Tampa Summit 6

Agenda

Day 1: March 24, 2026
Time Item
8:00am Registration and Check In
9:00am
Jim Cardoso, GNSI

Conference Welcome
Jim Cardoso
Senior Director, GNSI
9:10am
President Moez Limayem

Welcome Remarks
Moez Limayem
President, 色色研究所
9:20am
General (Retired) Frank McKenzie, GNSI

Keynote Remarks
General (Ret) Frank McKenzie
Executive Director, GNSI and former Commander, USCENTCOM
9:55am Panel 1 Discussion:
Nuclear Deterrence and the Golden Dome: Will They Keep the Peace?
Manolis Priniotakis

Manolis Priniotakis
(Facilitator)
Senior Non-Resident Fellow, GNSI and CEO, Intelligence & National Security Directions, LLC

Gregory Weaver


(Panelist)
Senior Associate (Non-Resident), Project on Nuclear Issues, CSIS

Maura Burns


(Panelist)
Strategic Advisor, Babel Street and former COO, CIA

Elaine Bunn


(Panelist)
Senior Advisor (Non-Resident), Project on Nuclear Issues, CSIS

Kingston Reif


(Panelist)
Senior International and Defense Researcher, RAND Corporation
11:05am Morning Break
11:15am Fireside Chat: Nuclear Iran and North Korea
Mohsen Milani, PhD


Founding Executive Director, Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies, USF

Ambassador (Ret) Chris Hill


Former U.S. Ambassador to Korea, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
11:45am Lunch
1:00pm
General (Ret) John Hyten
Keynote Remarks

Former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, former Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, Senior Principal Advisor, Elara Nova
1:30pm Student TED Talk-Style Presentations
Tad Schnaufer II, PhD

Tad Schnaufer II, PhD
(Facilitator)
Strategy & Research Manager, GNSI

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TBA
2:10pm Afternoon Break (runs concurrently with below Student Roundtable)
2:15pm

(Student Event)
Careers in National Security Roundtable

Maura Burns


(Panelist)
Strategic Advisor, Babel Street and former COO, CIA

Amy Nelson


(Panelist)
Senior Fellow, Lab Director, Future Security Scenarios Lab

Seong-Hong Lee


(Panelist)
Senior Fellow, George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations

Kingston Reif


(Panelist)
Senior International and Defense Researcher, RAND Corporation
2:45pm Panel 2 Discussion:
Nuclear Weapons on the Battlefield?
Michael Miller


(Facilitator)
Laboratory Fellow, Technical Director Nuclear Nonproliferation, Idaho National Laboratory

Michael Dudas


(Panelist)
Nuclear Weapons Expert

Namrata Goswami, PhD


(Panelist)
Professor of Space Security, Johns Hopkins University

Amy Nelson


(Panelist)
Senior Fellow, Lab Director, Future Security Scenarios Lab
4:00pm
Jim Cardoso, GNSI

Day 1 Wrap Up
Jim Cardoso
Senior Director, GNSI
4:15pm Conference Networking Reception (open to all attendees)

 

 

Day 2: March 25, 2026
Time Item
8:00am Registration and Check In
9:00am
Jim Cardoso, GNSI

Day 1 Welcome and Introduction
Jim Cardoso
Senior Director, GNSI
9:10am

Keynote Remarks / Fireside Chat
Featuring opening remarks from Frank Miller, followed by questions and discussion with General (Ret) Frank McKenzie

Franklin Miller


Principal at Scowcroft Group, Former Special Assistant to the President, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Policy, Fromer Senior Director, Defense Policy & Arms Control, National Security Council

General (Ret) Frank McKenzie

General (Ret) Frank McKenzie
Executive Director, GNSI and Cyber Florida, former commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)
10:10am Morning Break
10:30am Panel 3 Discussion:
Military Applications of Nuclear Energy
Peter Garretson


(Facilitator)
Senior Fellow in Defense Studies, American Foreign Policy Council

Patrycja Bazylczyk


(Panelist)
Associate Directorm Missile Defense Project, CSIS

Adam DeMella


(Panelist)
Principal, ADG Strategies, LLC

 

Michael Miller


(Panelist)
Laboratory Fellow, Technical Director Nuclear Nonproliferation, Idaho National Laboratory

Robert Hanson


(Panelist)
Associate Program Manager for National Security Infrastructure, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
11:45am Lunch
1:00pm

Breakout Sessions

Manolis Priniotakis

Session 1: The Golden Dome: Reality or Fiction?
Facilitator: Manolis Priniotakis, Senior Non-Resident Fellow, GNSI and CEO, Intelligence & National Security Directions, LLC



Lachlan Mackenzie

Sessions 2: On the Nuclear Brink: Ukraine
Facilitator: , Associate Fellow, Project on Nuclear Issues, CSIS



Joseph Rodgers

Session 3: On the Nuclear Brink: Taiwan
Facilitator: , Deputy Director, Project on Nuclear Issues, CSIS

 

 

Adib Farhadi, PhD

Session 4: Bilateral Influence Capacity Index (BICI)/Security Analysis Innovation Lab (SAIL)
Facilitator: Adib Farhadi, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty Director of Executive Education and Faculty Advisor GNSI, 色色研究所
2:15pm Afternoon Break
2:30pm Panel 4 Discussion:
China and North Korea: Evolving Threats and Responses (J3I)
Hanbyeol Sohn


(Panelist)
Professor, Department of Strategic Studies 
Director, Center for Nuclear/WMD Affairs, Korea National Defense University (KNDU) 

Youngjoon Lee

Youngjoon Lee, PhD
(Panelist)
Assistant Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, University of South Florida

Jongseok Woo

Jongseok Woo, PhD
(Panelist)
Associate Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, University of South Florida
3:15pm Afternoon Break
3:30pm Panel 5 Discussion:
Is it a 3-Body or 9-Body Problem?
Seong-Hyon Lee


(Facilitator)
Senior Fellow, George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations

Joseph Rodgers


(Panelist)
Deputy Director, Project on Nuclear Issues, CSIS

Sylvia Mishra


(Panelist)
Director of Nuclear Policy, Innovation and Catastophic Risk, Institute for Security and Technology

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TBA
4:30pm Closing Remarks

 

 

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