Outlook 2020 Livestream

Morning Mainstage Agenda

The World As We See It: On the morning mainstage, Defense One will interview key leaders about the choices and challenges they face. The program will explore the geopolitical landscape, global threats, and the U.S. national security strategy with the 2020 elections on the horizon, the state of acquisitions and investments, and views from Congress, Silicon Valley, and beyond. During lunch, Defense One’s Patrick Tucker will lead experts and officials on conversation about the state of defense tech and what’s coming up.

8:50 AM	Opening Remarks
9:00 AM	The Future Landscape of the Defense Industrial Base In this session we will hear how top industry executives are positioning their businesses for great power competition. Senior Pentagon acquisition officials will also talk about their expectations and needs from the industrial base in the coming years. General Hawk Carlisle, USAF (Ret.), President and Chief Executive Officer, National Defense Industrial Association Eric Fanning, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace Industries Association Charles Harrington, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Parsons Corporation Moderated by: Marcus Weisgerber, Global Business Editor, Defense One
9:45 AM	A Session Presented by our Underwriter Leidos Tim Barton, Defense Group Chief Technology Officer, Leidos Moderated by: Constance Sayers, President, Government Executive Media Group
10:00 AM	Livestream Break
10:20 AM	Keynote Interview Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), United States Congress Moderated by: Katie Bo Williams, Senior National Security Correspondent, Defense One
10:50 AM	What America Wants National security is often missing from voters’ “most important” issues lists. How does the American public feel about China, Russian influence, forever wars and other topics in the national security sphere? During this conversation, we’ll discuss the constituency problem facing natsec leaders and what solutions or opportunities may lie ahead. Jonathan Capehart, Opinion Writer and Member of the Editorial Board, The Washington Post; Host, the Cape Up podcast; Contributor, MSNBC Richard Fontaine, Chief Executive Officer, Center for a New American Security Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker; Global Affairs Analyst, CNN Jane Harman, Director, President, and CEO, Wilson Center Elise Jordan, Political Analyst, NBC News/MSNBC Moderated by: Kevin Baron, Executive Editor, Defense One
11:30 AM	A Session Presented by our Underwriter AWS Jennifer Chronis, General Manager, Department of Defense, Amazon Web Services Moderated by: Daniela Fayer, Publisher, Defense One
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM	What’s Next? The Future of Syria, ISIS, and Kurds Bayan Sami Rahman, Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States Charles Lister, Senior Fellow and Director, Countering Terrorism & Extremism, Middle East Institute Mara Karlin, Member of Syria Study Group, U.S. Institute of Peace; Director of Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution Moderated by: Nancy Youssef, National Security Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
12:10 PM - 12:35 PM	Livestream Break
12:35 PM	Luncheon Remarks
12:40 PM	Panel Discussion: Cyber, AI and the Future of Defense Technology Dmitri Alperovitch, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, CrowdStrike Casey Johnson, Digital Services Expert, Defense Digital Service Mark Munsell, Chief Technology Officer, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Moderated by: Patrick Tucker, Technology Editor, Defense One
1:15 PM	Industry Perspective: The Future of Defense A Session Presented by Our Underwriters Randall Billy, National Mapping Team/International Government BD, ESRI Fred Ferares, Director, Department of Defense, Verizon Business Group Moderated by: Tim Hartman, CEO, Government Executive Media Group
1:35 PM	Closing Remarks