ASF: DC Edition

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.