The 2017 Global Security Forum will feature a panel on nuclear policy moderated by Rebecca Hersman.
Conference Agenda:
7:00 a.m. – 7:55 a.m. – Registration and Breakfast
7:55 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. – Welcoming Remarks
Dr. John J. Hamre
President and CEO, CSIS
William J. Lynn
CEO, Leonardo North America and DRS Technologies, Inc.
8:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. – U.S. National Security Priorities and the Role of Congress
Keynote address by:
Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
Chairman, Senate Committee on Armed Services (Invited)
Moderated by:
Dr. John J. Hamre
President and CEO, CSIS
9:20 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – Coffee Break
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – First Session Series
Session 1: The West Strikes Back: A Transatlantic Playbook to Counter Russian Active Measures
Moderated by:
Heather Conley
Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; and Director, Europe Program, CSIS
Session 2: Hurtling Toward a Genomic 9/11?
Moderated by:
Stephen Morrison
Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, CSIS
Session 3: Risks and Consequences of a Trade War
Moderated by:
Scott Miller
Senior Adviser and Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. – Second Session Series
Session 1: “Rules for Robots:” Governance of Artificial Intelligence
Moderated by:
James Lewis
Senior Vice President, CSIS
Moderated by:
Rebecca Hersman
Director, Project on Nuclear Issues and Senior Adviser, International Security Program, CSIS
Moderated by:
Todd Harrison
Director, Aerospace Security Project and Director, Defense Budget Analysis, CSIS
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. – Lunch and Networking
Screening of The New Barbarianism: A CSIS Original Documentary Film
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Plenary II
Pandemic, Proliferation, and a Pariah State: A Simulated Crisis in North Korea
Additional speakers to be announced.
This event is made possible by support from Leonardo.