Keynote Speaker: Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA)
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee
 

CCM Greg Smith, USAF (Ret)
Chief Executive Officer, TIGRE Solutions, Inc.

COL Dean Hoffman, USA (Ret)
Chair, NDIA Special Operations Division

The Hon. David L. Norquist
President & CEO, NDIA

 

Summary: This panel provides an overview of strategic challenges and collaborative approaches to address these challenges


LTG Mike Nagata, USA (Ret)
Corporate Strategic Advisor and Senior Vice President, CACI International, Inc.
Moderator

Hon. Michele Flournoy
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors LLC

Lt Gen Sean Farrell, USAF
Deputy Commander, USSOCOM

LTG Ken Tovo, USA (Ret)
President and Chief Executive Officer, DOL Enterprises, Inc.

Dr. Jonathan Schroden
Research Program Director, Countering Threats and Challenges, CNA

 

Summary: This panel focuses on how SOF supports deterrence through preparation, including tools that can help coordination with stakeholders as we work to deter, and if necessary, prevail in conflict.


Joe Mariani
Research Senior Manager, Deloitte Center for Government Insights
Moderator

RDML Mark Schafer, USN
Commander, Special Operations Command South

RADM Jeromy Williams, USN
Commander, Special Operations Command Pacific

CSM Shane Shorter, USA
Senior Enlisted Leader, U.S. Special Operations Command

Senator Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee
 

Summary: This panel highlights the importance of the SOF-Space-Cyber ‘Irregular triad’ as a force multiplier, leveraging the non-traditional domains of warfare for modern competition.


VADM Ross Myers, USN (Ret)
Former Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber Fleet Command/TENTH Fleet
Moderator

Gen Timothy Haugh, USAF
Commander, U.S. Cyber Command

LTG Thomas James, USA
Deputy Commander, U.S. Space Command

LTG Richard Angle, USA
Commander, Allied Special Operations Forces Command, North Atlantic Treaty Organizations/Special Operations Command Europe

 

Summary: This panel focuses on how SOF must provide affordable, attributable, and asymmetric innovations, and how the force must use these new tools to amplify their human strengths and SOF culture.


CCM Greg Smith, USA (Ret)
Chief Executive Officer, TIGRE Global Solutions, Inc.
Moderator

Lt Gen Dagvin R.M. Anderson, USAF
Director, J7 Joint Force Development

LtGen Francis Donovan, USMC
Vice Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command

FORCM Walter Dittmar, USN
Force Master Chief, Naval Special Warfare Command

Dr. Sandra Hobson
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict
 

Summary: This panel discusses how SOCOM uses an agile and innovative mindset within its acquisition teams, advancing alongside key industry and security stakeholders to deliver solutions across the SOF enterprise.


David Spirk
Senior Counselor, Palantir Technologies, Inc.
Moderator

Melissa Johnson, SES
Acquisition Executive, U.S. Special Operations Command

Chris Brose
Chief Strategy Officer, Anduril Industries

Lt Gen David Harris, Jr., USAF
Deputy Chief of Staff, Air Force Futures

Representative Adam Smith (D-WA)
Ranking Member, U.S. House Armed Services Committee
 

Jen Stewart
Executive Vice President, Strategy & Policy, NDIA

GEN Bryan Fenton, USA
Commanding General, U.S. Special Operations Command