Heritage Foundation Leadership for America

Ambassador Richard S. Williamson
The President’s Special Envoy to Sudan

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Andrew Natsios
Former Administrator,
U.S. Agency for International Development,
and Special Envoy to Sudan

Walter Kansteiner
Former Assistant Secretary for African Affairs,
U.S. Department of State

Thomas M. Woods
Senior Associate Fellow,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

10:30-11:30 a.m. – PANEL PRESENTATION

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
The Heritage Foundation

Mark Falcoff, Ph.D.
Resident Scholar Emeritus,
American Enterprise Institute

11:30 a.m. – KEYNOTE SPEAKER

The Honorable Carlos Gutierrez
Secretary of Commerce,
U.S. Department of Commerce

Ray Walser, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America,
The Heritage Foundation

Gov. George Allen
Former Virginia Governor

Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute

and

The Heritage Foundation

Professor William F. Campbell
Secretary of the Philadelphia Society and
Professor Emeritus of Economics,
Louisiana State University

Edwin J. Feulner Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Burton Folsom, Jr.
Charles F. Kline Chair in History and Management,
Hillsdale College

Joseph Postell
Deputy Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar
Senior Advisor,
Estonian Ministry of Defense

John Tkacik, Jr.
Senior Research Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Frank Garcia
Professional Staff Member,
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Steve Bucci
Head of Cyber Security Federal Programs,
IBM

Peter Brookes
Senior Fellow,
National Security Affairs and
Chung Ju-Yung Fellow for Policy Studies,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Introductory Remarks by:
H.E. Audrius Bruzga
Ambassador of Lithuania

and a discussion following the 60-minute screening with:
Kenneth Gumbert
Director,

David O’Rourke
Writer/Producer

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
The Heritage Foundation,
and Chairman,
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation

Kuo-Liang Hsieh
Legislator and Convener,
Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee,
Legislative Yuan,
Republic of China (Taiwan)

John L. Chu
Senior Executive Officer,
National Police Agency,
Ministry of the Interior,
Republic of China (Taiwan)

Jeng-Shyang Chin
Counselor,
Ministry of Justice,
Republic of China (Taiwan)

Stephen J. Yates
Visiting Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Joseph V. Kennedy
Author

William W. Beach
Director,
Center for Data Analysis,
The Heritage Foundation

Christopher Horner
Author and
Senior Fellow,
Competitive Enterprise Institute

David Kreutzer, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Analyst in Energy Economics and Climate Change,
The Heritage Foundation

Rich Cooper
Principal,
Catalyst Partners

Gerald Epstein
Senior Fellow,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Michael Wermuth
Manager,
Counterterrorism and Homeland Defense Programs,
Rand Corporation

Jena Baker McNeill
Policy Analyst,
Homeland Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Sally McNamara
Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Mario Loyola
Foreign and Defense Policy Counsel,
US Senate Republican Policy Committee

Peter Brookes
Senior Fellow,
National Security Affairs,
The Heritage Foundation

Nicole Hoplin
and
Ron Robinson
Authors

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Jose de Venecia, Jr.
Five-Time Speaker of
the House of Representatives of The Philippines

Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Ching Jyh Shieh
Former Deputy Minister of the National Science Council,
Republic of China (Taiwan)

Stephen J. Yates
Visiting Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Martin Murphy
Senior Fellow,
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
and Associate Fellow,
Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies,
King’s College London

Charlie Dragonette
Senior Civil Maritime Operations Analyst,
Operational Intelligence Center,
Office of Naval Intelligence

Dr. Dominick Donald
Chief Analyst and Vice President,
Aegis Defense Services, LLC

Dr. J. Peter Pham
Director,
The Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs,
James Madison University
and Senior Fellow,
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD)

Jena Baker McNeill
Policy Analyst,
Homeland Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Michael Medved
Author

Rebecca Hagelin
Vice President,
Communications and Marketing,
The Heritage Foundation

Becky Norton Dunlop
Vice President,
External Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

Dale Van Atta
Author

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:
Robert L. Woodson, Sr.
President,
Center for Neighborhood Enterprise

Followed by a Panel Discussion with:
The Honorable Kevin Andrews, MP
Australia

Greg Fleming
Maxim Institute,
New Zealand

Philippa Stroud
Centre for Social Justice,
United Kingdom

The Honorable Monte Solberg
Former Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Canada

Jennifer Marshall
Director,
Domestic Policy Studies and
The Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society,
The Heritage Foundation

Rick Kraus
Senior Director of Regulatory Relations,
American Farm Bureau Federation

Marlo Lewis
Senior Fellow,
Competitive Enterprise Institute

David Kreutzer, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Analyst in Energy Economics and Climate Change,
The Heritage Foundation

Karen Campbell, Ph.D.
Policy Analyst,
Macroecomomics,
The Heritage Foundation

Rob Gordon
Senior Advisor for Strategic Outreach,
The Heritage Foundation

Dimon Liu
Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow,
Council of Independent Colleges

Dr. Binh Nguyen
Chairwoman,
International Committee for Human Rights in Vietnam,
International Protection of Prisoners of Conscience

Sophie Richardson
Asia Advocacy Director,
Asia Division,
Human Rights Watch

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. William R. Graham
Chairman, Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack

Jena Baker McNeill
Policy Analyst,Homeland Security,Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation

Excellency Dr. Rafael Espada
Vice President of the Republic of Guatemala

Ray Walser, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. J. D. Foster
Norman B. Ture Senior Fellow in the Economics of Fiscal Policy,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Richard Rahn
Chairman,
Institute for Global Economic Growth, and
Senior Fellow,
Cato Institute

Dr. Desmond Lachman
Resident Fellow,
American Enterprise Institute

Dr. Ted R. Bromund
Senior Research Fellow, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Sichan Siv
Former U.S. Representative
to the United Nations Economic and Social Council

Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

William Tucker
Author

Jack Spencer
Research Fellow,
Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Moderator
The Honorable Dick Thornburgh
K&L Gates LLP;
Former Attorney General of the United States

William R. McLucas
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP;
Former Director of Enforcement,
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

William Beach
Director, Center for Data Analysis,
The Heritage Foundation

Barry J. Pollack
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP;
Director,
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

The Heritage Foundation

The Washington Legal Foundation

and

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Angel Rabasa
Senior Policy Analyst,
Rand Corporation

Eugene Martin
Former Executive Director,
Philippine Facilitation Project,
United States Institute of Peace

Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Gary S. Lawson
Abraham & Lillian Benton Scholar and
Professor of Law,
Boston University School of Law

The Heritage Foundation

Ambassador Tom Korologos
TCK International, LLC,
and Strategic Advisor to DLA Piper

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:
Ambassador John Bolton
Senior Fellow,
American Enterprise Institute

Introduction by:
Ambassador Terry Miller
Director,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

Followed by a Panel Discussion with:
David Albright
President,
Institute for Science and International Security

Henry Sokolski
Executive Director,
Nonproliferation Policy Education Center

James Phillips
Senior Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Moderated by:
Peter Brookes
Senior Fellow,
National Security Affairs and Chung Ju-Yung Fellow for Policy Studies,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. John Howard
Author

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

John Fund
Author and Columnist, the Wall Street Journal

Rebecca Hagelin
Vice President,
Communications and Marketing,
The Heritage Foundation

His Excellency Arturo Sarukhan
Ambassador of Mexico to the United States

His Excellency F. Tomás Dueñas
Ambassador of Costa Rica to the United States

His Excellency Federico Humbert
Ambassador of Panama to the United States

His Excellency Mariano Fernández
Ambassador of Chile to the United States

Michael Franc
Vice President,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

Ambassador Dennis K. Hays (Ret.)
Vice President,
Thorium Power, Ltd.

Deborah Deal Blackwell, APR
Vice President,
Licensing & Public Affairs,
Hyperion Power Generation, Inc.

Mark Haynes
Vice President,
Energy Development,
General Atomics

Philip C. Hildebrandt
Special Assistant to the Laboratory Director for
Prototype Reactors & Major Projects,
Idaho National Laboratory

Jack Spencer
Research Fellow in Nuclear Energy Policy,
Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Robert H. Bork
Distinguished Fellow,
The Hudson Institute

Edwin Meese III
Chairman, 
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Dean Cheng
Senior Asia Analyst,
CNA Corporation

Scott Pace
Director,
Space Policy Institute,
Elliott School for International Affairs,
The George Washington University

Kevin Pollpeter
China Program Manager,
Defense Group Inc.

John Tkacik
Senior Research Fellow for China, Mongolia, and Taiwan,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Phillip Truluck
Executive Vice President,
The Heritage Foundation

Harvey C. Mansfield, Ph.D.
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government,
Harvard University

Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Harvey C. Mansfield, Ph.D.
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government,
Harvard University

Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Hector E. Morales, Jr.
United States Permanent Representative to the
Organization of American States

Ray Walser, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Analyst,
Latin America,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Kenneth L. Wainstein
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism,
The White House

Cully Stimson
Senior Legal Fellow,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Agenda

9:00 am: "The Self-Directed Care Model and its Application to Medicaid Reform"

With Expert Witness

Suzanne Crisp

Senior Research Leader, Thomson Reuters Healthcare

10:30 am: "Private Sector Models in the Context of Medicaid Reform"

With Expert Witness

Chuck Milligan J.D, MPH

Executive Director of the Center for Health Program Development and Management (Center) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County(UMBC)

With Expert Witness

James Capretta

Fellow in the Economics and Ethics Program of the Ethics and Public Policy Center

2:00 pm: "Home and Community-Based Care Financing Models and their Application to Medicaid Reform"

With Expert Witness:

Steve Eiken, M.A.

Senior Analyst, Chronic Care and Disability Research Division, Thomson Reuters Healthcare

3:00 pm: "The Experience of Public and Private Long-Term Care Financing and its Application to Medicaid Reform"

With Expert Witness:

Larry Polivka, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Associate Director School of Aging Studies; Director, Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging

"Reactors"

John Kemp, CEO, ACCSES

and

Robert Helms, Ph.D.,Resident Scholar at American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

After testimonies by the Expert Witnesses and questions and comments from the Members, the Reactors will give "Inside Washington" perspectives at the end of the morning and afternoon sessions

The Heritage Foundation

General Abdul Rahim Wardak
Minister of Defense,
Afghanistan

Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Brigitte Gabriel
Author

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

Steven Maggi
Executive Producer

Corey Burres
Director

Featuring Introductory Remarks by:
H.E. Andrejs Pildegovics
Ambassador of Latvia

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.
Founder and President,
Center for Security Policy

Jeff Kueter
President,
The George C. Marshall Institute

Ambassador Henry F. Cooper
Chairman of the Board,
High Frontier

Peter Brookes
Senior Fellow,
National Security Affairs and
Chung Ju-Yung Fellow for Policy Studies,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Jim and Ellen Hubbard
Founders of the American Film Renaissance Festival

Becky Norton Dunlop
Vice President,
External Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

Film Screening - 6:00 p.m.

Reception - 8:00 p.m.

Wilfred M. McClay, Ph.D.
SunTrust Bank Chair of Excellence in Humanities,
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Nancy J. Brinker
Chief of Protocol,
U.S. Department of State,
and former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary

Becky Norton Dunlop
Vice President,
External Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Kent Calder
Director,
Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies,
School of Advanced International Studies,
Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Michael J. Green
Associate Professor,
Georgetown University,
and Senior Advisor and Japan Chair,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Aya Igarashi
Washington Correspondent,
Yomiuri Shimbun

Bruce Klingner
Senior Research Fellow,
Northeast Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

James C. Capretta
Fellow,
Ethics and Public Policy Center
Powerpoint Slides

Douglas B. Sherlock, C.F.A.
President,
The Sherlock Company
Powerpoint Slides

Robert Moffit, Ph.D.
Director,
Center for Health Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Tsai Ing-wen
Chair,
Democratic Progressive Party,
Republic of China (Taiwan)

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Jim Talent
Distinguished Fellow,
The Heritage Foundation

Christopher A. Preble
Director of Foreign Policy Studies,
CATO Institute

Steve M. Kosiak
Vice President of Budget Studies,
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Sean Roberts, Ph.D.
Director of the International Development Studies Program, George Washington University

Nury A. Turkel
Past President,
Uyghur American Association

James A. Millward, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Georgetown University,
and author of Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang

Ben Venzke
CEO,
IntelCenter

John Tkacik
Senior Research Fellow for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation

General Victor E. Renuart, Jr.
Commander,
North American Aerospace Defense Command
and U.S. Northern Command

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

His Excellency Vasil Sikharulidze
Ambassador,
The Embassy of Georgia

Stephen Blank, Ph.D.
Research Professor of National Security Affairs,
Strategic Studies Institute,
U.S. Army War College

Temuri Yakobashvili (via Telephone Conference)
Minister of Reintegration,
Republic of Georgia

S. Frederick Starr
Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute,
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute,
School of Advanced International Studies,
Johns Hopkins University

Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Major General David T. Zabecki (Ret.)
Editor,
Chief of Staff: The Principal Officers behind History’s Great Commanders (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2)

Geoffrey P. Megargee
Applied Research Scholar,
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies,
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Colonel Donald W. Boose, Jr. (Ret.)
Contract Faculty Instructor,
U.S. Army War College

James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
and Senior Research Fellow,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME (6:00 p.m.)

Bridgett Wagner
Director,
Coalition Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

REMARKS

Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Member,
U.S. House of Representatives (Invited)

FILM PRESENTATION (6:30 p.m.)

The Ultimate Resource, a production of Free to Choose Media, running time 57 minutes

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

The Honorable Mike Rogers (R-AL)
Member,
U. S. House of Representatives

Followed by a panel discussion with:

The Honorable Paul A. Schneider
Deputy Secretary,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

David Olive
Member,
Washington Homeland Security

John Gannon
Senior Vice President and General Manager,
Global Analysis,
BAE Systems

James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
and Senior Research Fellow,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Edwin Meese
Chairman,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Wang Jin-pyng
Speaker of the Legislative Yuan,
Republic of China (Taiwan)

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President, 
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Liam Fox MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Defense,
United Kingdom

Crispian Cuss
Former Spokesman,
British Army (2003)

Douglas Murray
Director,
Centre for Social Cohesion,
United Kingdom

Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.
Director,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Keith B. Payne
President,
National Institute for Public Policy,
and Head of the Graduate Department of Defense and Strategic Studies,
Missouri State University (Washington, D.C. area campus)

Baker Spring
F.M. Kirby Research Fellow in
National Security Policy,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Marvin Ott
Professor of National Security Policy,
National War College

Bronson Percival
Senior Advisor,
Center for Naval Analysis

Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Michael T. Dougherty
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Doris Meissner
Senior Fellow,
Migration Policy Institute

James Carafano
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies
and Senior Research Fellow,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

The Honorable Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
Member,
U. S. House of Representatives

Followed by a panel discussion with:

Dr. Michael Doran
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Support to Public Diplomacy

Jeff Jones
Senior Associate,
Booz Allen Hamilton,
and former Director for Strategic Communications and Information, National Security Council

James Dickmeyer
Director,
Foreign Press Centers,
U.S. Department of State

Tony Blankley
Visiting Senior Fellow in National Security Communications,
The Heritage Foundation

David Smith
Senior Director for Pakistan in the Office of the Under Secretary for Defense (Policy)

Shuja Nawaz
Author of Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Military, and the Wars Within

Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow for South Asia, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Jackson Janes
Executive Director,
American institute for Contemporary German Studies

Peter Podbielski
Senior Analyst,
Center for European Policy Analysis

Brigadier Phil Jones
Military Attaché,
British Defense Staff,
British Embassy

Bruce I. Turner
Acting Director,
Office of European Security and Political Affairs,
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs,
U.S. Dept of State

Sally McNamara
Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Hillel Fradkin
Director,
Center for Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World
and Senior Fellow,
Hudson Institute

Dr. Azizah Y. al Hibri
Professor,
University of Richmond,
and Founder and President,
KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow for South Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Svetla Kostadinova
Executive Director, Institute for Market Economics, Bulgaria

Becky Norton Dunlop
Vice President, External Relations, The Heritage Foundation

Bruce Herschensohn
Author

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

Admiral Timothy J. Keating
Commander,
U.S. Pacific Command

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

A Special Screening of the Documentary "The Birth of Freedom", followed by a discussion afterwards with

Jay W. Richards, Ph.D.
Research Fellow and Director,
Acton Media

The Heritage Foundation

and

The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty

Declan Ganley
Founder and Leader of the Libertas Institute
and Leader of Ireland’s "No" Campaign to the Lisbon Treaty

Sally McNamara
Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs,
The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Panel I
Ted Cruz
Solicitor General of Texas (2003-2008)

Ronald Rotunda
Constitutional Treatise Author and
Professor of Law,
George Mason University and Chapman University

Seth Waxman
Solicitor General of the United States (1997-2001)

Moderator:
Todd Gaziano
Director,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Panel II
Dahlia Lithwick
Senior Editor and "Supreme Court Dispatches" Correspondent, Slate

David Savage
Supreme Court Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times

Stuart Taylor, Jr.
Senior Writer and Columnist,
National Journal

Moderator:
James Swanson
Senior Legal Scholar,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Ambassador Charles (Jack) Pritchard
President,
Korea Economic Institute
and former Special Assistant
to the President for National Security Affairs and
Senior Director for Asian Affairs

Dr. Robert L. Gallucci
Dean,
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,
Georgetown University
and former lead Ambassador responsible for the
1994 Agreed Framework

Bruce Klingner
Senior Research Fellow,
Northeast Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Opening Remarks by:
The Honorable Michael Chertoff
Secretary,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Followed by a Panel Discussion with:
Daniel W. Sutherland
Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Hugo Teufel
Chief Privacy Officer,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Professor Peter P. Swire
C. William O'Neil Professor in Law and Judicial Administration, Moritz College of Law,
Ohio State University

Kevin Lanigan
Director,
Law and Security Program,
Human Rights First

James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
 Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation

Patrick Sookhdeo, Ph.D.
International Director,
The Barnabas Fund,
and Director,
Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity

Jennifer Marshall
Director,
Domestic Policy Studies and
The Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society,
The Heritage Foundation

Richard Brookhiser
Author

Joe Postell
Assistant Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Catherine Murphy-Barron
Principal,
Consulting Actuary,
Milliman, Inc.

Bruce Pyenson
Principal,
Consulting Actuary,
Milliman, Inc.

Kathryn Fitch
Principal and Healthcare Consultant,
Milliman, Inc.

Robert Moffit
Director,
Center for Health Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Paul Fronstin
Director,
Health Research and Education Program,
Employee Benefit Research Institute

Dan Stout
Director of Nuclear Fuel Recycling,
U.S. Department of Energy

Henry B. Barron
Executive Vice President of Constellation Energy, and
President,
Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Nuclear Officer,
Constellation Nuclear Group

Jack Spencer
Research Fellow for Nuclear Energy Policy,
Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Thomas H. Stanton
Fellow,
Center for the Study of American Government,
Johns Hopkins University

Warren W. Smith, Jr.
Author of China’s Tibet?: Autonomy or Assimilation

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

PANEL 1: CHINA’S NEW BATTLE SPACES – SEA SPACE, NEAR SPACE AND CYBERSPACE

Ronald O’Rourke
Specialist in Naval Affairs,
Congressional Research Service

James Mulvenon
Director,
Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis

PANEL 2: FUTURE SHOCK – CHINA AS ASIA’S BIG MILITARY POWER

Mark Stokes
Executive Director,
Project 2049 Institute

Dr. Michael Pillsbury
Consultant,
U.S. Department of Defense

John Tkacik
Senior Research Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Carol M. Allen
Editor and Research Specialist,
Michigan State University

William B. Allen
Professor of Political Science,
Michigan State University

Barbara J. Grutter
Petitioner,
Grutter v. Bollinger

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
Ranking Member
U.S. House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security

John S. Baker, Jr.
Dale E. Bennett Professor Law,
Louisiana State University Law School,
Original Member,
ABA Task Force on the Federalization of Crime

Edwin Meese III
Chairman,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Professor Barry Hirsch
W.J. Usery Chair of the American Workplace,
Department of Economics,
Georgia State University

J. Robert Brame
Partner,
McGuireWoods LLP,
and former Member,
National Labor Relations Board

Sarah Fox
Counsel,
AFL-CIO,
and former Member,
National Labor Relations Board

James Sherk
Bradley Fellow in Labor Policy,
Center for Data Analysis,
The Heritage Foundation

Kyndra Rotunda
Author

Edwin Meese
Chairman,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Steven Mosher
President,
Population Research Institute

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

WELCOMING REMARKS (9:30 a.m.)

Ambassador Terry Miller
Director,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

KEYNOTE ADDRESS – "The Use of Business Climate Ranking Systems to Promote Reform"

The Honorable Jacqueline Schaefer
Assistant Administrator,
Bureau of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade (EGAT),
U.S. Agency for International Development

INTRODUCTION OF PRESENTERS

Steve Silcox
Senior Enterprise Development Advisor,
USAID/EGAT/EG

PRESENTATION OF BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT RANKING METHODOLOGIES AND REPORTS (10:00 a.m.)

Svetlana Bagaudinova
Private Sector Development Specialist,
Doing Business,
The World Bank

Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz
Senior Economist,
The World Economic Forum

Anthony Kim
Policy Analyst,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

Elaine Allen
Research Director of the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship,
Babson College

DISCUSSION COMPARING THE FOUR RANKING SYSTEMS (11:00 a.m.)

Don Snodgrass
Senior Enterprise Development Research Advisor,
Business Growth Initiative

Wade Channell
Senior Trade Law Advisor,
USAID/EGAT/EG

USAID

Business Growth Initiative

The Heritage Foundation

Henry T. Aubin
Investigative Journalist with the Montreal Gazette
and author of The Rescue of Jerusalem: The Alliance Between Hebrews and Africans in 701 BC

Becky Norton Dunlop
Vice President,
External Relations,
The Heritage Foundation
 
James Tonkowich
President,
Institute on Religion and Democracy

Alvin S. Felzenberg
Author

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

Tara Ross
Author

Joseph C. Smith, Jr.
Author

Todd Gaziano
Director,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

INTRODUCTION AND WELCOMING REMARKS (2:00 p.m.)

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Amit Mitra
Secretary-General,
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

The Honorable Christopher Padilla
Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade

PANEL 1: TRADE AND FOOD SECURITY (3:00 p.m.)

In the context of rising world food prices, this panel will examine food supply and demand issues and opportunities for greater cooperation between India and the U.S. in enhancing technological capabilities related to food production and encouraging policy environments to most effectively cope with food security challenges.

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar
Research Fellow for India and Asia, Cato Institute

Shenggen Fan, Ph.D.
Division Director, Development Strategy and Governance,
International Food Policy Research Institute

Moderator:
Daniella Markheim
Jay Van Andel Senior Analyst in Trade Policy,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

PANEL 2: ENERGY SECURITY (4:15 P.M.)

Already the world’s fifth largest energy consumer, India is projected to rise to the third place by 2030, surpassing both Japan and Russia. Given tightening world energy markets, what are India’s options for fulfilling its energy demand to support a rapidly growing economy? How can Washington and New Delhi boost their bilateral energy dialogue to address common energy concerns in a way that facilitates economic growth and greater security and stability in South Asia?

Phyllis Yoshida, Ph.D.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Energy Cooperation, U.S. Department of Energy.

Dr. Amit Mitra
Secretary-General,
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Moderator:
Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow for South Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

and

The Heritage Foundation

Peter Schweizer
Author and
Research Fellow,
The Hoover Institution

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Norbert Michel
Nicholls State University

Dr. Alan Viard
Resident Scholar,
American Enterprise Institute

Steve Entin
President,
Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation

Rea Hederman
Assistant Director,
Center for Data Analysis,
The Heritage Foundation

Bill Beach
Director,
Center for Data Analysis,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Andrew S. Natsios
Former U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan

Thomas M. Woods
Senior Associate Fellow for African Affairs,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Victor Davis Hanson, Ph.D.
Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow,
The Hoover Institution

Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.
Director,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Natan Sharansky
Author

Dr. Nile Gardiner
Director,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Michael A. Sheehan
Security Consultant and former Deputy Commissioner for Counter Terrorism,
New York City Police Department

James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
and Senior Research Felllow,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Arthur C. Brooks
Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy,
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,
Syracuse University

Jennifer A. Marshall
Director,
DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable James Glassman
Chairman,
Broadcasting Board of Governors

Helle Dale
Deputy Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies, and
Director,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

KEYNOTE REMARKS (9:30 A.M.)

The Honorable Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Member,
United States Senate

PANEL 1: FRANCE BACK IN NATO – WHAT PRICE SHOULD WASHINGTON PAY? (10:15 A.M.)

Geoffrey Van Orden MEP
Conservative Party Spokesman on Defense and
Vice Chairman,
Foreign Affairs Committee

Chris Heaton-Harris MEP

Chris Socha
Senior Policy Advisor,
Office of Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC)

Moderator:
Dr. Nile Gardiner
Director,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

PANEL 2: TRADE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOFT POWER – DOES AMERICA HAVE FRIENDS IN EUROPE? (11:30 A.M.)

Syed Kamall MEP
Conservative Party Spokesman on International Trade

Neil Parish MEP
Chairman of the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee

Roger Helmer MEP

Colleen Graffy
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy,
U.S. Department of State

Moderator:
Sally McNamara
Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

M. David Stirling
Author and
Vice President,
Pacific Legal Foundation

Mark Kelly
Strategic Policy Outreach Manager,
Coalition Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

James Sherk
Bradley Fellow in Labor Policy,
Center for Data Analysis,
The Heritage Foundation

Kelly Krieger Hunt
Senior Manager,
Immigration Policy,
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

George Fishman
Chief Counsel,
Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship,
Refugees, Border Security, and International Law,
U.S. House of Representatives

Helle Dale
Director,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

John S. Baker, Jr.
Dale E. Bennett Professor of Law,
Louisiana State University Law School

Gail Heriot
Professor of Law,
University of San Diego School of Law, Commissioner,
United States Commission on Civil Rights

~ and ~

Mark Agrast
Senior Fellow,
Center for American Progress

Steven M. Freeman
Legal Affairs Director,
Anti-Defamation League

Edwin Meese
Chairman,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

General Bantz J. Craddock
Supreme Allied Commander Europe and
Commander, U.S. European Command

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Jonathan Temple
Energy Policy Advisor,
Embassy of the United Kingdom

Anne Lammila
Deputy Chief of Mission,
Embassy of Finland

Kenji Goto
Minister,
Economy, Trade, Industry and Energy,
Embassy of Japan

Jack Spencer
Research Fellow for Nuclear Energy Policy,
The Heritage Foundation

Gordon C. Chang
Author of The Coming Collapse of China

James Mann
Author-in-Residence,
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies,
Johns Hopkins University,
and Author of The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression

Ambassador Harvey Feldman
Distinguished Fellow in China Policy,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Asa Hutchinson
Chairman,
Safe Commerce Coalition

Brian Goebel
President and CEO,
Sentinel HS Group

Denise Krepp
Senior Counsel,
Majority Staff,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Committee on Homeland Security

Michal Freedhoff, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Associate,
U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA)

James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Erica J. Barks-Ruggles
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor,
U.S. Department of State

Hillel Neuer
Executive Director,
UN Watch

Tad Stahnke
Director,
Fighting Discrimination Program,
Human Rights First

Eric Rassbach
National Litigation Director,
The Becket Fund

Dokhi Fassihian
Senior Policy Associate,
Democracy Coalition Project

Brett D. Schaefer
Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs,
The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Editor

Nanette R. Everson
Director,
Young Leaders Program and Legal Fellow,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Member,
United States House of Representatives

Ambassador Lino Gutierrez
Senior Advisor on Cuba,
U.S. Department of Commerce

Caleb McCarry
Cuba Transition Coordinator,
U.S. Department of State

Dorit Beinisch
President,
Supreme Court of Israel

Michael Chertoff
Secretary,
Department of Homeland Security,
and Former Judge,
U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Edwin J. Feulner
President,
The Heritage Foundation

Brandon Millett and Laura Law-Millett
Co-Founders of the GI Film Festival

Michael Pack
Award-winning Producer and Director

Iain Murray
Senior Fellow,
Competitive Enterprise Institute

Ben Lieberman
Senior Policy Analyst,
Energy and Environment,
Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

His Excellency Arturo Sarukhan
Ambassador of Mexico to the United States

Followed by a Panel Discussion with:

Helen E. Krieble
Founder and President,
Vernon K. Krieble Foundation

James M. Roberts
Research Fellow for Economic Freedom and Growth,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

Marcus Brubaker
Legislative Assistant,
U.S. Representative William T. Sali (R-ID)

Mario Loyola
Professional Staff,
Republican Policy Committee

Moderator:
Ray Walser
Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

Richard Lawless
Special Advisor to the Secretary of Defense on
Regional Alliance Transformation

Followed by a Discussion with:

Kurt Campbell
Chief Executive Officer,
Center for a New American Security, and
former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Asia and the Pacific

Chuck Jones
Director Asia Pacific,
Corporate International Business Development,
Lockheed Martin and
former Director for Asia,
National Security Council

Kim Kyou-hyun
Minister for Political Affairs,
Embassy of the Republic of Korea

Barry Machado, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of History,
Washington and Lee University

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Valdis Zatlers
President,
Republic of Latvia

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Member,
United States Senate

Edwin Meese
Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy,
The Heritage Foundation

Dan Lips
Education Analyst,
Domestic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Joshua Dunn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science,
University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

Todd Gaziano
Director,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Stephen D. Minnis
President,
Benedictine College

Russell Shaw
Journalist and Consultant to the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communications

Ken Davison
Vice President,
College Affairs,
Belmont Abbey College

Moderator:
Dr. Candace de Russy
Writer and Lecturer on Education and Cultural Issues

Nanette R. Everson
Director,
Young Leaders Program and Legal Fellow,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Remarks by:
Thomas Farr
Visiting Professor of Religion and Foreign Affairs,
School of Foreign Service,
Georgetown University

With Commentary from:
Ambassador Terry Miller
Director,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

Jennifer Marshall
Director,
Richard and Helen DeVos
Center for Religion and Civil Society,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring:

Barry Goldwater, Jr. and John W. Dean
Co-editors

With commentary from:

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Connie Mack (R-FL)
Member,
United States House of Representatives

Hugo Alconada Mon
Washington Correspondent,
La Nacion,
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gustavo Coronel
Venezuelan Energy and Public Policy Analyst

Ray Walser
Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

A new film on the nonviolent defiance of Soviet occupation by the Estonian people and the remarkable events which led to their independence.

With comments from:
James Tusty
Co-Producer,

and
His Excellency Väino Reinart
Ambassador of Estonia

Atlas Economic Research Foundation

Demokratizatsiya Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization

The Heritage Foundation

Media Research Center

Reason

World Affairs

Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi
Chief National Spokesperson of the Congress Party,
Member of the Indian Parliament, and
Senior Attorney of the Supreme Court of India

Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow for South Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Admiral Mike Mullen
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Barbara Weisel
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for
Southeast Asia and the Pacific

Michael Plummer
Resident Professor of Economics,
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

James Wallar
Principal Associate,
Nathan Associates, Inc.

Richard Cronin
Senior Associate,
The Henry L. Stimson Center

Jeffrey Gedmin, Ph.D.
President,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Robert J. Smith
who will address
Private Conservation and Property Rights: Past Successes and Future Opportunities
and receive the
2008 Lifetime Achievement Award
from the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the National Center for Public Policy Research for his work in defending property rights and advancing private conservation

The Honorable Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Member,
United States Senate

Charlotte Montiel
Director,
Strategic Initiatives,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

Rebecca Grant, Ph.D.
President,
IRIS Independent Research

Maj. Gen. William T. Lord

Commander,
Air Force Cyberspace Command

Major General Robert Scales (Ret.)
Former Commander,
U.S. Army War College

John J. Tkacik Jr.
Senior Research Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Opening Remarks by:

Kim Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies
and Director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Followed by a Panel featuring:

Stephen Blank, Ph.D.
Research Professor of National Security Affairs,
Strategic Studies Institute,
U.S. Army War College

Alexander Golts
Deputy Editor-in-Chief,
Yezhednevnyi Zhurnal

Dale R. Herspring, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor,
Department of Political Science,
Kansas State University

Eugene B. Rumer, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow,
Institute for National Strategic Studies,
National Defense University

Mikhail Tsypkin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Center for Contemporary Conflict,
Naval Postgraduate School

Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Liam Fox MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Defense,
United Kingdom

Kurt Volker
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State,
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs,
US Department of State

Dr. Nile Gardiner
Director,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Jacob Chang
Deputy Representative,
Kuomintang Office in the United States

Michael Fonte
Consultant to the Democratic Progressive Party

Randall G. Schriver
Partner,
Armitage International LC
and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Vincent Wang
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science,
University of Richmond

Arthur Herman
Author of How the Scots Invented the Modern World

John Wilson
Professor of Ulster-Scots Studies,
University of Ulster in Northern Ireland

Robert Arnebeck
Historian and Author

Vern McHargue
Controller,
The Heritage Foundation

Andrew Busch, Ph.D.
Professor of Government and Associate Dean,
Claremont McKenna College

Joseph Postell
Assistant Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable David Vitter (R-LA)
Member,
United States Senate

The Honorable Richard Burr (R-NC)
Member,
United States Senate

The Honorable Mel Martinez (R-FL)
Member,
United States Senate

The Honorable Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Member,
United States Senate

Nina Owcharenko
Senior Policy Analyst,
Center for Health Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Jonah Blank
Professional Staff Member,
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (Majority)

Jason Kearns
Trade Counsel,
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means (Majority)

Dennis Halpin
Professional Staff Member,
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs (Minority)

Dino Teppara
Chief of Staff,
Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC)

Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Introduction:
Isabel Sawhill
Senior Fellow,
The Brookings Institution

Opening Comments:
Alice Rivlin
Senior Fellow,
The Brookings Institution

Stuart Butler
Vice President,
Domestic and Economic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Panel Commentary:
Rudolph Penner
Senior Fellow,
The Urban Institute

Robert Reischauer
President,
The Urban Insitute

The Heritage Foundation

and

The Brookings Institution

Evelyn Farkas
Professional Staff,
Majority,
Senate Armed Services Committee

Jonathan Katz,
Staff Director,
Majority,
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and
Senior Advisor,
Office of Congressman Robert Wexler

Chris Socha
Senior Policy Advisor,
Office of Senator Jim DeMint,
Ranking Republican,
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe

Sam Stratman
Communications Director,
Republican Staff,
House Foreign Affairs Committee

James Dean
Deputy Director,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

Mickey Edwards
Author

Becky Norton Dunlop
Vice President,
External Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

Walid Phares
Author

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

Panel Discussion on Afghanistan:

Brigadier General Marquis Hainse
Canadian Forces,
Former Deputy-Commander Regional Command South, Afghanistan

Ambassador James Dobbins
Director,
International Security and Defense Policy Center,
RAND National Security Research Division and
former Special Envoy to Afghanistan

Seth Jones, Ph.D.
Political Scientist,
RAND Corporation and
Adjunct Professor,
Georgetown University

Moderator:
Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow for South Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Panel Discussion on Iraq (2:45pm):

Anthony Cordesman
Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Michael Eisenstadt
Senior Fellow and Director,
Military and Security Studies Program,
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Lieutenant Colonel Gian Gentile
Academy Professor and
American History Division Chief,
U.S. Military Academy at West Point

Moderator:
Jim Phillips
Senior Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

James Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies and
Senior Research Fellow,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

PANEL 1 – WHERE DOES AFRICOM STAND?
INTERAGENCY INTEGRATION AND STANDING UP THE COMMAND

Theresa Whelan
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs,
U.S. Department of Defense

Lauren Ploch
Africa Analyst,
Congressional Research Service

Tom Donnelly
Resident Fellow,
American Enterprise Institute

Sean McFate
Program Director for the National Security Initiative,
Bipartisan Policy Center

PANEL 2 – THE FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF AFRICOM

Edwin Sele
Deputy Chief of Mission,
Embassy of Liberia

Ambassador Usman Baraya
Embassy of Nigeria

Louis Mazel
Director,
Office of African Regional and Security Affairs,
U.S. Department of State

Guillaume Lacroix
Counselor,
Embassy of France

Brett D. Schaefer
Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs,
The Margaret Thatcher for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

and

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Allen C. Guelzo, Ph.D.
Author

James Swanson
Senior Legal Scholar,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

William Davis
Director,
United Nations Information Center in Washington

Beatrice Edwards
International Program Director,
Government Accountability Project

Claudia Rosett
Journalist-in-Residence,
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

Matthew Russell Lee
Reporter,
Inner City Press

Brett D. Schaefer
Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs,
The Margaret Thatcher for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Os Guinness
Author

Ryan Messmore
William E. Simon Fellow in Religion and a Free Society,
DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society,
The Heritage Foundation

Vincent Wang
Associate Professor and Chair of the
Department of Political Science,
University of Richmond

Shelley Rigger
Brown Associate Professor of East Asian Politics,
Department of Political Science,
Davidson College

Stephen Yates
Senior Fellow in Asia Studies,
American Foreign Policy Council

Ambassador Harvey Feldman
Distinguished Fellow in China Studies,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Don Eberly
Author and Civil Society Scholar

Jennifer Marshall
Director,
DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society,
The Heritage Foundation

Robert Thurman
Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies,
and Chairman of the Department of Religion,
Columbia University

John Kenneth Knaus
Associate,
Fairbank Center for East Asian Research,
Harvard University,
and author of Orphans of the Cold War: America and the Tibetan Struggle for Survival

Amit A. Pandya
Director,
Regional Voices: Transnational Challenges,
Henry L. Stimson Center

John Tkacik
Senior Research Fellow for China, Mongolia, and Taiwan,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

Edward F. Sproat III
Director,
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management,
U.S. Department of Energy

Followed by a Panel Discussion with:

Mark Peters, Ph.D.
Deputy to the Associate Laboratory Director for
Energy Sciences and Engineering,
Argonne National Laboratory

Steven Kraft
Senior Director,
Used Fuel Management,
Nuclear Energy Institute

Annie Caputo
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

Jack Spencer
Research Fellow for Nuclear Energy Policy,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Rajiv Kumar
Executive Director and Chief Executive,
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Daniella Markheim
Jay Van Andel Senior Trade Policy Analyst,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

The Honorable David S. C. Chu, Ph.D.
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness,
U.S. Department of Defense

Followed by a Panel Discussion with:

William W. Beach
Director,
Center for Data Analysis,
The Heritage Foundation

Lawrence Kapp, Ph.D.
Specialist in Military Manpower Policy,
Congressional Research Service

Heidi L. W. Golding, Ph.D.
Principal Analyst,
Congressional Budget Office

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Lieutenant General Ray Odierno
Commanding General,
III Corps

James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Andrea G. Bottner
Director for International Women's Issues,
U.S. Department of State

Featuring the Author:

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies
and Director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

With Commentaries from:

Dov S. Zakheim, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Booz Allen Hamilton

Henry R. Nau
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs,
The Elliott School of International Affairs,
George Washington University

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

Brian Latell
Senior Research Associate,
Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies,
The University of Miami

Ray Walser
Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

Helle Dale
Deputy Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies, and
Director,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

PANEL 1

Moderator:
Ariel Cohen
Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and
International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Ian C. Kelly
Director,
Office of Russian Affairs,
U.S. Department of State

Andrei Illarionov - Invited
Senior Fellow,
Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity,
Cato Institute

Anders Aslund
Senior Fellow,
Peterson Institute

Donald Jensen
Director of Research and Analysis,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

PANEL 2

Moderator:
Blair Ruble
Director,
Kennan Institute

Sarah E. Mendelson
Director,
Human Rights and Security Initiative, and
Senior Fellow,
Russia and Eurasia,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Simon Serfaty
Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in
Global Security and Geostrategy, and
Senior Adviser,
Europe Program,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Ariel Cohen
Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and
International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Cristina Khuly
Producer,
Rogues Harbor Studio

Daniel P. Erikson
Senior Associate,
Inter-American Dialogue

Bisa Williams
Director,
Office of Cuban Affairs,
U.S. Department of State

The Honorable Peter Hoekstra (R-MI)
Ranking Member,
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Mirek Topolánek
Prime Minister,
the Czech Republic

Michael Franc
Vice President,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

George Weigel
Distinguished Senior Fellow,
The Ethics and Public Policy Center

Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Alfred S. Regnery
Author and Publisher of The American Spectator

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

The Honorable Mario Mancuso
Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security

Followed by a Panel Discussion with:

Peter Leitner, Ph.D.
President,
MaxWell USA, LLC and
former Senior Strategic Trade Advisor,
Office of the Secretary of Defense

John Tkacik
Senior Research Fellow for China, Mongolia, and Taiwan,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Edmund B. Rice
President,
Coalition of Employment Through Exports

Mark Groombridge, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor for Policy Planning,
Office of the Under Secretary for Industry and Security

2Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Kimberley Strassel
Columnist and Editorial Board,
The Wall Street Journal

The Heritage Foundation

and

Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute

The Honorable Richard Barth
Assistant Secretary,
Office of Policy Development,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Sally McNamara
Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Jennifer Hemingway
Republican Staff Director,
Ranking Member George Voinovich,
Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight

Jesper Pedersen
Foreign Policy Advisor,
Chairman Robert Wexler,
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe

The Honorable Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Member,
United States Senate, and
Chairman,
Senate Steering Committee

Michael Franc
Vice President,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Member,
United States Senate

Michael Franc
Vice President,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

Tony Blankley
Visiting Senior Fellow in National Security Communications, The Heritage Foundation

Michael Doran, Ph.D.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Support to Public Diplomacy,
U.S. Department of Defense

Joseph Duffey, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Laureate Education, Inc.

Colleen Graffy
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Department of State

Helle Dale
Deputy Director, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies,
and Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation (Moderator)

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President, The Heritage Foundation

Lucas Morel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Politics,
Washington and Lee University

Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

A premiere screening of the new documentary,

Followed by a Panel Discussion featuring:

Philip Longman
New America Foundation

Christine Vollmer
Latin American Alliance for the Family

Nicholas Eberstadt
American Enterprise Institute

Moderated by:
Jennifer A. Marshall
DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society,
The Heritage Foundation

DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Victor D. Cha
Director of Asian Studies and D.S. Song Chair,
Georgetown University

Dr. Michael J. Green
Associate Professor,
Georgetown University
and Senior Advisor and Japan Chair,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

L. Gordon Flake
Executive Director,
Mansfield Foundation

Alan D. Romberg
Senior Associate and Director,
East Asia Program,
The Henry L. Stimson Center

Bruce Klingner
Senior Research Fellow,
Northeast Asia,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

H.E. Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida’ie
Ambassador of Iraq to the United States of America

Followed by a Discussion including:

Clifford May
President,
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

James Phillips
Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs,
Douglas and Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

James Phillips
Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring

Thomas Henriksen
Author and
Senior Fellow,
The Hoover Institution

Helle Dale
Deputy Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies, and
Director,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable David Coltart
Shadow Justice Minister and Member of Parliament for Bulawayo South,
Republic of Zimbabwe

Brett D. Schaefer
Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs, 
The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Stewart A. Baker
Assistant Secretary for Policy,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Janice L. Kephart
Principal,
9/11 Security Solutions, LLC

Donald Rebovich, Ph.D.
Acting Director,
Center for Identity Management and Information Protection,
Utica College

Jacob Chang
Deputy Representative,
KMT Office in the United States

Michael Fonte
Consultant to the Democratic Progressive Party

John Tkacik
Senior Research Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Stephen Yates
Senior Fellow in Asia Studies,
American Foreign Policy Council

Ambassador Harvey Feldman
Distinguished Fellow for China Policy,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Jonah Goldberg
Author

Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Keynote Address
Hon. Mark Kimmitt
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle Eastern Affairs

Panel
Stephen Biddle, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow,
Council on Foreign Relations

Conrad Crane, Ph.D.
Director,
US Army Military History Institute,
US Army War College

Michael Meese, Ph.D.
Deputy Head and Professor,
Department of Social Sciences,
United States Military Academy

James Phillips
Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs,
Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation