Future Security Forum, online New America/Arizona State
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New America and Arizona State University invite you to join an online Future Security Forum, focused on reimagining national security in the age of COVID-19. Top policymakers, practitioners from government, the private sector, and academia will convene a four-day virtual forum to analyze and debate the most pressing global security issues of the 21st century.

Future Security Forum is one of the signature events of the Future of War project—a New America and Arizona State University partnership analyzing emerging global threats, new technological applications, and the changing nature of warfare in an increasingly interconnected world.
Future Security Forum 2020—Four-Day Virtual Program
September 21 – 12:10-3:00pm ET

How can more diverse views make us more secure?
Preparedness, resilience, and global energy security during the pandemic
Reinventing national security post-COVID-19
COVID-19 and implications for the defense industrial base

September 22 – 1:00-3:15pm ET

How do we combat disinformation in the age of the coronavirus?
Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution
As the coronavirus spreads, what are the implications for the U.S. and the world?

September 23 – 12:30-2:05pm ET

Strategy in the era of coronavirus
So you think you can improve U.S. security? New voices on new policy ideas
How does Chinese espionage work?
U.S.-China relations post COVID-19: Is conflict inevitable?

September 24 – 12:30-3:00pm ET

Why the pandemic has exposed the weakness of the West, and how to fix it
Political violence in the United States: What does the data show?
Far-right terrorism in the age of COVID-19
Deradicalization: Lessons from the field
How is proxy warfare reshaping the world?

Additional information, including agenda times and speakers, can be found below.
Speakers
Susie Adams
Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Federal Sales

Javed Ali
Policymaker in Residence, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Brigadier General Richard E. Angle
Deputy Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command

Peter Bergen
Vice President, Global Studies & Fellows, New America; Co-Director, Center on the Future of War; Professor of Practice, ASU

Nadya T. Bliss, PhD
Executive Director, Global Security Initiative, Arizona State University; Senior Fellow, New America

Mia Bloom, PhD
Fellow, International Security, New America; Professor of Communication and Middle East Studies, Georgia State University

Sharon Burke
Director, Resource Security Program, New America; Senior Advisor, Future of War Project

Erin Cauchi
Investigative Journalist

Carol V. Evans, PhD
Director, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College

Michèle Flournoy
Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors; former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

Muhammad Fraser-Rahim, PhD
Executive Director, North America, Quilliam International

Sir Lawrence Freedman
Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King’s College London and Author of The Future of War: A History

Helene Gayle, MD
President & CEO, Chicago Community Trust; Chair, New America; Member, Cmte. on Equitable Allocation of Vaccine, NASEM

Tressa Guenov
Principal, Policy and Strategic Engagement, Lockheed Martin

Lisa Guernsey
Director, Teaching, Learning, and Tech Program, New America

Heather Hurlburt
Director, New Models of Policy Change, New America

Mara Hvistendahl
Author, The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage

Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins
Founder and President of the Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation

Nicola Johnson
Vice President, Government Affairs and Strategic Communications, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Mohammed Khalid
Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Dori Koren
Captain, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Daniela Lamas, MD
National Fellow, New America; Pulmonary and Critical Care Doctor, Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Faculty, Harvard Medical School

Kimberlyn Leary
Senior Vice President, Urban Institute, former Advisor to White House Council on Women

John Micklethwait
Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg

James O’Brien
Senior Vice President, University Affairs and Chief of Staff to President, Arizona State University

Michael T. Osterholm, PhD
Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota

C. Anthony Pfaff, PhD
Research Professor, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College

George Poste, DVM, PhD
Del E. Webb Professor of Health Innovation and Chief Scientist, Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative, Arizona State University

Vidhya Ramalingam
Founder, Moonshot CVE

Arto Räty
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Communications, Fortum

Candace Rondeaux
Professor of Practice, Arizona State University; Senior Fellow, Center on the Future of War

Daniel Rothenberg, PhD
Co-Director, Center on the Future of War; Professor of Practice, ASU; Senior Fellow, New America

Samm Sacks
Cybersecurity Policy and China Digital Economy Fellow, New America

Melissa Salyk-Virk
Senior Policy Analyst, International Security Program, New America

Randall G. Schriver
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs

Erin Simpson, PhD
Director, Strategic Planning, Corporate Analysis and Technology Center, Northrop Grumman

Peter W. Singer, PhD
Strategist & Senior Fellow, New America

Anne-Marie Slaughter, DPhil
CEO, New America

Colonel Frank Stanco
Chief of Staff of the Army Senior Fellow, New America

Alexandra Stark, PhD
Senior Researcher, Political Reform Program, New America

David Sterman
Senior Policy Analyst, International Security Program, New America

Samuel Visner
Director, National Cybersecurity FFRDC, MITRE Corporation; Former Chief of Signal Intelligence Programs, NSA

General Joseph L. Votel
Former Commander, U.S. Central Command; President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security

Frederic Wehrey, PhD
Senior Fellow, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Col. Isaiah (Ike) Wilson III, PhD
Director, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College

Adrian Wooldridge
Political Editor, The Economist

Schedule
12:10PM – 03:00PM
Day One – Sept. 21
12:10PM – 12:15PM
(Sept. 21) Welcome Remarks
Speakers
Anne-Marie Slaughter, DPhil
CEO, New America
12:15PM – 01:00PM
(Sept. 21) How Can More Diverse Views Make Us More Secure?
Speakers
Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins
Founder and President of the Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation
Kimberlyn Leary
Senior Vice President, Urban Institute, former Advisor to White House Council on Women, Fellow, International Security Program, New America; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School and Faculty Affiliate at Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
Col. (ret) Isaiah (Ike) Wilson III, PhD
President, Joint Special Operations University; Fellow, International Security Program, New America
Moderated by: Anne-Marie Slaughter, DPhil
CEO, New America
01:00PM – 01:30PM
(Sept. 21) Preparedness, Resilience, and Global Energy Security During the Pandemic
Speakers
Arto Räty
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Communications, Fortum; Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence of Finland; Former Director of National Defence Policy Unit
Sharon Burke
Senior Advisor, International Security and Resource Security, New America; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy, U.S. Department of Defense
01:30PM – 02:15PM
(Sept. 21) Reinventing National Security in the Era of COVID-19
Speakers
General Joseph L. Votel
Former Commander, U.S. Central Command; President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security
Michèle Flournoy
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors; former CEO, CNAS; former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Moderated by: Peter Bergen
Vice President, Global Studies and Fellows, New America; Co-Director, Center on the Future of War; Professor of Practice, Arizona State University
02:15PM – 03:00PM
(Sept. 21) COVID-19 and Implications for the Defense Industrial Base
Speakers
Susie Adams
Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Federal
Erin Simpson, PhD
Director, Strategic Analysis, Northrop Grumman
Nicola Johnson
Vice President, Government Affairs and Strategic Communications, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Tressa Guenov
Principal, Policy and Strategic Engagement, Lockheed Martin
Moderated by: Peter W. Singer, PhD
Strategist & Senior Fellow, New America; Professor of Practice, Arizona State University
01:00PM – 03:15PM
Day Two – Sept. 22
01:00PM – 01:05PM
(Sept. 22) Welcome Remarks
Speakers
James O’Brien
Senior Vice President, University Affairs and Chief of Staff to the President, Arizona State University
01:05PM – 01:50PM
(Sept. 22) How do we Combat Disinformation in the Age of COVID-19?
Speakers
Lisa Guernsey
Director, Teaching, Learning, and Tech Program, New America
Daniel Rothenberg, PhD
Co-Director, Center on the Future of War; Professor of Practice, Arizona State University; Senior Fellow, New America
Samuel Visner
Director, National Cybersecurity FFRDC, MITRE Corporation; Former Chief, Signal Intelligence Programs, NSA
Brigadier General Richard E. Angle
Deputy Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command
Moderated by: Nadya T. Bliss, PhD
Executive Director, Global Security Initiative, Arizona State University
01:50PM – 02:00PM
(Sept. 22) Pop-up – Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution
Speakers
Peter W. Singer, PhD
Strategist & Senior Fellow, New America; Professor of Practice, Arizona State University
02:00PM – 02:15PM
Break
02:15PM – 03:15PM
(Sept. 22) As COVID-19 Spreads, What are the Implications for the United States and the World?
Speakers
Michael T. Osterholm, PhD
Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota
Daniela Lamas, MD
National Fellow, New America; Pulmonary and Critical Care Doctor, Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Faculty, Harvard Medical School
George Poste, DVM, PhD
Chief Scientist, Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative; Regents’ Professor and Del E. Webb Chair in Health Innovation, Arizona State University
Helene Gayle, MD
President & CEO, Chicago Community Trust; Chair, New America; Member, Committee on Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Moderated by: Peter Bergen
Vice President of Global Studies and Fellows, New America; Co-Director, Center on the Future of War; Professor of Practice, Arizona State University
12:30PM – 02:05PM
Day Three – Sept. 23
12:30PM – 12:35PM
(Sept. 23) Welcome Remarks
Speakers
Carol Evans, PhD
Director, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
12:35PM – 01:00PM
(Sept. 23) Strategy in the Era of Coronavirus
Speakers
Sir Lawrence Freedman
Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King’s College London; Author of The Future of War: A History and Strategy: A History
01:00PM – 01:10PM
(Sept. 23) Pop Up – So You Think You Can Improve U.S. Security? New Voices on New Policy Ideas
01:10PM – 01:20PM
(Sept. 23) Pop Up – How Does Chinese Espionage Work?
Speakers
Mara Hvistendahl
Author, The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage
01:20PM – 02:05PM
(Sept. 23) U.S.-China Relations Post COVID-19: Is Conflict Inevitable?
Speakers
Samm Sacks
Cybersecurity Policy and China Digital Economy Fellow, New America
Randall G. Schriver
former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs
Moderated by: COL Frank Stanco
2019-2020 Chief of Staff of the Army Senior Fellow, New America
01:00PM – 03:00PM
Day Four – Sept. 24
01:00PM – 01:05PM
(Sept. 24) Welcome Remarks
Speakers
Col. (ret) Isaiah (Ike) Wilson III, PhD
President, Joint Special Operations University; Fellow, International Security Program, New America
12:35PM – 01:05PM
(Sept. 24) The Wake-Up Call: Why the Pandemic Has Exposed the Weakness of the West, and How to Fix It
Speakers
John Micklethwait
Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg; Co-Author, The Wake-Up Call
Adrian Wooldridge
Political Editor, The Economist; Co-Author, The Wake-Up Call
Moderated by: Heather Hurlburt
Director, New Models of Policy Change, New America
01:05PM – 01:10PM
(Sept. 24) Pop-up – Political Violence in the U.S.: What Does the Data Show?
Speakers
David Sterman
Senior Policy Analyst, International Security Program, New America
01:10PM – 02:00PM
(Sept. 24) Far-Right Terrorism in the Age of COVID-19
Speakers
Mia Bloom, PhD
Fellow, International Security Program, New America; Professor of Communication and Middle East Studies, Georgia State University
Dori Koren
Captain, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Erin Cauchi
Investigative Journalist
Vidhya Ramalingam
Founder, Moonshot CVE
Co-Moderated by: Heather Hurlburt
Director, New Models of Policy Change, New America
Co-Moderated by: Javed Ali
Policymaker in Residence, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan; Fellow, International Security Program, New America
02:00PM – 02:15PM
(Sept. 24) Pop-up – Deradicalization: Lessons From the Field
Speakers
Muhammad Fraser-Rahim, PhD
Executive Director, North America, Quilliam International
Mohammed Khalid
02:15PM – 03:00PM
(Sept. 24) How is Proxy Warfare Reshaping the World?
Speakers
Candace Rondeaux
Professor of Practice, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University; Senior Fellow, Center on the Future of War
Melissa Salyk-Virk
Senior Policy Analyst, International Security Program, New America
Alexandra Stark, PhD
Senior Researcher, Political Reform Program, New America
Frederic Wehrey, PhD
Senior Fellow, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Moderated by: C. Anthony Pfaff, PhD
Research Professor, Strategic Studies Institute
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Future Security Forum 2020 Will be Held Online

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