2023 Agenda

9:00 | Welcome Remarks
Dr. Daniel Byman, Director, Center for Security Studies
Dr. Andrew Imbrie, Associate Professor of the Practice, Center for Security Studies and Center for Security and Emerging Technology

9:15 - 10:15 | Keynote
Dr. Stacey Dixon, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence

10:30 - 11:45 | Panel 1: Shaping the Terrain: How the United States Can Promote Innovation and Protect Critical Technology

Panelists will explore how decision makers in the public and private sectors can balance across the goals of innovation, protection, and safety, while also managing integrated global supply chains and the complex trade-offs of technology policy amid intensifying geopolitical competition.

Panelists:

  • Dr. Abraham Newman, Department of Government, Georgetown University

  • Ms. Emily Kilcrease, Senior Fellow, Director of Energy, Economics, and Security Program, Center for a New American Security

  • Mr. Kevin Wolf, Partner Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for Security and Emerging Technology

  • Sarah Stewart, CEO and Executive Director, Silverado Policy Accelerator

11:45 - 1:15 | Lunch Break

1:15 | Welcome Back

Dr. Dewey Murdick, Executive Director, Center for Security and Emerging Technology

1:30 - 2:30 | Keynote Conversation
Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Ph.D., Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security

Dr. Reggie Brothers, Operating Partner at AE Industrial Partners

2:45 - 4:15 | Panel 2: Volunteer Force: Tech, Tech Companies, and Ukraine

Panelists will explore the role of emerging technologies and technology companies in the context of Ukraine. While the Department of Defense and Intelligence Communities are establishing unique partnerships with companies to harness emerging technologies, multinational tech companies are navigating increasingly complex geopolitics. Altogether, the changing character of conflict and global business is challenging assumptions about roles and responsibilities in armed conflicts.

Panelists:

  • Emelia Probasco, Senior Fellow, Center for Security and Emerging Technology

  • Col. Joseph O’Callaghan, U.S. Army Director, Fire Support Coordination Cell XVIII Airborne Corps

  • Pablo Chavez, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security Program, Center for New American Security

  • Gen. (Ret.) John Allen, Strategic Advisor, Microsoft Corporation; retired U.S. Marine Corps four-star general

4:30 - 6:00 | Career Fair

Healy Family Student Center Social Room

Georgetown University students only.