The 4th Great Power Competition Conference: 9/11 Gathering Wisdom from Experience
The University of South Florida (USF), in partnership with the National Defense University’s Near East and South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), and the Florida Center for Cybersecurity, is proud to sponsor the fourth semi-annual conference on The Great Power Competition (GPC).
This Fall event, scheduled to air on 22-23 September 2021, will commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S. by focusing on the day of those attacks and our immediate military, diplomatic, and strategic response.
Day One of the September event will address the conditions leading up to the attacks, the attacks themselves, and our country’s immediate military and diplomatic reaction to them. Day Two of the conference will explore the strategic response to the attacks and begin a dialogue on the longer-term, focusing on the ensuing “Global War on Terror” and the lessons the U.S. learned during those eventful years, not just in the Middle East but in our country’s competition with near-peer nation-states; Iran, Russia and China, and their proxies.
The GPC conference will feature key players from those times, including former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morrell, Ambassador Ryan Crocker; retired Admiral Thad Allen (USCG); former USCENTCOM Commander and Director of the CIA General David Petraeus; former national security advisor Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster; and the Honorable Michèle Flournoy, among others.
Speaker and Presenter Information
HON Michael J. Morrell, Senior Counselor, Beacon Global Strategies and former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and former POTUS Daily Briefer
Mr. Michael Allen, Managing Director of Beacon Global Strategies LLC and author of Blinking Red, Crisis and Compromise in American Intelligence after 9/11
Admiral Thad Allen, USCG, Retired, Senior Executive Advisor for Hudson Analytics and 23rd Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
Frank Cilluffo, Director of Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security and former Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security immediately following 9/11
Mary Margaret Graham, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collections, and former Chief of the CIA National Resources Division, New York City Office
Frances Townsend, Executive Vice President for Activision, former Director of Intelligence, and former Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush
Master Sgt. Scott Neil, USA, Retired, U.S. Special Forces and member of one of the first military units on the ground in Afghanistan after 9/11
Ambassador Ryan Crocker, former Ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
HON Dov Zakheim, former Under Secretary and Coordinator of Civilian Programs in Afghanistan for Department of Defense
General David Petraeus, USA, Retired, former USCENTCOM Commander, NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan and Director of Central Intelligence Agency
LTG H.R. McMaster, USA, Retired, former National Security Advisor to President Donald J. Trump
HON Michèle Flournoy, Chair, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Board of Directors, and former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Todd Veazie, Director, Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA), U.S. Department of Defense
Candace Rondeaux, Director, Future Frontlines, Senior Fellow & Professor of Practice at the Center on the Future of War, a joint initiative of New America and Arizona State University
VADM Stuart Munsch, Director of Joint Force Development (J-7) for theJoint Chiefs of Staff, and author of the Joint Warfighting Concept
Dr. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Founder & CEO, Valens Global, and former senior advisor to the director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Community Partnerships
Dr. Isiah Wilson, President, Joint Special Operations University
HON J. Michael “Mike” McConnell, VADM, USN, Retired, Executive Director, Cyber Florida
Relevant Government Agencies
Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of State, CIA, Coast Guard, Federal Government, Foreign Governments/Agencies, NSA
Event Type
Virtual
This event has no exhibitor/sponsor opportunities
When
Wed-Thu, Sep 22-23, 2021, 8:45am - 4:00pm
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Cost
Complimentary: $ 0.00
Website
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Organizer
Cyber Florida: The Florida Center for Cybersecurit
