Opening Remarks, Opening Keynote, and Panel 1: Emerging Technologies and Warfighting

May 10 – October 7, 2022

Monday, May 10, 2021 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm

The CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative, the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS, and Bridging the Gap are pleased to host the 2021 Future Strategy Forum, an initiative to connect scholars who research national security with its leading practitioners. Future Strategy Forum: National Security and Technology will feature an opening keynote speech on May 10 with Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology and a closing keynote discussion with Rose Gottemoeller, Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution on May 11, 2021, in addition to three panels over three days exploring national security and technology, plus a war game with the Hoover Institution’s Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider.

3:30 p.m. – Opening Remarks
Beverly Kirk
Director, CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative and Fellow and Director for Outreach, CSIS International Security Program

Dr. Francis J. Gavin
Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and the inaugural director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS

Julie George
PhD Candidate, Cornell University

Suzanne Belle Freeman
PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

3:45 p.m. – Opening Keynote
Anne Neuberger
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology

4 p.m. – Panel 1: Emerging Technologies and Warfighting

The panel will consider the ways in which emerging technologies are shaping the battlespace and changing the nature of warfare. What are the most important emerging technologies for warfighting? What impact will emerging technologies have on the traditional domains of conflict (e.g., air, sea, and land) and on emerging ones (e.g., space and cyberspace)?

Panelists:
Evanna Hu
CEO and Partner, Omelas

Dr. Nina Kollars
Associate Professor, U.S. Naval War College

Dr. Ulrike Franke
Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations

Julie George
PhD Candidate, Cornell University
 
Moderator:
Sara Plana
PhD Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology