2008 CTNSP SEMINAR SERIES ON STABILITY OPERATIONS
Center for Technology and National Security Policy
in conjunction with the
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Stability Operations Capabilities
Marshall Hall, Room 155, Fort McNair, DC 20319

  “Building Civilian Capacity for Complex Operations”  
 
 
Day One – Wednesday, November 19
0730 - 0800 Registration and Coffee
   
0800 - 0815 Rebalancing Capabilities for New Missions: Where Do We Go From Here?
  Hans Binnendijk, Director, Center for Technology and National Security Policy
   
0815 - 0930 The State of Play in Interagency Planning for Complex Operations
  John McNamara, Director of Planning, Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, Dept. of State
  LTC (P) Mike Anderson, Strategy and Policy Officer, OUSD Policy, Stability Operations Capabilities
   
0930 - 0945 Break
   
0945 - 1045 Framing the Problem: Challenges to the Current National Security System
  Ed Rowe, Senior Advisor, Project on National Security Reform (PNSR)
   
1045 -1145 Educating and Training National Security Professionals
  Erik Kjonnerod, Senior Analyst and Supervisory Division Chief, National Strategic Gaming Center, National Defense University
   
1145 - 1300 Lunch
   
1300 - 1500 Evolving Capabilities in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development
  Terry Pudas, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, Department of Defense
  Leslie Curtin, Former Chief, Planning Division, Office of Military Affairs, USAID
Department of State
  Steve Brent, Chair, Economics Dept, Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Agency for International Development
   
1500 - 1600 COCOM Planning with Civilian Agencies
  Michael McNerney, Director for Plans, OUSD Policy, Policy Planning
  Donna Hopkins, Office of Plans, Policy and Analysis, Bureau of Political Military Affairs, Dept. of State
   
Day Two - Thursday November 20
0730 - 0800 Registration and Coffee
   
0800 – 0930 Untapped Potential of Domestic Agencies
  Bernie Carreau, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Technology and National Security Policy
“Overcoming Barriers to Domestic Agencies’ Participation”
  Lawrence Barbieri, Coordinator, Office of Capacity Building and Development, Foreign Agricultural Service, Dept. of Agriculture
“Strengthening Capacity Development at USDA”
  Thomas Moritz, Attorney Advisor & Managing Attorney for Eurasia Programs, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), Dept. of Commerce
“A Plan to Enhance Capacity Development at Commerce”
   
0930 - 0945 Break
   
0945 - 1115 Increasing Capacity Through Civilian Reserves and Contractors
  Marilee Fitzgerald, Principal Director, Civilian Personnel Policy, OUSD Personnel & Readiness
“DoD Civilian Deployment Capacity”
  John Mongan, Chief, Active Component, Civilian Response Corps, Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization
“Making the Civilian Response Corps a Reality”
  Bernie Carreau, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Technology and National Security Policy
“Have We Exceeded Limits on the Use of Contractors?”
   
1115-1230 Lunch
   
1230-1315 Expanding Capabilities Through International Partners
  Chuck Barry, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Technology and National Security Policy
   
1315 - 1415 Challenges to Civilian Cooperation
  AMB Ronald Neumann (ret.), President, American Academy of Diplomacy (Former
Ambassador to Afghanistan)
   
1415-1545 Sizing and Resourcing: How Much Civilian Capacity Do We Need and How Will We Pay For It?
  Richard Kugler, Distinguished Research Professor, Center for Technology and National Security Policy
  William I. Bacchus, Dept. of State (ret.), Former Executive Director of the USAID Administrator's Management Council (1993-2000)
  David Glaudemans, Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense Program, Henry L. Stimson Center
   
   

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