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2023

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Doors open at 11:30 AM ET

Program begins at 12:00 PM ET

Tuesday, November 14, 2023


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ABOUT THIS EVENT 

 

Join POLITICO’s annual Defense Summit featuring exclusive interviews and expert discussions on the state of our global security and the U.S. race to strengthen alliances and outpace adversaries. From Russia’s war on Ukraine to China’s threats to Taiwan, and with renewed conflict in the Middle East, the U.S. is under pressure to deter, defend, and fight in more ways—and not everyone agrees how. We’ll explore the latest in new weapons and procurement, advanced tech and AI, spending priorities and policy debates, and the turbulent global and domestic politics governing it all, from the Pentagon to the 2024 presidential campaign trail.



FEATURED SPEAKERS

 Join POLITICO for our annual Defense Summit on November 14, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET. 

 

POLITICOs will convene in-person at


The Schuyler

1001 14th Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20005

 

This program will also be available to watch on our virtual event platform provided the week of the event.


A light lunch will be served upon arrival, and a cocktail reception with light hors d'oeuvres will follow the program.



Pre-event registration is required for entry into the event. Registration will close 5:00 pm the day prior. On-site registration is not permitted.

EVENT LOCATION

The Schuyler DC | Downtown Washington DC

1001 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20005

*Located in the Hamilton Hotel

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FEATURED SPEAKERS 

ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED. 

Rep. Joe Courtney

(D-CT)

RANKING MEMBER

SEAPOWER AND PROJECTION FORCES SUBCOMMITTEE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE

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Mackenzie Eaglen

Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

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Steven Grundman

Senior Fellow, Forward Defense, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council

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Rep. Jim Himes

(D-CT)

Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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Kaja Kallas  



PRIME MINISTER OF ESTONIA

 

 

 

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Secretary Frank Kendall

U.S. Air Force

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Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi

(D-IL)

Ranking Member, House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party

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Dr. William LaPlante

Under secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

Department of Defense

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Bonny Lin

Director, China Power Project and Senior Fellow, Asian Security, Center for Strategic and International Studies

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Dino Mavrookas

Co-Founder & CEO, Saronic Technologies

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Sen. Jack Reed

(D-RI)

chairman

 senate Armed Services Committee

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Paul Scharre

Executive Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for a New American Security

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Rep. Adam Smith

(D-WA)

RANking member

house armed services committee

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Rep. Mike Turner

(R-OH)

Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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General Glen VanHerck

Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Air Force

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Rep. Rob Wittman

(R-VA)

vice CHAIRMAN

 HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE

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Secretary Christine Wormuth

U.S. Army

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Stephanie Young, PhD

Director, Resource Management Program, RAND Project AIR FORCE & Senior Political Scientist

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Caitlin Dohrman

Improbable U.S. Defense & National Security

General Manager

Heidi Sommer

Vice President, Client Partnerships and Paid Media

POLITICO

Wesley D. Kremer

President

Raytheon Missiles & Defense

Cally Baute

Senior Vice President

POLITICO

Gen. James C. McConville

40th U.S. Army Chief of Staff


Chairman Adam Smith

House Armed services committee, (D-WA)


FEATURING EXECUTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH

Jill M. Albertelli

President, Military Engines, Pratt & Whitney

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Cally Baute

Executive Vice President and General Manager, Media Business, POLITICO

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Rachel Loeffler

Executive Vice President & General Manager, Professional Business, POLITICO

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David Tweedie

General Manager, Advanced Products, GE Aerospace

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James D. Taiclet

Chairman, President and Chief Executive OfficeR

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Goli Sheikholeslami

CEO 

POLITICO MEDIA GROUP

Caitlin Dohrman

Improbable U.S. Defense & National Security

General Manager

Heidi Sommer

Vice President, Client Partnerships and Paid Media

POLITICO

Wesley D. Kremer

President

Raytheon Missiles & Defense

Cally Baute

Senior Vice President

POLITICO

Gen. James C. McConville

40th U.S. Army Chief of Staff


Chairman Adam Smith

House Armed services committee, (D-WA)


Gen. James C. McConville

40th U.S. Army Chief of Staff


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EVENT LOCATION

The Schuyler | Downtown Washington D.C.

1001 14th St NW, Washington, D.C. 20005

*Located in the Hamilton Hotel

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IN-PERSON VENUE

The Schuyler DC | Downtown Washington DC

1001 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20005

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Gen. James C. McConville

40th U.S. Army Chief of Staff


Chairman Adam Smith

House Armed services committee, (D-WA)


Rep. Michael Waltz

(R-FL)


David W. McKeown

Acting Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer Department of Defense Senior Information Security Officer (SISO), and Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity (DCIO(CS))

Department of Defense

David W. McKeown

Acting Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer Department of Defense Senior Information Security Officer (SISO), and Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity (DCIO(CS))

 

Department of Defense

Sen. Mike Rounds

(R-SD)


Dr. Margarita Konaev

Deputy Director of Analysis and Research Fellow

Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown

EXECUTIVE CONVERSATIONS

James D. Taiclet

Chairman, President and Chief Executive OfficeR

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Goli Sheikholeslami

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

POLITICO MEDIA GROUP

Caitlin Dohrman

President & General Manager

 

IMPROBABLE U.S. DEFENSE & NATIONAL SECURITY

Heidi Sommer

Vice President, Client Partnerships and Paid Media

POLITICO

Wes Kremer

President

Raytheon Missiles & Defense

Cally Baute

Senior Vice President, Consumer business

POLITICO

Gen. James C. McConville

40th U.S. Army Chief of Staff


Chairman Adam Smith

House Armed services committee, (D-WA)


Gen. James C. McConville

40th U.S. Army Chief of Staff


AGENDA

Agenda subject to change. 


Doors Open & Lunch 

The Schuyler Ballroom 



Welcome Remarks

The Schuyler Ballroom

Kevin Baron, Editorial Director, POLITICO Live


 





Mr. Chairman: A Conversation with Sen. Jack Reed

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 Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee


Brakkton Booker, National Political Correspondent & Author of the Recast, POLITICO

 

Executive Conversation

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Jill M. Albertelli, President, Military Engines, Pratt & Whitney


Rachel Loeffler, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Professional Business, POLITICO

 

 

 


R&D Spending Check: Over-the-Horizon and Off-the-Rack

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Dino Mavrookas, Co-Founder & CEO, Saronic Technologies


Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for New American Security


Stephanie Young, PhD, Director, Resource Management Program, RAND Project AIR FORCE & Senior Political Scientist


Moderated by: Paul McLeary, Defense Reporter, POLITICO



Global Security Forum: A Conversation with Prime Minister Kaja Kallas of Estonia

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Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Estonia


Kevin Baron, Editorial Director, POLITICO Live

 


Subcommittee Nitty Gritty: Air, Land, & Sea Power Projections

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 Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ranking Member Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee


Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), Vice Chairman, House Armed Services Committee

 

Moderated by: Joe Gould, Defense Reporter, POLITICO




March Along: A Conversation with Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth

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Secretary Christine Wormuth, U.S. Army


Paul McLeary, Defense Reporter, POLITICO


Reconsidering China: A Conversation with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi

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Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member, House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party


Phelim Kine, D.C.-based China Correspondent, POLITICO




Politics & Power: A Conversation with Rep. Adam Smith

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 Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committee


Connor O'Brien, Defense Reporter, POLITICO


Global Threat Assessment: A Conversation with House Intelligence Committee Leaders

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Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence


Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

 

Moderated by: Nahal Toosi, Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, POLITICO

 


Executive Conversation

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David Tweedie, General Manager, Advanced Products, GE Aerospace


Cally Baute, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Media Business, POLITICO





The New Arsenal: Bigger, Better, or Balanced?

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Mackenzie Eaglen, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute


Bonny Lin, Director, China Power Project and Senior Fellow, Asian Security, Center for Strategic and International Studies


Steven Grundman, Senior Fellow, Forward Defense, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council

 

Moderated by: Alex Ward, National Security Reporter, POLITICO


Buying Power: A Conversation with William LaPlante

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Dr. William LaPlante, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment


Lara Seligman, Defense Reporter, POLITICO


A Conversation with General Glen VanHerck

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General Glen VanHerck, Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Air Force

 


A Conversation with Secretary Frank Kendall

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Secretary Frank Kendall, U.S. Air Force


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POLITICO's Defense Summit will include 1:1 keynote interviews, panels, and executive conversations. 


Doors will open at 12:00 PM ET. Programming will run from 12:30 PM ET to 5:00 PM ET. 


A light lunch will be served upon arrival, and a cocktail reception

with light hors d'oeuvres will follow the program


Full agenda to come. 

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Schedule

12:00 PM

Doors Open & Lunch

12:30 PM

Welcome & Keynote Conversation

 

Welcome Remarks: Dafna Linzer, Executive Editor, POLITICO

 Gen. James C. McConville, 40th U.S. Army Chief of Staff

 

Moderated by: Lara Seligman, Defense Reporter, POLITICO

12:55 PM

Executive Conversation


James D. Taiclet, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation


Goli Sheikholeslami, Chief Executive Officer, POLITICO Media Group

1:15 PM

U.S. Defense Strategy amid Europe War and China’s Rise

 

Rep. Ruben Gallego, Chair, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, House Armed Services Committee, (D-AZ)


Dr. Bonny Lin, Director, China Power Project and Senior Fellow, Asian Security, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

 

Dr. Alina Polyakova, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

 

Dr. Ely S. Ratner, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, Department of Defense

 

Rep. Michael Waltz, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Readiness, House Armed Services Committee, (R-FL)

 
Moderated by: Lara Seligman, Defense Reporter, POLITICO

1:55 PM

Executive Conversation

 

Caitlin Dohrman, President & General Manager, Improbable U.S. Defense & National Security

 
Heidi Sommer, Vice President, Audience Solutions, POLITICO 

2:20 PM

Is Offense the Best Defense? Cyber Deterrence in a New Era of Warfare

 

David W. McKeown, Acting Principal Deputy CIO, Department of Defense


Sen. Mike Rounds, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Senate Armed Services Committee, (R-SD)

 

Dr. Maggie Smith, Assistant Professor and Researcher, Army Cyber Institute

 
Moderated by: John Sakellariadis, Cybersecurity Reporter, POLITICO

3:00 PM

A Conversation with Chairman Adam Smith


Rep. Adam Smith, Chairman, House Armed Services Committee, (D-WA)

 
Moderated by: Lee Hudson, Defense Reporter, POLITICO

3:20 PM

Executive Conversation


Wes Kremer, President, Raytheon Missiles & Defense

 

Cally Baute, Senior Vice President, Consumer Business, POLITICO 

3:30 PM

Weapons of the Future

 

Dr. David E. Lambert, Chief Scientist, Munitions Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin AFB,  Florida, U.S. Air Force 


Young Bang, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, U.S. Army

 

Dr. Margarita Konaev, Deputy Director of Analysis and Research Fellow, Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University

 

Leonor Tomero, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense, Department of Defense

 

Moderated by: Lee Hudson, Defense Reporter, POLITICO

4:10 PM

The Space Frontier


Rep. Jim Cooper, Chairman, Strategic Forces Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee, (D-TN)


Rep. Doug Lamborn, Ranking Member, Strategic Forces Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee, (R-CO)

 

Victoria Samson, Washington Office Director, Secure World Foundation


Moderated by: Bryan Bender, Senior National Correspondent, POLITICO

5:00 PM

Reception

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