ASF: DC Edition

Day 1: Wednesday, November 3 

9:00 – 9:05 AM

Introductory Remarks

• Nicholas Burns, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group

• Anja Manuel, Director, Aspen Strategy Group

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9:05 – 9:45 AM

Keynote | A Conversation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the Military Challenges of the 21st Century

• Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

• Moderator: Lester Holt, Anchor and Managing Editor, NBC Nightly News

9:45 – 10:30 AM

Keynote | Cybersecurity is National Security: Cyber Command and NSA’s Partnership Defending the Nation

• Paul Nakasone, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency

• Moderator: David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post

10:30 – 11:15 AM

Panel | Defeating the Virus: The Biden Administration’s Global Vaccination Pledge

*Co-Presented with the Aspen Institute Health, Medicine, and Society Program

• Gary Edson, CEO, COVID Collaborative

• Anne Pritchett, Senior Vice President, Policy and Research, PhRMA

• Kathleen Sebelius, former Secretary of Health and Human Services

• Gayle Smith, Coordinator for Global COVID Response and Health Security, Department of State

• Moderator: Kavita Patel, Nonresident Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution

11:15 – 11:45 AM

Panel | Space as Critical Infrastructure

• John Galer, Assistant Vice President, National Security Space, AIA 

• Sam Visner, Technical Fellow, The MITRE Corporation

• Moderator: Joseph Marks, Reporter, The Washington Post

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11:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Break | Lunch Pickup

12:00 – 12:30 PM

Keynote | A Conversation with Condoleezza Rice

• Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State

• Moderator: Margaret Brennan, Moderator, Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan, and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, CBS News

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12:30 – 1:00 PM

Panel | On the Rise: Perspectives on Foreign Policy

• Aspen Strategy Group Rising Leaders

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1:00 – 1:45 PM

Panel | The Nexus of Climate Change and National Security

• Todd Gloria, Mayor of San Diego

• Daniel Poneman, former Deputy Secretary of Energy

• Alice Hill, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, The Council on Foreign Relations

• Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative for Renewable Energy for All, the United Nations, and Co-Chair, UN-Energy

• Moderator: Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN

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1:45 – 2:00 PM

Keynote | Updates from COP26

• Raj Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation

• John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate

• Moderator: Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN

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2:00 – 2:30 PM

Keynote | A Conversation with House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff

• Adam Schiff, Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

• Moderator: Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News and Host, Andrea Mitchell Reports, MSNBC

2:30 – 3:00 PM

Keynote | A Conversation with the Minister of Defense of Singapore on the Asia-Pacific

• Ng Eng Hen, Minister of Defense of Singapore

• Moderator: Joe Nye, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group

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3:00 – 3:30 PM

Panel | Democracy vs. Authoritarianism: The Global Struggle

• Mike Abramowitz, President, Freedom House

• Sadanand Dhume, Senior Fellow, AEI

• John Frank, Vice President for UN Affairs, Microsoft

• Moderator: Lara Jakes, Diplomatic Correspondent, The New York Times

3:30 – 4:00 PM

Panel | Follow the Money: Corruption and National Security

• Daniel Eriksson, CEO, Transparency International

• Jane Harman, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, The Wilson Center

• Juan Zarate, Chairman, Center on Economic and Financial Power, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

• Moderator: Dina Temple-Raston, Senior Correspondent, The Record

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4:00 – 4:30 PM

Keynote | The China Challenge: A Conversation with Senator Jack Reed

• Jack Reed, Senator from Rhode Island

• Moderator: Gordon Lubold, White House and National Security Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

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4:30 – 5:00 PM

Panel | The Future of Europe and the Transatlantic Alliance 

• Brendan Boyle, Representative for Pennsylvania’s 2nd Congressional District

• Philippe Etienne, Ambassador of France to the U.S.

• Emily Haber, Ambassador of Germany to the U.S.

• Moderator: Nick Schifrin, Foreign and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour

5:00 – 5:20 PM

Keynote | The Lithuania Story

• Arnoldas Pranckevičius, Deputy Foreign Minister of Lithuania

• Moderator: Nick Schifrin, Foreign and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour

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5:20 – 5:25 PM

Closing Remarks

Anja Manuel, Director, Aspen Strategy Group

Day 2: Thursday, November 4

9:00 – 9:05 AM

Introductory Remarks​

• Anja Manuel, Director, Aspen Strategy Group

• Dan Porterfield, President and CEO, The Aspen Institute

9:05 – 9:30 AM

Keynote | A Conversation with the Secretary of the Navy

• Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy

• Moderator: Kevin Baron, Executive Editor, Defense One

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9:30 – 10:00 AM

Panel | An Increasingly Adversarial World: Cross-Atlantic Perspectives

• Dame Karen Pierce, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the U.S.

• Kori Schake, Senior Fellow and Director of Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, AEI

• Tom Wright, Director, Center on the United States and Europe, the Brookings Institution

• Moderator: Matt Kaminski, Editor-in-Chief, Politico

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10:00 – 10:45 AM

Panel | The Great Experiment: The Health of American Democracy

• Arthur Brooks, William Henry Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School; Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School

• Amy Walter, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Cook Political Report

• Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker 

10:45 – 11:45 AM

Panel | Building a More Resilient Global Supply Chain

• Elissa Slotkin, Representative for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District

• Michael McCaul, Representative for Texas’ 10th Congressional District

• Bruce Andrews, Corporate VP and Chief Government Affairs Officer, Intel

• Chester “Chip” Davis, Jr., President and CEO, Healthcare Distribution Alliance

• Moderator: Anja Manuel, Director, Aspen Strategy Group

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11:45 AM – 12:15 PM

Keynote | Rejecting Decline: Mapping America’s Choices in the Digital Revolution

• Ben Sasse, U.S. Senator for Nebraska

• Moderator: Stephen Hayes, CEO and Editor, The Dispatch

12:15 – 1:00 PM

Break | Lunch Pickup

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1:00 – 2:00 PM

Panel | Global Economic Recovery: Challenges and Opportunities

*Co-Presented with the Aspen Economic Strategy Group

• Mike Froman, former U.S. Trade Representative

• Austan Goolsbee, Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics, University of Chicago

• Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum

• Dambisa Moyo, Global Economist and Author

• Moderator: Edward Luce, U.S. National Editor and Columnist, The Financial Times

2:00 – 2:05 PM

Flash Talk | Fast Follower Strategy

• Mike Brown, Director, Defense Innovation Unit

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2:05 – 3:00 PM

Panel Preserving America’s Technological Edge

• Mike Brown, Director, Defense Innovation Unit

• Chris Lynch, Co-Founder and CEO, Rebellion Defense

• Teresa Shea, Vice President, Cyber Offense and Defense Experts, Raytheon Intelligence and Space

• Moderator: Nancy Youssef, National Security Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal

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3:00 – 3:45 PM

Keynote | The Future of Special Operations Forces

• Richard Clarke, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command

• Moderator: Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

3:45 – 4:30 PM

Keynote | A Conversation with U.S. Marine Corps Commandant David Berger

• David Berger, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps

• Moderator: Courtney Kube, Correspondent, NBC News

4:30 – 5:15 PM

Keynote | Protecting the Homeland in a New Era: A Conversation with Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

• Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security

• Moderator: David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times

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5:15 – 5:20 PM

Closing Remarks

• Nicholas Burns, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group

• Anja Manuel, Director, Aspen Strategy Group