CSIS-DAPA Conference 2019: A New Generation of Partnership in the U.S.-ROK Alliance Conference

Please join CSIS’s Office of the Korea Chair and the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group on December 10th for a joint conference titled “CSIS-DAPA 2019: A New Generation of Partnership in the US-ROK Alliance” that aims to explore deeper and more extensive cooperation between defense-industrial firms in the two nations. The public session will feature a conversation with the Republic of Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration Minister Mr. Jung-hong Wang and the US Department of Defense’s Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Mr. Kevin Fahey.
 

9:00 AM | Registration

9:15 AM | Welcoming Remarks

• Mr. Richard Armitage, President, Armitage International; Trustee, CSIS

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM | Summary of Day 1 of Conference

• Mr. Andrew Hunter, Senior Fellow and Director, Defense- Industrial Initiatives Group, CSIS

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM | Keynote Panel Discussion: Deepening the U.S.-Korea Industrial Partnership

• Mr. Jung-hong Wang, Minister, Defense Acquisition Program Administration

• Honorable Kevin Fahey, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Department of Defense

Moderator: Dr. Victor D. Cha, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, CSIS; D.S. Dong-KF Professor of Government, Georgetown University

10: 45 AM | Adjournment

This event is co-hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Defense Acquisition Program (DAPA), and the Defense Agency for Technology and Quality (DTaQ).