Watch It Again: CNAS / Defense One National Security Forum

The first National Security Forum presented by CNAS and Defense One, themed "Setting the Next Defense Agenda," gathered leaders and experts from government, industry, and think-tanks to explore global defense trends, the key strategic choices facing the Pentagon, and how to strengthen America’s defense.

Schedule and Speakers

AGENDA

9 a.m.–3 p.m. on Dec. 14, 2015, at the JW Marriott Hotel (Ballroom Level / 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW / Washington, DC 20004)

9:00–9:55 AM             MORNING KEYNOTE

• Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work

9:55–10:40 AM           THE FUTURE OF GROUND WARFARE

• General Mark Milley, Army Chief of Staff
• Paul Scharre, Senior Fellow, CNAS

10:40–11:25 AM         THE DEFENSE INNOVATION AGENDA

• Michèle Flournoy, CEO, CNAS
• Jamie Morin, Director, Office of the Secretary of Defense-Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
• Darryl Davis, President, Boeing Phantom Works
• Ben FitzGerald, Director of the Technology and National Security Program, CNAS
• Loren DeJonge Schulman, Leon E. Panetta Senior Fellow, CNAS

11:25–12:10 PM         AGENDA FOR DEFENSE REFORM

• Marcus Weisgerber, Global Business Reporter, Defense One
• Phillip Carter, Director of the Military, Veterans, and Society Program, CNAS
• Stephen Ondra, Chief Medical Officer, Health Care Service Corporation
• Mackenzie Eaglen, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
• General Craig R. McKinley (USAF, Ret.), President and CEO, National Defense Industrial Association

12:10–12:25 PM         LUNCH IS SERVED

12:25–1:10 PM           PRESERVING THE U.S. MILITARY EDGE

• Jerry Hendrix, Director of the Defense Strategies and Assessments Program, CNAS

1:10–2:05 PM             AFTERNOON KEYNOTE

• General Joseph Dunford Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

2:05–2:35 PM             MOVIE PREVIEW: CITIZEN SOLDIER

2:35–3:30 PM             NETWORKING RECEPTION

Please note: the forum is on-the-record, but conversation during lunch with other attendees is off-the-record. For questions about the Forum, please contact Neal Urwitz at nurwitz@cnas.org or 202-457-9409 .