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 Adib Farhadi, PhD (Conference Host) Associate Professor, Faculty Director of Executive Education, University of South Florida
9:10am	Welcome Remarks Rhea Law President, University of South Florida
9:15am	Welcome Remarks General (Ret) Frank McKenzie Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute University of South Florida
9:30am	Keynote Remarks TBA
10:05am	Keynote Remarks TBA
10:35am	Morning Break / Networking
11:05am	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) Other Panelists TBA
12:20pm	Lunch Break / Networking
1:45pm	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
3:00pm	Afternoon Break / Networking
3:30pm	Fireside Chat: The Trajectory of U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East General (Ret) Frank McKenzie Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute and former commander, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Robin Wright (Moderator) Distinguished Fellow, USIP-Wilson Center, Author and Columnist, The New Yorker
4:30pm	Conference Day 1 Wrap Up Adib Farhadi, PhD (Conference Host) Associate Professor, Faculty Director of Executive Education, University of South Florida

Day 2 (September 25)
8:00am	Check-In and Registration
9:00am	Conference Day 2 Preview Adib Farhadi, PhD (Conference Host) Associate Professor, Faculty Director of Executive Education, University of South Florida
9:15am	Plenary Remarks TBA
10:00am	Morning 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 Other Panelists TBA
11:45am	Lunch / Networking
1:30pm	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 Other Panelists TBA
2:30pm	Conference Wrap Up and Closing Remarks TBA