GNSI Tampa Summit

GNSI Tampa Summit 1 (Speakers)

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
MARSHALL STUDENT CENTER
MARCH 7-9, 2023
TAMPA, FLORIDA

These are confirmed speakers. More will be added in the near future. Check the agenda for specific times for speakers.

All speakers and schedules are subject to change at any time.

7TH GREAT POWER COMPETITION CONFERENCE

Rhea Law, ßÙßÇÂþ»­ President

Rhea Law, (Welcome Speaker), USF President

Dr. Eric Eisenberg, USF Interim Provost and Executive VP

Dr. Eric Eisenberg, (Welcome Speaker) ßÙßÇÂþ»­ Senior Vice-President for University Community Partnerships

General (Ret) Frank McKenzie, GNSI Executive Director

General (Ret) Frank McKenzie (Featured Speaker), GNSI Executive Director

(Plenary Speaker), Director for Intelligence, Joint Staff (J2)

(Featured Speaker), Acting Director, Near East and South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies

Major General David Doyle

Major General David Doyle (Featured Speaker), Chief of Staff, U.S. Central Command

Dr. Randy Larsen, Associate Dean, Office of Research and Scholarship, USF

Dr. Randy Larsen, (Featured Speaker) Associate Dean, Office of Research and Scholarship, USF

(Panelist), Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAID)

(Panelist), Director of Strategic Multilayer Assessment, The Joint Staff, Pentagon

Dan Blumenthal, Director of Asia Studies, American Enterprise Institute

(Panelist), Director of Asia Studies, American Enterprise Institute

(Panelist), Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami

Quinton DuBose

Quinton DuBose (Panelist), Strategic Competition Program, J2, U.S. Central Command

(Panelist), Senior Fellow at Foundation for Defending Democracies

Dean Cheng, Senior Fellow, Heritage Foundation

(Panelist), former Senior Fellow, Heritage Foundation

(Panelist), Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison

USF Professor and GPC Emcee, Dr. Adib Farhadi

Dr. Adib Farhadi, (Conference Emcee), USF Associate Professor

Grant Rumley

(Panelist), Goldberger Fellow with The Washington Institute's Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Program on Great Power Competition and the Middle East

, Professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire

(Panelist), Special Competitive Studies Project, U.S. Naval Institute

(Panelist), Senior Fellow, Institute for the Study of War

(Panelist), Associate Professor of National Security Strategy, US National War College

Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command Central

(Panelist), Director of Plans and Policy, U.S. Central Command

(Panelist), Senior Fellow, Political and Security Affairs, National Buereau of Asian Research

(Panelist), Senior Associate (Non-Resident) Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) 

Tom Waters, Jr, Assistant Director of Startups, Technology Transfer, USF

Tom Waters, Jr, (Breakout Session) Assistant Director of Startups, Technology Transfer, USF


US CENTral COMmand DMI CONFERENCE

(Welcome Speaker), Director U.S. Central Command, J2

, (Keynote Speaker), Global Fellow at the Kennan Institute and former Senior Defense Official/Attaché Moscow

(Plenary Speaker), Deputy Director for Global Integration, Defense Intelligence Agency

Jeffrey Aiton, Assistant Director for Intelligence (AJ2), U.S. Central Command

Jeffrey Aiton, (Moderator) Assistant Director of Intelligence (AJ2) U.S. Central Command

Dr. Nathan Barrick, Deputy Chief of Strategy & Analysis at US Special Operations Command

Dr. Nathan Barrick, (Panelist), Deputy Chief of Strategy & Analysis at U.S. Special Operations Command

Mike Cleary, Strategic Competition Group Director, Defense Intelligence Agency

Mike Cleary, (Moderator) Strategic Competition Group Director, Defense Intelligence Agency

Mike Demattia, JICCENT, U.S. Central Command

Mike DeMattia, (Panelist) JICCENT, U.S. Central Command

Dr. Maria Snegovaya, Center for International Studies (CSIS)

, (Panelist) Center for International Studies (CSIS)

Colonel (Ret) Tom Wilhelm, Director U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies Office

Colonel (Ret) Tom Wilhelm (Panelist), Director U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies Office