Friday, March 31

Check-In & Coffee Hour

 (Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Rm 114) 

1000-1050

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First Keynote Address: Remarks on 21st Century Maritime Strategy

(Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Rm 114) 

ADM Michael G. Mullen, USN (Ret)

1100-1200

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Lunch

(Benjamin Franklin, Pauli Murray, and Silliman Dining Halls)

1230-1330

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Introductory Remarks: The Arctic & Climate Change: Evolving Maritime Strategy

(Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Rm 114) 

RDML Chad M. Cary, NOAA, NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations

1330-1400

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Panel 1: The Arctic & Climate Change: Evolving Maritime Strategy

(Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Rm 114) 

RDML Chad M. Cary, NOAA, NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations

Michael Oristaglio, Yale Energy Studies

1400-1500

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Panel 2: U.S. Maritime Strategy in the Indo-Pacific Region

(Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Rm 114) 

Susan Thornton, Yale Law School

COL Jon-Paul Maddaloni, US Naval War College

Prof. Peter A. Dutton, US Naval War College

1530-1700

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Attendee Pizza Social

(Trumbull College Dining Hall, 241 Elm St)

2100-2300

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Saturday, April 1

Breakfast

(Morse and Stiles College Dining Halls) 

0800-0900

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Opening Address: "Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Churchill: A Strategic Approach to Leading in Times of Crisis

(Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Rm 114) 

RDML Peter H. Cressy, USN (ret), George Washington Leadership Institute

0900-1000

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Panel 3: Today's National Defense Strategy: A Critical Analysis

(Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Rm 114) 

Prof. Paul Kennedy, Yale Department of History

CAPT Bill Hamblet, USN (ret.), US Naval Institute

Gregory Makuch, US Naval War College

1000-1130

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Lunch

(Benjamin Franklin, Pauli Murray, and Silliman Dining Halls) 

1130-1300

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Panel 4: The Post-GWOT Intelligence Climate and its Implications

(Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Rm 114) 

Edward Wittenstein, Yale Jackson School

CAPT Matthew Verich, USN (ret.), MITRE

CAPT Dale Rielage, USN (ret.), Department of Defense

1330-1500

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Second Keynote Address

(Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Rm 114) 

Hon. Joe. Courtney, US House of Representatives, Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee

1515-1615

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Closing Remarks 

(Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Rm 114) 

Capt. Ronald L. Withrow, USN, Yale NROTC

MIDN Samuel W. Yankee, USNR, Conference Director

1615-1630

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