Great Power Competition
GPC4 Speakers

University of South Florida
September 22-23, 2021
Virtual Event

Dr. Ronald Sanders (Opening Remarks), Staff Director for the Florida Center for Cybersecurity, University of South Florida

Ms. Rhea Law (Welcoming Remarks), President, USF and former Member, USF Board of Trustees

Mr. Terry Wolff (Welcoming Remarks), LTG, US Army, Retired, Director, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA)

Frances Townsend (Panelist), Executive Vice President for Activision and former Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush

Master Sgt(R). Scott Neil (Panelist), U.S. Special Forces

Ambassador Ryan Crocker (Closing Keynote), Professor of National Security Affairs, Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies

Maj Gen Alexus G. Grynkewich (Welcoming Remarks), Director of Operations J3, U.S. Central Command, USAF

Dr. Eric Eisenberg (Welcoming Remarks), USF Dean, USF College of Arts and Sciences

Todd Veazie (Welcoming Remarks), Director, Pentagon Strategic Multilayer Assessment Program (SMA)

HON Dov Zakheim (Speaker), former Under Secretary and Coordinator of Civilian Programs in Afghanistan for Department of Defense

General David Petraeus (Speaker), USA, Retired, Senior Fellow and Director of Research in Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution

LTG H.R. McMaster (Speaker), USA, Retired, former National Security Advisor to President Donald J. Trump

HON Michèle Flournoy (Speaker), Senior Fellow and Director of Research in Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution

Candace Rondeaux (Panelist), 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

Dr. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (Panelist), Founder & CEO, Valens Global

Gina Bennett (Panelist), Senior Counterterrorism Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency

HON J. Michael “Mike” McConnell (Panelist), VADM, USN, Retired, Executive Director, Cyber Florida

Dr. Joseph Long (Panelist), Faculty, Joint Special Operations University