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The 2020 Aspen Security Forum: August 4 - 6, 2020
We are pleased to announce the first-ever digital Aspen Security Forum experience, which will take place from August 4 - 6, 2020.
The 2020 Aspen Security Forum is complimentary to all attendees. To register, please use the below buttons to access the registration form for each day of programming. Note that you will receive a Zoom link for only those days for which you register and that attendees may sign up for as many or as few days of programming as they wish
Tuesday, August 4
10:00 - 11:00 AM ET
The State of America and the World: A Conversation with Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Speaker: Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State
Moderator: Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET
The Kill Chain: Planning for the Conflicts of Tomorrow
Speaker: Christian Brose, Chief Strategy Officer, Anduril Industries
Moderator: David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
12:00 - 12:45 PM ET
The Room Where it Happened: A Conversation with John Bolton
Speaker: John Bolton, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Moderator: Carol Lee, National Political Reporter, NBC News
1:00 - 1:45 PM ET
The View from the U.N.: The Global Struggle for Democracy
Speaker: Kelly Knight Craft, Ambassador of the U.S. to the U.N.
2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
Technology and Democracy: Protecting the Digital Landscape and our Elections
Speaker: Laura Rosenberger, Director, Alliance for Security Democracy, the German Marshall Fund of the United States
Speaker: Renee DiResta, Research Manager, Stanford Internet Observatory
Moderator: Cecilia Kang, Technology Reporter, The New York Times
3:15 - 3:45 PM ET
Reason for Hope: A Conversation with Nick Kristof
Speaker: Nicholas Kristof, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times
Moderator: Nicholas Burns, Harvard Professor and Executive Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
5:30 - 6:30 PM ET
The View from Australia: A Conversation with Prime Minister Scott Morrison
Speaker: Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia
Moderator: Margaret Brennan, Anchor, CBS' Face the Nation
10:00 - 11:00 AM ET
The State of America and the World: A Conversation with Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Speaker: Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State
Moderator: Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET
The Kill Chain: Planning for the Conflicts of Tomorrow
Speaker: Christian Brose, Chief Strategy Officer, Anduril Industries
Moderator: David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
12:00 - 12:45 PM ET
The Room Where it Happened: A Conversation with John Bolton
Speaker: John Bolton, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Moderator: Carol Lee, National Political Reporter, NBC News
1:00 - 1:45 PM ET
The View from the U.N.: The Global Struggle for Democracy
Speaker: Kelly Knight Craft, Ambassador of the U.S. to the U.N.
2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
Technology and Democracy: Protecting the Digital Landscape and our Elections
Speaker: Laura Rosenberger, Director, Alliance for Security Democracy, the German Marshall Fund of the United States
Speaker: Renee DiResta, Research Manager, Stanford Internet Observatory
Moderator: Cecilia Kang, Technology Reporter, The New York Times
3:15 - 3:45 PM ET
Reason for Hope: A Conversation with Nick Kristof
Speaker: Nicholas Kristof, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times
Moderator: Nicholas Burns, Harvard Professor and Executive Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
5:30 - 6:30 PM ET
The View from Australia: A Conversation with Prime Minister Scott Morrison
Speaker: Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia
Moderator: Margaret Brennan, Anchor, CBS' Face the Nation
Wednesday, August 5
8:30 - 9:30 AM ET
The View from Singapore: A Conversation with Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan
Speaker: Vivian Balakrishnan, Foreign Minister
10:00 - 11:00 AM ET
The View from Athens: A Conversation with Prime Minister Mitsotakis
Speaker: Kyriakos Mitsoakis, Prime Minister of Greece
Moderator: Nicholas Burns, Harvard Professor and Executive Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
11:15 - 11:45 AM ET
America at Home: Poverty and Inequality as National Security Issues
Speaker: Wes Moore, CEO, Robin Hood Foundation
Moderator: Dina Powell McCormick, former Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
12:00 - 12:30 PM ET
Maximum Pressure: America's Strategy to Counter Iran
Speaker: Brian Hook, U.S. Special Representative for Iran
Moderator: Nick Schifrin, Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
12:30 - 1:00 PM ET
Iran, North Korea, and Beyond: the Russia-China Triangle
Speaker: Wendy Sherman, former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Moderator: David Sanger, National Security Correspondent and Senior Writer, The New York Times
3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
President Trump's National Security Agenda
Speaker: Robert O'Brien, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Moderator: Stephen Hadley, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
4:15 - 5:00 PM ET
Foreign Policy Choices: Joe Biden's Vision for 2021 and Beyond
Speaker: Antony Blinken, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Moderator: Gerald Seib, Executive Editor, The Wall Street Journal
5:15 - 6:00 PM ET
Foreign Policy Choices: Recommendations from Past National Security Advisors
Speaker: Tom Donilon, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Speaker: Stephen Hadley, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Moderator: TBC
8:30 - 9:30 AM ET
The View from Singapore: A Conversation with Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan
Speaker: Vivian Balakrishnan, Foreign Minister
10:00 - 11:00 AM ET
The View from Athens: A Conversation with Prime Minister Mitsotakis
Speaker: Kyriakos Mitsoakis, Prime Minister of Greece
Moderator: Nicholas Burns, Harvard Professor and Executive Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
11:15 - 11:45 AM ET
America at Home: Poverty and Inequality as National Security Issues
Speaker: Wes Moore, CEO, Robin Hood Foundation
Moderator: Dina Powell McCormick, former Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
12:00 - 12:30 PM ET
Maximum Pressure: America's Strategy to Counter Iran
Speaker: Brian Hook, U.S. Special Representative for Iran
Moderator: Nick Schifrin, Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
12:30 - 1:00 PM ET
Iran, North Korea, and Beyond: the Russia-China Triangle
Speaker: Wendy Sherman, former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Moderator: David Sanger, National Security Correspondent and Senior Writer, The New York Times
3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
President Trump's National Security Agenda
Speaker: Robert O'Brien, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Moderator: Stephen Hadley, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
4:15 - 5:00 PM ET
Foreign Policy Choices: Joe Biden's Vision for 2021 and Beyond
Speaker: Antony Blinken, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Moderator: Gerald Seib, Executive Editor, The Wall Street Journal
5:15 - 6:00 PM ET
Foreign Policy Choices: Recommendations from Past National Security Advisors
Speaker: Tom Donilon, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Speaker: Stephen Hadley, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Moderator: TBC
Thursday, August 6
8:30 - 9:00 AM ET
U.S. Economic Recovery from COVID: A Conversation with Lawrence H. Summers
Speaker: Lawrence H. Summers, President Emeritus, Harvard University
Moderator: TBC
9:30 - 10:00 AM ET
The View from the Hill: Projecting Liberal Values with Digital Tools
Speaker: Mark Warner, Ranking Member, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Moderator: David Sanger, National Security Correspondent and Senior Writer, The New York Times
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET
On the Front Lines: Race, the Pandemic, and Recession
Speaker: Keisha Lance Bottoms, Mayor of Atlanta
Speaker: Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami
Speaker: Mitch Landrieu, former Mayor of New Orleans
Moderator: Kristen Welker, White House Correspondent, NBC News
1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
America's Endangered Alliances
Speaker: Mira Rapp-Hooper, Stephen A. Schwarzman Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Julianne Smith, former Deputy National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden
Moderator: Nicholas Burns, Harvard Professor and Executive Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
2:15 - 3:15 PM ET
The View from Brasilia: A Conversation with Minister of the Economy Paulo Guedes
Speaker: Paulo Guedes, Minister of the Economy of Brazil
Moderator: TBC
3:30 - 4:15 PM ET
Brave New World: How COVID-19 Will Reshape the Globe
Speaker: Laurie Garrett, Author, The Coming Plague
Speaker: David Leonhardt, Writer, The New York Times
Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
4:45 - 5:30 PM ET
A New Defense Paradigm: Modernizing the U.S. Department of Defense
Speaker: Michele Flournoy, former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Moderator: Courtney Kube, National Security and Military Correspondent, NBC News
5:30 - 6:15 PM ET
On the Front Lines of Defense Innovation in the Digital World
Speaker: Mike Brown, Director, Defense Innovation Unit
Speaker: Kathleen Hicks, Senior Vice President; Henry A. Kissinger Chair; Director, International Security Program, CSIS
Moderator: Anja Manuel, Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
8:30 - 9:00 AM ET
U.S. Economic Recovery from COVID: A Conversation with Lawrence H. Summers
Speaker: Lawrence H. Summers, President Emeritus, Harvard University
Moderator: TBC
9:30 - 10:00 AM ET
The View from the Hill: Projecting Liberal Values with Digital Tools
Speaker: Mark Warner, Ranking Member, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Moderator: David Sanger, National Security Correspondent and Senior Writer, The New York Times
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET
On the Front Lines: Race, the Pandemic, and Recession
Speaker: Keisha Lance Bottoms, Mayor of Atlanta
Speaker: Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami
Speaker: Mitch Landrieu, former Mayor of New Orleans
Moderator: Kristen Welker, White House Correspondent, NBC News
1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
America's Endangered Alliances
Speaker: Mira Rapp-Hooper, Stephen A. Schwarzman Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Julianne Smith, former Deputy National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden
Moderator: Nicholas Burns, Harvard Professor and Executive Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
2:15 - 3:15 PM ET
The View from Brasilia: A Conversation with Minister of the Economy Paulo Guedes
Speaker: Paulo Guedes, Minister of the Economy of Brazil
Moderator: TBC
3:30 - 4:15 PM ET
Brave New World: How COVID-19 Will Reshape the Globe
Speaker: Laurie Garrett, Author, The Coming Plague
Speaker: David Leonhardt, Writer, The New York Times
Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
4:45 - 5:30 PM ET
A New Defense Paradigm: Modernizing the U.S. Department of Defense
Speaker: Michele Flournoy, former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Moderator: Courtney Kube, National Security and Military Correspondent, NBC News
5:30 - 6:15 PM ET
On the Front Lines of Defense Innovation in the Digital World
Speaker: Mike Brown, Director, Defense Innovation Unit
Speaker: Kathleen Hicks, Senior Vice President; Henry A. Kissinger Chair; Director, International Security Program, CSIS
Moderator: Anja Manuel, Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
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