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Agenda

DAY 1 - March 4, 2025


8:00am	Registration and Check In
9:00 am	Conference Welcome TBA
9:10am	Welcome Remarks Rhea Law President, University of South Florida
9:30am	Panel 1 Discussion: Ukraine Strategic Lessons Tad Schnaufter II, PhD (Moderator) Strategy & Research Manager, GNSI David Kramer (Panelist) Executive Director, George W. Bush Institute Christopher Marsh, PhD (Panelist) Chair, Joint Special Operations Master of Arts program at the National Defense University and GNSI Non-Resident Senior Fellow Maria Snegovaya, PhD (Panelist) Senior fellow at the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
10:45am	Break / Networking
11:00am	Keynote Speaker General (Ret) Frank McKenzie Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute
11:45am	Deep Dive Workshops (Instructions and Guidance)
12:00n	Lunch / Networking ** Tabeltop Discussions in Main Ballroom (12:15pm - 1:00pm)
1:00pm	Deep Dive Workshops (Concurrent)
	Civilians in War (Room 3705) with Tatsiana Kulakevich, PhD, Associate Professor, USF School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies and a research fellow at the USF Institute for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies. Russian/Iranian/North Korean Cooperation (Room 3708) with David Kramer, Executive Director, George W. Bush Institute
2:15pm	Roundtable: Technology in Conflict Christopher Hunter (Moderator) Chief Legal Officer, IWP Family Office and GNSI Non-Resident Senior Fellow Caitlin Lee, PhD (Panelist) Director, Acquisition and Technology Policy, RAND Corporation and GNSI Non-Resident Senior Fellow Sam Bendett (Panelist) Researcher and advisor, Russia Studies at CNA Corporation Colonel Erik Andresen (Panelist) Coalition Chairman, CJOC Canadian Senior National Representative to U.S. Central Command, Canadian Armed Forces
3:35pm	Workshop Roundtable - What's Next?
4:20pm	Closing Remarks TBA
4:30pm	End of Day 1

DAY 2 - MARCH 5, 2025


8:00am	Registration and Check In
9:15am	Conference Welcome TBN
9:30am	Panel 2 Discussion: Impact on Europe and NATO Golfo Alexopoulos, PhD (Moderator) Director, Institute for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of South Florida Johan Norberg (Panelist) Author, historian, lecturer and global documentary filmmaker General (Ret) Valdermaras Rupsys (Panelist) Former Chief of Defense, Lithuania Olga Chiriac, PhD (Panelist) Project Europe Director, Irregular Warfare Initiative
10:45am	Break / Networking
11:00am	Oral Abstract Research Papers Presentation TBA
11:45am	Lunch / Networking
1:00pm	Book Discussion Featuring: Peter Pomerantsev (Author) Senior Fellow, SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University Heather Ashby, PhD (Moderator) Principal Consultant, Corner Alliance and GNSI Non-Resident Senior Fellow
2:00pm	Break / Networking
2:15pm	Keynote 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 Florida
3:15pm	Closing Remarks TBA
3:30pm	End of Day 2 and Conference

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