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

  Economic Rehabilitation for
Conflict and Counterinsurgency

 
 
 
Day One – Wednesday, July 30 2008
0730 - 0800 Coffee and Registration
   
0800 - 0900 The Economic Element of Counterinsurgency Doctrine
  COL Michael Meese, Professor and Head, Department of Social Sciences, United States Military Academy Former Chief of Initiatives Group for Commander of Multinational Force-Iraq - GEN David Petraeus (June to September 2007)
   
0900 - 1030 Military Operations, Economic Rehabilitation, and Stability
  BGen David Reist, Assistant Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics Department, Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps (Al Anbar 2006)
  LTC Robert Bobinski, Former Deputy Team Leader - 3BCT, 101AASLT ePRT (Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team) (Iraq 2007-2008)
  MAJ James Carlisle, Civil Military Staff Officer, 3BCT, 3ID (Iraq 2007-2008)
   
1030 - 1045 BREAK
   
1045 - 1200 Eradicating Poverty through Profits
  C.K. Prahalad, Distinguished University Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Author of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
   
1200 - 1315 Lunch Discussion: The Commerce Department as a Test Case of the Civilian Response Corps
  Merriam Mashatt, Director of Reconstruction and Stabilization for the International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
  Robert Polk, Adjunct Research Member (FFRDC) & Senior Advisor – Project on National Security Reform - Authors of USIP Brief - Domestic Agencies in Reconstruction and Stabilization: The “4th D”
   
1315- 1330 Break
   
1330-1345 Update on JFCOM Economic Handbook for Military Personnel
  Con Xefteris, Unified Action Interagency Group, US Joint Forces Command J9
   
1345 - 1515 Engaging the Private Sector in National Security Objectives
  Moderator: Bernie Carreau, NDU/CTNSP
  David Stapleton, Senior Advisor, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism US Department of State
  Stephen Kaplitt, Director, Economic Empowerment in Strategic Regions, Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State
  Michael J. Bayer, Chairman, Defense Business Board
   
Day Two - Thursday July 31, 2008
   
0730 - 0800 Coffee and Registration
   
0800 – 0830 Incorporating Business Success for US National Security Solutions
  Reggie Gibbs, Director for National and International Programs
Business Executives for National Security
   
0830 - 0945 Economic Growth in Post-Conflict Countries
  James T. (Jay) Smith, Former Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Economic Growth and Trade Bureau, USAID
  Stephen Lennon, Asia / Middle East Team Leader, Office of Transition Initiatives, USAID
   
0945 - 1045 Reviving the Agriculture Sector
  Philippe Chabot, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA
   
  Mobilizing America’s Agricultural Expertise
  Joseph Hiller, Assistant Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
The University of Arizona
   
1045 - 1100 Break
   
1100 - 1200 Drugs and State-Building in Afghanistan
  Vanda Felbab-Brown, Assistant Professor, Security Studies Program, The Center for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS), Georgetown University,
Author of (forthcoming) Shooting Up: Illicit Economies and Military Conflict
   
1200 - 1215 Lunch Pick-Up
   
1215 - 1315 Keynote: Private Entrepreneurial Capital as an Instrument of Soft Power
  Robert Mosbacher, Jr., President and CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
   
1315 - 1415 Raising Capital for Small Business in Conflict Environments
  Brad Swanson, Partner, Developing World Markets LLC
  James Sosnicky, Consultant, Small Enterprise Assistance Funds
   
1415 - 1430 Break
   
1430 - 1545 Weighing the Risks of Private Investment in Conflict Environments
  Moderator: Mark Cramer, President, Institute for Defense and Business
  Barbara Keating, President, Computer Frontiers
  David Bailey, International Government Relations & Planning Manager Public Affairs Exxon Mobil Corporation

Return to Stability Operations Seminar Series Home.
Please email CTNSP-NCO@ndu.edu for more information.