The 37th IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy -- September 26-27

The 37th IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy

"A New Maritime Strategy for 21st - Century National Security"

This is an invitation to the 37th IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy. This year’s topic is A New Maritime Strategy for 21st-Century National Security. The Conference is organized by the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA), and the International Security Studies Program of The Fletcher School, Tufts University, with the cosponsorship of the Naval War College and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

The Conference will be held on September 26-27, 2007 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Speakers and participants include representatives from the Administration, military services, combatant commands, Congress, academia, industry, the media, and from overseas. As in past conferences, we anticipate at least 400 attendees so early registration is highly recommended because space is limited.

If you haven't done so already, secure online registration is available at our official conference web site below:
http://www.ifpafletcherconference.com

This link also includes our latest agenda, confirmed, invited speakers and other conference information.

Issues to discuss will include:

* The new security setting and requirements for twenty-first-century maritime capabilities
* Core mission areas, including sea lane protection and support for land operations, for dissuasion, deterrence, and crisis management
* New and emerging missions, including WMD interdiction, special operations, missile defense, humanitarian relief, and cyber operations
* Enhancing cooperation between the U.S. Navy and the other services
* Regional/theater priorities as viewed by the combatant commands
* Developing cooperative maritime relationships with allies and coalition partners
* A long-term strategy for innovation, modernization, and transformation for the science-technology, industry base in support of the New Maritime Strategy

As of this date confirmed speakers include (in alphabetical order):

· Lieutenant General James F. Amos, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, and Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command

· Mr. Joseph Benkert, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs

· Lieutenant General Robert R. Blackman, Jr., USMC (Ret.), former Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command

· Mr. Wes Bush, President and Chief Operating Officer for Northrop Grumman Corporation

· Mr. Stephen M. Carmel, Senior Vice President, Maritime Services, Maersk Line, Limited

· Dr. Lawrence J. Cavaiola, President, Cavaiola and Associates, LLC

· Mr. Seth Cropsey, Adjunct Fellow, the Hudson Institute, Senior Advisor for Maritime Strategy, Center for Naval Analyses, and former Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy

· Rear Admiral Dan W. Davenport, USN, Director, the Joint Innovation and Experimentation Directorate, U.S. Joint Forces Command

· Dr. Jacquelyn K. Davis, Executive Vice President, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, and Member, CNO Executive Panel

· Commodore Vincenzo E.B. Di Pietro, CSC, RAN, Naval Attaché and Assistant Defence Attaché, Embassy of Australia

· Mr. Walter F. Doran, President, Raytheon Asia, Raytheon International

· Mr. Bran Ferren, Co-Chairman, Applied Minds, and Member, CNO Executive Panel

· Dr. Stephen E. Flynn, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

· Dr. Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs (International) and Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co

· Mr. Mansoor Ijaz, Chairman & Chief Investment Officer, Crescent Investment Management LLC

· Dr. Robert G. Joseph, Senior Scholar, National Institute for Public Policy and former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security

· Mr. Robert D. Kaplan, Author, The Atlantic Monthly
Admiral Timothy J. Keating, USN, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command

· Rear Admiral William E. Landay III, USN, Chief of Naval Research

· Rear Admiral William P. Loeffler, USN, Deputy Director, U.S. Strategic Command Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction

· Vice Admiral John G. Morgan, Jr., USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information, Plans and Strategy

· Commodore Parasurama Naidu Murugesan, Naval Attaché, Embassy of India

· Mr. John O’Neill, Executive Vice President, Maritime Systems and Sensors, Lockheed Martin Corporation

· Mr. Vayl S. Oxford, Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Department of Homeland Security

· General Gene Renuart, USAF, Commander, U.S. Northern Command

· Rear Admiral Brian M. Salerno, USCG, Assistant Commandant for Policy and Planning

· General Norton A. Schwartz, USAF, Commander, U.S. Transportation Command

· Rear Admiral Jacob Shuford, USN, President, Naval War College

· Mr. Daniel L. Smith, President, Integrated Defense Systems, the Raytheon Company

· Major General Glenn F. Spears, USAF, Deputy Commander, U.S. Southern Command

· Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations

· Rear Admiral Philip Wilcocks, CB DSC, Chief of Staff (Capability), the United Kingdom

· Vice Admiral J.D. Williams, USN (Ret.), Williams Associates International, Inc. and former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Naval Warfare, and Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet

Visit the conference website ( http://www.ifpafletcherconference.com ) for the latest agenda with speakers and other conference information, including online registration.