20th Annual SO/LIC Symposium & Exhibition
"The Persistent Conflict: The Path Ahead"
10 - 12 February 2009
Washington, DC
Essay, "Scoring the Long War", Andrew Boyden, Phillip Menard and Robert Ramirez
Essay, "Keeping COIN Simple: the Outhouse Strategy for Security Development", Herb Daniels
White Paper, "The Road to Peace, One Person at a Time: Sister Cities International and Its Role in Persistent Conflict", Patrick Madden and Christopher P. Dufour
White Paper, "Special Reconnaissance/Unconventional Warfare - How about an UxV for a Teamate?", Miles Libbey, Ph.D and Robinson Harris, Ph.D. (Cand.)
White Paper, "Transforming America's Collaborative Crisis Response Capability: The Executive Education Dimension", Amb (ret.) David C. Litt
White Paper, "Private Sector Efforts to Relieve the Burden of SOF Forces", Sam Miess
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Panel 1: Regional Views of Persistent Conflict
Panelist:
- LTC Charles Miller, Jr., USA, AFG/PAK Section Lead, J3, USSOCCENT, Briefing 1, Briefing 2
- LTC Brian Petit, USA, Commander of 2-1 SFG(A), USSOCPAC
- CDR Victor D. Hyder, USN, J3, USSOCSOUTH
- CAPT (OF5) Bruno Julien de Zelicourt, French Navy, J3 Director, NATO, Special Operations Coordination Center
Panel 2: Technology and Persistent Conflict
Panelist:
- Col Hondo Geurts, USAF, USSOCOM SOAL
- Mr. Richard Higgins, Program Manager, Technical Support Working Group, CTTSO/IWSP
- Dr. Miles Libbey, Lockheed Martin, Advanced Solutions MS2
Panel 3: Views from the Practitioners
Panelist:
- Col Joseph Clem, USAF, Deputy Director, Directorate of Plans, Programs, Requirements & Assessments
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Panel 4: Persistent Conflict and the Human Dimension
Panelist:
- COL Mark Lowe, USA, Commander, 1st Special Warfare Training Group
- CDR Ann Kubera, USN, Division Chief, Personnel Operations, USSOCOM
- COL Rocky Farr, USA, Command Surgeon, USSOCOM
- Mr. Jim Lorraine, Director of Care Coalition, USSOCOM
- White Paper Presenter: Mr. Sam Miess, Principal Staff, Concurrent Technologies Corp.
Panel 5: Strategies for Persistent Conflict
Panelist:
- Mr. Konrad Trautman, Director of Intelligence, USSOCOM
Panel 6: Meeting the Challenge of Persistent Conflict through Education and Training
Panelist:
- CAPT Chuck Lockett, USN, Senior Education Programs, Joint Special Operations University
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Panel 7: Interagency Perspectives
Panelist:
- LTG Ronald Burgess, Jr., USA, Director of Intelligence Staff, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- Dr. Christopher Lamb, Institute for National Strategic Studies, NDU
- Ambassador Dell Dailey, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State
Keynote Speaker:
- GEN Barry McCaffrey, USA (Ret), President, BR McCaffrey Associates, LLC