GNSI Tampa Summit
Agenda
Event time: 8:55am - 9:00am
Event details: Conference opening, plus preview of GNSI Tampa Summit Day 1
Speakers: Dr. Adib Farhadi, Conference Host
Dr. Adib Farhadi, Conference Host
Associate Professor, Faculty Director of Executive Education
University of South Florida
Event time: 9:00 - 9:15am
Event details: Opening and Welcome remarks.
Speakers:
Dr. Eric Eisenberg
Senior Vice President, University-Community Partnerships, University of South Florida
Event time: 9:15am - 9:45am
Event details: Opening address from General (Ret) Frank McKenzie, speaking about current global
security situations, as well as his view that the future of air warfare is vertical
and it is uncrewed.
Speakers:
General (Ret) Frank McKenzie
Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute
Former Commander, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM)
Event time: 9:45am - 10:15am
Event details: Keynote address from Lieutenant General Greg Guillot, Deputy Commander, United States
Central Command (USCENTCOM)
Speakers:
Lieutenant General Greg Guillot
Deputy Commander, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM)
Event time: 10:45am - 12:30pm
Event details:
- How can U.S. Foreign Military Sales of UAVs provide opportunities to build and deepen foreign partnerships? Are U.S. policies allowing the U.S. to keep pace with our strategic competitors?
- To what extent does the purchase of Chinese equipment by our partners challenge current and future security cooperation with the U.S.?
- What policy changes would you advocate to enable the U.S. to remain competitive globally while still recognizing valid human rights and other security concerns?
Panel Moderator:
Dave DesRoches
Associate Professor
Near East and South Asia Center for International Studies
Speakers/Panelists:
Laura Cressy
Director
Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers, U.S. State Department
Dr. Steven Roach
Professor of International Relations, University of South Florida
Brigadier General (Ret) John Pelleriti
Civilian Deputy J5, United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
Lieutenant Commander Stipe Skelin
Croatian Navy, currently assigned to Combined Strategic Analysis Group, United States
Central Command (USCENTCOM)
Event time: 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Event details: Afternoon Keynote address from Major General (USAF) (Ret) Charles Dunlap, Jr. The
former Deputy Judge Advocate General for the United States Air Force, currently the
Executive Director, Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke University.
Major General (USAF)(Ret) Charles Dunlap, Jr.
Executive Director, Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, Duke University
Former Deputy Judge Advocate General for the United States Air Force
Event time: 2:30pm - 4:15pm
Event details:
- What advantages do UAVs have in the grey zone compared to more conventional military approaches?
- How well has the U. S. applied the principles of Just War Theory over the past 20 years at it relates to employment of unmanned systems?
- How does unmanned warfare change the principles of appropriate and propositional response?
- How have countries like Iran, Russia, and China interpretated international law regarding their employment of UAVs? How has that benefited or hindered them? How does it challenge U.S. national security interests?
Round Table Facilitator:
Lieutenant Colonel (Dr.) Paul Lushenko
Director, Special Operations, U.S. Army War College
Speakers / Panelists:
Caitlin Lee
Director, Acquisition and Technology Policy Program; Senior Political Scientist, RAND
Corporation
Jonathan Horowitz
Legal Adviser
International Committee Red Cross Regional (ICRC) Delegation for the United States
and Canada
Daniel Strand
Assistant Professor of Ethics
USAF Air War College
Event time: 8:55am - 9:00am
Event details: Preview of GNSI Tampa Summit Day 2
Speakers: Dr. Adib Farhadi, Conference Host
Dr. Adib Farhadi, Conference Host
Associate Professor, Faculty Director of Executive Education
University of South Florida
Event time: 9:00 - 9:15am
Event details: Opening and Welcome remarks.
Speakers:
Dr. Roger Kangas
Academic Dean, Near East and South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies
Event time: 9:15am - 9:45am
Event details: Keynote address from Dr. Stefanie Tompkins, Director of the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA)
Speakers:
Dr. Stefanie Tompkins
Director
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Event Time: 10:15am - 12:00noon
Event Details:
- What are some of the things we can expect to see related to RPA or UAVs that will help deter malign activity & provide advantage to our military decision-makers?
- What risks and advantages come with implementing increased automation into UAVs?
- To what extent has UAV technology outpaced legislation and what challenges might that bring to the ability to keep pace with our strategic competitos?
Moderator:
Dr. Arman Sargolzaei
Director, Resilient, Autonomous, Networked Control Systems (RANCS) Research Group,
Assistant Professor, University of South Florida
Speakers / Panelists:
Steven Luxion
Executive Director, FAA's Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence
(ASSURE)
Dr. Jaret Riddick
Senior Fellow, Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology
(CSET)
Dr. Jennifer McCardle
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Defense Program, Center for New American Security (CNAS)
Event time: 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Event details: Keynote address from Lieutenant General Alexus Grynkewich, Combined Forces Air Component
Commander, U.S. Central Command
Speakers:
Lieutenant General Alexus Grynkewich
Combined Forces Air Component Commander
United States Central Command (USCENTCOM)
BREAKOUT SESSION #1
AI Ethics in Lethal Autonomy
Moderator:
Lieutenant Colonel (Dr.) Paul Lushenko
Director, Special Operations, U.S. Army War College
Moderator:
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Kreuzer
Director of Operations, 497th Operations Support Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis,
Virginia
BREAKOUT SESSION #2
Future of Uncrewed Systems
Moderator:
Dave Des Roches
Associate Professor
Near East and South Asia Center for International Studies
BREAKOUT SESSION #3
INDUSTRY USE AND ADVANCEMENT OF UAVs
Moderator:
Dr. Matthew Mullarkey
Professor of Instruction, Director of DBA Program Muma College of Business, University
of South Florida
BREAKOUT SESSION #4
SECURITY OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
Moderator:
Dr. Arman Sargolzaei
Director, Resilient, Autonomous, Networked Control Systems (RANCS) Research Group, Assistant Professor, University of South Florida
Moderators from each of the breakout sessions will spend a few minutes summarizing their individual sessions for the rest of the audience.
General (Ret) Frank McKenzie
Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute
Former Commander, United States Central Command
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