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Day 1 - July 18

Welcoming Remarks

Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum

Joseph Nye, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

Fireside Chat with Monica Juma 

Monica Juma, National Security Advisor to the President of the Republic of Kenya

ModeratorSarah Smith, North America Editor, BBC News

Fireside Chat with Admiral John C. Aquilino

Admiral John C. Aquilino, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

ModeratorCourtney Kube, NBC News Correspondent, NBC News

Fireside Chat with Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Representative of the United States to the United Nations, U.S. Permanent Mission to the United Nations 

ModeratorAndrea Mitchell, Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News

Day 2 - July 19

Welcoming Remarks

Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum

Fireside Chat with James Cleverly

James Cleverly, Secretary of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, United Kingdom

ModeratorMartha MacCallum, Anchor and Executive Editor of The Story and Co-Anchor of Fox News Election Coverage with Bret Baier, Fox News

Addressing Today’s Threat & Ensuring Tomorrow’s Edge: Accelerating Capabilities for the DoD

Douglas A. Beck, Director, Defense Innovation Unit and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense

Christian Brose, Chief Strategy Officer, Anduril Industries 

Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense

ModeratorGordon Lubold, White House & National Security Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Fireside Chat with Xie Feng
Xie Feng, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the United States

ModeratorSteve Clemons, Founding Editor at Large, Semafor

Final Frontier: Space Strategy for the Future

Salvatore 'Tory' Bruno, CEO, United Launch Alliance

John Plumb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, U.S. Department of Defense

Ezinne Uzo-Okoro, Assistant Director for Space Policy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

ModeratorDavid Ignatius, Columnist, The Washington Post 

Fireside Chat with Christo Grozev 

Christo Grozev, Lead Russia Investigator, Bellingcat Productions

ModeratorSharon Weinberger, National Security Editor, The Wall Street Journal

Fireside Chat with General James H. Dickinson

General James H. Dickinson, Commander, U.S. Space Command

Moderator: David Ignatius, Columnist, The Washington Post 

Semiconductors and National Security: The CHIPS Challenge

Pat Gelsinger, CEO, Intel

Penny Pritzker, Founder and Chairman, PSP Partners, and 38th U.S. Secretary of Commerce

ModeratorSteve Clemons, Founding Editor at Large, Semafor

U.S. Competitiveness: Challenges and Opportunities

Zoë Baird, Senior Counselor to the Secretary for Technology and Economic Growth, U.S. Department of Commerce

Yll Bajraktari, President and CEO, Special Competitive Studies Project

ModeratorPeter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times

Shifting Tides: A New Middle East?

Goli Ameri, Co-Founder, StartItUp and Former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State 

Tzipi Livni, Former Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Justice of Israel 

Farah Pandith, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations and Former Special Representative to Muslim Communities, U.S. Department of State

Dina Powell McCormick, Vice Chairman & President of Global Client Services, BDT-MSD; Former Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States

ModeratorSteve Clemons, Founding Editor at Large, Semafor

Sanctions, Scams, and Schemes: Cross-Sector Collaboration to Combat Financial Crime

Aaron Karczmer, EVP, Chief Enterprise Services Officer, PayPal

Brian Nelson, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, U.S. Department of the Treasury 

Matt Olsen, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, U.S. Department of Justice
Moderator
Mary Louise Kelly, Co-Host, All Things Considered, NPR 

Denver Dialogue on Democracy – The Global Democracy Agenda 

María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador

Mariano-Florentino 'Tino' Cuéllar, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Francis Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Jane Harman, Chair, Commission on the National Defense Strategy, and Former Member of Congress

ModeratorMatthew Kaminski, Editor-in-Chief, POLITICO

The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence 

Arati Prabhakar, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Kent Walker, President, Global Affairs, Google

Heidi Heitkamp, Director, University of Chicago Institute of Politics; Former U.S. Senator for North Dakota

Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum

ModeratorRyan Heath, Global Technology Correspondent, Axios

Day 3 - July 20

Fireside Chat with Alejandro N. Mayorkas

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 7th U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security

ModeratorFareed Zakaria, Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN

The China Challenge: Is the U.S. Getting China Right?

Michael Froman, President, Council on Foreign Relations

Naima Green-Riley, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University 

Joseph Nye, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University 

Kristen Silverberg, President & COO, Business Roundtable, and Former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union

ModeratorEdward Luce, U.S. National Editor and Columnist, Financial Times

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Critical Minerals and National Security

Heidi Heitkamp, Director, University of Chicago Institute of Politics; Former U.S. Senator for North Dakota

Meghan L. O’Sullivan, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Mike Pompeo, Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute, and 70th U.S. Secretary of State 

ModeratorMisha Glenny, Journalist and Rector, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna

What’s Next for Ukraine?

Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine

Colin Kahl, Senior Fellow, Stanford University, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense

Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head, Centre for Civil Liberties, Ukraine and Nobel Peace Laureate

Philip Zelikow, White Burkett Miller Professor of History, University of Virginia; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

ModeratorSusan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker

The Future of European Defense and Security

Mircea Geoană, Deputy Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

G.E.W. van Leeuwen, Foreign Affairs and Defense Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands 

Tom Tugendhat, Minister of State (Minister for Security) of the United Kingdom

Moderator: Peter Spiegel, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times

Democracy, Security, and Artificial Intelligence 

Rob Joyce, Director of Cybersecurity, National Security Agency

Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President, Microsoft 

ModeratorSusan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker

Fireside Chat with Christine Wormuth

Christine Wormuth, 25th Secretary of the Army, U.S. Army 

ModeratorCourtney Kube, NBC News Correspondent, NBC News

Inflection Point: India and the Changing World Order

Rana Ayyub, Global Opinions Contributing Writer, The Washington Post

Shivshankar Menon, Visiting Professor of International Relations at Ashoka University
Joseph Nye, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

Nirupama Rao, Former Foreign Secretary of India

ModeratorAmna Nawaz, Co-Anchor, PBS NewsHour

Fireside Chat with Ahmad Massoud (VIRTUAL)

Ahmad Massoud, Leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan 

ModeratorFareed Zakaria, Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN

Update on the Vilnius Summit: Fireside Chat with Mircea Geoană

Mircea Geoană, Deputy Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

ModeratorDavid Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times

Fireside Chat with Emmanuel Bonne 

Emmanuel Bonne, Diplomatic Advisor and G20-G7 Sherpa for the President of the French Republic

ModeratorJim Sciutto, Anchor and Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN

Re-Engineering American Security: Cultivating Talent for Competitiveness 

Romy Drucker, Director, Education Program, Walton Family Foundation
Chris Howard, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Arizona State University 

Condoleezza Rice, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group, and 66th U.S. Secretary of State

ModeratorStephanie Ruhle, Host, “The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle” and NBC News Senior Business Analyst, MSNBC

Fireside Chat with William Burns

William Burns, Director, Central Intelligence Agency

ModeratorMary Louise Kelly, Co-Host, All Things Considered, NPR

Day 4 - July 21

Opening Remarks 

Joseph Nye, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University 

A View From the Hill

Chris Coons, U.S. Senator for Delaware

John Cornyn, U.S. Senator for Texas 

James E. Risch, U.S. Senator for Idaho 

ModeratorPeter Spiegel, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times

 

Fireside Chat with Volodymyr Zelenskyy (VIRTUAL)

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine

ModeratorFareed Zakaria, Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN

 

Fireside Chat with Antony J. Blinken

Antony J. Blinken, 71st U.S. Secretary of State

ModeratorAndrea Mitchell, Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News

Fireside Chat with Chrystia Freeland

Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada  

ModeratorMatthew Kaminski, Editor-in-Chief, POLITICO

On Thin Ice? Navigating the New North  

Esther D. Brimmer, James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance, Council on Foreign Relations

Dan Sullivan, U.S. Senator for Alaska

Vice- Admiral Frank 'Trey' Whitworth, Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

ModeratorJim Sciutto, Anchor and Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN

New Technologies and Old Treaties: Are International Limits on Weapons Still Possible?

Mark T. Esper, Partner and Board Member, Red Cell Venture Capital, and 27th U.S. Secretary of Defense

Bonnie D. Jenkins, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, U.S. Department of State 

Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum

ModeratorDavid Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times

Fireside Chat with Jake Sullivan

Jake Sullivan, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, National Security Council

ModeratorEdward Luce, U.S. National Editor and Columnist, Financial Times

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