Great Power Competition
GPC4 Agenda
4th Great Power Competition Conference
University of South Florida
Virtual Event
September 22-23, 2021
| 8:55 – 9:00 AM | Conference and Day 1 Overview Dr. Ronald Sanders, Staff Director for the Florida Center for Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida (USF), and former Associate Director of National Intelligence |
| 9:00 – 9:10 AM | Welcoming Remarks: Ms. Rhea Law, President, USF and former Member, USF Board of Trustees Mr. Terry Wolff, LTG, US Army, Retired, Director, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA) |
| 9:10 – 9:25 AM | Keynote Address: General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., USMC, Commander, U.S. Central Command |
| 9:25 – 10:25 AM | The Attacks, Part 1: HON Michael J. Morrell, Senior Counselor, Beacon Global Strategies and former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and former POTUS Daily Briefer; present with President George W. Bush on the morning of the attacks with Mr. Michael Allen, Managing Director of Beacon Global Strategies LLC and author of Blinking Red, Crisis and Compromise in American Intelligence after 9/11 |
| 10:25 – 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:30 – 12:00 PM | Admiral Thad Allen, USCG, Retired, Senior Executive Advisor for Hudson Analytics and 23rd Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard in charge of the evacuation of the N.Y. Harbor on 9/11 with Kyra Phillips, ABC News |
| 12:00 – 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 12:30 – 1:30 PM | The Attacks, Part 2: A Panel Discussion Moderator: Frank Cilluffo, Director of Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security and former Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security immediately following 9/11 Panelist: Mary Margaret Graham, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collections, and former Chief of the CIA National Resources Division, New York City Office Panelist: HON Juan Zarate, Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis Panelist: Frances Townsend, Executive Vice President for Activision and former Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush |
| 1:30 – 2:30 PM | First on the Ground: Master Sgt. Scott Neil, USA, Retired, U.S. Special Forces and member of one of the first military units on the ground in Afghanistan after 9/11 with Dr. Joseph Long, JSOU |
| 2:30-3:30 PM | Closing Keynote: The Diplomatic Response – Ambassador Ryan Crocker, former Ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Dr. Richard Russell, Professor of National Security Affairs at the Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies |
| Day 2 | |
| 8:55- – 9:00 AM | Conference and Day 2 Overview Dr. Ronald Sanders, Staff Director for the Florida Center for Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida (USF), and former Associate Director of National Intelligence |
| 9:00 – 9:30 AM | Welcoming Remarks: 9:00-9:15 Maj Gen Alexus G. Grynkewich, USAF, Director of Operations J3, U.S. Central Command 9:15-9:20 Dr. Eric Eisenberg, USF Dean, USF College of Arts and Sciences 9:20-9:35 Todd Veazie, Director, Pentagon Strategic Multilayer Assessment Program (SMA) |
| 9:35 – 9:50 AM | HON Dov Zakheim, former Under Secretary and Coordinator of Civilian Programs in Afghanistan for Department of Defense |
| 9:50 – 10:00 AM | Break |
| 10:00 – 11:00 AM | The Military Response: General David Petraeus, USA, Retired, former USCENTCOM Commander, NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan and Director of Central Intelligence Agency with Dr. Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow and Director of Research in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution |
| 11:00 – 12:00 PM | The Strategic Response: LTG H.R. McMaster, USA, Retired, former National Security Advisor to President Donald J. Trump, with Frank Cilluffo, Director of Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, and former Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security immediately following 9/11 |
| 12:00 – 12:45 PM | Lunch |
| 12:45 – 1:15 PM | The Strategic Response: HON Michèle Flournoy, Chair, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Board of Directors, and former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy with Dr. Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow and Director of Research in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution |
| 1:15 – 2:45 PM | 9-11 Lessons Learned: A Panel Discussion Moderator: Todd Veazie, Director, Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA), U.S. Department of Defense Panelist: Candace Rondeaux, Director, Future Frontlines, Senior Fellow & Professor of Practice at the Center on the Future of War, a joint initiative of New America and Arizona State University Panelist: VADM Stuart Munsch, Director of Joint Force Development (J-7) for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and author of the Joint Warfighting Concept Panelist: Dr. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Founder & CEO, Valens Global, and former senior advisor to the director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s office for Community Partnerships Panelist: Gina Bennett, Senior Counterterrorism Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency |
| 2:45 – 3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:00 – 4:30 PM | Strategic Reflections – A Closing Dialogue Moderator: Dr. Isiah Wilson, President, Joint Special Operations University 15-20 minutes remarks Panelist: HON J. Michael “Mike” McConnell, VADM, USN, Retired, Executive Director, Cyber Florida Panelist: Frank Cilluffo, Director of Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security and former Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security immediately following 9/11 Panelist Dr. Joseph Long, Faculty, Joint Special Operations University |