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GNSI Speaker Series

On a regular basis, the Global and National Security Institute will feature discussions with speakers who are coming to USF or the Tampa Bay region on a wide variety of impactful topics that are relevant to global and national security.

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Episode 11: Dr. David Gioe with Dr. David Oakley

GNSI's Academic Director, David Oakley, PhD has a conversation with David Gioe, PhD, a Visiting Professor of Intelligence and International Security in the Department of War Studies, to talk about how information gathering has changed with the implementation of artificial intelligence. 

 


Episode 10: Lt. General (Ret) John Shanahan with Dr. Andrew Whiskeyman

As part of their appearances in the third GNSI Tampa Summit: Artificial Intelligence in the Era of Strategic Competition, Andrew Whiskeyman, PhD and retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General, John Shanahan, sat down together to talk about the future of AI in the national security space, as well as what role AI will have in global strategic competition.


 

Episode 9: Artificial Intelligence Conversation

Professor Nicolas Sabouret of the University of Paris-Saclay, discussed AI with two ßÙßÇÂþ»­ subject matter experts, Professors John Licato and Norma Alcantar. They delved into the rapidly emerging technologies both on a global level, as well as on what their respective programs are contributing and working on.

Episode 8: Lt. Colonel (Dr.) Paul Lushenko

The Director of Special Operations for the US Army War College joins Taylor Johnston, the Chief Operation Officer for USF's Institute of Applied Engineering for this special episode of the Speaker Series.

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Episode 7: Jennifer McArdle, PhD

One of the leading voices on future learning environments and autonomous training, Jennifer McArdle, joined us to discuss where she believes the industry is headed.

Episode 6: Thomas Mantz and David Himmelgreen, PhD

Mantz, President/CEO of Feeding Tampa Bay, discussed with Dr. Himmelgreen many of the topics covered in the first GNSI Policy Dialogues: Hunger as a Weapon - but on a much more localized level. They also discussed FTB's massive positive impact on hunger in the Tampa Bay region.

Episode 5: Major General (Ret) Charles Dunlap, Jr.

Following his keynote address at GNSI Tampa Summit 2, Dunlap sat down with us to discuss ethics, the laws of war, and what the future challenges will be with the rising popularity of uncrewed and autonomous weapons.


Episode 4: Laura Cressey

We sit down with the Director of one of the most important departments involved with the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) System. Laura Cressey discusses RSAT's role in the context of "The Future and Ethics of Uncrewed and Autonomous Warfare."


Episode 3: Dr. Ellen Messer

What role - if any - do GMO's have in the fight against Hunger as a Weapon? We ask one of the world's leading GMO experts, Dr. Ellen Messer, a Professor of Anthropology at Tufts University and former Director of the Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Program at Brown University.


EPISODE 2: Dr. Chase Sova

We sit down with one of the senior leaders at the United Nations' World Food Program USA, Dr. Chase Sova. He's the Senior Director, Public Policy and Thought Leadership, and the lead author of WFP's latest watershed report, Dangerously Hungry: The Link Between Food Insecurity and Conflict.


EPISODE 1: James Coker, II

Dr. Golfo Alexopoulos, a professor at USF and the Director of the Institute for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, as well as a member of the GNSI Board of Faculty Advisors, is joined by James Coker II,  the Ukraine Desk Office for the U.S. State Department, for a candid conversation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, lessons learned so far and the many ways the US and rest of the world are helping that country prepare for the end of the war and the ultimate re-building.