Great Power Competition

Dr. Eric Eisenberg (Welcome Speaker), Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, USF 

General Kenneth McKenzie (Welcome Speaker), Commander, U.S. Central Command

LTG (R) Terry Wolff (Welcome Speaker), Director, Near East Asia Center for Strategic Studies, NESA

Dr. Todd Veazie (Welcome Speaker), Director, Strategic Multilayer Assessment Program

Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad (Welcome Speaker), U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation 

Dr. Andrew Wilder (Moderator), Vice President of USIP’s Asia Center

Ambassador Ali Jalali (Panelist), Distinguished Professor, NESA

Dr. Marvin Weinbaum (Panelist), Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan Studies, MEI

Dr. Barnett Rubin (Panelist), Distinguished Fellow, NYU 

Mr. Saad Mohseni (Panelist), Chairman and Chief Executive, Moby Group    

Dr. Mohsen Milani (Moderator), Executive Director of the Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies, University of South Florida

Dr. Ariane Tabatabai (Panelist), Researcher, RAND 

Mr. Michael Singh (Panelist), Managing Director and Lane-Swig Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute

Ms. Barbara Slavin (Panelist), Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council of the United States

Dr. Frederick Starr (Plenary Speaker), Distinguised Fellow for Eurasia, American Foreign Council

Ms. Brianne Todd (Moderator), Professor of Practice at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, NESA

Ambassador Michael Ranneberger (Panelist), Senior Fellow, University of South Florida

Dr. Adib Farhadi (Moderator), Assistant Professor & Faculty Director of Executive Education, University of South Florida

Dr. Richard Ponzio (Panelist), Director of the Global Governance, Justice & Security Program, Stimson Center

Mr. Mitchell Shivers (Panelist), President, Hughes and Shivers

Mr. Michael Peters (Panelist), Professor, Harvard University

COL (R) Jack Gill (Moderator), Adjunct Professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, NESA

Maj. Gen. (R) Edward Reeder (Panelist), Chief Executive Officer, Five Star Global Security

Dr. Richard Russell (Panelist), Professor of National Security Affairs at the Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, NESA

Mr. Andre Hollis (Panelist), Chief Executive Officer, Tiger International

Dr. Anda Jackson (Panelist), Independent

COL Andrew Whiskeyman (Moderator), Chief of the Information Operations Division, U.S CENTCOM

Dr. Sean Ryan (Panelist), Assistant Professor, West Liberty University

Dr. Randy Borum (Panelist), Director of the University of South Florida's School of Information, University of South Florida

Dr. Mark Abdollahian (Panelist), Full Professor, Claremont Graduate University

Mr. Ernie Ferraresso (Panelist), Director, Cyber Florida