Global Security Forum 2012
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CSIS hosts the 2012 Global Security Forum. A forum on the top challenges facing U.S. and global security.
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2012 AGENDA
April 11, 8:00 am to 1:45 pm
Plenary Session: 8:00–9:00 a.m.
Keynote Address
Admiral James A. Winnefeld Jr.
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Morning Sessions: 9:30-10:45 a.m.
I. Defense Planning under the Threat of Sequester
Sean O'Keefe,
Chairman and CEO, EADS North America and former NASA Administrator; former U.S. Secretary of the Navy
David S. C. Chu,
President and CEO, Institute for Defense Analyses and former U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman (ret.),
former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli (ret.),
former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Moderator:
Kim Wincup
Senior Adviser, International Security Program
II. Turkey-Iran-Russia: Dynamics Old and New
Zbigniew Brzezinski,
former National Security Advisor; CSIS Counselor and Trustee
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft (ret.),
former National Security Advisor; CSIS Counselor and Trustee
Moderator:
Jon Alterman,
Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, Director of the Middle East Program at CSIS
III. Unconventional Oil and Gas: Reshaping Energy Markets
Daniel B. Poneman,
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy
David Lawrence,
Executive Vice President, Exploration and Commercial, Shell
Michael R. Bromwich,
Former Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, U.S. Department of the Interior
Edward L. Morse,
Managing Director and Global Head of Commodities Research, Citigroup, and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Energy Policy
Moderator:
Frank Verrastro,
Senior Vice President and Director of the Energy and National Security Program at CSIS
Mid-Day Sessions: 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
I. Navigating the Geopolitics of the South China Sea
Carla Hills,
Chair and CEO, Hills & Company; Chair, National Committee on U.S.- China Relations; Former U.S. Trade Representative
Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg,
Chairman and CEO, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.
Admiral Joseph W. Prueher (ret.),
Former U.S. Ambassador to China and Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command
Moderator:
Ernest Bower,
Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program
II. Scenario 2030: Is the U.S. Nuclear Industry Dying?
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft (ret.),
former National Security Advisor; CSIS Counselor and Trustee
Mayo A. Shattuck III,
Chairman, President, and CEO, Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
Moderator:
John Hamre,
President and CEO, CSIS
III. Toward 2014: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the U.S. Role in the Region
Anthony H. Cordesman,
Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, CSIS
Kori Schake,
Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Amb. Ronald E. Neumann,
Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
Moderator:
Robert Lamb,
Senior Fellow and Director of the Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation at CSIS
Working Lunch Sessions: 12:30-1:45 p.m.
I. The Future of Special Operations: Proposed Changes in the Unified Command Plan
Gen. Peter Pace (ret.),
former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm. Timothy J. Keating (ret.),
former Commander of the U.S. Northern Command and the U.S. Pacific Command
Adm. Eric T. Olson (ret.),
former Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command
Moderator:
Rick "Ozzie" Nelson, Director,
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program and Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS
II. Europe Economic Crisis and the Rise of Populism, Nationalism, and Extremism
Jim Hoagland,
Associate Editor and Senior Correspondent, The Washington Post
Christopher Caldwell,
Senior Editor, Weekly Standard
Chrystia Freeland,
Global Editor at Large, Reuters
Christian Wernicke,
U.S. Correspondent, Sueddeutsche Zeitung
Moderator:
Heather Conley,
Senior Fellow and Director, Europe Program, CSIS
III. Fighting a Cyber War
William Lynn III,
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense
Gen. James E. Cartwright (ret.),
Former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies, CSIS
James Lewis,
Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program, CSIS
Moderator:
John Hamre,
President and CEO, CSIS
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