2018 State of Defense

	Opening Remarks
	From the Hill: State of Defense Spending and Oversight Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Member, Senate Armed Services Committee Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Member, Senate Armed Services Committee Moderated by: Kevin Baron, Executive Editor, Defense One
	A Discussion on the National Defense Strategy Session Presented by Our Underwriter Grant Thornton Major General Paul T. Johnson, Senior Strategic Advisor, Security & Defense, Grant Thornton Public Sector; Former Director of Operational Capability, U.S. Air Force Moderated by: Robert Shea, Principal, Grant Thornton
	From the Formers: What's the Best Advice for Trump's Year 2? Jeremy Bash, Founder and Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies LLC; former Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense (2011-2013) and CIA (2009-2011) Leon Panetta Derek Chollet, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor,Security and Defense Policy, The German Marshall Fund of the U.S.; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mieke Eoyang, Vice President, National Security Program, Third Way Mary Beth Long, Co-Founder and Principal, Global Alliance Advisors, and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Moderated by: Kevin Baron, Executive Editor, Defense One
	Closing Remarks