GNSI Tampa Summit 4

Agenda

Day 1 (September 24)
Time Event
8:00am Check-In and Registration
9:00am
Jim Cardoso, Senior Director, GNSI
Conference Introduction
Jim Cardoso
Senior Director, Global and National Security Institute, ßÙßÇÂþ»­
9:10am
Placeholder image of the American flag
Welcome Remarks
TBA
9:30am
General (Ret) Frank McKenzie, Executive Director,GNSI
Keynote Remarks
General (Ret) Frank McKenzie
Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute
ßÙßÇÂþ»­ and former commander, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM)
10:00am Morning Break / Networking
10:30am Panel 1 Discussion
Imagining Peace in the Middle East
Ambassador Greta Holtz

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

Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, USIP

(Panelist)
Director, Israel, The Palestinian Territories and the Region Program, United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

Negar Mortazavi, Center for International Policy

(Panelist),
Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy and host of "The Iran Podcast"

Sean McFate, PhD, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council

(Panelist), Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and professor at  National Defense University (NDU)

12:00n Lunch Break / Networking
1:30pm
Ambassador Shaikh Abdullah bin Al Khalifa

Featured Speaker (Video Remarks)

Bahraini ambassador to the United States

1:40pm Panel 2 Discussion
The Faith of the Abraham Accords
Merissa Khurma, The Wilson Center

(Moderator) Director, Middle East Program, The Wilson Center

Shai Feldman, PhD, Brandeis University

(Panelist)
Raymond Frankel Professor of Israeli Politics and Society, Brandeis University

Ambassador (Ret) Gerald Feierstein

(Panelist)
Director, Arabian Penninsula Affairs Program, Middle East Institute

Dalia Dassa Kaye, PhD, UCLA

(Panelist)
Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation, Senior Fellow at UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations

3:15pm
Jim Cardoso, Senior Director, GNSI
Conference Day 1 Wrap Up
Jim Cardoso
Senior Director, Global and National Security Institute, ßÙßÇÂþ»­
3:30pm Conference Day 1 Closes

Day 2 (September 25)
Time Event
8:00am Check-In and Registration
9:00am
Jim Cardoso, Senior Director, GNSI
Conference Day 2 Preview
Jim Cardoso
Senior Director, Global and National Security institute, ßÙßÇÂþ»­
9:15am
Jeff Rogg, PhD
Introduction of GNSI Future Strategist Program
Jeff Rogg, PhD
Director of FSP and Senior Research Fellow, Global and National Security Institute, ßÙßÇÂþ»­
9:30am

Featured Speakers: Fireside Chat

David Oakley, PhD, GNSI

David Oakley, PhD
Academic Director, Global and National Security Institute, ßÙßÇÂþ»­

Doug Wise

Douglas Wise
Former Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, GNSI Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow

10:15am Break / Networking
10:30am Panel 3 Discussion
A Common Enemy and Cooperative Security
Diane Zorri, PhD

Diane Zorri, PhD (Moderator)
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Global and National Security Institute

Ali Alfoneh, Arab Gulf Institute

(Panelist), Senior Fellow, The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington

Brigadier Andrew Watkins

Brigadier Andrew Watkins (Panelist), Deputy Director, Strategy, Plans & Policy (J5), United States Central Command (USCENTCOM)

Arman Mahmoudian, PhD, GNSI

Arman Mahmoudian, PhD (Panelist), Research Fellow, Global and National Security Institute, ßÙßÇÂþ»­

12:00n Lunch / Networking
1:30pm
Major General Jasper Jeffers
Keynote Speaker

Commander, United Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT)
2:00pm Panel 4 Discussion
Disruption in Global Supply Chain Due to Middle East Conflict
Matthew Mullarkey, PhD, ßÙßÇÂþ»­

Matthew Mullarkey, PhD (Moderator), Director/Co-Founder, Doctor of Business Administration program at the Muma College of Business, ßÙßÇÂþ»­

Robert Mogielnicki, PhD, Arab Gulf States Institute

(Panelist), Senior Resident Scholar, The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington

Howard Shatz, Arab Gulf States Institute

(Panelist), Senior Economist, RAND Corporation, and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. 

Noam Raydan, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

(Panelist), Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

3:30pm
Jim Cardoso, Senior Director, GNSI
Conference Wrap Up and Closing Remarks
Jim Cardoso
Senior Director, Global and National Security Institute, ßÙßÇÂþ»­
3:45pm Conference Reception (Royal Ballroom)

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