2023
ASF: DC Edition
December 7, 2023 | Washington, DC
2023 Videos and Transcripts
2023 Agenda
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Thursday, December 7
8:00 AM — 5:00 PM
Registration Open for Participants
8:00 — 9:00 AM
Breakfast for Participants
9:00 — 9:10 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Dan Porterfield, President and CEO, Aspen Institute
Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
9:10 — 9:45 AM
Transforming for Future Challenges
Doug Beck, Director, Defense Innovation Unit; Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense
General Bryan Fenton, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
Michèle Flournoy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors; Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense
Moderator: Courtney Kube, NBC News Pentagon Correspondent, NBC News
9:45 — 10:15 AM
The Changing Strategic Environment: Lessons and Opportunities
General Anthony Cotton, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command
Jim Risch, U.S. Senator for Idaho
Moderator: David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
10:15 — 10:45 AM
Fireside Chat with David Cameron
David Cameron, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs, United Kingdom
Moderator: Jennifer Griffin, Chief National Security Correspondent, Fox News
10:45 — 11:15 AM
Fireside Chat with John Podesta
John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation
Moderator: Jim Sciutto, Anchor and Chief National Security Analyst, CNN
11:15 — 11:45 AM
Fireside Chat with Katherine Tai
Katherine Tai, 19th U.S. Trade Representative
Moderator: David Westin, Wall Street Week Anchor, Bloomberg
11:45 AM — 12:45 PM
Lunch for Participants
12:45 — 1:15 PM
The China Challenge: Competition and Coexistence
Elizabeth Economy, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Admiral Linda Fagan, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
Rob Wittman, U.S. Representative for Virginia’s First District
Moderator: Peter Spiegel, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
1:15 — 1:45 PM
The China Response: Integrated Deterrence, A Sum Greater Than Its Parts
Keoki Jackson, Senior Vice President, National Security, MITRE
Mara E. Karlin, Assistant Secretary for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, U.S. Department of Defense
Elizabeth Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Moderator: Peter Spiegel, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
1:45 — 2:15 PM
Fireside Chat with Sameh Shoukry
Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Egypt
Moderator: Steve Clemons, Founding Editor at Large, Semafor
2:15 — 2:45 PM
Israel-Hamas War: America’s Role and the Strategic Landscape
Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland
Moderator: Mary Louise Kelly, Host, All Things Considered, NPR
2:45 — 3:15 PM
Fireside Chat with Jon Finer
Jon Finer, Principal Deputy National Security Advisor, National Security Council
Nick Schifrin, Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
3:15 — 3:35 PM
On the Rise: Perspectives on Foreign Policy
A Panel with Aspen Strategy Group Rising Leaders
Megan Ristine Bellingham, Business Information Security Associate, Bridgewater Associates
Matthew Peppers, Security Data Analyst
Kelly Piazza, Associate Professor of Political Science, U.S. Air Force Academy
Keome Rowe, Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
Carissa Smith, Vice President of Government Relations, FOX
Moderator: Niamh King, Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
3:35 — 4:05 PM
Fortifying a Coalition: Will the West Sustain Ukraine?
Brendan Boyle, U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania’s Second District
Paula Dobriansky, Senior Fellow, Harvard University Belfer Center; Vice Chair, Scowcroft Center for Strategy & Security, Atlantic Council
Constanze Stelzenmüller, Director, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution
Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
4:05 — 4:35 PM
Tech, AI, and Competitiveness in American Industry
Anne Neuberger, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technologies
Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
Moderator: Ryan Heath, Global Technology Correspondent, Axios
4:35 — 4:40 PM
Closing Remarks
Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
Please join us for the closing reception immediately following programming.
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