50am | Roundtable 1 Data Dominance and its Effect on Artificial Intelligence Moderator: David Oakley, PhD Academic Director, Global and National Security Institute Panelists: Alexandra Seymour Staff Director,Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee with the House Homeland Security Committee John Turner Acting Deputy Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (DCDAO) for Policy Roberto Gonzáles, PhD Professor of Anthropology, San Jose State University |
10:55am | Panel 4 Discussion Small States' Perspective on AI and Global Security Moderator: Golfo Alexopoulos, PhD Director, Institute for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of South Florida Panelists: Joel Brynielsson, PhD Research Director, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) Peter Bovet Emanuel PhD Researcher, Swedish Defense University, Centre for Special Operations Research Major Juha Kukkola, PhD Associate Professor, Finnish Defence Forces Vilma Luoma-aho, PhD Professor and Vice Dean, School of Business and Economics, University of Jyväskylä |
1:45pm |
Breakout Sessions (Track 1) Breakout Sessions (Track 2) Breakout Sessions (Track 3) Breakout Sessions (Track 4) |
3:00pm | Breakout Sessions (Repeat of First Session) |
9:00am | Introduction and Welcome Adib Farhadi, PhD Associate Professor, Faculty Director of Executive Education ßÙßÇÂþ» |
9:05am | Welcome Remarks Dr. Eric Eisenberg Senior Vice President, University-Community Partnerships, ßÙßÇÂþ» |
9:10am | Keynote Speaker Craig Martell, PhD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) |
9:35am |
Panel 5 Discussion Moderator: Panelists: |
11:15am |
Panel 6 Discussion Moderator: |
11:50am |
Research Quick Shots with Prospective PhD Students Stephen Steinle (candidate) Nicolas Bustos (candidate) Mehrsa Mashhadi (candidate) |
1:30pm |
Keynote Discussion |
2:00pm |
Roundtable 2 Moderator: |