GNSI Tampa Summit 4

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Agenda

Day 1 (September 24)
Time	Event
8:00am	Check-In and Registration
9:00am	Conference Introduction Jim Cardoso Senior Director, Global and National Security Institute, University of South Florida
9:10am	Welcome Remarks Major General Brandon Tegtmier, Chief of Staff, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM)
9:30am	Keynote Remarks General (Ret) Frank McKenzie Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute University of South Florida and former commander, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM)
10:00am	Morning Break / Networking
10:30am	Panel 1 Discussion Imagining Peace in the Middle East Ambassador (Ret) Greta Holtz (Moderator) President/CEO, Amideast and Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow, Global and National Security Institute Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen (Panelist) Director, Israel, The Palestinian Territories and the Region Program, United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Negar Mortazavi (Panelist), Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy and host of "The Iran Podcast" Sean McFate, PhD (Panelist), Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and professor at National Defense University (NDU)
12:00n	Lunch Break / Networking
1:30pm	Featured Speaker (Video Remarks) His Excellency, Ambassador Shaikh Abdullah bin Al Khalifa Bahraini ambassador to the United States
1:40pm	Panel 2 Discussion The Faith of the Abraham Accords Merissa Khurman (Moderator) Director, Middle East Program, The Wilson Center Shai Feldman (Panelist) Raymond Frankel Professor of Israeli Politics and Society, Brandeis University Ambassador (Ret) Gerald Feierstein (Panelist) Director, Arabian Penninsula Affairs Program, Middle East Institute Dalia Dassa Kaye, PhD (Panelist) Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation, Senior Fellow at UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations
3:15pm	Conference Day 1 Wrap Up Jim Cardoso Senior Director, Global and National Security Institute, University of South Florida
3:30pm	Conference Day 1 Closes

Day 2 (September 25)
(CANCELLED BECAUSE OF HURRICANE HELENE)
Time	Event
8:00am	Check-In and Registration
9:00am	Conference Day 2 Preview Jim Cardoso Senior Director, Global and National Security institute, University of South Florida
9:15am	Introduction of GNSI Future Strategist Program Jeff Rogg, PhD Director of FSP and Senior Research Fellow, Global and National Security Institute, University of South Florida
9:30am	Featured Speakers: Fireside Chat David Oakley, PhD Academic Director, Global and National Security Institute, University of South Florida Douglas Wise Former Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, GNSI Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow
10:15am	Break / Networking
10:30am	Panel 3 Discussion A Common Enemy and Cooperative Security Diane Zorri, PhD (Moderator) Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Global and National Security Institute Ali Alfoneh (Panelist), Senior Fellow, The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington Brigadier Andrew Watkins (Panelist), Deputy Director, Strategy, Plans & Policy (J5), United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Arman Mahmoudian, PhD (Panelist), Research Fellow, Global and National Security Institute, University of South Florida
12:00n	Lunch / Networking
1:30pm	Keynote Speaker Major General Jasper Jeffers Commander, United Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT)
2:00pm	Panel 4 Discussion Disruption in Global Supply Chain Due to Middle East Conflict Matthew Mullarkey, PhD (Moderator), Director/Co-Founder, Doctor of Business Administration program at the Muma College of Business, University of South Florida Robert Mogielnicki, PhD (Panelist), Senior Resident Scholar, The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington Howard Shatz (Panelist), Senior Economist, RAND Corporation, and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Noam Raydan (Panelist), Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
3:30pm	Conference Wrap Up and Closing Remarks Jim Cardoso Senior Director, Global and National Security Institute, University of South Florida
3:45pm	Conference Reception (Royal Ballroom)

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