
Global Leadership and Maritime Strategy
Schedule of Events

Friday, March 31
Check-In & Coffee Hour
(Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Rm 114)
1000-1050
First Keynote Address: Remarks on 21st Century Maritime Strategy
(Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Rm 114)
ADM Michael G. Mullen, USN (Ret)
1100-1200
Lunch
(Benjamin Franklin, Pauli Murray, and Silliman Dining Halls)
1230-1330
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
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
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
Attendee Pizza Social
(Trumbull College Dining Hall, 241 Elm St)
2100-2300
Saturday, April 1
Breakfast
(Morse and Stiles College Dining Halls)
0800-0900
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
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
Lunch
(Benjamin Franklin, Pauli Murray, and Silliman Dining Halls)
1130-1300
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
Second Keynote Address
(Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Rm 114)
Hon. Joe. Courtney, US House of Representatives, Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee
1515-1615
Closing Remarks
(Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Rm 114)
Capt. Ronald L. Withrow, USN, Yale NROTC
MIDN Samuel W. Yankee, USNR, Conference Director
1615-1630