ASF: DC Edition

Thursday, December 8 

9:00 — 9:10 AM
Opening Remarks

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

9:10 — 9:45 AM
Fireside Chat with Kurt Campbell

• Kurt Campbell, Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs, National Security Council
• Moderator: Joseph Nye, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group, and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

9:45 — 10:25 AM
An Integrated World? AUKUS and Developments Across the Indo-Pacific

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

• Karen Pierce, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United States

• Arthur Sinodinos, Ambassador of Australia to the United States

• Moderator: Amna Nawaz, Chief Correspondent, PBS NewsHour

10:25 — 10:55 AM
Fireside Chat with Zoë Baird and Kent Walker

• Zoë Baird, Senior Counselor to the Secretary for Technology and Economic Growth, U.S. Department of Commerce
• Kent Walker, President, Global Affairs, Google
• Moderator: Peter Spiegel, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times

10:55 — 11:30 AM
On the Rise: Perspectives on Foreign Policy

A Panel with Aspen Strategy Group Rising Leaders

Introduction by Dan Porterfield, President and CEO, Aspen Institute

• Mary Brooks, Public Policy Fellow, The Wilson Center

• Yanique Campbell, Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State

• Brian Mongeau, Principal, First In Ventures

• Anand Raghuraman, Director, Global Public Policy, Mastercard

• Geo Saba, Chief of Staff, Office of U.S. Representative Ro Khanna

• Moderator: Niamh King, Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum

11:30 AM — 12:00 PM
Fireside Chat with David Pekoske

• David Pekoske, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration
• Moderator: Tom Costello, NBC News Correspondent

​12:oo — 12:30 PM
Lunch for Participants

12:30 — 1:30 PM
Winter Is Here: Defense and Security in a Europe at War

• Tobias Billström, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden

• Pekka Haavisto, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Finland

• Tobias Lindner, Minister of State, Germany

• Zbigniew Rau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland

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

1:30 — 2:00 PM
Fireside Chat with Martha Koome

• Martha Koome, Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya

• Moderator: Steve Clemons, Founding Editor at Large, Semafor

2:15 — 2:45 PM
U.S. Competitiveness and National Security

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

• Chris Coons, U.S. Senator for Delaware

• Todd Young, U.S. Senator for Indiana

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

2:45 — 3:15 PM
Fireside Chat with David Turk

• David Turk, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
• Moderator: Katty Kay, U.S. Special Correspondent, BBC News

3:15 — 4:00 PM
Beyond the World Cup: Triumphs and Challenges in the Middle East

• Abbas Milani, Director of the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies, Stanford University

• Enrique Mora, Deputy Secretary General, European External Action Service

• Dennis Ross, Former Ambassador of the U.S. to Israel, and Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute of Near East Policy

• Mona Yacoubian, Senior Advisor, Executive Office and Middle East and North Africa Center, U.S. Institute of Peace

• Moderator: Dafna Linzer, Executive Editor, POLITICO

4:00 — 4:30 PM
Fireside Chat with Kathleen Hicks

• Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense
• Moderator: Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum

4:30 — 4:35 PM
Closing Remarks

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

4:35 — 5:30 PM
Closing Cocktail Reception