Speakers
Take a look at our speakers invited or confirmed for this conference.
LTG David W. Barno, USA (Ret.)
(Confirmed)
Professor of Practice, Senior Fellow, The Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies
John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
ADM Daryl Caudle, USN
(Confirmed)
Chief of Naval Operations
United States Navy
Eliot Cohen, Ph.D.
(Confirmed)
Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
ADM Charles "Brad" Cooper II, USN
(Invited)
Commander
U.S. Central Command
Col T.X. Hammes, USMC (Ret.)
(Confirmed)
Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)
National Defense University
Trent Hone
(Confirmed)
Marine Corps University Foundation Chair in Strategic Studies
Marine Corps University
Seth Jones, Ph.D.
(Confirmed)
President, Defense and Security Department; Harold Brown Chair
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Oleksandr Kamyshin
(Confirmed)
Advisor to the President of Ukraine on Strategic Issues, Chairman of the Board
The Ukrainian Council of Defence Industry (UCDI)
CAPT Eric Kellum, USN
(Confirmed)
former Chief of Staff for CSNL
VADM Brendan McLane, USN (Ret.)
(Confirmed)
The former Commander of Naval Surface Forces and Naval Surface Force, Pacific Fleet
CAPT Jeremiah Petersen, USN
(Confirmed)
Former Assistant Chief of Staff for Warfighting Assessments and Readiness (N9)
CNSP
CAPT Charlie Plumb, USN (Ret.)
(Confirmed)
Naval Aviator, Vietnam Veteran, Former Prisoner of War, Author and Speaker
Kori Schake, PH.D.
(Confirmed)
Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies
American Enterprise Institute
RADM Ray Spicer, USN (Ret)
(Confirmed)
CEO and Publisher
U.S. Naval Institute
CAPT Megan Thomas, USN
(Confirmed)
Commanding Officer
SIMA Norfolk
Brandon Tseng
(Confirmed)
Co-Founder/President
Shield AI
Kari Wilkinson
(Confirmed)
Executive Vice President, and President of Newport News Shipbuilding Division
Huntington Ingalls Industries
CAPT Todd Zenner, USN
(Confirmed)
Director
Surface Analytics Group (CNSL)
The Hon. Sean J. Stackley
(Confirmed)
Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition
Col Eric Reid, USMC
(Confirmed)
Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences & Senior Marine Representative
U.S. Naval Academy
VADM Michael S. Wosje, USN
(Confirmed)
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities (N9)