7:45 - 8:45 AM
Breakfast and Program for all Attendees in the Google Pavilion

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Safer With Google Breakfast

Laurie Richardson, Vice President, Trust & Safety, Google

Royal Hansen, Vice President, Privacy, Safety and Security, Google

Robert Silvers, Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, DHS

Moderator: Vivian Schiller, Executive Director, Aspen Digital

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McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Building

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8:50 - 9:00 AM

Opening Remarks

Dan Porterfield, President and CEO, The Aspen Institute

 

9:00 - 9:35 AM

Fireside Chat with Alejandro N. Mayorkas

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 7th U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security

Moderator: Fareed Zakaria, Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN

 

9:35 - 10:05 AM
Fireside Chat with Christine Wormuth

Christine Wormuth, 25th Secretary of the Army, U.S. Army 

Moderator: Courtney Kube, NBC News Correspondent, NBC News

 

10:05 - 10:50 AM

The China Challenge: Is the U.S. Getting China Right?

Michael Froman, President, Council on Foreign Relations

Naima Green-Riley, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University 

Joseph Nye, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University 

Kristen Silverberg, President & COO, Business Roundtable, and Former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union

Moderator: Edward Luce, U.S. National Editor and Columnist, Financial Times 

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10:50 - 11:30 AM

Inflection Point: India and the Changing World Order

Rana Ayyub, Global Opinions Contributing Writer, The Washington Post

Shivshankar Menon, Visiting Professor of International Relations at Ashoka University
Joseph Nye, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

Nirupama Rao, Former Foreign Secretary of India

Moderator: Amna Nawaz, Co-Anchor, PBS NewsHour

 

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

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1:00 - 1:35 PM

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Critical Minerals and National Security

Heidi Heitkamp, Director, University of Chicago Institute of Politics; Former U.S. Senator for North Dakota

Meghan L. O’Sullivan, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Mike Pompeo, Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute, and 70th U.S. Secretary of State 

Moderator: Misha Glenny, Journalist and Rector, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna 
 

1:35 - 1:55 PM

Fireside Chat with Ahmad Massoud (VIRTUAL)

Ahmad Massoud, Leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan 

Moderator: Fareed Zakaria, Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN

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1:55 - 2:40 PM

What’s Next for Ukraine?

Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine (VIRTUAL)

Colin Kahl, Senior Fellow, Stanford University, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense

Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head, Centre for Civil Liberties, Ukraine and Nobel Peace Laureate

Philip Zelikow, White Burkett Miller Professor of History, University of Virginia; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker

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2:40 - 2:55 PM
Update on the Vilnius Summit: Fireside Chat with Mircea Geoană

Mircea Geoană, Deputy Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Moderator: David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times

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2:55 - 3:30 PM
The Future of European Defense and Security

Mircea Geoană, Deputy Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

G.E.W. van Leeuwen, Foreign Affairs and Defense Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands 

Tom Tugendhat, Minister of State (Minister for Security) of the United Kingdom

Moderator: Peter Spiegel, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times

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3:30 - 4:00 PM

Fireside Chat with Emmanuel Bonne 

Emmanuel Bonne, Diplomatic Advisor and G20-G7 Sherpa for the President of the French Republic

Moderator: Jim Sciutto, Anchor and Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN

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4:00 - 4:30 PM

Democracy, Security, and Artificial Intelligence 

Rob Joyce, Director of Cybersecurity, National Security Agency

Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President, Microsoft 

Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker

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4:30 - 5:00 PM
Re-Engineering American Security: Cultivating Talent for Competitiveness 

Romy Drucker, Director, Education Program, Walton Family Foundation
Chris Howard, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Arizona State University 

Condoleezza Rice, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group, and 66th U.S. Secretary of State

Moderator: Stephanie Ruhle, Host, “The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle” and NBC News Senior Business Analyst, MSNBC

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5:00 - 5:45 PM

Fireside Chat with William Burns

William Burns, Director, Central Intelligence Agency

Moderator: Mary Louise Kelly, Co-Host, All Things Considered, NPR

 

5:45 PM
Closing Remarks 

Niamh King, Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum

Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum