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The Iran Enigma


Time	Event
8:00am	Check-in and Registration
8:30am	Conference Opening and Introduction David Oakley, PhD Academic Director, Global and National Security Institute, University of South Florida Mohsen Milani, PhD Executive Director, Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies, Professor of Politics, University of South Florida
8:35am	Opening Remarks Prasant Mohapatra, PhD Provost, University of South Florida
8:40am	Featured Speaker General (Ret) Frank McKenzie Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute, University of South Florida
9:00am	Featured Fireside Chat Vali Nasr, PhD Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University Mohsen Milani, PhD Executive Director, Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies, Professor of Politics, University of South Florida
10:00am	Morning Break / Networking
10:15am	Panel 1 Discussion Beyond Tehran: Iran's Role in the Middle East Arman Mahmoudian, PhD (Panel Chair) Research Fellow, Global and National Security Institute, University of South Florida Sanam Vakil, PhD (Panelist) Director, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House Major General Sean Salene (Panelist) Director for Strategy, Plans and Policy (J5), U.S. Central Command Alex Vatanka (Panelist) Director of Iran Program and Senior Fellow, Black Sea Program, Middle East Institute
11:45am	Lunch Break / Networking
1:10pm	Panel 2 Discussion Navigating Tensions: U.S. and Iran Relations in the Nuclear Age Sina Azodi, PhD (Panel Chair) Visiting Scholar, George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs Barbara Slavin (Panelist) Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center Dario Teicher (Panelist) Arms Control and Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Programs Manager, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Kelsey Davenport (Panelist) Director for Nonproliferation Policy, Arms Control Association
2:40pm	Afternoon Break / Networking
3:00pm	Panel 3 Discussion Society in Flux: Exploring Iran's Social Movements and Women's Rights Jeff Rogg, PhD (Panel Chair) Senior Research Fellow, Global and National Security Institute, University of South Florida Commander Nicole Cale (Panelist) Iran Strategist, J51, United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Emily Blout, PhD (Panelist) Author and Senior Visiting Research Fellow, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Reichman University Negar Mortazavi (Panelist) Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy and host of "The Iran Podcast"
4:30pm	Closing Remarks
4:40pm	End of Conference