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
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Dan Porterfield, President and CEO, Aspen Institute
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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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