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GNSI Speaker Series
On a regular basis, the Global and National Security Institute will feature discussions with speakers who are coming to USF or the Tampa Bay region on a wide variety of impactful topics that are relevant to global and national security.
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Episode 9: Artificial Intelligence Conversation
Professor Nicolas Sabouret of the University of Paris-Saclay, discussed AI with two USF subject matter experts, Professors John Licato and Norma Alcantar. They delved into the rapidly emerging technologies both on a global level, as well as on what their respective programs are contributing and working on. Watch the video
Episode 8: Lt. Colonel (Dr.) Paul Lushenko
The Director of Special Operations for the US Army War College joins Taylor Johnston,
the Chief Operation Officer for USF's Institute of Applied Engineering for this special
episode of the Speaker Series. Watch video.
Episode 7: Jennifer McArdle, PhD
One of the leading voices on future learning environments and autonomous training, Jennifer McArdle, joined us to discuss where she believes the industry is headed. Watch video
Episode 6: Thomas Mantz and David Himmelgreen, PhD
Mantz, President/CEO of Feeding Tampa Bay, discussed with Dr. Himmelgreen many of the topics covered in the first GNSI Policy Dialogues: Hunger as a Weapon - but on a much more localized level. They also discussed FTB's massive positive impact on hunger in the Tampa Bay region. Watch the video.
Episode 5: Major General (Ret) Charles Dunlap, Jr.
Following his keynote address at GNSI Tampa Summit 2, Dunlap sat down with us to discuss ethics, the laws of war, and what the future challenges will be with the rising popularity of uncrewed and autonomous weapons. Watch Video
Episode 4: Laura Cressey
We sit down with the Director of one of the most important departments involved with the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) System. Laura Cressey discusses RSAT's role in the context of "The Future and Ethics of Uncrewed and Autonomous Warfare." Watch Video
Episode 3: Dr. Ellen Messer
What role - if any - do GMO's have in the fight against Hunger as a Weapon? We ask one of the world's leading GMO experts, Dr. Ellen Messer, a Professor of Anthropology at Tufts University and former Director of the Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Program at Brown University. Watch Video
EPISODE 2: Dr. Chase Sova
We sit down with one of the senior leaders at the United Nations' World Food Program USA, Dr. Chase Sova. He's the Senior Director, Public Policy and Thought Leadership, and the lead author of WFP's latest watershed report, Dangerously Hungry: The Link Between Food Insecurity and Conflict. Watch Video
EPISODE 1: James Coker, II
Dr. Golfo Alexopoulos, a professor at USF and the Director of the Institute for Russian,
European and Eurasian Studies, as well as a member of the GNSI Board of Faculty Advisors,
is joined by James Coker II, the Ukraine Desk Office for the U.S. State Department,
for a candid conversation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, lessons learned so far
and the many ways the US and rest of the world are helping that country prepare for
the end of the war and the ultimate re-building. Watch Video