Hon. David L. Norquist
President & CEO, National Defense Industrial Association

Hon. Chris Maier
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict

GEN Richard Clarke, USA (Ret)
Former Commanding General, United States Special Operations Command
R. Lynn Rylander Awardee

COL Edwin "Andy" Anderson, USA (Ret)
DeProspero Lifetime Achievement Awardee

CMSgt Greg Smith, USAF (Ret)
Former Senior Enlisted Leader, United States Special Operations Command

MG Jim Linder, USA (Ret)
Former United States Special Operations Command
Presenting the DeProspero Lifetime Achievement Award

Keynote Address Dr. Sean McFate
Foreign Policy Expert, Author and Novelist  

Hon. David L. Norquist
President and CEO, National Defense Industrial Association

COL John Taft, USA (Ret)
Chairman, NDIA SO/LIC Division

COL Dean Hoffman, USA (Ret)
Co-Founder/President, Accel Innovation Corporation  

Hon. David L. Norquist
President and CEO, National Defense Industrial Association
Moderator

Hon. Chris Maier
Assistant Secretary of Defense, Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict  

Richard Tilley
Director, Office of Irregular Warfare and Competition, Joint Staff J-7
Moderator

Maj. Gen. Borys Kremenetskyi
Ukrainian Defense Attaché to the United States  

Dr. Lillian Alessa
Moderator

Erin Logan
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Special Operations and Policy (SOPP)

Lt Gen Dag Anderson, USAF
Director, Joint Staff J7

VADM Timothy Szymanski, USN (Ret)
Former Deputy Commander, United States Special Operations Command

Representative Mike Waltz (Video Remarks)
United States House of Representatives (R-FL)  

Brig Gen Brenda Cartier, USAF (Ret)
Director of Operations and Communications, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas
Moderator

Senator Joni Ernst
United States Senate (R-IA)

Elizabeth Phu
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, SO/LIC

Brig Gen Michael Conley, USAF
Director of Operations, Air Force Special Operations Command  

MG Pat Higgins, USA (Ret)
Moderator

Ambassador David Hale
Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Former Ambassador to Pakistan, Lebanon, and Jordan

Maren Brooks
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism

Lt Gen Dan Caine, USAF
Associate Director for Military Affairs, CIA  

Joe Mariani
Emerging Technology Research Program Leader, Deloitte Center for Government Insights
Moderator

Col Michael Murphy, USAF
Senior Aviation Analyst, Secretariat for Special Operations

Dr. Alvaro Velasquez
Program Manager, Information Innovation Office, DARPA

Sertac Karaman
Director LIDS

Andrew Carter
Senior Director of Strategy, Anduril Industries  

CMSgt Greg Smith, USAF (Ret)
Former Senior Enlisted Leader, United States Special Operations Command
Moderator

Brig Gen Michael Conley, USAF
Director of Operations, Air Force Special Operations Command

Howard Strahan
Deputy Science and Technology, USSOCOM

COL Anh Ha, USA
PEO SOF Warrior, USSOCOM  

Jessica Carroll
Vice President, Policy and Government, Shift5
Moderator

LtGen Frank Donovan, USMC
Vice Commander, United States Special Operations Command

Schuyler Moore
Chief Technology Officer, USCENTCOM

Coley Lewis
Vice President, Growth Partnerships In-Q-Tel

Joy Shanaberger
Senior Advisor, Deputy Secretary of Defense for Innovation