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Tuesday, February, 23, 2016

Global SOF Symposium, Orlando FL

Global SOF Symposium 2016

 

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 – 9:00am

Join us on February 23-25, 2016 at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida. Check out the agenda and registration details here: www.globalsofsymposium.org

Confirmed speakers include:

– ADM (Ret.) William H. McRaven, Former Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
– Mr. Peter Bergen (CNN)
– GEN Sir Adrian Bradshaw (DSACEUR)
– Ms. Catherine Herridge (Chief Intelligence Correspondent, Fox News Channel)
– Ms. Ellen Lord (CEO, Textron Systems)
– AMB Juan Carlos Pinzon (Colombian Ambassador to the U.S.)
– Senior SOF leaders from: Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, U.S.

Global SOF Symposium
Inverness Foyer
Tuesday Agenda February 23, 2016
7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Symposium Registration and Information Desk Hours
Inverness Foyer
7:30-8:30 a.m.
PARTNER-ONLY Event
Inverness Ballroom B
Plenary Sessions
Inverness Ballroom A
9:00-9:15 a.m.
Introduction and Welcome to the 2016 Global SOF Symposium
Inverness Ballroom A
9:15-10:00 a.m.
  • His Excellency Juan Carlos Pinzon, Colombian Ambassador to the United States, Embassy of Colombia **(CONFIRMED)**
10:00-10:30 a.m.
Networking Break/Transition to Concurrent Panels
Concurrent Panels
10:30-11:45 a.m.
  • Moderator: Colonel Magne Rodahl (NOR), Chief of Staff, Special Operations Command, Norway **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Colonel Luc de Rancourt (FRA), Deputy Commander, Special Operations Command, France **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Dr. Jay Lewis, Program Manager, Microsystems Technology Office, DARPA **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Major General Alberto José Mejía Fererro (COL), Commander, Colombian Army, Special Operations Forces (Invited)
Inverness Ballroom A
10:30-11:45 a.m.
  • Moderator: Brigadier General (Ret) Lance Mans (GBR), CEO, Syrus Insight, Ltd **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Major Jarrod Knowlden (USA), Company Commander, 2d Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) “”(CONFIRMED)**
  • Ms. Ellen Lord, CEO, Textron Systems **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Colonel Thomas von Eschenbach, Director,Capability Development and Integration Directorate, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence (Invited)
Inverness Ballroom B
11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Networking Break
Inverness Foyer
Keynote Lunch: Mr. Peter Bergen
12:00-1:00 p.m.
  • Mr. Peter Bergen, National Security Analyst, CNN; Vice President and Director of Studies, New America **(CONFIRMED)**
Inverness Ballroom A
1:00-1:30 p.m.
Networking Break / Transition to Concurrent Panels
Inverness Foyer
Concurrent Panels
1:30-2:45 p.m.
  • Moderator: Brigadier General Danny Grammatico (FRA), Director of Operations, European Union Military Staff **(CONFIRMED)**
  • RADM Giuseppe Cavo Dragone (ITA), Commander, Special Operations Forces, Italy **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Commander Stephen Jones (USA), Commanding Officer, Navy Operational Support Center **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Colonel Heath Niemi, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Brigadier General Adnan Olwan (JOR), Commander, Special Operations (Invited)
Inverness Ballroom B
1:30-2:45 p.m.
  • Moderator: Catherine Herridge, Chief Intelligence Correspondent, Fox News Channel **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Mr. Jeffrey C. Chapman, Chief Executive Officer, Babel Street **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Ms. Gintare Janulaityte, Advisor to the Minister of National Defense, Republic of Lithuania **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Mr. Thomas Joscelyn, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies **(CONFIRMED)**
Inverness Ballroom A
2:45-3:00 p.m.
Networking Break/Transition to Concurrent Panels
Inverness Foyer
3:00-4:15 p.m.
  • Moderator: Dr. Seth Jones, Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND Corporation **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Brigadier General Musallam Al Rashedi (UAE), Staff, Presidential Guard Special Operations Command (Invited)
  • Staff General Talib Shagati Mshari Alkinani (IRQ), International Counter Terrorism Service Chief and Commander, Joint Special Operations Center (Iraq), **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Colonel Modestas Petrauskas (LTU), Commander, Special Operations, Lithuania **(CONFIRMED)**
Inverness Ballroom A
3:00-4:15 p.m.
  • Moderator: Mr. Jim Thomas, Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Commander Trond –, Liaison Officer to U.S. Special Operations Command, Norwegian Navy **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Rear Admiral Kazi Sarwar Hossain, Deputation High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Maldives, Bangladesh **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Captain Howard “Rico” Lenway (USA), SOF Advisor, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Navy **(CONFIRMED)**
Inverness Ballroom B
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Transition to Concurrent Breakout Sessions / Personal Time
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
4:30-6:00 p.m.
  • Moderator: Dr. Phillip Karber, President, The Potomac Foundation **(CONFIRMED)**
This session is only open to government personnel and GSF corporate partners
Stirling Hall East
4:30-6:00 p.m.
  • Moderator: ADM Guillermo E. Barrera, Distinguished International Fellow, U.S. Naval War College **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Mr. John Fernandez, Acting/Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Counter Narco Terrorism Operations Center, U.S. Department of Justice **(CONFIRMED)**
This session is only open to government personnel and GSF corporate partners
Stirling Hall Salons L, M, N
4:30-6:00 p.m.
  • Moderator: Mr. Jim Thomas, Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments **(CONFIRMED)**
This session is only open to government personnel and GSF corporate partners
Stirling Hall Salons I, J, K
Reception
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Peter Bergen will be on hand to discuss and sign his new book “United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists” – A riveting, panoramic look at “homegrown” Islamist terrorism from 9/11 to the present
Loch Ness Pool
Wednesday Agenda February 24, 2016
7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Symposium Registration and Information Desk Hours
Inverness Foyer
7:30-8:30 a.m.
PARTNER-ONLY Event
Inverness Ballroom B
Plenary Session
Inverness Ballroom A
9:00-10:15 a.m.
  • Moderator: Dr. Jacquelyn Davis, Executive Vice President, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Captain Augustin Champetier de Ribes (FRA), Liaison Officer in Washington DC, French Special Operations Forces **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Mr. Garry Reid, Director of Defense Intelligence (Intelligence and Security), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Brigadier General Mircea Suta (ROU), Commander, Romania Special Operations Force Brigade, Special Operations Forces, Romania (Tentative)
Inverness Ballroom A
10:15-10:30 a.m.
Networking Break
SOF Slam
Inverness Ballroom A
10:30-11:00 a.m.
  • Rear Admiral (lower half) Brian Hendrickson (USA), Deputy Commander, U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command **(CONFIRMED)**
Inverness Ballroom A
11:00-11:30 a.m.
  • Larry Holmes, Principal Investigator, U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Tentative)
Inverness Ballroom A
11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  • Mr. Joe Musselman, Founder and CEO, The Honor Foundation **(CONFIRMED)**
Inverness Ballroom A
Keynote Lunch: Strategic Challenges to NATO
Inverness Ballroom A
12:00-1:00 p.m.
  • General Sir Adrian Bradshaw (GBR) KCB OBE, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, North Atlantic Treaty Organization **(CONFIRMED)**
Inverness Ballroom A
1:00-1:30 p.m.
Networking Break/Transition to Concurrent Panels
Inverness Foyer
Concurrent Panels
1:30-2:45 p.m.
  • Moderator: Colonel Brian Petit, Deputy Commander, 10th Special Forces Group **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Brigadier General Dag Baehr (DEU), Commanding General, German Army Special Forces Command KSK **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Lieutenant-General Michael Day (CAN), Deputy Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples **(CONFIRMED)**
  • LTC Sandor Fabian (HUN), J7 Deputy Director, NATO Special Operations Headquarters **(CONFIRMED)**
Inverness Ballroom A
1:30-2:45 p.m.
  • Moderator: Mr. Scott Morrison, Director, Commander’s Action Group, NATO Special Operations Headquarters **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Major General Jørgen Høll (DNK), Commander, Special Operations Command, Denmark **(CONFIRMED)**
  • SES Daniel L. Murphy, Director, Advanced Analytics and Technical Investments for the Capabilities Management Office, Department of Defense **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Colonel Andrzej Trzaska (POL), Liaison Officer to U.S. Special Operations Command, Special Operations, Poland **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Mr. Jake Thackray, Director, NATO BICES Group Executive **(CONFIRMED)**
Inverness Ballroom B
2:45-3:15 p.m.
Break/Movement to Plenary Session
Plenary Sessions
Inverness Ballroom A
3:15-4:30 p.m.
  • Moderator: Colonel Robert Wilson (USA), Commander, 3rd Special Forces Group **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Brigadier General Jaime Iñiguez (ESP), Commander, Joint Special Operations Command, Spain **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Colonel Magne Rodahl (NOR), Chief of Staff, Special Operations Command, Norway **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Major General Jeffrey Sengelman (AUS) or Representative, Commander, Special Operations Command, Australia **(CONFIRMED)**
Inverness Ballroom A
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Networking Break
Inverness Foyer
Reception
4:30-5:30 p.m.
GSF Partner Cocktail Hour
Open to GSF Partners Only
Inverness Ballroom B
5:30-7:00 p.m.
  • General Sir Adrian Bradshaw (GBR) KCB OBE, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, North Atlantic Treaty Organization **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Admiral (RET) William McRaven (USA), Chancellor, The University of Texas System **(CONFIRMED)**
Sponsored by:
Inverness Ballroom A
Thursday Agenda February 25, 2016
7:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Symposium Registration and Information Desk Hours
Inverness Foyer
7:30-8:30 a.m.
PARTNER-ONLY Event
Plenary Sessions
Inverness Ballroom A
8:30-9:15 a.m.
  • Honorable Michael Lumpkin, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict, U.S. Department of Defense **(CONFIRMED)**
Inverness Ballroom A
9:15-10:00 a.m.
  • Mr. Marijus Velička (LTU), Vice Defence Minister, Lithuania **(CONFIRMED)**
Inverness Ballroom A
10:00 a.m.
Symposium Adjourns
Government-Only Sessions
Inverness Ballroom B
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  • Moderator: Dr. Keenan Yoho, Associate Professor of Operations Management, Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College **(CONFIRMED)**
  • Honorable Michael Lumpkin, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict, U.S. Department of Defense **(CONFIRMED)**
Inverness Ballroom B
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Lunch
Inverness Foyer

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