| DAY 1: February 19th |
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| 08:30-8:45 |
Registration |
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| 08:45-8:50 |
Introduction |
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Dr. James Keagle, Director,
Transforming National Security Short Course Series, |
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NDU-CTNSP |
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| 08:50- 10:00 |
Why AFRICOM Matters - Keynote
Speaker |
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VADM
Robert Moeller, AFRICOM, Deputy to the Commander for |
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Military
Operations |
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| 10:00-10:45 |
A State Department Perspective |
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Ms. Linda Thomas-Greenfield,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, |
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Bureau of African Affairs, United States
Department of State |
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| 10:45-11:00 |
Break |
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| 11:00-12:30 |
Panel I: Points of View |
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Moderator: Major General Arnold
Fields (Ret), Deputy Director, Africa Center |
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for Strategic Studies |
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H.E. Alhaji Usman Baraya,
Chargé d’Affaires, A.I., Embassy of Nigeria |
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Colonel
Leonard O. Owambo (Ret), Immediate former Defense, Military, |
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Naval
& Air Attaché of the Republic of Kenya to the United States |
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| 12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
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| 13:30-14:30 |
Panel II: AFRICOM’s Relationships
with the UN, the AU, and Other IGOs |
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Moderator: Dr. Hans Binnendijk,
Director, Center for Technology and National |
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Security Policy, NDU |
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Ambassador Nancy Soderberg,
Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Director of |
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Public Policy Initiatives, University
of North Florida |
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Ambassador Mark Bellamy,
Senior Fellow in Residence, Africa Program and |
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International Security Program, CSIS |
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| 14:30-14:45 |
Break |
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| 14:45-17:15 |
Panel III: AFRICOM Missions and
Challenges |
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Moderator: Major General Arnold
Fields (Ret), Deputy Director, Africa Center |
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for Strategic Studies |
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Mr. Homer Harkins, Interagency
Education Division Chief, |
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Joint Special Operations |
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Mr. Michael J. Bittrick, Deputy
Director for Security Affairs, Office of Regional |
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and Security Affairs, Bureau of African
Affairs, United States Department of State |
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Major Shannon Beebe,
Senior Africa Analyst, Office of the United States Army |
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Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence |
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Dr. Linton Wells, Force
Transformation Chair, Senior Research Fellow, Center for |
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Technology and National Security Policy,
NDU |
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| DAY 2: February 20th |
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| 08:45-09:00 |
Recap of Day I |
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Dr. James Keagle, Director,
Transforming National Security Short Course Series, |
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NDU-CTNSP |
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| 09:50-10:00 |
Is Africa Ready for AFRICOM? Is
AFRICOM Ready for Africa? |
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Ambassador George Moose,
Senior Fellow, LMI Government Consulting |
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| 10:00-11:15 |
Panel IV: Interagency Issues:
Civil-Military Relations |
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Colonel Thomas Baltazar,
Director of the Office of Military Affairs of the Bureau |
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of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian
Assistance, USAID |
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Colonel
Dan Pike (Ret), Director, Geographic Team, Office of African
Affairs, |
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OSD-Policy |
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Mr.
Doug Brooks,
President, International Peace Operations Organization |
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| 11:15- 11:30 |
Break |
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| 11:30-12:15 |
Lessons Learned-NORTHCOM |
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Mr.
Bernd “Bear” McConnell, Director, Interagency
Coordination Directorate, |
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HQ
NORAD & USNORTHCOM |
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| 12:15-13:15 |
Lunch |
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| 13:15- 14:00 |
SOUTHCOM Lessons Learned |
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Captain
Kevin Hutcheson (USN), Deputy Director for Interagency Integration, |
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SOUTHCOM
J9 Interagency Partnering Directorate |
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| 14:00-15:15 |
Panel V: Relationships between
AFRICOM and Civilian Entities Operating in |
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Africa |
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Moderator: Mr. Kenneth Bacon,
President, Refugees International |
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Mr. Sean McFate, Program
Director, National Security Initiative, The Bipartisan |
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Policy Center |
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Major
Shannon Beebe, Senior Africa Analyst, Office of United States
Army Deputy |
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Chief
of Staff, Intelligence |
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| 15:15-15:30 |
Break |
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| 15:30-16:30 |
Emerging Issues |
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Ms.
Theresa Whelan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
African Affairs, |
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Office
of the Secretary of Defense |
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