Agenda

Editorial

Opening Remarks

Editorial Moderator: Kevin Baron, Executive Editor, Defense One

Exclusive Interview

Keynote Conversation with Defense Secretary Austin

Editorial Speaker: Sec. Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense

Editorial Moderator: Tara Copp, Senior Pentagon Correspondent, Defense One

Interview

Partners in the Pacific

Editorial Speaker: Maj. Gen. Joel Vowell, Commander, US Army Japan

Editorial Moderator: Caitlin Kenney, Staff Reporter, Defense One

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Ron Keesing, Vice President for AI, Leidos

Panel

Selling the China Threat

Editorial Speaker: Timothy Brook, Professor & Author, University of British Columbia

Editorial Speaker: Ivo Daalder, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Editorial Speaker: Demetri Sevastopulo, US-China Correspondent, Financial Times

Editorial Moderator: Kevin Baron, Executive Editor, Defense One

Exclusive Interview

Keynote Conversation with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan

Editorial Speaker: Jake Sullivan, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor), The White House

Editorial Moderator: Kevin Baron, Executive Editor, Defense One

Interview

Conversation with Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl

Editorial Speaker: Colin Kahl, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Defense

Editorial Moderator: Jacqueline Feldscher, Senior National Security Correspondent, Defense One

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Panel

Wall Street View

Editorial Speaker: Ron Epstein, Senior Equity Analyst, Bank of America

Editorial Speaker: Kristine Liwag, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

Editorial Moderator: Marcus Weisgerber, Global Business Editor, Defense One

Exclusive Interview

Technology & Intel Session

Editorial Speaker: Rep. Jim Langevin, D-RI, Member, House Armed Services Committee

Editorial Speaker: Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Editorial Moderator: Patrick Tucker, Technology Editor, Defense One

Interview

The View From Space Force

Editorial Speaker: Brig. Gen. John Olson, Mobilization Assistant to the Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force

Editorial Moderator: Tara Copp, Senior Pentagon Correspondent, Defense One

Panel

Europe First?

Editorial Speaker: Elisabeth Braw, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Editorial Speaker: Constanze Stelzenmüller, Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and trans-Atlantic Relations, Brookings

Editorial Speaker: Benjamin Haddad, Senior Director, Europe Center, Atlantic Council

Editorial Moderator: Kevin Baron, Executive Editor, Defense One

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Interview

Conversation with Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall

Editorial Speaker: Frank Kendall, Secretary, Air Force

Editorial Moderator: Marcus Weisgerber, Global Business Editor, Defense One

Panel

Women in Defense of a Nation

Editorial Speaker: Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-NJ, Member, House Armed Services Committee

Editorial Speaker: Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., Member, House Armed Services Committee

Editorial Moderator: Jacqueline Feldscher, Senior National Security Correspondent, Defense One

Panel

Domestic Threats and the National Guard

Editorial Speaker: Maj. Gen. Sherrie L. McCandless, U.S. Air Force; Commanding General, District of Columbia National Guard

Editorial Moderator: Tara Copp, Senior Pentagon Correspondent, Defense One

Editorial

Closing Remarks