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GT30: Agenda


Monday & Tuesday | December 10-11, 2012

Click on the name of the panel to see a summary, video and transcript of each session.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10

1 p.m. Registration

1:30 p.m.

 

WELCOME

  • Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council
  • Christoper A. Kojm, Chairman, US National Intelligence Council

1:40 p.m.

 

STRATEGIC ADDRESS

  • Chuck Hagel, Chairman, Atlantic Council

2:00-3:30 p.m.

 

WHAT KIND OF WORLD IN 2030? THE NIC’S FOUR ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS

  • Presenter: Mathew J. Burrows, Counselor, US National Intelligence Council; Author, "Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds"
  • Keynote Response: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council
  • Moderator: David Ignatius, Associate Editor, Washington Post
3:30-3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
3:45-5:15 p.m.
 
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES THAT COULD CHANGE OUR FUTURE

  • Speakers:
    James Cartwright, Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies
    Mikael Hagstrom, Executive Vice President, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, SAS
    Paul Saffo, Managing Director of Foresight, Discern Analytics; Senior Fellow, Strategic Foresight Initiative, The Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council
  • Moderator: Mariette DiChristina, Editor in Chief, Scientific American
5:30 p.m.  Welcome Reception

 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11

8:30 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00a.m.
 
WILL THE US BE ABLE TO LEAD IN A POST-WESTERN WORLD?

  • Speakers:
    Annette Heuser    , Executive Director, Bertelsmann Foundation
    Robert Kagan, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution
    Moises Naim, Senior Associate, International Economics Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Chief International Columnist, El País
  • Moderator: Philip Stephens, Associate Editor, Financial Times
10:00-10:15 a.m. Coffee Break
10:15-11:15 a.m.
 
THE INDIVIDUAL VS. THE STATE: WHO WILL HAVE THE UPPER HAND IN 2030?

  • Speakers:
    Jared Cohen    , Director, Google Ideas; Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
    Hisham Kassem, Founding Publisher, Al-Masry Al-youm Newspaper
    Marne Levine, Vice President of Global Public Policy, Facebook
  • Moderator: Banning Garrett, Director, Strategic Foresight Initiative, The Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council
11:15-11:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 p.m.
 
THE CHANGING NATURE OF WARFARE

  • Speakers:
    Thomas Enders    , CEO, EADS NV
    Michèle Flournoy, Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group; Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, US Department of Defense
    George Lund, Chairman, Torch Hill Investment Partners; Vice Chair, The Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council
  • Moderator: Steven Grundman, M.A. and George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges, The Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council
12:45-2:15 p.m.
 
LUNCHEON

A conversation with Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush

Moderator: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council
2:30-3:30 p.m.
 
URBAN WORLD 2030

  • Speakers:
    William Cobbett    , Manager, Cities Alliance, The World Bank
    Robert Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and Environment, US Department of State
    H.E. Ashok Kumar Mirpuri, Ambassador to the United States, Republic of Singapore
  • Moderator: Diana Farrell, Director, McKinsey Center for Government, McKinsey & Co.
3:30-4:00 p.m. Coffee Break
4:00-5:30 p.m.

 ENVISIONING 2030: THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL’S US STRATEGY FOR A POST-WESTERN WORLD

  • Presenter: Barry Pavel, Director, The Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council
  • Commentators:
    Stephen J. Hadley    , Principal, RiceHadleyGates LLC
    James L. Jones, Founder and President, Jones Group International; Chairman, The Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council
    James Steinberg, Dean and Professor of Social Science, International Affairs, and Law, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University

Global Trends Workshops

Through a series of workshops, the Council partnered with the National Intelligence Council (NIC) to inform and add depth to the upcoming Global Trends 2030 report. Here are summaries from those workshops:

Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds Red Team Exercise, 6/12/12

Pandemics and the End of Globalization, 2/1/12

Global Trends 2030: Urbanization Nexus, 1/25/12

A New World of Global Migration, 1/11/12

The United States and the Global Future, 12/2/11

The Changing Significance of Geography, 11/14/2011

Global Trends and US Grand Strategy: Towards a Necessary Synthesis, 10/3/11

Russia: Strategic Global Outlook 2030, 5/25/2011

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