Tuesday, April 20, 2010

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM   Check in & Coffee, Campus Center

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM   Welcome

8:45 AM - 9:15 AM   Remarks: Bradford Higgins, SOSventures, LLC (Former Assistant

                                    Secretary, U.S. Department of State)

9:15 AM - Noon         (Coffee break at 10:30 AM)

Panel I: Civil-Military Operations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East

Moderator: Bradford Higgins

Rear Admiral Scott Sanders, USN, Civil-Military Cooperation on the High Seas: Piracy off the Coast of Somalia

LTC Kenneth J. Ratashak, professor, North Carolina University, Team Building and the Creation of a Nation: Afghanistan

Dr. Jomana Amara, professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Economic Security Implications of Military Stabilization Efforts: The Iraq Surge as a Case Study

Noon - 1:30 PM         Lunch, Great Room, Campus Center

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM    Remarks: Michael Hess, MPRI (Former Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance)

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM. (Break at 3:15 PM)

Panel II: Institutional Challenges for Integrating Civil-Military Partnerships

Moderator: Michael Hess

Kurt E. Muller, Civilian Response Corps, U.S. Department of State, The Civil Military Balancing Act in Reconstruction and Stabilization

Benjamin J. Fernandes, National Defense Intelligence College, Military & Civilian Integration is Easy…If We Change Everything

Patricia Bekele, Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST) Command, Integrating Civilian Military Partnerships into US Foreign Policy

Colonel Tomislav Ruby, Chief, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Doctrine, One National Interest, Two Teams: Challenges to Integrating Civil and Military Operations

5:15 PM - 6:15 PM    Reception, State House Green, Historic St. Mary’s City

6:15 PM - 8:00 PM    Dinner, State House, Historic St. Mary’s City with Special Guest Speaker

VADM Jeffrey A. Wieringa

Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM   Coffee, Campus Center

8:30 AM - 11 AM

Panel III: Alternative Civil-Military Approaches to Increasing State Capacity

Moderator: Dr. Matthew Fehrs, professor, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Captain Joseph D. Chapman, USAF, 39^th Information Operations Squadron, Breaking the Media Trap: Expanding Influence Operations Through Social Facilitation

Daryl Liskey and James Sutton, Our Experience in Iraq and Afghanistan: Challenges For Concurrent Security and Nation-Building Missions

Daniel J. Gerstle, HELO Magazine, Protecting Mothers and Children, Without Weapons: Why Counterinsurgency Must Leave the Humanitarian Sphere

11:30 AM - Noon       Concluding Remarks

St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Campus Center, Cole Cinema, St. Mary’s City, MD

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Conference Fee: $95.00

Advance registration and payment required.

 Coffee breaks, lunch and dinner are included.

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