8 a.m. - 9 a.m. Breakfast & Networking 

9 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. Welcome & Introductions 
• Mike Denning, Assistant Vice Chancellor, National Defense Initiatives

• Jack Zhang, Assistant Director, Center for East Asian Studies

9:10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Keynote / Fireside Chat:  Security Dynamics in Indo-Asia Pacific, Land & Sea (Moderator Geoff Babb)
• Robert Brown, Former Commanding General, US Army Pacific
• Mike Studeman, Former Director of Intelligence, US Navy

10:15 a.m.- 11:45 a.m. Panel 1 – Flashpoints (Moderator: Mike Denning)

• Robert Watts, Office of the Secretary of Defense 
• Youngjun Kim, Korean National Defense University 
• Francesca Buratti, Allied Command Transformation, NATO

11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch and Student Posters

1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Panel 2: The Foundations of China’s Strategic Mindset and Foreign Policy Decision-Making.(Moderator Megan Greene)

• Suisheng Zhao, University of Denver 
• Carla Freeman, Johns Hopkins University
• Jack Zhang, University of Kansas 

2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Coffee Break and Poster Sessions

3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Panel 3 - Global Competition (Moderator Steve Leonard)
• Dawn Murphy, National War College
• Ryan Berg, Center for Strategic & International Studies 
• Stephan Haggard, UC San Diego

Sponsored by:

• Center for East Asian Studies

• Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence

• Command and General Staff College Foundation, Inc. 

• National Defense Initiatives, University of Kansas

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