2016 Global Security Forum
All plenaries and breakout sessions are accessible via hyperlinks in the text below or via https://www.csis.org/events.
Join us for CSIS' annual flagship conference on the top challenges facing U.S. and global security. This year's Forum will focus on the foreign and security policy agenda for the next U.S. Administration.
Conference Agenda:
7:00-7:55 a.m. - Registration and Breakfast
7:55-8:00 a.m. - Welcoming Remarks
Dr. John J. Hamre
President and CEO, CSIS
William J. Lynn
CEO, Leonardo North America and DRS Technologies, Inc.
8:00-9:15 a.m. - Plenary I - Navigating 21st Century Security Challenges
Moderated discussion between:
Leon Panetta
Former Secretary of Defense and Former Director of Central Intelligence
Representative Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
Chairman, House Armed Services Committee
Moderated by John Hamre
9:15-9:30 a.m. - Coffee Break
9:30-10:45 a.m. - First Session Series
Session 1: Russia Today and Tomorrow: Implications for the U.S.
Speakers:
Dr. Irina Kosterina
Programme Coordinator Gender, Heinrich Boell Foundation
Dr. Olga Oliker
Senior Adviser and Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS
Vadim Grishin
Consultant, International Finance Corporation
Moderated by:
Heather Conley
Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; and Director, Europe Program, CSIS
Session 2: Energy and Climate Challenges for the Next Administration
Speakers:
Todd Stern
Former U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change, and Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Adam Sieminski
Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Frank Verrastro
Senior Vice President & James R. Schlesinger Chair for Energy & Geopolitics, CSIS
Christi Tezak
Managing Director, ClearView Energy Partners LLC
Moderated by:
Sarah Ladislaw
Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS
Session 3: Defense Market Outlook: Challenges for the Next Administration
Speakers:
Joseph Benkert
Vice President, The Cohen Group
William J. Lynn
CEO, Leonardo North America and DRS Technologies, Inc.
David Melcher
President and CEO, Aerospace Industries Association
Heidi Shyu
Former Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
Moderated by:
Andrew Hunter
Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, CSIS
Session 4: In the Cross-Hairs: The Surge of Violence against the Health Sector
Speakers:
Jason Cone
Executive Director, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), USA
Dr. Zaher Sahloul
Senior Adviser, Syrian American Medical Society
Mark Swayne
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability and Humanitarian Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Ben Taub
Contributing Writer, The New Yorker
Moderated by:
Stephen Morrison
Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, CSIS
10:45-11:00 a.m. - Coffee Break
11:00-12:15 p.m. - Second Session Series
Session 1: Challenges from North Korea (Transcript)
Speakers:
Dr. Victor Cha
Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, CSIS
Ambassador Robert Gallucci
Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University
General Walter L. Sharp, USA (Ret.)
Former Commander, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea
Christine Wormuth
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Chris Johnson
Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS
Moderator:
Dr. Michael J. Green
Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, and Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS
Speakers:
Jessica Lewis McFate
Director of Tradecraft and Innovation, Institute for the Study of War
Dr. David Kilcullen
Senior Future of War Fellow, New America Foundation
Moderated by:
Dr. Jon Alterman
Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, Middle East Program, CSIS
Session 3: The Global Health Security Agenda: Its First Years and the Way Forward (Presentation Slides)
Speaker:
Dr. Thomas Frieden
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Moderated by:
Stephen Morrison
Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, CSIS
Session 4: Key Decisions for Strategic Space Programs in the Next Administration
Speakers:
Mark Bever
MILSATCOM Business Area Director, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Colonel Shahnaz M. Punjani
Director of the Operationally Responsive Space Office, U.S. Air Force
Audrey Schaffer
Director, Space Strategy and Plans, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Tom Karako
Director, Missile Defense Project and Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS
Moderated by:
Todd Harrison
Director, Aerospace Security Project and Director, Defense Budget Analysis, CSIS
12:15-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:30 p.m. - Plenary II - Public Opinion Trends and Implications for the Next Administration's Foreign Policy Agenda (Presentation Slides)
Speakers:
Max Boot
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Carroll Doherty
Director, Political Research, Pew Research Center
Mieke Eoyang
Vice President for the National Security Program, Third Way
Dina Smeltz
Senior Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Dr. Trevor Thrall
Senior Fellow, CATO Institute and Associate Professor, George Mason University
Moderated by:
Dr. Kathleen Hicks
Senior Vice President; Henry A. Kissinger Chair; and
Director, International Security Program, CSIS
2:30-2:45 p.m. - Coffee Break
2:45-4:00 p.m. - Plenary III - National Security Priorities and Challenges for the Presidential Transition
Speakers:
Mike Rogers
Former Representative, Michigan's 8th Congressional District
Moderated by:
Karen DeYoung
Associate Editor and Senior National Security Correspondent, Washington Post
This event is made possible by support from Leonardo.
