Thursday, Nov. 8
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Grand Ballroom
Mayflower Hotel
U.S.-China Trade War: Rhetoric and Reality
Amy P. Celico
Principal
Albright Stonebridge Group
Robert D. Atkinson
President
Information Technology
and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
Derek M. Scissors
Resident Scholar
American Enterprise Institute
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Grand Ballroom
Mayflower Hotel
The Global Fight For Women's Rights
Dr. Nina Ansary
Visiting Fellow, LSE Centre for Women, Peace, and Security
London School of Economics
The UN Women Champions for Innovation
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Grand Ballroom
Mayflower Hotel
Digital Resilience
Ray Rothrock
Chairman and CEO
RedSeal
Dina Temple-Raston (Moderator)
Special Correspondent
National Public Radio
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Grand Ballroom
Mayflower Hotel
Ambassador's Luncheon
Keynote: Sean Spicer
Founder and President
RigWil LLC
James N. Falk (Moderator)
President and CEO
World Affairs Council of Dallas/
Fort Worth
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Grand Ballroom
Mayflower Hotel
Will We Succeed in Shaping a Stronger Transatlantic Relationship?
The Hon. Andreas Michaelis
State Secretary (Vice Minister)
Federal Foreign Office
Germany
Evelyn Farkas
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Atlantic Council
Robert Kagan
Stephen & Barbara Friedman
Senior Fellow
The Brookings Institution
Dr. Steven E. Sokol (Moderator)
President
American Council on Germany
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Grand Ballroom
Mayflower Hotel
Breaking Out of Orbit: Trends in Space Policy
Laura Delgado López
Advocacy Lead, Harris Corp.
Space & Intelligence Systems
Editor-in-Chief,
Space Policy Journal
Audrey M. Schaffer
Director for Space Strategy and Plans
U.S. Department of Defense
Victoria Samson
Washington Office Director
Secure World Foundation
Theresa Hitchens
Senior Research Associate
Center for International & Security
Studies, University of Maryland
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
OAS Headquarters
Foreign Policy Association Centennial Reception
at the Organization of American States
Noel Lateef
President
Foreign Policy Association
Bill Clifford
President and CEO
WACA