Great Power Competition

GPC5 Agenda

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5th Great Power Competition Conference
University of South Florida
Virtual Event
April 28-29, 2022

DAY 1
8:30 – 8:45 AM Conference and Day 1 Overview
Emcee Dr. Ron Sanders, Staff Director, Cyber Florida: The Florida Center for
Cybersecurity
8:45 – 9:30 AM    Welcoming Remarks
Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott*
Florida LT GOV Jeanette Nunez *
USF Interim President Rhea Law
GEN Michael Erik Kurilla, Commander, US CENTCOM*
GEN Kenneth F. McKenzie (USMC-retired), former Commander, US CENTCOM
9:30 – 10:00 AM Opening Keynote Address: Senator Joseph L. Lieberman, former Chair, Senate
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
10:00 – 10:15 AM Break
10:15 – 11:45 AM A Glimpse into the Future Moderated Panel
• ADM Thad W. Allen, 23rd Commandant, US Coast Guard
• Patrick Gorman, Executive Vice President for Cybersecurity, Booz Allen
Hamilton; former CIO, US Intelligence Community
• VADM Jan Tighe, former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information
Warfare and Director, Naval Intelligence, and former Fleet Commander,
U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. Tenth Fleet
• Moderator: Peter Singer, Author and New America Senior Fellow
11:45 – 12:30 PM Lunch
12:30 – 1:45 PM The Geopolitical Context: The World in 2032
• Segment Keynote: GEN Frank McKenzie (USMC-retired), former
Commander, US CENTCOM
• Moderated Roundtable:
o AMB Ryan Crocker, former US Ambassador to Iraq, Afghanistan
o HON Michèle Flournoy, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, WestExec
Advisors; former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
o Moderator Dr. Michael O’Hanlon, Director of Research - Foreign Policy,
Brookings Institution
1:45 – 3:00 PM

Panel Discussion: Homeland Security in 2032
• Segment Keynote: HON Michael Chertoff, Co-founder & Executive
Chairman, The Chertoff Group; former Secretary of Homeland Security
• Moderated Panel:
o ADM James M. Loy, Senior Counselor, The Cohen Group; former Deputy
Secretary of Homeland Security
o HON Janet Hale, Director, Deloitte & Touche; former Under Secretary of
Management, US Department of Homeland Securityo

Moderator: Frank Cilluffo, Director, McCrary Institute for Cyber and
Critical Infrastructure Security, Auburn University; former Special
Assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security
3:00 – 3:15 PM Break
3:15 – 4:45 PM Panel: Intelligence in 2032
• Segment Keynote: HON Ronald S. Moultrie, Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence & Security
• Moderated Panel:
o John McLaughlin, Former Acting Director and Deputy Director, Central
Intelligence Agency
o HON Michael E. Leiter, Partner, National Security; CFIUS; Cybersecurity
and Privacy; Congressional Investigations and Government Policy;
former Director of the US National Counterterrorism Center
o Moderator: Michael Allen, Managing Director & Partner, Beacon Global
Strategies
4:45 – 5:00 PM Closing Keynote Address: Gen Michael Hayden, USAF, Retired, Principal,
Strategic Advisory Services, The Cohen Group; former Director, Central
Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency

 

DAY 2 
8:30 – 8:45 AM Day 2 Overview
Emcee Dr. Ron Sanders, Staff Director, Cyber Florida: The Florida Center for
Cybersecurity
8:40 – 9:15 AM Welcoming Remarks
• Maj Gen Alexus G. Grynkewich, USAF, Director of Operations, UC CENTCOM
• LTG Terry Wolf, USA, Retired, Director, Near East South Asia Center for
Strategic Studies
• Dr. Eric Eisenberg, Dean, USF College of Arts & Sciences
• HON Mike McConnell, VADM, USN, Retired, Executive Director, Cyber
Florida; former Director, US National Intelligence
9:15 – 9:45 AM Opening Keynote Address: HON Michael Rogers, former Chair, House
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
9:45 – 10:00 AM  Break
10:15 – 12:00 PM Military Power in 2032
• Segment Keynote: GEN Frank McKenzie USMC, Retired, former
Commander, US CENTCOM
• Moderated Panel:
o LGEN Charles W. Hooper, USA, Retired, Senior Counselor, The Cohen
Group; former Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
o HON Ellen E. McCarthy, Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and
Research
o ADM Craig Faller, USN, Commander, US Southern Command
o Moderator: Michael O’Hanlon, Director of Research - Foreign Policy,
Brookings Institution
12:00 – 12:30 PM  Lunch
12:30 – 2:00 PM Law Enforcement in 2032
• Segment Keynote: HON Matthew G. Olsen, Assistant Attorney General for
National Security, US Department of Justice
• Moderated Panel:
o HON John S. Pistole, President, Anderson University; former Deputy
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
o HON Fran Townsend, Executive Vice President for Corporate Affairs,
Activision Blizzard; former Homeland Security Advisor*
o Cathy Lanier, Senior Vice President, Chief Security Officer, National
Football League; former Chief, Metropolitan Police Department of the
District of Columbia*
o Michael P. Downing, Chief Security Officer, Oak View Group; former
Commanding Officer, Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau,
Los Angeles Police Department*
o Moderator: Frank Cilluffo, Director, McCrary Institute for Cyber and
Critical Infrastructure Security, Auburn University; former Special
Assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security
2:00 – 2:15 PM Break
2:15 – 4:00 PM Technology in 2032
• Segment Keynote: HON Jen Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security
• Moderated Panel:
o Eric Silagy, CEO, Florida Power & Light (FPL)
o GEN Keith Alexander, USA, Retired, Founder & Co-CEO, IronNet
Cybersecurity; former Director, National Security Agency
o Christopher Ling, Independent Consultant
o Moderator: HON Mike McConnell, VADM, USN, Retired, Executive
Director, Cyber Florida; former Director, US National Intelligence
4:00 – 4:45 PM Closing Remarks: GEN Richard D. Clarke, USA, Commander, US SOCOM