2016 Program Schedule

Agenda

7:30-8:30am               Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:40am               Welcome Remarks       

  • Joseph R. Bankoff, Chair and Professor of the Practice, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Rafael L. Bras, Provost and Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs, K. Harrison Brown Family Chair, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Wendy Stewart, Atlanta Market President, Bank of America

8:40-9:00am               Introduction and Opening Remarks

  • The Honorable Sam Nunn, Distinguished Professor Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Threat Initiative

9:00-10:00am             Morning Keynote Address; Questions and Answers

  • Gen. John R. Allen, USMC (Ret), Co-Director, Center for the 21st Century Security and Intelligence at the Brookings Institute and former Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL

10:00-10:15am           Break

10:15-11:30am           Panel 1: How Does It End? Understanding the Causes of Extremism

  • Moderator: Lawrence Rubin, Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Opening Remarks: Jon Alterman, Senior Vice President, Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy and Middle East Program Director at CSIS
  • Panel 1 Discussion:
    • Mia Bloom, Professor, Department of Communication, Georgia State University
    • Hisham Melham, Analyst for Al Arabiya News Channel in Washington, DC
    • Lorenzo Vidino, Director of the Program on Extremism, George Washington University Center for Cyber and Homeland Security

11:30-11:45am           Break

11:45am-1pm             Panel 2: What Should We Do About It? (11:45-1:00)

  • Moderator: Lawrence Rubin
  • Opening Remarks: Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr. USN (Ret), Distinguished Professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology and former Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Panel 2 Discussion:
    • Amb. Gerald Feierstein, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State & former Ambassador to Yemen
    • William McCants, Fellow, Center for Middle East Policy & Director, Project on U. S. Relations with the Islamic World, The Brookings Institution
    • Nadia Oweidat, Smith Richardson Fellow at New America.

1-1:10pm                    Closing Remarks: Lawrence Rubin