2010 Aspen Security Forum
July 27 - 30, 2010 | Aspen, CO
Afghanistan/Pakistan: The National Security Challenge
Speaker: Michael Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moderator: David Sanger, The New York Times
Opening Address
Speaker: Jane Holl Lute, Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security
Moderator: Jeanne Meserve, CNN
Aviation Security
Speaker: Christopher Bidwell, Vice President, Security and Facilitation, Airport Council International
Speaker: Erroll Southers, Former Nominee, TSA Administrator; Managing Director of Counter-Terrorism and Infrastructure Protection, TAL Global
Speaker: James May, President and CEO, Air Transport Association of America, Inc. ​
Moderator: Thomas Frank, USA Today
Maritime Security
Speaker: Todd Owen, Executive Director, Cargo and Conveyance Security, Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection, US Department of Homeland Security
Speaker: Christopher Koch, President and CEO, World Shipping Council
Speaker: Kurt Nagle, President and CEO, American Association of Port Authorities
Moderator: Rob Margetta, Congressional Quarterly
Luncheon Address
Speaker: Fran Townsend, former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Moderator: Walter Isaacson, CEO and President, The Aspen Institute
Mass Transit Security
Speaker: John O'Connor, Vice President and Chief of Police, Amtrak Police Department
Speaker: Jeffrey Delinski, Deputy Chief, Homeland Security and Investigation Bureau, Metro Transit Police, Washington, DC
Speaker: William Millar, President, American Public Transportation Association
Moderator: Shaun Waterman, The Washington Times
Cybersecurity
Speaker: Richard A. Clarke, former Special Advisor to the President for Cybersecurity; former National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism
Speaker: Rod Beckstrom, former Director, National Cybersecurity Center, US Department of Homeland Security; President and CEO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Speaker: Daniel Prieto, Vice President and Practice Lead, Public Sector Strategy & Innovation, IBM
Moderator: David Ignatius, The Washington Post
The Terror Threat Picture and Counterterrorism Strategy
Speaker: Michael E. Leiter, Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Moderator: Michael Isikoff, NBC
Luncheon Address
Speaker: Husain Haqqani, Pakistani Ambassador to the United States
Moderator: Massimo Calabresi, TIME Magazine
How Prepared Are We for the Next 9/11
Speaker: Gary Hart, Co-Chair, "Hart-Rudman" US Commission on National Security/21st Century; former US Senator
Speaker: Richard Ben-Veniste, Former 9/11 Commission member
Speaker: Jim Talent, Vice-Chair, Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism; former US Senator
Speaker: Mati Kochavi, Chairman, AGT International
Moderator: Steve Abbot, Former Deputy Director, White House Office of Homeland Security
The View from Abroad
Speaker: Richard Barrett, Coordinator, Al-Qaida/Taliban Monitoring Team, United Nations
Speaker: Henry Crumpton, former Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, US Department of State
Moderator: Robert Siegel, NPR
Innovation, Research & Development in Security
Speaker: Richard Cooper, Chair of the Homeland Security Division, National Industrial Defense Association; Catalyst Partners, LLC
Speaker: Devin Talbott, Vice President, D.E. Shaw
Speaker: Matthew McCooe, Founder, Chart Venture Partners
Speaker: Roger London, Chair, American Security Challenge
Speaker: James Beldock, President, International, ShotSpotter
Moderator: Jacob Goodwin, Editor-in-Chief, GSN: Government Security News
Closing Talk
Speaker: Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security
Moderator: Catherine Herridge, Fox News