GNSI Tampa Summit 5

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Agenda

DAY 1 - March 4, 2025


8:00am	Registration and Check In
8:30am	Conference Welcome TBA
8:40am	Welcome Remarks Rhea Law President, University of South Florida
9:00am	Keynote Speaker General (Ret) Frank McKenzie Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute
9:30am	Morning Break / Networking
9:45am	Panel 1 Discussion: Ukraine Strategic Lessons Tad Schnaufter II, PhD (Moderator) Strategy & Research Manager, GNSI Ambassador Bill Taylor (Panelist) Vice President, Europe & Russia, United States Institute of Peace (USIP) David Kramer (Panelist) Executive Director, George W. Bush Institute Christopher Marsh, PhD (Panelist) Associate Professor, College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University and GNSI Non-Resident Senior Fellow
11:00am	Panel 2 Discussion Student Panel Featuring the GNSI Future Stategist Program
11:35am	Deep Dive Workshops (Instructions and Guidance)
11:45am	Lunch / Networking ** Tabeltop Discussions in Main Ballroom (12:15pm - 1:00pm)
1:00pm	Deep Dive Workshops: Session 1 (Concurrent)
	*Medical Treatment in War* with USUHS Civilians in War with TBA Russian/Iranian/North Korean Cooperation with David Kramer
2:15pm	Deep Dive Workshops: Session 2 (Concurrent)
	Medical Treatment in War with USUHS Civilians in War with TBA Russian/Iranian/North Korean Cooperation with David Kramer
3:15pm	Break / Networking
3:30pm	Panel 3 Discussion: Drones in Modern War: Land, Sea and Air Andrew Whiskeyman, PhD (Moderator) Associate Professor, College of Information and Cyberspace National Defense University (NDU) and GNSI Non-Resident Senior Fellow Caitlin Lee, PhD (Panelist) Director, Acquisition and Technology Policy, RAND Corporation and GNSI Non-Resident Senior Fellow Stacie Pettyjohn, PhD (Panelist) Senior Fellow and Director, Defense Program at Center for New American Security (CNAS)
4:45pm	Closing Remarks TBA

DAY 2 - MARCH 5, 2025


8:00am	Registration and Check In
8:45am	Conference Welcome TBN
9:00am	Panel 4 Discussion: Impact on Europe and NATO Golfo Alexopoulos, PhD (Moderator) Director, Institute for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of South Floriday Johan Norberg (Panelist) Author, historian, lecturer and global documentary filmmaker General (Ret) Valdermaras Rupsys (Panelist) Former Chief of Defense, Lithuania Major General (Ret) Pekka Toveri (Panelist) Member of European Parliament and former Director of Finnish Intelligence Division Olga Chiriac, PhD (Panelist) Project Europe Director, Irregular Warfare Initiative
10:15am	Break / Networking
10:30am	Oral Abstract Research Papers Presentation TBA
11:45am	Lunch / Networking ** Tabletop Discussions in Main Ballroom (12:15pm - 1:00pm)
1:00pm	Fireside Chat Featuring: John Kirby White House National Security Communications Advisor, retired Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy and University of South Florida alumnus Golfo Alexopoulos, PhD (Moderator) Director, Institute for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of South Floriday
2:00pm	Panel 5 Discussion: Information Operations Heather Ashby, PhD (Moderator) Principal Consultant, Corner Alliance and GNSI Non-Resident Senior Fellow Jacek Dworzecki (Panelist) Deputy Dean for Security Studies Discipline at the General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces in Poland Peter Pomerantsev (Panelist) Senior Fellow, SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University
3:15pm	Break / Networking
3:30pm	Workshop Roundtable: What's Next?
4:15pm	Closing Remarks TBA
4:30pm	Conference Ends

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