GNSI Tampa Summit

GNSI Tamps Summit 2, featuring the 8th Great Power Competition Conference, focused on the specific threats and challenges confronting U.S. national security from the exponential advances in uncrewed and autonomous systems over the past 20 years. Commanders on the ground are grappling with a new era of warfare. But the use of these systems also brings its own dilemmas, challenges and questions. This event took a look into the future use and ethical considerations surrounding the use of these new and increasingly-relied upon systems.

Keynote Presentations:
• Major General (Ret) Charles Dunlap, Jr - Executive Director, Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke University
• Lieutenant General Alexus Grynkewich - Commander, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) and Combined Forces Air Component Commander for U.S. Central Command, Southwest Asia
• General Michael "Eric" Kurilla - Commander, U.S. Central Command
• Dr. Stefanie Tompkins - Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Other featured speakers are scheduled to include:
• Rhea Law, President, USF
• Dr. Eric Eisenberg, Senior VP University-Community Partnerships, USF
• General (Ret) Frank McKenzie, Executive Director, GNSI and Cyber Florida
• Caitlin Lee, Director and Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation
• Dr. Roger Kangas, Academic Dean, NESA
• Schuyler Moore, Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Central Command
• David Des Roches, Assistant Professor, NESA
• Laura Cressey, Director, Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers, U.S. State Department
• Lt. Colonel Joseph Chapa, Chief Responsible AI Ethics Officer, United States Air Force
• Jennifer McCardle, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Defense Program, Center for New American Security (CNAS)

7th Great Power Competition Conference // Signature Event

Recognizing that integrated deterrence is not constrained by geography, the 7th Great Power Competition Conference (GPC7)  will focus on the specific threats and challenges confronting U.S. national security and foreign policy emanating from China. China's aggressive posture affects global economics and influences strategic policy issues. Efforts to expand their influence through the One Belt One Road initiative and their exploits to shape global perceptions by dominating the information and cyber domains directly affect the U.S. and allied influence and relationships globally. GPC7 will explore critical questions facing the U.S. in the wake of China's growing expansion, such as how different stakeholders perceive China's rise and how they have reacted to it, and what the U.S can do to counter China's rapid influence and power in the Central Region. 

The signature, Great Power Competition Conference,  is sponsored by the University of South Florida (USF), in partnership with the USF College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), the National Defense University's Near East and South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies and the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)

2023 U.S. Central Command Central and South Asia DMI Conference (March 7)

The Summit is extended an additional day this Spring, as we've added an additional event: the U.S. Central Command Central and South Asia Directors of Military Intelligence Conference 2023. This highly sought-after event will be open to the public (but not live-streamed) and will enable GNSI Tampa Summit to look at implications for the Central Region from the perspective of two Great Powers, not just one. The DMI Conference on March 7 will examine Russia's increasingly complex and assertive actions in the Central Region, as it seeks to challenge the U.S. and China for influence among the 21 member nations of the Central Region.