2015 Aspen Security Forum
July 22 - 25, 2015 | Aspen, CO
James Comey: The Complexity of Today’s Global Threat Environment
Speaker: James Comey, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Moderator: Wolf Blitzer, Anchor, “The Situation Room,” CNN
Homeland Security in the Age of ISIL
Speaker: Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security
Moderator: Ryan Lizza, Washington Correspondent, The New Yorker
Pivot to Europe?
Speaker: Gérard Araud, Ambassador of France to the US
Speaker: Paula Dobriansky, Senior Fellow, JFK Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University; Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
Speaker: Ramón Gil-Casares, Ambassador of Spain to the US
Moderator: Kim Ghattas, Correspondent, BBC; Author, The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power
The Role of Law and Law Enforcement in Securing the Nation
Speaker: John Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security
Speaker: Caroline Krass, General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency
Moderator: Ken Dilanian, Intelligence Writer, The Associated Press
Cyber Policy at National & International Levels
Speaker: Keith Alexander, CEO and Co-Founder, IronNet Cybersecurity; Former Director, National Security Agency; Former Commander, US Cyber Command
Speaker: Suzanne Spaulding, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for the National Protection and Programs Directorate
Speaker: Chris Young, General Manager, Intel Security Group, Intel Corporation
Moderator: John Markoff, Senior Writer, The New York Times
Beyond the Build: Leveraging the Cyber Mission Force
Speaker: Michael Rogers, Director, National Security Agency; Commander, US Cyber Command
Moderator: David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times
Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism
Speaker: Gilles de Kerchove, Counterterrorism Coordinator, European Union
Speaker: Jane Harman, Director, President and CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Speaker: Rashad Hussain, Special Envoy and Coordinator for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, Department of State
Speaker: Juliette Kayyem, Founder, Kayyem Solutions LLC; Former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Intergovernmental Affairs
Moderator: Chris Isham, Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief, CBS News
Cooperation and Conflict in the Relationship between Government and Industry in Cyberspace
Speaker: Zoë Baird, CEO and President, Markle Foundation
Speaker: Michael Chertoff, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, The Chertoff Group; Former Secretary of Homeland Security
Speaker: Michael Leiter, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Leidos; Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Speaker: Tim Reardon, Vice President and General Manager, Defense and Intelligence Solutions, Lockheed Martin
Moderator: Shaun Waterman, Editor, POLITICO Pro Cybersecurity
Special Operators and Intelligence Analysts: the 21st Century’s Lead Warriors
Speaker: Kathleen Hicks, Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and Director, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Speaker: Eric Olson, former Commander of US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and a member of the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Group
Speaker: Michael Vickers, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Moderator: Kim Dozier, Contributing Writer, The Daily Beast; Global Analyst, CNN
Iraq/Syria: Worse Now Than Before?
Speaker: John Allen, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL; Former Commander, International Security Assistance Force and US Forces Afghanistan
Speaker: Lukman Faily, Ambassador of Iraq to the US
Speaker: Daniel Glaser, Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Department of the Treasury
Moderator: Eric Schmitt, Senior Correspondent, The New York Times
Iran and the Bomb
Speaker: Ellen Laipson, President and CEO, Stimson Center; Former Vice Chair, National Intelligence Council
Speaker: John McLaughlin, Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; Former Acting and Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Speaker: Matthew Spence, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy; Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for International Affairs, Yale University
Moderator: Michael Crowley, Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, POLITICO
A Look into SOCOM
Speaker: Joseph Votel, Commander, US Special Operations Command
Moderator: Catherine Herridge, Chief Intelligence Correspondent, Fox News
Chinese Assertiveness in the South China Sea: Harbinger of Things to Come?
Speaker: Gordon Chang, Contributor, Forbes.com; Author, The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World
Speaker: Bonnie Glaser, Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies, and Senior Associate, Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Speaker: Harry Harris, Commander, US Pacific Command
Moderator: Massimo Calabresi, Deputy Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Correspondent, Time Magazine
A Word from the Intelligence Community
Speaker: Robert Cardillo, Director, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
Speaker: David Cohen, Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Speaker: Nick Rasmussen, Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Moderator: Brian Ross, Chief Investigative Correspondent, ABC News
Whither NATO—The Cold War Redux?
Speaker: Evelyn Farkas, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia
Speaker: Sergey Kislyak, Ambassador of Russia to the US
Speaker: Doug Lute, US Ambassador to NATO
Speaker: Peter Wittig, Ambassador of Germany to the US
Moderator: Eli Lake, Columnist, Bloomberg View
Herding Cats: Synthesizing the Intelligence Community
Speaker: James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence
Moderator: Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News
Hitting the Security Reset Button: Time to Rethink Our Approach?
Speaker: Michael Hayden, Principal, The Chertoff Group; Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Former Director, National Security Agency
Speaker: Matt Olsen, President and Co-Founder, IronNet Cybersecurity; Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Speaker: John Pistole, President, Anderson University; Former Administrator, Transportation Security Administration; Former Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Speaker: Fran Townsend, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Government, Legal, and Business Affairs, MacAndrews and Forbes Inc.; Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Moderator: Noah Shachtman, Executive Editor, The Daily Beast
Flying the Unfriendly Skies: The Air Force’s Role in National Security
Speaker: Deborah James, Secretary, US Air Force
Moderator: Jennifer Griffin, National Security Correspondent, Fox News
The View from Capitol Hill
Speaker: Michael McCaul, Chairman, House Homeland Security Committee
Speaker: Martha McSally, Member, House Homeland Security Committee and House Armed Services Committee
Moderator: Anne Gearan, National Politics Correspondent, The Washington Post
The View from the White House
Speaker: Lisa Monaco, Deputy National Security Advisor and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Moderator: Mike Isikoff, Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
The Chairman Speaks
Speaker: John McCain, Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee; US Senator, Arizona
Moderator: Lesley Stahl, Correspondent, “60 Minutes,” CBS News
The NSC, DHS, and State: Using All the Instruments of National Power to Combat Threats
Speaker: Huban Gowadia, Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Department of Homeland Security
Speaker: Marie Harf, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Strategic Communications, Department of State; Former Deputy and Acting Spokesperson, Department of State
Speaker: Laura Holgate, Senior Director, Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism and Threat Reduction, National Security Council
Speaker: Peter Neffenger, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration
Moderator: Kevin Baron, Executive Editor, Defense One
The Mideast Cauldron: Hotter Than Ever Now?
Speaker: Tamara Cofman Wittes, Director, Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution
Speaker: Frank Lowenstein, Acting Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
Speaker: Danielle Pletka, Senior Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Speaker: Elissa Slotkin, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Moderator: Margaret Brennan, Foreign Affairs Correspondent, CBS News
Law and Order: How will the Lynch Justice Department Confront the Terror Threat?
Speaker: Loretta Lynch, US Attorney General
Moderator: Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News