Afghanistan: Part One
Agenda
8:00am | Check in and Registration |
9:00am |
![]() Adib Farhadi, PhD Associate Professor, Faculty Director of Executive Education College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida |
9:10am |
![]() President Hamid Karzai Former President of Afghanistan |
9:20am |
![]() Colin Jackson, PhD Co-Chair, Afghanistan War Commission and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Aghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia |
9:35am | Keynote Presentation (Fireside Chat)![]() Featured Speaker Ambassador Zalmay Khalilizad (Ret) Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Iraq and Afghanistan and Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation ![]() Moderator TBA |
10:30am | Keynote Presentation (Fireside Chat)![]() Featured Speaker General (Ret) Frank McKenzie Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute, USF Former commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) ![]() Moderator Mohsen Milani, PhD Professor, Executive Director for the Center of Strategic & Diplomatic Studies, University of South Florida |
11:05am | Morning Break / Networking |
11:30am | Panel 1 Discussion: The Human Rights and Humanitarian Crisis ![]() Ian Bickford, PhD (Moderator) ![]() Naheed Sarabi (Panelist) ![]() Ambassador Said Tayeb Jawad (Panelist), former Afghanistan Ambassador to the United States and United Kingdom ![]() Scott Worden (Panelist), Director Afghanistan and Central Asia Programs, United States Institute of Peace (USIP) ![]() Halima Kazem-Stojanovic, PhD (Panelist), Oral History Project Manager - HART, Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
12:45pm | Lunch Break / Networking |
2:00pm |
![]() Ambassador Michael McKinley (Ret) Senior Counselor at the Cohen Group, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan |
2:20pm | Panel 2 Discussion: The Countering Terrorism Dilemma ![]() Lieutenant General (Ret) Robert Ashley (Moderator), former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Commissioner at Afghanistan War Commission, and Principal at Pallas Advisors ![]() Ambassador Ali Jalali (Panelist), Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA) and former Afghani Ambassador to Germany ![]() Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Chris Molino (Panelist), Commissioner, Afghanistan War Commission ![]() Hassan Abbas, PhD (Panelist), Distinguished Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA) ![]() Javid Ahmad (Panelist), |
3:40pm | Afternoon Break / Networking |
3:50pm |
![]() Shamila Chaudhary Co-Chair, Afghanistan War Commission and former White House Director for Pakistan and Afghanistan on the National Security Council |
4:05pm | Panel 3 Discussion: Lessons Learned or Lessons Not Learned ![]() Jonathan Schroden, PhD (Moderator), Research Director, Center for Naval Analysis ![]() Andrew Wilder, PhD (Panelist), Vice President, Asia Center, United States Institute for Peace and Commissioner, Afghanistan War Commission ![]() Marvin Weinbaum, PhD (Panelist), Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan Studies, Middle East Institute (MEI) ![]() Ambassador Omar Samad (Panelist), former Afghanistan Ambassador to Canada and France ![]() Habiba Sarabi (Panelist), former Afghanistan Minister of Women Affairs and first woman appointed governor of a province in Afghanistan ![]() Barnett Rubin, PhD (Panelist), Distinguished Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University |
5:15pm |
![]() Adib Farhadi, PhD Associate Professor, Faculty Director of Executive Education College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida |
5:30pm | Conference End |