8:00 - 9:00 a.m. — Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. — Introductions and Welcoming Remarks
- Adam Stulberg, Associate Professor and Co-Director, Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy, The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Jacqueline Jones Royster, Dean, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Rafael Bras, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
- The Honorable Sam Nunn, Distinguished Professor, The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Threat Initiative
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. — Keynote Address; Questions and Answers
- Daniel Yergin, Chairman and Founder, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. — Break and Book Signing: Daniel Yergin "The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World"
10:45 a.m. – Noon — Panel Discussion: U.S. Choices in a Changing International Energy Landscape
Moderator: Frank Verrastro, Senior Vice President and Director, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
- John M. Deutch, Institute Professor Emeritus, MIT
- General USMC (Ret.) James L. Jones, President, Jones Group International
- Captain Wayne Porter, U.S. Navy, Naval Post-Graduate School
- Linda Gillespie Stuntz, Founding Partner, Stuntz, Davis & Staffier, P.C.
- James N. Suciu, President, Global Sales and Marketing, GE Energy
Noon – 1:30 p.m. — Luncheon Keynote Address
U.S Defense Policy, Operations and Energy Security
- Introduction: Stephen E. Cross, Executive Vice President for Research, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Ashton B. Carter, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense
1:45 – 3:00 p.m. — Panel Discussion: U.S. Energy Security, the Southeast Region, and New Initiatives
Moderator: Marilyn Brown, Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Carlos S. "Santiago" Grijalva, Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Robert McGrath, Director, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Vice President, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Major General Robert H. McMahon, Commander, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
- Colonel USMC (Ret.) Mark "Puck" Mykleby, Ethics and Leadership at LRN and Senior Fellow at New America Foundation
- Thomas E. Noonan, Chief Executive Officer, JouleX, Inc.
3:00 p.m. — Closing Remarks
- The Honorable Sam Nunn