2015: Conversation on the Arctic, Space and Cybersecurity
The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and The American Academy of Diplomacy presented
New Frontiers in International Affairs:
A Conversation on the Arctic, Space and Cybersecurity
Views from the Puget Sound and the Potomac
Friday, October 16, 2015
University of Washington, HUB Room 334 and 332
Seattle, Washington
Inaugural Conference of the Jackson School’s International Policy Institute
Co-sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation
The Inaugural Conference of the Jackson School’s International Policy Institute featured panel discussions on Cyber-security, The Arctic and Space, and included a keynote presentation by Marc Grossman, Vice Chairman of the Cohen Group and former U.S. Ambassador and Under Secretary of State. The conference was co-sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation and delivered in partnership with the American Academy of Diplomacy.
AGENDA
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-8:45 Welcome
► Professor Reşat Kasaba, Director & Stanley D. Golub Chair of International Studies, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
► Robert M. Beecroft, Supervisory Senior Inspector, U.S. Department of State; former Ambassador and Head of the OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Program Chair, American Academy of Diplomacy
► Stephen Del Rosso, Program Director, International Peace & Security, Carnegie Corporation of New York
8:45-10:15: Panel One – Changing Political and Economic Dynamics in the Arctic: Nation-States and Indigenous Permanent Participants
►Moderator: Nadine Fabbi, Managing Director, Canadian Studies Center and Arctic & International Relations, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
► Kenneth S. Yalowitz, Global Fellow, The Wilson Center; former Ambassador to Belarus and Georgia
► Ben Fitzhugh, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington
► Matt Morrison, Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Northwest Economic Region
10:15-10:30: Break
10:30-12:00: Panel Two – New Regions, New Frontiers: Pacific Northwest and Asia in Outer Space
►Moderator: Saadia Pekkanen, Associate Director, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
► Teresita C. Schaffer, Nonresident Senior Fellow, The India Project, The Brookings Institution; former Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East and South Asia
► Roger Myers, Executive Director of Advanced-In-Space Programs, Aerojet Rocketdyne
► Dominic Gates, Aerospace Reporter, Seattle Times
12:00-2:00: Keynote Address – America’s Global Interests: Can We Do More Than One Thing At A Time?
Welcome: John Hempelmann, President, Board of Governors, Henry M. Jackson Foundation
Marc I. Grossman, Vice Chairman, The Cohen Group; former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, and Ambassador to Turkey
2:00-3:45: Panel Three – Public-Private Collaboration in Establishing International Cybersecurity Norms
►Moderator: Sara Curran, Associate Professor of International Studies, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
►Jessica Beyer, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
►David C. Gompert, Senior Fellow, The RAND Corporation; former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
►Paul Nicholas, Senior Director, Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft Corporation
►Scott Godwin, General Manager in the National Security Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Center
3:45-4:00 Concluding Remarks
Don Hellmann, Professor, Jackson School of International Studies
4:00-6:00: Reception,
Yukon Room, University of Washington Club